We are back with chapter 2. I know it may come out a bit bland, but the Macao Arc, Daybreak Arc, Gulina Island arc and all those before Phantom Lord pretty much give zero development except some character history and personality issues for some. I'm basically starting this at Phantom Lord as this is where the real development for the anime begins to show. Regardless, here is the chapter, enjoy.
*NOTE* I also used some of Titania and the Hunter for this, just couldn't bring myself to watch the anime or read the manga to make this chapter so Apologies for having to use someone else's hard work.*
It was the dawn of a new day, Lucy and the trio of troublemakers had been brought back by Erza herself, but to their horror; the guild had been attacked. The only form of relief they had to go for them was that nobody had been hurt when the assault had occurred as nobody was in the guild at the time of the attack. Currently in the basement of the guildhall, Natsu was raising a ruckus, but it stopped when a wave of heat began to permeate the air causing the people to slump down in what one would describe as exhausting, "W-Wha-What's going on?" Lucy asked as she began to profusely sweat from the heat.
Gray grunted as he called upon his ice magic to alleviate the heat, "Damn, I didn't think he'd be back so soon." he said rising to his full height.
"Man, he really needs to tone down his power." Happy sighed out.
Lucy gulped nervously, "A-A-Are you saying, that someone is causing this heat?" she asked.
"Oh~, Naruto-kun, you made it back fairly quick." Makarov said as he glanced at the door.
"Master, everyone, what happened upstairs?" a deep voice questioned calmly as Naruto stepped into the room, a familiar woman by his side-which was a shock cuz they thought she worked for the council.
"Councilwoman Ultear, a pleasure to see you." Makarov bowed before looking to his grandson-though he was the only one to know at the moment, "And as for your question, it was a late night attack, Phantom is trying to goad us into battle. But, seeing as its only property damage it's not that big of an issue as nobody was injured." he explained.
Ultear bowed her head, "I hope you don't mind me stopping by, I am looking for additional work seeing as my term on the council is coming to a close next month." she said. (1)
Makarov smiled, "Ah, so you want to join a guild, well I don't see why we can't have you, it'd be nice to have someone who has some knowledge on how the council works to keep these boneheaded brats in line." Makarov laughed causing several people to shake their heads at the old man.
Ultear smiled softly, "Why thank you Master Makarov, I will be glad to join your guild at a later date." she said before looking to Naruto, "Now, just because this is happening, we can't afford you to hurt someone, remain calm and don't go off the cliff." she said pleadingly, her eyes filled with worry; not for anyone else-but him.
Naruto nodded his head, "I can't promise anything, but I can try." he told her respectfully.
Ultear softly grabbed Naruto's hands and looked him in his eyes, "Even still, be careful, alright?" she asked him.
Naruto once more nodded, "Of course." he responded, "Shall I walk you upstairs so you can leave?" he asked her.
Ultear shook her head, "I can handle myself from here, but thank you." she told the tall blond before she walked up the stairs.
Makarov gave a knowing look as Naruto turned around, "Something you wanna tell us my boy?" he asked.
"I have no idea what you're talking about Master." Naruto said with a blank look.
"Mm-hm, yea, sure." the elder snorted in amusement.
~XxX-That evening-XxX~
Naruto groaned as he lay on his bed, the air was cool and the fire in the fireplace burned softly. Natsu and his friends were laughing and joking inthe living room about who knew what. A knock to his door caused Naruto to get out of his bed and open it, only he didn't see anyone. He sighed as he looked downand saw Happy, "Yes Happy?" he asked tiredly.
"Natsu wanted to talk to you in the living room. Everyone else is eating in the kitchen, I thought I'd just let you know." the feline said before scampering off.
Naruto sighed, best go see what Natsu wanted.
Entering the family room to his home Naruto looked to the salmon haired dragon slayer, "What'd you need Natsu?" he asked.
"You changed all our passwords to the lacrima signal!" he said huffing.
"I did." naruto confirmed.
"Why?" Natsu asked.
"Uh, security reasons." Naruto responded.
"Did you just make that up?" Natsu asked.
"I think so." Naruto said.
"Okay." Natsu said, "So you changed all three to new passwords."
"Yes I did." Naruto nodded.
"Okay. The one in the living room, the one in the kitchen and the one in my room?" Natsu asked.
"That's correct." Naruto confirmed.
"Okay. Uh-" Natsu started only for Naruto to interrupt, "And this time I made the passwords unusual so we would remember them, but they wouldn't be guessed easily." Naruto said as Natsu nodded.
"Great." Natsu grinned, "The 1-2-3-4 was kinda stupid." he said as Naruto snickered.
"I didn't do that." Naruto said.
"I know, Happy did but he still forgot." Natsu said.
"Right."
"Yeah." Natsu said sitting up, "So what's the password for the signal in the living room?" he asked.
"I can't tell you." Naruto said.
"What?"
"I can't tell you." Naruto repeated.
"Why not?" Natsu asked.
"Why not what?" Naruto blinked.
"Why can't you tell me?" Natsu asked in confusion.
"Tell you what?"
"The password for the signal?" Natsu stated.
"I just did."
"No you didn't."
"Yes I did."
"What is it?"
"I can't tell you."
"Why not?"
"Why not what?"
"Why can't you tell me?"
"I just did!"
"Are you insane?"
"No!"
"Then what's the password?"
"I can't tell you!"
"Jerk!"
"What?"
"You're a big jerk!"
"Why?"
"I'm asking for one simple password for the Lacrima signal." Natsu said loudly.
"And you should have it!" Naruto said.
"Well what is it?!"
"I can't tell you!"
"I HATE YOU!"
"Are we good?"
"Fine!"
"Fine!"
"Fine"
"Fine!"
"Fine!" Natsu grumbled before he sat the tablet down, "Can I have the one for the kitchen?" he asked.
"Yes." Naruto said.
"What's that one?" he asked.
"I don't remember." Naruto told him.
"Why not?"
"Why not what?"
"Why can't you remember?"
"No, I don't remember."
"Ok, why don't you remember?"
"I do remember."
"Ok!"
"Ok!"
"So what is it?"
"I don't remember."
"Holy crap." Natsu groaned, "Did you write it down?"
"Why should I?"
"In case you forgot it."
"I didn't forget it."
"Clearly you just did."
"No I didn't."
"Then what's the password?"
"I don't remember."
"What the-!" Natsu cried out, "We have three Lacrima signal passwords-"Yes!"-and you made up all three of the passwords?"
"I did."
"And you know them all?"
"By heart."
"And I should have them too!"
"Of course you should!"
"What is the password for the signal in the living room?"
"I can't tell you!"
"What's the password for the kitchen?"
"I don't remember!"
"You have the one for my room?"
"Yes!"
"Then what is that one?"
You have to guess it."
"I CAN'T GUESS IT!"
"Well of course not!"
"So what is it?"
"You have to guess it."
"I can't!"
"You're making no sense!"
"I'm making no sense? You're making no sense!"
"I don't no what to say to you."
"What's the signal password for my room?"
"You have to guess it."
"SCREW YOU!"
"I don't deserve that."
"I ask you for the password for the living room signal."
"Yes."
"You said 'I can't tell you'!"
"Yes."
Then I asked for the password for the kitchen and you said 'I don't remember'."
"Also correct."
"And now for the one in my room you say 'You have to guess it'!"
"And you got them all perfectly!"
"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?!"
"Would you like to see the passwords in black and white?"
"Yes I would!"
"They're on my computer."
"Can I go look?"
"Of course."
"Thanks!" Natsu said before pausing, "Oh, wait!"
"What?"
"What's the password for your computer?" Natsu asked Naruto.
"Who's asking."
"I am."
"You're what?"
"I'm asking for the password on your computer."
"Who's asking."
Natsu leaned towards Naruto, "Hello!" he called out, "I'm right here!" he told him, "Computer password!"
"Who's asking."
"Natsu! Is! Asking!" Natsu said slowly before shaking his head, "Never mind. Maybe I should ask that lady who always comes over and hangs out with you, she has a communication Lacrima, oh wait, what is the code for yours?"
"What'd you say?"
"I'd ask that lady."
"That's the one for the main Lacrima."
Natsu couldn't take it anymore and simply shook his head and walked away, he'd figure out the passwords later.
~XxX-The next morning-XxX~
To say Naruto was angry was a understatement. To say he was infuriated, was to say he was irritated. Words could not describe the levels of anger he felt at Phantom Lord for what they had done. Makarov had finally decided to fight back against Jose's guild. For attacking their family. However, Naruto was sorely needed at the moment and was unable to go and help. Levy, Jet, and Droy needed his help and Lucy-surprisingly enough-had revealed just why Phantom was attacking. But none of the guild cared that she was a rich kid, she was family the moment she came to the guild.
Naruto danced warm green flames across the three prone figures delicately as he fixed the internal damage done to their bodies. Lucy had curiously asked how he could heal with fire, and he was all to happy to explain. Fire wasn't just destruction like Natsu portrayed it. Fire was life, it was the energy that united all the elements together, the harmony it expelled was unrivaled by the elemental chart of base elements. If Natsu could grab things with his fire, why not heal the injured with the very same flames. Of course, fire could still hurt, so he had to be careful.
It was only when the guild came running back inside with a visibly weak Makarov that Naruto started to physically panic as he rushed over, waving a hand in front of him as a gout of gold flame flashed in front of him, "His magic is critically drained, get him to a table, now!" he said. Naruto closed his eyes and placed his open palms over Makarov, deep emerald flames conjuring up over his form and quickly enveloping him, "Someone robbed him of his magical powers through force. I'm going to channel some of my own into him to try and stabilize him." he explained shortly as everyone remained quiet through the room.
The quiet moment was shattered when a massive earthquake shook the entire guild. Erza stumbled as Naruto nearly tripped and held onto the wall for support. The rumble of another earthquake followed immediately after as the entire guild started to shake from the force. Naruto looked around to try and figure out what was going on...
Another shake and he heard it clear as day. There was someone-or something, making its way towards them through the water. Naruto felt his heart sink. He shook his head, "No way."
Erza slammed the door open before she ran upstairs to look out the window. Her eyes widened, "Oh my god."
Everyone dashed out the door towards the patch of land behind the guild. As they ran up the stairs, they saw people were running outside to see what the commotion was all about. But when they ran outside...a sense of horror and hopelessness enveloped them. Walking through the giant lake behind Magnolia was the entire guild hall of Phantom Lord, supported on some kind of spider-leg mechanism that carried them over the water. With each step it took, it shook the entire town and everyone in it.
Finally, reaching close to the shore, the colossal structure stopped its sporadic trek to Magnolia and parked right behind the Fairy Tail guild.
The Fairies were looking up at the mobile guild in shock and horror as they tried to comprehend how tenacious the Phantom guild was at continuing the fight as quickly as possible. Gray shook his head, "T-that thing could move."
Elfman was shaking, "A mobile guild."
Tears were filling up in Lucy's eyes, "T-that's not possible."
Mira covered her mouth and Cana took a step back in fright.
Erza was gritting her teeth, "They would go this far to destroy us."
Naruto was just silent at the sight of the massive moving building.
A ring echoed from the moving guild and a voice spoke through the speaker, ("Hello young and esteemed members of Fairy Tail. I am the guild master of Phantom Lord, Jose Porla. Earlier today many of you came all the way to Oak Town to wreck havoc on our guild and ambush our members. And while I must commend you for your efforts and tenacity, as many of you have already noticed we are not confined to just one guild hall. Now this whole silly feud was only a method we decided to take in an effort to find and return one Lucy Heartfilia to her dear worried father. And in an attempt to end all this silly fighting, I wish to offer you all an ultimatum. Forfeit Lucy Heartfilia to us...and I promise this little 'war' can come to a stop.")
Lucy eyes widened in horror after Jose finished stating his mind started to race and she realized this was her chance to stop the fighting. To stop anyone else from getting hurt because of her. She hesitantly took a step forward, "I-I-"
"NEVER!" Natsu yelled at the top of his lungs in anger while pointing at the giant moving guild, "WE'LL NEVER GIVE LUCY TO YOU BASTARDS!"
"FUCK YEAH!"
"THAT'S RIGHT!"
"SHE'S OUR FAMILY THROUGH AND THROUGH!"
"WE'D RATHER DIE THAN HAND HER OVER TO BOTTOM FEEDING FILTH LIKE YOU!"
Lucy watched and listened as everyone denied his offer and defended her. Tears started welling up in her eyes and she covered her mouth in a futile attempt to stop the sobs.
The speaker rang out, ("Very well then. I suppose we must take more drastic measures from here.")
The guild started to let out a loud mechanical whirring as a gate started to open on the front. A long, massive cannon slowly started to slide out of it and aim for the shore, the guild, and everyone in front of it.
("This, as I am sure many of you have already guessed, is the Jupiter Cannon. A very powerful and very destructive magic weapon we spent a lot of money to buy. Now I would hate to have to actually use this on all of you...but I promised I would bring that girl back to her father. And I am a man of my word.")
The magic started gathering at the barrel of the cannon, ("Three.")
"ARE YOU CRAZY?! YOU'LL HIT THE TOWN TOO!"
("Two.")
The Fairy Mages realized that Phantom Lord was only using this job opportunity to finally take Fairy Tail down once and for all. They didn't care about any job. They didn't care about bringing Lucy back to her father.
Because they were willing to risk killing her along with part of the town just to destroy their guild and their members.
Erza swiped her arm back at everyone in the guild, "RUN!"
They followed her command and started retreating towards the guild to try and escape from the incoming blast. A few of them stopped and yelled at the red-head as she charged forward while her whole body glowed, "ERZA! NO! YOU'LL DIE!"
Naruto was frozen in place. He just stared up at the Jupiter Cannon as it nearly reached its breaking point and prepared to fire its ammo. He stood there silently as everyone else retreated back around him and yelled at Erza to come back. He watched as a man crazy with power was prepared to kill everyone he called friend and even family now that he had gotten to know them about and destroy part of the town just to get his way.
Naruto finally came back to reality and watched as Erza kept running forward while she equipped her Adamantine Armor over herself. She screamed as she prepared to take the full blast by herself and save everyone from danger.
("One.")
Erza charged forward while screaming. She ignored the warnings from everyone else and prepared for the blast that she was about to take. She kept sprinting forward with her sturdiest armor over her body...
But she realized she suddenly couldn't take another step forward.
She looked back just in time to see Naruto had appeared behind her and grabbed the collar of her armor to stop her. She suddenly felt herself being lifted off her feet and tossed several meters back as Naruto continued to charge forward in her place. She watched in horror as he ripped off his necklace and dropped it to the ground where a wave of heat washed out over them.
She landed in the sand and watched in horror as Naruto charged forward while pulling the Golden Axe he always seemed to carry out from its place on his back. She pulled herself back up and screamed, "NARUTOOOOOOOO!"
("Fire.)
The Jupiter Cannon fired its blast and a massive concentration of magical power started soaring towards the shore to blast away the guild. Naruto gripped Rhitta with all his strength in his hands before he roared while swinging his blade, "WRAHHHHHH!"
The blast from Jupiter impacted against the golden blade as a massive blast of wind flooded the entire area. The Fairy Mages were nearly blown back by the force of the clash as the water started to ripple and make waves from the resulting crash. Everyone watched as Naruto planted his feet in the ground against the massive blast of magical power pushing against his blade. Naruto didn't move but he was being forced back by the superior power of the magical attack, his feet gouging deep into the earth as he forced himself to come to a stop, a snarl on his visage as he gave challenge to the almighty energy beam.
He could feel his whole body crying out in pain as he blocked the Jupiter's attack. His legs were close to falling out underneath him. The muscles in his arms were ripping and tearing. But he couldn't afford to let the Jupiter blast get by him. He gritted his teeth and stepped forward, pushing the attack back just a little bit as he started making space against it, snarling in his attempt to gain further ground against his adversary. Everyone watched in disbelief as Naruto blocked against the cannon attack by himself and protected them from danger.
Until...
The battle ax flew out of his hands.
The Fairies Mages were watching in horror as the incredible weapon was pushed out of Naruto's hands and sent flying over their heads. But Naruto's grip didn't weaken at all during the conflict against the magical attack. In fact, Naruto was strengthening his grip and making it as tight and unmovable as possible to push back the Jupiter blast.
However the two opposing forces were so equal that something had to break first, and what broke this time was the grip of the sword ripping and tearing off all the skin and some muscle from Naruto's palm. Naruto was left defenseless as time came to a screeching halt around him. He couldn't hear the sound of the blast reforming and heading towards him again. He couldn't hear the screams and cries of his friends to get out of the way. He couldn't even hear himself as he yelled and planted his feet firmly in the ground again to attack.
All he heard was the sound of splitting flash as he punched the massive magical blast with his bare fist and the resulting flashing light that enveloped him as his hand split open.
*BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM*
The explosion blew everyone back into the ground, blasted all the water away from the shore, and even caused the backlash of the blast to incinerate the Jupiter Cannon's barrel. The explosion started to subside and the ringing disappeared from their ears. The flare and light started to die down as well as time passed.
The Fairy Mages were pulling themselves back up and looking at the large scorched area that covered part of the shore and beach as the waves came crashing back down. As the dust settled, the sight of a bleeding Naruto, standing in place as his face bled heavily, his arm heavily bruised and burnt with blood streaking down his limb, blood dripping to the ground. Naruto was huffing in effort as he grinned at he direction of Phantom Lord and their mobile Guild Hall, "Is that... the best... you... got... I can... do this, all day..." he chuckled out as his grin grew as his power begun to grow, his injuries slowly vanishing as his unsealed power begun to grow.
("I must be honest, I did not expect one of you to sacrifice yourselves like that. And it to be a unknown wizard no less, the stories about you fairies are just as terrifying as I've heard. He was even able to damage the Jupiter Cannon in the process so we can't attack with it again. However, we do have other means to proceed with this fight.")
Massive magic circles started covering the mobile guild and black specters started flying out. The Fairy Mages faced towards the Phantom Lord guild as Jose's voice rang out once more, ("One last chance...surrender Lucy Heartfilia...or die.")
However, to the shock of everyone, Naruto had burst into laughter. Loud boisterous laughter, "Y-You-oh my god!" he laughed harder.
("What is so funny, might I ask?") Jose demanded harshly.
Naruto gave a broad grin as he quelled his laughter in an instant, "A light guild declaring war on another guild is illegal, as stated in the Magic Council Charter, chapter 81-88, paragraph 780 appendix 75: No light guild may attack or declare war on another, be it for personal vendetta or personal gain. Guild Quests pertaining to other members within said guilds are given diplomatic immunity and free from the clause of any or all mission requests posted as a bounty, be they to return them to familial members or those seeking glory from bloodlines." Naruto quoted boldly.
"You take Lucy Heartfilia and return her to her father, not only will the entirety of Phantom Lord face Legal repercussion, but you'll be executed for human trafficking. Your guild will be arrested and tried, and depending on who was working alongside you, depends on if they live or die. The fact that Phantom Lord has a Wizard Saint in its ranks as it's Master means you'll be executed without a trial, as of right now, your guild can legally be classified as a Dark Guild, and we can fight you and kill you without facing any form of legal fines or repercussions due to the stunts you have pulled over the last couple days." Naruto explained.
"Attacking members of another Legal guild, attempted murder on a fellow Guild Master, Attempted murder on a member of the 10 Wizard Saints, and physically attacking another legal guild and physically admitting in front of countless witnesses that you'll kill them, you be dead before you ever reached era if you were to have your magic sealed off by the Rune Knights, and if you attack them, you'll be labeled both a criminal and a traitor to both the Light Guild Association and Ishgar as a whole." Naruto laughed loudly once again, "i'll enjoy beating you into the dirt, Jose Porla." Naruto grinned.
("Who cares about those pathetic weaklings. Once I have the Heartfilia fortune, I'll be unstoppable. Nobody will be able to oppose me or my guild. Not you, not your weak little Fairy Tail Guild, not even the King himself could hope to stop me.") Jose said causing Naruto to laugh again.
"You forget, the guilds association answers to the council, the council answers to the king, the king answers to nobody. This country is a full monarchy, you attack the king or anyone of equal status or position you'll be the most wanted man alive." Naruto responded, "Now enough chit chat, prepare to lose!" Naruto commented as he collapsed to a knee, "Right after I recuperate."he grunted out.
However, Naruto was still strong enough to look back and gesture towards Phantom Lord, "ATTACK!" he ordered.
"UWOOHHHHHHHHHHH!"
The Fairies charged.
There was no more room for hesitation.
They didn't care whether Phantom had larger weapons or that some of them were still injured. What they had done had gone too far.
Their rage had built up until its breaking point.
Naruto had given them a full on green light through his words and knowledge to take down the now Dark Guild and beat down anyone who got in their way.
No matter what happened to them, Phantom Lord would fall on this day.
~XxX-45 Minutes to 1 hour 15 minutes later-XxX~
Jose shook his head in disappointment as he watched as the young woman fell to the ground beaten and bloody, *Sigh* "Is that really all you guys are capable of?" He questioned the members of Fairy Tail who he had just beaten, Erza still held in the grasp of his shadows which suddenly begun to vanish as his shadows were banished by an unknown power, Ezra's clothes somehow regenerating despite being torn apart. She was in shock, she never knew there was such a person out there with such an ability. Jose however, had turned his gaze to an incoming shadow, someone very large and powerful had arrived after all his disappointing fights with the little girls lying around him in defeat.
The figure soon descended enough to show a young man floating down towards the ground, his legs were slightly crossed, but drawn in enough to not be outright dangling beneath him, his arms were crossed and his eyes were closed and there was an obvious oppressive aura lingering around his body.
Jose felt himself growing an almost excited smirk as he realized who was coming to try and face him.
Naruto Uzumaki, another of his targets. If he delivered him like the request wanted, he'd have more money than the Heartfilia's, but the Heartfilia fortune would definitely make him the strongest person alive if he got it.
~Play: OST; FAIRY LAW~
Naruto now wears a deep red cape that has a fur lining around his shoulders and the boundary of the coat. That wasn't all as there were gold ringlets and beads attached to the fabric and ran around to the opposing side and attached to two large chains that were hooked around small rings attached to the front of the cloth which allowed the large coat to hang loosely from his broad shoulders and bore sun-like symbol on the back shown in gold while the inside of the large cape was a deep red with golden designs in the shape of leafs and vines. The bottom of the cape is adorned with thick tassels that dangle underneath the large cape made out of a bright golden silk. He wears a white t-shirt, and wore light, loose pants that had a golden vine type design running up the sides of his legs that were tucked inside a pair of large black boots that had large overflows made of a white silk with red pinstripes at the bottom, and a gold and yellow striped sash is tied around around his waist. His left wrist has a gold chain linked bracelet on his left arm, and his right wrist has a silver one. His height is [194 cm] and body weight is [135 kg].
Strapped to his back are two curved swords. The curve was a bit more round, and there were a series of serrated blades cut into the back of the blades. The pommel of the swords were wrapped in leather and had a blazing red jewel on the bottom of the hilt which could be screwed together to make its secondary form which was a bow that could fire arrows of light made up from his semblance with incredible accuracy.
Standing across from him was Jose Porla. Jose was a fair-skinned man with spiky, purple hair that had His outfit consisted of a long, grayish coat closed on the right side of Jose's chest by a belt circling his waist and by another one going over his right shoulder, sporting Phantom Lord's symbol on its buckle; the coat had wide golden stripes going down from the high collar, which sported a pair of large rings hanging from it on the front, to the cuffs, with other golden parts in correspondence to the closure and below the waist, on each side. His Wizard Saints medallion was still visible on the same spot, but had dark ribbons hanging from it instead. Covering Jose's left arm was a brownish cape, sporting a wide golden-colored stripe near the edges and some small shield-shaped ornaments placed at the same distance from one another. The outfit was completed by loose pants tucked inside boots. Jose had his hair tied in a high ponytail. In addition, his left hand sported two rings, with the one decorated by a gem seemingly being the same, but with the other being adorned by large black lines. [He is 179 cm] in height and his weight is [71.3 kg].
Uncrossing his legs and planting them on the ground Naruto uncrossed his arms to put them at his sides as he spoke in an almost sad and disappointed tone, "I warned you." Naruto's voice coldly declared, "That when I came here, you would pay,"he told Jose, "You have shed the blood of innocents for too long. This is a unforgivable sin, the people have been made to suffer because of the incompetence of their leaders. Your actions have cost many to suffer for your lust for power and greed, Jose." Naruto spoke out boldly, "This war between our guilds has gone on long enough." Naruto stated loudly, "Let's end this here and now!" he commanded as he looked down at his enemy.
Erza gulped deeply as she looked at the surprisingly angered Naruto-something she had never seen, "Naruto..." she whispered out in shock.
Jose closed his eyes and clenched his fists to his chest before a dark aura begun to pour from his body as he opened his eyes to reveal two black pools of abyssal hatred for the young man who had challenged him, small rocks and chunks of debris floating up as his power began to fluctuate in the presence of his rival, "If we fight, the level of destruction will be unrivaled in the history of battles." he told Naruto in what seemed to be a eager tone.
Naruto growled as he held up a single finger next to his hip, a flash of light and a overwhelming aura was unleashed from the glaring ball of light proving to be more powerful than Jose's very aura of destruction as small rocks and chunks of stone were instantly reduced to ashes before his his hand next to his head, the golden ball of light held on the tip of his finger shined like the sun itself as he brought his hand back behind him, "In order to save those I call friend and family, I will gladly take that risk!" he declared to the purple haired man.
By now, the ground was being ripped apart and pulled into the air from the combined aura of the two polar opposites as they glared down at one another. One was excited for a true fight he hadn't before experienced, the other was daring his opponent to make the first move against him so he could finally show his enemy what true strength looked like. Jose's laughter rang through the air as Naruto stayed silent as the world around them blurred due to them hyper-focusing on their opponent. On the ground, Gray felt himself stirring awake as a familiar presence entered his senses, "What the-? For some strange reason this warm feeling reminds me of Naruto..." he said before looking up to see his friend standing before him.
Jose, finally having felt that he waited long enough, lashed out. He pulled a hand behind him and thrust it forward, a wave of darkness blasting out of his hands in an attempt to kill Naruto. However, Jose found his attempts thwarted with seeming ease as seven golden barriers of golden flames popped into existence as Naruto flexed his sole finger to absorb the fatal attack from Jose, a shockwave shaking the ground as the attack stopped in its tracks, "You guys need to get out of here while you can." he told them as Gray, Elfman, and Mira woke up to see Naruto standing before them.
"Naruto!" Gray cried out in shock.
"We'll stay with you!" Elfman objected.
"No, we have to do as he says!" Erza responded before her friend could, another blast roaring out as Naruto maintained his barrier, "Let's go." she urged them.
Elfman looked to Mira, "Sis! You can stand right?" he asked as the model nodded.
"B-But Erza!" Gray challenged.
Jose ignored the group of weak fairies and dropped his attack as Naruto released the hold he had on his barrier as well, "Well, well, now that you're here, I have no interest in those little friends of yours. However, I'll still exterminate them after I've finished you off. Then I'll rob the Heartfilia's and turn you over to the Diablos guild for the reward. A double victory if there was ever one to be found." he told Naruto.
"If we stay here, we are only gonna be getting in his way." the redhead explained as she looked back at the two combatants and smirked,"He can handle this, I have faith." she stated as she led the others out.
"It's been six months since we last came face to face. Back before you decided to leave my guild and strike out on your own and joined that pathetic Fairy Tail, but now it's been reduced to rubble." he gloated.
"The Fairy Tail guildhall may be destroyed, but we're as strong as ever!" Naruto declared as he waved his hand in front of him in a way that caused several balls of light to pop off and form a constellation-like form before fading away.
Jose nodded, "I must admit I'm looking forward to this. When I kill you, the money for your corpse alone will fund us longer than even the Heartfilia's, so come on boy; SHOW ME YOUR POWER!" he said as the pressure between the two ignited as they were surrounded by immense amounts of magical energies, Jose's a daunting and sickening magenta while Naruto's was a golden white.
"Thank you my friends, bless you all for you have given me the strength to fight." Naruto said sounding rather pleased, "BE PROUD THAT YOU ARE MEMBER'S OF FAIRY TAIL!~" Naruto yells out.
With that their powers surged to unprecedented levels. Outside a bubble of energy formed around the destroyed skyscraper while the water's of the bay around the island stirred around it in a circular funnel. Storm clouds released multiple lightning strikes on the ground drawing the attention of many far and wide as two extremely powerful wizards fought.
CRASH~
ZAP~
KA-BOOM~
BOOM~
CRASH~
Strike after strike, bolt after bolt; the heavens reigned supreme as they unleashed their power down upon the mortal realm. Alzack, hearing the storm rage, looked over to the ever growing storm in shock, now ignoring the numerous shade's that Jose sent out as both sides of fighting parties stopped their fighting, "What's going on?!" he exclaims in shock.
Bisca looks over towards the storm like he had and her eyes widen in awe "The sky..." she states as another thunderbolt rains down on the lake.
BOOM~
However she couldn't form another sentence as the ground suddenly shakes upon Naruto clashing with Jose once again with his incredible power. A scream tears out of someone-it kinda sounded like Natsu to be honest. Cana stumbles "Watch out!" she cries.
Alzack grunts as he fixes his stance and looks at the ground, "We're shaking!" he exclaims in shock.
"What the-" Bisca said in shock as she fell down.
Cana tumbles into Macao, "I-It's an earthquake!" she says in shock.
Back inside the destroyed building Jose growls as he tries to overcome Naruto's blinding light by subduing it with his shadows, but to no avail. Naruto roars in anger and forms a golden bubble around his fist before opening it and gathering it into a small sphere within his palm before he throws it forming several tendrils of his gathered light attacks that fly around the initial clash of energy. Jose, seeing this, roars while copying the obviously powerful man. Dark energy racing around his back as he hurls his attack causing another blinding flash of energy to explode as the two cancel one another out once again.
Explosion upon explosion rips apart the already destroyed building as both men fought for dominance against their opponent. Naruto feels himself get struck by the energy, but he just ignores it as Jose gets struck in the shoulder. Hearing Jose curse as he is struck by the powerful attacks makes him smirk, and fight on against his opponent. Jose ignores his instinct to stay calm and lets his anger control him "DIE! DEAD WAVE!~" he bellows out and releases a powerful beam of dark magenta energy at Naruto finally overcoming his powers and strikes him. However on the outside of the building the explosion is much more noticeable and a large shockwave rushes out forcing people to cover their faces as the harsh winds buffet them.
Smoke fills the air as Jose cracks his neck, however, the smoke clears to reveal a triad of golden barriers as they all appear in front of Naruto and he bellows out, beams of pure light blast into Jose without remorse. The ground shakes harder than ever before and forces people to fall to the ground. Cana looks over to the battle within the collapsed building, "Just what the hell is going on over there?" she questions as the ground shakes on.
Natsu shrieks as he falls down a level and lands on his back, "Natsu!" Happy cried.
"Are you alright?" Lucy asked him in shock.
"What the heck is going on in there?" Happy asked as he looked up and around in shock and worry.
Natsu looks over to the blond with a smirk "Pretty sure it's Naruto in there settling the score." he says with a grin.
Naruto and Jose slide back as their attacks die down and Naruto nods his head, "I'm impressed." he remarks to his enemy, "You've so much power at your command." he observed, "I can see why you were granted the title of 10 Wizard Saint." he spoke calmly despite the situation, "However, I also know that no matter what I say you will never change your ways." he spoke seriously, "It's times like this I'm glad I was taught to use my power for others, unlike you who is obviously the lesson in what not to do." he grinned.
Jose sighed, "What is this, a lecture?" he asked in annoyance.
Naruto shook his head, "No. But I have a rule that seems to work well for those who seem to like causing trouble." he told Jose who quirked a brow at him, "I'll give you to the count of three to do exactly as I say." he ordered Jose as his enemy narrowed his eyes at the muscular man, "Kneel to me." he ordered.
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"What?" Jose asked, trying to make sure he heard Naruto's words correctly.
Instead of answering, Naruto begins to count, "One!" he said loudly.
"You want me to concede and kneel before you?" he asks Naruto haughtily before roaring out angrily, "No way in hell!" he roars out.
Naruto opens his arms and counts again, "Two!" he growls out as he brings his hands together and summons forth incredible amounts of his powers.
Jose summons his own powers to the most powerful as it surrounds him in a dark aura of energy, "Why would I, the most powerful person in this world, stoop so low as to kneel before you?!' he snarled out, "We may be equal in power, but my ability to be heartless makes me even stronger!" he roared out as his power continued to grow.
"Three!" Naruto snarls out as the light shines brighter in his grasp.
"You are the one who should be kneeling before me!" Jose crows out in his own self demented philosophy, "Now you and your precious guild and all those weak peons are going to die!" he bellows out.
"Times up!" Naruto tells him as the light becomes too much to gaze into, the white energy now smoking from the sheer power placed upon it.
"THIS IS IT!" Jose roars out, "DIE FAIRY SCUM!" he roars as he attacks with everything he has.
Naruto gives a powerful clap, a rush of light blasting out from his position as he now floats once more in the air as he unleashes his power, Jose's dark power suddenly vanishing into nothingness as the light purifies it, and Jose, descendant of the Founding Master of Phantom Lord gasps as he is surrounded by pillars of golden energy, "I invoke, Brilliant Illumination!" he says as he snaps his eyes open and lock onto Jose. Suddenly a ball of flame grows into existence as the heat washes over the entire Phantom Lord Guildhall and soon grows to fill the room above Naruto's head.
Then immense amounts of flares begin erupting and bursting apart, sending a rain of explosions onto Naruto's enemy and the surrounding area, loud explosions ripple through the air as the mobile Guildhall begins to shake and rock, powerful blasts of flame rock each stone and shatter them as the orbs of fire quickly detonate and illuminate the guild. Suddenly a pillar of light blasts up through the roof of the Phantom Guild and an immense heat fills the air causing all of Fairy Tail to cry out as Phantom Lord is practically vaporized in an instant, a cry of agony is almost instantly snuffed out as its target is sent to oblivion without a second to try and defend himself.
As the flames of destructive power die down, the heat instantly vanishes and all the members of Fairy Tail are able to see is the molten slag of the once powerful top half of the Phantom Lord Guild.
"Holy shit..." Macao says in stunned awe.
"Just who the hell could have the power to tear apart a whole guildhall in one move?" Wakaba asked as his cigarette fell from his mouth.
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1: you know, the members of the council supposedly held their seat for years, but it's never revealed if they are assigned by the king their positions or not or even elected to their seats. Here, I'll have it where they have a normal political term/seating of about 4-8 years through being elected much like normal politicians would.
