TenshiEren14: I hope you got everything, because the fight has begun!

Guest: I'm a Sasuke fanboy by giving him powers he already has when I said it would be nerfed...okay...cause that makes sense?

The Hellcat

Matatabi drew her magic in as she smirked, crouching like a cat would before it pounced. Erza tensed, drawing her magic in as well. However, she did not coat her blades in magic. She knew Naruto was right, she couldn't waste a drop of concentration on holding back. This was the equivalent of a life or death battle. Erza's eyes widened as she felt a punch impact with her side. She coughed, before she was sent flying over to the arena's edge. She flipped in midair, rebounding off the wall and using Requip in midair.

When the light from Requip ended Erza's appearance had changed. She was using Black Wing Armor. The armor was black in color, with silver trimming. It had a pair of wings, which reminded the onlookers of a dragons wings, for Dragon Slayers, but for most it reminded them of a bat. Around her neck was a neck guard, decorated by several gems. Her gorgeous scarlet hair was tied up in a high ponytail, with two bangs framing her face. Large shoulder pads, composed of two silver-edged plates one over the other, sported silver crosses on them too, and flank the high collar, whose shape akin to a dress. The silver-edged breastplate revealed a fair amount of her cleavage and midsection, with plates flanking her hips and reaching down to her very large waist guard, composed of very long, silver-edged plates shaped like feathers and decorated by silver crosses. The waist guard left the front of her body exposed, with her groin being covered by a dark indumenta. The slim gauntlets came equipped with prominent protection for her hands, each sporting silver patterns. The plates guarding her legs were silver-edged on her thighs and knees, but pitch black dark on her metal greaves.

Erza lashed out with her blade, cleaving through the air and towards Matatabi's neck. However, the Bijuu in a human body leaned backwards, easily avoiding the blade. Suddenly Matatabi's right leg exploded in blue flames.

"Blue:-," Matatabi said, lashing out with a kick. "Skyrocket!" it roared, slamming the leg into Erza's gut. Erza's eyes widened as she felt the force of the leg be multiplied by the searing flames. She was thrown upwards gut first, a look of extreme pain on her face. Matatabi smirked as it saw Erza begin to fall. "Blue: Flamethrower!" Matatabi opened its mouth and from it a blue pillar of flame shot forwards, directly at Erza. Erza's eyes widened as she saw the attack coming towards her. 'I have to make a comeback,' Erza thought.

Erza turned and shot downwards, towards the flames, with the help of her wings. She growled as she began to channel magic. "Moon Flash!"

Right before she impacted with the flames she slashed in a cross pattern, creating white energy blades, hoping to get out of the way before the techniques crossed. However, Matatabi had other ideas. "Boom." The flames exploded outwards, searing everything within a certain radius. Erza was within that radius, as was her technique. However, her technique proved useless against the technique, easily being overpowered.

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"Impossible," Natsu whispered. "How is that thing doing that?"

Lucy gaped, her eyes wide. "Matatabi is…overpowering Erza."

Makarov nodded his face a frown. "Badly."

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An explosion followed, covering the arena in smoke. The crowd waited, all their eyes wide as they saw the 'Titania,' the Queen of the Fairies, get single-handedly destroyed in a battle. As the smoke cleared Erza no longer wore the Black Wing Armor. The armor she wore now was predominantly dark red in color, but also sported orange and black parts, with the orange parts being shaped like flames and the other parts reminiscent of dragon's limbs. It looked as if it was made up of three different parts: the breastplate, the gauntlets, and the greaves. The breastplate revealed Erza's shoulders and extended down to her groin, covering it, while also revealing her legs and being someone akin to a one-piece swimming suit. An orange part covered her breasts, and another circled her waist like a belt. The black parts were decorative, with one covering her groin. The gauntlets had orange decorations, along with small claw-like protrusions on the hands. The greaves looked like dragon's claws, and possessed orange-colored knee guards, and black pants that extended from the knees to the upper part of her thighs. The breastplate ad a pair of dragon-like wings attached to it, and her hair was tied into a pair of high, long ponytails held by clips that looked like dragon's horns.

"What armor is that?" Matatabi asked. "It looks feisty."

Erza smirked. "That's because it is."

Erza shot forwards, flames trailing from her feet. Matatabi's eyes widened as she jumped backwards, avoiding the slash, however Erza had prepared for that, powering the flames that trailed behind her up more, and shooting forwards faster. She passed Matatabi, her blade raking against the creature's side. Erza turned, expecting to see a wound only to see flames licking skin where an injury should be.

"You'll have to do better than that to get passed my flaming skin," Matatabi said, a smirk on its face.

Erza frowned and took off again, coating her body in flames. She appeared above Yui, swinging her blade down with tremendous force. However, Matatabi simply raised an arm, blocking the blow. However, the ground beneath her buckled, shattering. Matatabi smirked as Erza's eyes widened. Flames had protected her again. Erza growled, flying into the air before shooting downwards.

"Flaming Spiral!" Erza roared, spinning in midair as flames coated her body once again. Matatabi smiled.

"Red: Ball!"

Matatabi opened her mouth, and from it shot a large fireball. The fireball impacted with Erza's spell, however after a brief clash Erza's spell overpowered it. Erza shot towards Matatabi, resulting in a large explosion.

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"Erza is fighting like Natsu," Naruto noticed. Sasuke nodded. "She's using her Flame Empress Armor. It resists fire so it's a good choice. It also gives her Fire Magic as long as she's wearing it. She's putting it to a good use."

"You're incorrect," they heard. They turned to see Jura frowning. "What do you mean," Naruto asked. Jura shook his head. "Yui's magic is Fire Magic. If anyone knows how to use it more proficiently…it's her."

Naruto and Sasuke couldn't deny that logic.

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As the smoke from the explosion cleared it was obvious who the victor of the clash was.

Matatabi.

Erza's blade again was being held back by the flames of Matatabi. Matatabi smirked. "No matter what you do, I will win," she said. "I guarantee it."

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Naruto couldn't help but ogle Matatabi's abilities. The hellcat seemed unbeatable. "She's not unbeatable," Kurama said. Naruto's eyes widened. 'I know, no one is, but how do you pierce that impeccable flaming skin of hers?'

"That flaming skin of hers is a partial transformation," Kurama said. "Erza simply isn't storng enough to cut through it directly. Of course, if Erza can find a 'cleavage plane' so to speak it should be easy to pierce Matatabi's skin. However, even I do not know where that is. Hell I don't even know if she has one. I never needed to, I can easily pierce her skin, as I can easily pierce Isobu's and his is stronger than hers."

Naruto narrowed his eyes. 'Maybe her joints?' he questioned. Kurama nodded. "Possibly. Joint usually can't survive well against attacks."

'I should tell Erza,' Naruto said.

"No." Kurama said. "This is a good opportunity for her to grow. Matatabi won't kill her."

'You can't be sure of that,' Naruto said.

Kurama shrugged. "I know Matatabi better than you do. Of course I know that."

Naruto frowned, irritation flashing across his face before he capitulated. He couldn't argue against that. But if it got out of hand, he would step in.

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Matatabi smirked as Erza's eyes widened. "Let me tell you something," Matatabi said. "You're weak." She whispered in Erza's ear before she slammed a fist into Erza's face. Erza flew backwards, skidding across the ground. She stood slowly, her eyes covered by her hair.

When Erza's eyes could be seen they gave off a crimson glow. "I'll kill you!" Erza roared, a massive amount of magic radiating off of her. Matatabi smirked. "That's exactly what I wanted to hear," Matatabi said and shot forwards.

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Mito smirked at the display. "She does have potential."

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Matatabi and Erza clashed in the center of the arena, flames licking off both of them. The flames grew in size, intensity, and heat. Erza pushed further against Matatabi, her blade becoming coated in pure red flames. Matatabi laughed. "I'm having the time of my life. Red: Crimson!" Matatabi opened her mouth and out shot a dragon of pure red flame. Erza was to close, being sent flying by the destructive attack. However, Erza flipped in midair, a growl on her face.

"Blaze Blade!" she roared, swiping downwards with her blade. A massive blade of flames shot towards Matatabi, however she raised her hands, easily batting it away.

"Come on now 'Titania!' ARE YOU REALLY THIS WEAK!?" Matatabi screeched. Erza growled, but didn't have another chance to strike as Matatabi vanished, a trail of dirt shooting into the air.

However, Matatabi did not jump into the air.

Erza looked up, expecting see to an airborne Matatabi. However, all she saw was a trail of dirt that ended high into the sky. Erza's eyes narrowed. "There's no way it could have moved in midair without using magic, and if it did use magic I would have felt it." Erza mumbled. Matatabi, who stood behind Erza, smirked.

"Correct." Matatabi said. "White: Star!" Matatabi roared, opening its mouth again. A white flame flew from it, in the shape of a bright ball of heat. Erza's eyes widened as she jumped away, barely avoiding serious damage. Her back had a massive burn on it.

Matatabi smirked coating her body in blue flames. "You're going to have to try harder than that," Matatabi said, disappearing again. Erza didn't believe the trail of dust this time, looking behind her and around the field to see no one there. Her eyes widened as she looked up, to see Matatabi descending, nearly on top of her. Erza cursed, realizing her mistake. Her body began to glow as she changed armors. She might just be able to pull this off. The armor changed just as Matatabi got in range, however even that wasn't good enough as Erza shot forwards at speeds she normally couldn't reach avoiding the blow.

Matatabi's fist impacted with the ground, creating a giant column of blue flames that burned so intensely that it turned the dirt on the ground into a gas, specifically CO2. However, Matatabi breathed it in calmly. That gas couldn't harm her.

As the column died down it revealed a large crater with Matatabi standing in the center with a smile on her face. "Well that armor certainly looks provocative." Matatabi said, smirking as she looked at Erza's newest and very revealing armor.

This armor featured very few armored parts, more like a fancy attire bearing resemblance to a cheetah. Its breastplate took the form of a very revealing, armored cheetah-patterned top, with some bare armor protruding from the upper part of it, in correspondence to Erza's breasts, and some fur lining the lower edges. There was no waist guard, with the armor instead sporting a pair of revealing black shorts, with a belt holding a cloth hanging over Erza's left leg attached to them. The arms were covered by dark armbands reaching up just below her shoulders, with her left arm being protected by Cheetah-patterned armor. Her legs were covered in similar stockings that reached up to her thighs, with armored, asymmetric high-heeled boots over them, with the left one again being more heavily armored than the right. The right was covered by a boot that reached up to part of her calf. The outfit was completed by a large collar around her neck, and a tail hanging from the back of her shorts, both made of bushy fur, plus a pair of large cheetah ears adorning both sides of her head.

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Naruto felt blood trickle down from his nose at the armor. 'Hot!' he thought.

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"Flight Armor," Erza said, smirking. Matatabi laughed. "Yes, that name does sound fitting. However, I have to wound, are you mocking the family I'm shaped after," Matatabi said, gesturing to the cheetah-themed clothes.

Erza disappeared, reappearing with her blade to Matatabi's neck. "No, I think it was just made to show you that I'm superior, wearing you families skin." Matatabi smirked. "You think the cheetah are my family?" she asked. Erza raised an eyebrow. "Well, according to Naruto your true form looks like a bakeneko (monster cat,) so why wouldn't you be related to them." Matatabi smirked. "None of the bijuu are related to the species we look like, it's just a form we took likings to and then made it into our own."

Matatabi then cloaked herself in flames, launching a flaming claw at Erza. However, Erza avoided the blow, landing outside the crater. "That doesn't matter," Erza said, disappearing. Matatabi smirked, blocking the swipe of the blade with her flaming skin. However, Erza would not give up, disappearing and reappearing again, lashing out with her blade. The flame skin blocked again. Erza danced around Matatabi, attempting to launch successful attacks, however the flames blocked every attempt. Erza smirked, continuing her blitz of attacks. At least like this Matatabi couldn't attack.

"Sonic Claw!" Erza said as she reappeared at the edge of the crater for a brief second. She then shot forwards at high speeds, slashing in all directions. However, the flames blocked each and every strike. Matatabi sighed. "It seems you really are weak, truly nothing compared to the might of a bijuu."

Matatabi ducked under Erza's swipe, lashing out with a kick. However, Erza managed to just barely avoid it, appearing on the edge of the crater and breathing heavily.

'She's blocking everything! I have to break through! There has to be some weakness in this defense!' Erza thought, thinking on all the places she had attacked. Needless to say, each one had perfectly defended Matatabi from all harm. Erza growled, her eyes narrowed.

'What if I launch powerful attacks repeatedly on the same spot,' Erza thought, changing armors again.

Erza donned an armor that made her resemble a Greek Goddess. The breastplate was decorated by golden trimmings, and had thin plates going up to surround Erza's neck. Protrusions, although less prominent, could be seen on the armored gauntlets which covered the entirety of Erza's arms; the greaves on the other hand, possessed matching protrusions on them, with a particularly large pair of knee guards, but were instead composed of plates attached to simple, thigh-high boots with high heels. The armor lacked a waist guard, instead sporting a decorated cloth that hung from the breastplate to cover Erza's groin, sporting a single piece on the top front and three on the back, which were decorated by large spheres with fur-like ornaments hanging from them. Her head got adorned by a band with two ribbons on it, and her hair was styled into a long braid. The weapons she held was a long spear, with a very large blade and a decorated circle resembling a shield attaching it to the shaft, which was adorned by a large ribbon.

Erza channeled magic into her spear, and began to rotate it, a frown forming on her face. The rotation grew faster and faster before Erza was literally flying, a slow smirk forming on her angelic features. "Lightning Cyclotron!" Erza roared, pointing the spear towards Matatabi. Powerful lightning bolts shot from the tip of the spear, flying towards Matatabi. Needless to say the flames appeared around the bijuu in human form, protecting it against the lightning bolts. However, Erza wasn't done as she aimed at one of the flames, quickly channeling magic into the staff, aiming to strike before the flame disappeared. "Lightning Beam!" Erza roared, shooting blue lightning from the tip of the spear. It slammed into the flame. "Barrage!" Erza started firing blue lightning off, rapid fire, attempting to pierce through. However, after several minutes of trying Erza noticed her magic's supply being severely limited, down to about 30 percent. Erza frowned as she noticed Matatabi, her skin completely safe.

"Weak," Matatabi said. Erza frowned, changing armors for what she knew would be the final time this fight.

The dual toned armor she wore now was composed of a simple pink breastplate joined to the collar, which sported a heart centered between two wing-shaped decorations. The pauldrons were structured by two pink plates, faintly shaped like wings, consecutively surmounted by one another and pointed downwards. They were adorned by intricate ornamental wings on each pauldron. The gauntlet completely enveloped her arms and feature prominent feather-shaped decorations pointing backwards in correspondence to her wrists. The waist guard was made up of plates attached to the breastplate, surrounded by a thin belt around Erza's waist, and had a short, pinkish white skirt underneath that covered her upper thighs. Her greaves reached up to the center of her bare thighs, and possessed feather-like ornaments protruding from the upper edges of the greaves and the lower edges of her knee guards, which had similar motifs carved on them, and each sported a pair of small wings, one attached to the knee guard, and one in correspondence to Erza's ankles. The armor was completed by a large tiara adorning her head, with feather-shaped protrusions jutting out horizontally and a large pinkish-white cape. Her hair was styled into a pair of braids.

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"I've never seen that armor before," Natsu said, looking at Erza with a puzzled expression. Levy nodded. "Yeah, she doesn't let people see it often. It's after all, a powerful armor of hers."

Cana's eyes narrowed as she saw it. "It actually looks like armor and not a skimpy article."

Lucy blanched. "Her armors do tend to look like that huh?"

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Naruto and Sasuke smirked. "Now…let's see how powerful you've become Erza," Naruto said. "In your strongest armor."

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"This is my strongest armor," Erza said. "Armadura Fairy!"


Hey guys it's Kuma Akuma. The fight has begun and is no going well for Erza. Matatabi is single-handedly destroying her in the fight, and Erza just seems unable to keep up. Even her strikes are being negated by Matatabi's flaming skin. Things are not looking up for her. Will she be able to pierce Matatabi's flame skin and defeat her in the next chapter? Or will Erza fall without landing a single blow on the two-tailed bijuu? More importantly, how is Shukaku doing on his mission to find Lullaby? Why does Mito want it? Find out next time on...The Story of Lightning and Wind! ...I did that successfully I think. Anyways, I want to know what you guys think of what I did to Matatabi, I mean giving her, her flame skin. I think certain bijuu should be able to have hard skin like: Isobu, Goken, Hachibi, and the Nanabi. They probably do, however I thought about the Nibi for a second and was like, "What if I gave Matatabi the ability to stop attacks with flames?" I thought it was pretty good, so I used it. Anyways, I want to know if you think this is overpowered, or just right for a bijuu to have. I mean, Shukaku has the ultimate defense, Isobu is probably next highest, but I feel like the Bijuu shouldn't just be so easy to wound, like you would have to put in a lot of effort to hurt them slightly. Of course, Naruto and Sasuke can pierce her flame skin, but...they're them...I don't know about Jura, but Jura won't be fighting him. Also, if you're wondering about Jura's personality, and how he doesn't act like he normally does, don't worry I know...I have a plan. Now it will be Erza vs Matatabi full charge next chapter, so truly grab your popcorn. Also, my poll will be taken down soon so do your final votes on that if you haven't. Anyways, see you guys later, and avoid the Earl.