Before you read this chapter, I'd like to say, that remember, Gray is knocked out. And please, for god sakes, read the entire chapter, before saying anything.
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Chapter 4
Northern Fiore – The Sacred Mountain: Zonia
"What was that…power that pulsed in the distance…?" Acnologia wondered, not even appearing to be asking Irene for information on the godly being, simply calculating the situation in his own emotionless way.
Eileen merely smiled slightly, confirming that whatever, or whoever was in the distance, is her worthy ally.
"You need not, to worry about that. Goldilocks-Sensei will annihilate you one day, but I'd prefer not to interfere with his business if I were you, Dragon. He has a bit of a temper, and his patience tends to run short if tempered with."
Acnologia narrowed his eyes at Eileen's audacity, "Are you suggesting that, Zeref has a Mage that can match my power, me, the Great Acnologia?"
"Tsk, I'm not suggesting anything, I'm merely stating facts, and the fact of the matter, is that there are beings more ancient than you in this god forsaken world." Irene began, "Your history, does not justify your current calmness in this war. Acnologia, The Black Dragon of Apocalypse, you seek nothing but destruction and chaos, yet, you lurk in the shadows, and only crawl out when you feel it necessary."
Said Dragon of Apocalypse merely raised an eyebrow, wondering where the strongest woman in the Spriggan is going with this conversation.
Eileen's gigantic garb shadowed her eyes, as she revealed something that made Acnologia's eyes widen slightly.
"The longer you wait for them, the more time we are granted to prepare." Eileen stated with a smirk, and she definitely took pleasure in seeing the look of shock on Acnologia's face.
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Magnolia
"Ugh!" Natsu Dragneel could only grunt, as the black tribal tattoos slowly took over his form from one side, it was half way at this point.
Opposite him, the Sage of Spriggan still appeared to be asleep. But, an intelligent one could tell that, he was far from taking a nap.
'It's been almost half an hour, he should have located it by now…' August uttered internally, as he glanced slightly behind, and saw the blonde Spriggan taking in a deep breath after seemingly years.
"Found you…" Naruto uttered, as he sent chakra into his eyes, and instantly snapped it wide open, "Mangekyou Sharingan!"
TING!
Natsu gasped, as he abruptly jerked up from his current position, and felt the world around him turning blurry, as he felt some invisible force grip his very heart, when he made eye contact with Naruto's eyes, crimson and raven eyes that looked like a power overloaded atom. He simply froze, as he felt his hearing and other senses being stopped.
DO! DIP! DO! DIP…DIP….DO…DIP…
Eventually, even the sound of his heartbeat, was fading away, as he completely lost all control over his senses.
SWISH!
Natsu being stuck in this process; hadn't even registered that, the tattoo's that were half way, had completely engulfed his skin. His skin turned a slightly darker shade, and the Sclera of both his eyes, had turned completely black, along with his eyes turning into spinning sharingan's, signifying that this process had been initiated by Naruto's sharingan.
'What…is happening…I can't…feel…anything…' Natsu thought, as darkness started creeping along his vision…before…
DOOOOM!
"Huh?" Natsu managed to utter, as the area around him completely changed. He now is in a land, which is completely engulfed in lava and volcanoes. However, he is attached to a boulder, which has a countless amount of runes and sealing formulas around it and wrapped around Natsu, along with the runes extending and attaching to nearby boulders.
"What the…"
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"You probably wondering, what the hell is this place, and way you are here…" A voice interrupted, Natsu glanced up slightly, only to see none other than the Sage of Spriggan, sitting on top of the boulder that he is currently attached to. The Dragon Slayer hadn't even noticed that his senses had returned.
"I will answer those questions." Naruto began, "Since July 7th, in the year X777, The Fire Dragon King, Igneel, had sealed himself in you in order to stop your Dragonification, and to emerge one day and defeat Acnologia…However, sealing himself in you meant that, he needed a space or place to reside until his time to emerge…You currently looking at it. Welcome, Natsu Dragneel, to the core of your Magic Power."
Dramatically enough, as soon as Naruto finished his statement, multiple volcanoes erupted behind him, which gave a badass red tint or highlight to his appearance.
"My…Magic power…?" Natsu uttered, wide eyed. He never really took the time to figure out how Igneel had sealed himself inside him, but, this should have been the first place that would have entered his mind, if the topic was brought.
"Yes…however…" Naruto began, gaining the attention of Natsu once again, "There was a third motive as well. I am sure, you are aware of your true heritage, and judging by your current restrain, are you able to clarify what it holds back, and what a simple distortion in the seal could unleash…After all…It was I…"
Natsu's face turned paler the more Naruto spoke, he isn't about to say what he thinks he's going to say…
"…Who created this very seal, which sealed you in the first place, hmm…E.N.D." Naruto continued, rather emotionless, if one noticed.
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"What…?" Natsu whispered with wide eyes.
Naruto merely scoffed, "It shouldn't be that much of a surprise, Igneel was also part of this agreement. If we sent you here, from 400 years ago with E.N.D's presence still present, Acnologia would have no doubt cleared an entire path before him, in order to get to you, and erase your existence. "
"But, I thought…" Natsu began, but, he was interrupted by Naruto.
"You thought what, hmm?" Naruto began, "That E.N.D is an entire different entity that you host? That's ridiculous. If that was the case, I wouldn't have gone through fighting you and your comrades; I could have merely snapped the seal from any location, at any given time. No, E.N.D, is a metamorphosis, in which you go through. You were afraid, because you thought, the demon is an entirely different entity, that will take over your body once unleashed…Now tell me, what would happen, if I just snap this seal right now? Would you accept your transformation, or reject it, even with the knowledge that, it is your true power and your power alone?"
Natsu gritted his teeth, as he felt himself actually coming to terms with everything, "I can't do it. E.N.D has caused nothing but pain and suffering for my guild mates. I don't think I am ready to reveal this to them, or if they even ready to know this yet…"
"Are you freakin kidding me?!" Naruto bellowed, which actually made Natsu cringe slightly, "You reject a power, which will save them, because you are afraid of what they will think? How are they your comrades, when you not even sure, if they would accept you, your true self! Say your words properly in your fat head first before speaking to me. What is your goal, to protect Fairy Tail, or defeat Acnologia?!"
"It's both, for fuck sakes!" Natsu bellowed with anger, anger at himself being unable to make a decision on life.
"Well, with your mindset, you'd be unsuccessful in both…Look around, and look at yourself, what do you see?"
Natsu, being as stubborn as he is, didn't even say anything, he just settled for looking around.
"I see nothing, your point?"
"Exactly, these restrains, this seal, they hold nothing back, but your power. You are only restraining yourself, and who does it benefit at the end of the day…?"
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"Tsk!" Natsu gritted his teeth with his eyes shadowed, he was so conflicted, that he didn't even notice a drop of tear run down his cheek, "Why are you even doing this, aren't you my enemy, why are you helping me?!"
Naruto could practically read this kid. His heart was heavy and chaotic at the moment…Yes; it was now time to reveal the truth to him.
"The reason why I am doing…Is because I, your brother, even Alverez, we are not your enemy…" Naruto dropped the bomb.
Natsu gasped in absolute shock, but, his expression turned into pure rage, "Don't fuck with me! You expect me to believe that, after everything you and him had done! Leaving you aside, Zeref had been a walking death bomb, for over 400 fucking years. And now, he's a walking death bomb, with the intention of being a walking death bomb!"
"Sigh…" Naruto began, but, he then snapped open his Mangekyou Sharingan, resulting in Natsu freezing up again, "I have no time to explain. However, I will show you, who and what the true enemy…is."
TING!
Naruto's Mangekyou patterns spun rapidly, as vision haunted Natsu's mind, showing him what is lurking in the shadows, and what is about to happen, very soon.
"GASP! GASP! GASP! COUGH! COUGH!"
Natsu unfortunately couldn't get through even a quarter of it, he broke out into a massive sweat, and his blood ran cold, "I-Impossible…All of them….!"
"Yes…All of them…" Naruto uttered, with an absolute serious expression his face.
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"Fairy Tail must know about this!" Natsu began, but he was yet again interrupted.
"Absolutely not!" Naruto bellowed, "They won't even believe you, because you got the information from me, you idiot! Fairy Tail is not ready, and by no means, will they get in my way, as they are. I have already come with a plan, and I promise you, I'm not doing this because I give a shit about your guild. It's either they train or get stronger, or stay back, and don't get in my way."
"Dammit!"Natsu yelled with gritted teeth, "You know I can't stay in the guild if I accept this power, right?"
Naruto scoffed, "That's just the way it is…"
Natsu's hair shadowed his eyes once more. Call him crazy, but he somehow has the feeling that the Sage of Spriggan is telling the truth. If he wanted to, he could have completely annihilated Fairy Tail along with Ishgar, so him doing all of this just doesn't fit in with someone who is an enemy.
"You know, Sacrifice is one of the best forms of comradeship…" Naruto began, as he lifted his hand up slightly to highlight his point, "You're only a true warrior, when you sacrifice yourself, in order for good to come, and for a brighter future. You'd be a true man…and your father would have been proud of it."
Natsu could only stare ahead in deep thought, pondering on everything that was said to him.
"So, I ask you once more, do you accept your heritage, or do you reject it?"
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"Sigh…" Natsu released a shaky sigh, which told Naruto exactly his decision.
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Outside barrier
"My humble apologies, but you will not get even a centimeter of yourself passed me…" August stated calmly, as the extremely banged up and injured Mages of Ishgar stood a few meters away from him, gasping for air.
"Dammit!" Erza yelled, as she barely managed to keep herself up.
"Natsu!" Happy, Wendy and Lucy yelled, with tears running down their cheeks.
"Kuso!" Laxus, Sting and Rogue exclaimed.
"Are we too late…?" Mirajane managed to gasp out, totally wasted and out of breath.
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"On the contrary, you actually just in time…" Naruto's voice resounded throughout the area, as they all turned towards the barrier.
CHINNNG!
The barrier runes and seals retreated back to seemingly Naruto's palm, and the barrier dropped.
"You bastard, what did you do to Natsu?!" Erza yelled, as she managed to hold her sword in a tight grip.
"So, it is done…" August uttered to himself with a sigh.
"Hai, as I was saying, YOU'RE. JUST. IN. TIME." Naruto replied, emphasizing each word.
"Tsk!"Erza couldn't help but grit her teeth in frustration.
'I sense an unbelievable bundle of demonic energy…' Mirajane thought internally, as she stared at Natsu in shock. He was seemingly held up by nothing, though there was an extremely deadly chill in the area…But, that is not where the demonic energy is emitting from.
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"I'll tell you guys what…" Naruto began; he got up from his Indian style position on the ground, and started walking towards Natsu, "Since you've been such good people, and irritated me so much, I will reward you by letting you in on a little secret…"
"Secret…?" Erza and Laxus repeated, while managing to catch their breath. However, their bodies were still damaged beyond repair.
"All this time, you've been thinking that, I am the final Spriggan…You are greatly mistaken on that part…" Naruto began, "Yes, I am known as the Conqueror Spriggan, however, I've never said, nor has this title meant, that I am the final Spriggan."
Eyes widened from one side, as they took in this information with shell-shock expressions.
"What do mean you are not the final Spriggan, you are the only Spriggan that we have no information on, and we have discovered the other 11?!" Wolfheim asked, yet Naruto didn't even flinch.
'Bakana, if what he is saying, is true, then that means there is still one more Spriggan that is unknown!' Erza thought internally in shock, the very thought of fighting another one of them after fighting Naruto, nearly make her drop to her knees.
"Yes, I am a Spriggan, but, I merely replaced that fool Ajeel. However, I am known as the Conqueror Spriggan, because I can successfully take all of them on and win. So I won't blame you if you confused both…" Naruto said, while his right hand all of a sudden turned pitch black.
'Where is he going with this?' Mirajane wondered, as she has an extremely bad feeling.
"I am here on a mission…and that mission…" Naruto began, and they held on to his every word, "…Is to retrieve the final Spriggan."
He then held his palm in front of Natsu's face, said the words that made their entire world sink.
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"Come forth, E.N.D…"
BOOOM!
Before they could even blink, Natsu all of a sudden jerked up and let loose a pure demonic screech, and black liquid burst from his mouth, nose, and started engulfing him rapidly. The ground below him simply cratered and collapsed, followed by a shockwave that sent Fairy Tail and other guilds fly back.
SWISSHHH!
In pure demonic way, the flames of Natsu's Blaze Dragon King Mode swirled around him started lifting the broken ground below him.
"RRRRGGGHHHAAAAAAAA!" The demonic screech travelled for miles, which was followed by dust blowing everything away from him.
"Hot damn…" Naruto said, as he used one hand to shield his eyes from the dust. August and him hadn't even moved from their spot.
Soon, and Earthquake was ignited, and a bright light burst forth from Natsu an engulfed the entire land.
Alverez empire, Eileen, Acnologia, they all turned to their sight towards the enormous pillar of darkness that threatened to engulf all of them.
'This is-!' Acnologia exclaimed internally, wide eyed.
SWISH!
Acnologia turned on his heel and raced towards the pillar of darkness, however, Eileen abruptly warped in front of him through a portal and slammed her staff onto the ground.
"Now, now, we can't be having you causing trouble, now can we?" Eileen stated with sweat appearing on her face. Naruto-sensei better hurry up, because this Dragon is minutes away from unleashing hell upon her.
"Move out of my damn way little girl!" Acnologia yelled with his eyes glowing, as a light blue aura engulfed him, and each step he took caused thee foundation their standing on to shake.
Back with Natsu, the black liquid had completely engulfed him by now, and then solidified.
'Fuck, the kid looks like a Black Zetsu….Ew…' Naruto thought, while on the outside, he held a calm expression.
SWIISSHH!
In an instant, the pillar of darkness disappeared, which was followed by…
CRACK! SNAP!
Cracks stared forming all over the body, before slowly shattering apart from the face, followed by the rest of the body.
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"W-W-W-What t-the…?" Lucy stammered, as slowly tears burst from her eyes that were as wide is it could possibly go.
"Natsu…h-he turned into that…" Happy whispered, as he remembered Zeref's every word during his fight with Natsu. However, the Exceed, could not comprehend what he is seeing in front of him.
"Did he just...say…" Erza began, as she stared ahead with sweat running down her face, and her jaw left unhinged in shock.
"E-E.N.D…?" Mirajane whispered with her hands covering her mouth, E.N.D, as in, the very same demon that she and her guild mates fought Tartaros for, in order to prevent it from being unleashed.
"D-Did we…hear that right?" Sting whispered with wide eyes, while Rogue didn't even attempt to answer that, because he was still processing what just happen.
"Well, that went off rather smoothly…" Naruto uttered, as he grabbed his cloak from August and placed it over his shoulders again, and placed the Gunbai and staff on his back. He glanced back slightly, and spoke to Natsu, "You have two minutes…"
Natsu appearance changed considerably. Firstly, the sclera of his eyes had turned completely black, and his irises ere crimson, along with black slit pupil. He has two, large black curved demon horns on his head.
Secondly, he has black tribal markings all over his body and face, along with his canines extending further than it was before. He wore the same clothes as before, but where there was yellow outlining, it was now red. Around his neck, is a magatama necklace, which looks exactly like Acnologia's and Naruto's, and finally, he possessed a pair of gigantic pitch black bat, or dragon wings on his back…
"Natsu…What is this?" Erza uttered with her hair shadowing her eyes. What made this whole thing uneasy is the fact that Natsu is not surprised by his knew appearance at all.
Natsu stood in front of his comrades with dread gripping his heart. He could only take in a shaky breath, as he prepared himself for what he is about to reveal.
"I'm sorry guys. I…I wanted to tell you about this when I felt you were ready. But, I'm going to be honest, and tell you know…I'm…not what I've appeared to be the entire time…I-I…" Natsu tried to continue, but he felt tears grip the edge of his eyes, unable to find the willpower to complete his sentence, which made Naruto sigh, as he walked next to Natsu.
"I might as well just continue…?" Naruto stated more, than asked. However, judging by Natsu's silence, he was not rejecting the offer.
Happy gulped, as he knew the truth is about to come out, and tears ran down his face, as he could practically see Natsu's breathing increasing due to his nervousness.
"Even though you heard the words clearly from my mouth, I'd go into a brief explanation, thank me later…" Naruto began, "I am sure you are aware of the story of E.N.D, the greatest demon, that Zeref created, and is the former master of Tartaros…However, the actual creation of him is much more complicated than that…"
…(Enter Track: Bleach OST – Soundscape to Ardor)…
Fairy Tail couldn't even muster the strength to respond to Naruto, they only stared at Natsu, who lowered his head in dread.
"Long ago, back tracking to 400 hundred years ago, a time where Zeref had not been cursed with Ankhseram's Curse, existed a boy who was considered a prodigy amongst all his peers. He was simply unmatched, and everybody expected a bright future for the young boy, who is none other, than Zeref himself…" Naruto began, smiling slightly as he was successful in gathering all of their attention.
"However, inside, he was lost. At a young age, he had lost not only his parents, but also his little brother due to the constant wars of that time. Being a prodigy, being the strongest, did not matter to him in the slightest. All he ever thought about, is what would it be like to experience that love again, to be with his family again…So innocent in the death of his family, that he couldn't comprehend the fact that their soul had left their bodies and are long gone, and he would never be able to bring them back…and before he knew it, the brink of Life and Death, eventually became a primary focus for him. It became his priority, and…his peers began to take notice of it."
Fairy Tail hung on to his every word, some even gasping at hearing this history, which they have never heard before.
"They tried to warn him several times, of the consequences in regards to tampering with the laws of Nature, and wishing to alter it, yet still, he'd persist on the idea. He came up with plans, such as bringing people back to life with the R-System, going back in time to prevent death, with the Eclipse Gate. However, tragedy once again struck, his inventions were such an insult to the laws of Nature that eventually, even the Gods themselves began to take notice… And then…it happened."
'R…R – System…' Erza stammered internally.
'Eclipse Gate…' Lucy thought, shell-shocked, 'He's the one that created them in the first place?!'
"For tampering with the laws Nature, he had been bestowed with Ankhseram's Curse, the curse of Immortality and Contradiction. Totally unaware of it at that time, he snapped when one of his teachers had berated him, and told him that he would never be able to bring his parents and brother back. And with that, the curse had been activated, and everyone he knew…all the students, teachers, elders, they had died, right in front of his eyes. Years passed by, and the death count only increased exponentially, the more he loved life, the more the curse took it from him, and he cursed his very existence, and he came to the conclusion, the he must die."
"That's…Crazy!" Mirajane uttered, with her hands covering her mouth.
"All those deaths, simply for loving life…" Erza uttered, as the very thought of it made her think she'd go insane if she was cursed.
"So, he got to work on creating things to kill him. He created a batch of demons called etherious, devils, weapons, even Magic…yet all his efforts went to waste. They didn't even possess a tenth of his power to even scratch him, let alone kill him. However, he did not give up, his primary focus at that moment, is to create a single being, a being that is not made of magic, but possesses life force - to create the strongest Etherious that will forever walk this these lands and successfully kill him. But, he needed a body. He couldn't even step into grounds of civilization without them attacking him and turning to nothing due to his curse…But, he had a secret, something that he kept quiet about from the time he was little…His family had been dead and buried, but, he did not dispose of his little brother's body, he had kept it safe the entire time, and now he knew, he could create his best and final hope to kill him."
"Don't tell me…" Lucy began, as she covered her mouth and locked eyes with Natsu, who averted his eyes away from her.
Naruto lifted his hands up slightly, to make the moment more dramatic, "At long last, the most powerful Etherious demon had been created! E.N.D - Etherious Natsu Dragneel, younger brother of Zeref Dragneel!"
Erza collapsed to her knees, as her sword shakily left her hands, "N-No…t-this can't be…"
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….(Enter track: Fate/Zero OST - Tragedy and fate)….
Naruto paid no attention to them anymore, as he simply turned around and spoke, "However, we have a new purpose for him now. Zeref was willing to die for you humans, but even the most peaceful person gave up hope on this race. Natsu is no more a killing weapon, but a warrior…and the real question is whether you'll accept that."
Naruto said, as he started walking away.
Natsu lifted his head up slightly, ready to apologize for not telling them sooner…But, his eyes widened at what he saw. All of them were staring at him in shock….and, fear. They no more held that reassuring and trusting look that he was so used to. Everything is coming back, every word that Naruto said; it's all gripping his very heart. He narrowed his eyes, and turned around.
"Let's leave, Naruto. We've wasted enough time here…" Natsu stated, as he walked away from Fairy Tail with his hair shadowing his eyes.
"Before we leave, you are going to need this, son." August said, as he threw a cloak at Natsu, who caught it, and took a few seconds to look at it.
Natsu released a shaky sigh, as the wings on his back disappeared, 'Well, here goes nothing.'
And with that being said, he put on the white cloak, and Lucy snapped out of it when she saw what was written on the back of it, in black writing.
Alverez Empire – Spriggan 12
Along with that was the Alverez sign overlapping it.
"Finally, I'm sick and tired of this shit!" Naruto said, as he walked with his hands behind his head, as if everything that transpired from the beginning of this fight never happened.
"W-Wait!"
However, Naruto, Natsu and August stopped, as they heard Lucy yell and hug Natsu from behind.
'Oh for the love of…' Naruto began, with a straight annoyed expression, but, he just settled for sighing.
"Lucy….?" Natsu questioned with wide eyes.
"Please d-don't go…Why are you doing this, there are the enemy?!" Lucy yelled, as tears ran down her face.
Natsu being as reckless as he is nearly tell her the truth right then and there, but one look from Naruto told him to shut his mouth or he's dead. He then thinks back to Naruto's words, as he is still in Lucy's embrace…
"Sacrifice is one of the greatest forms of comradeship. You're only a true warrior, when you sacrifice yourself, in order for good to come, and for a brighter future. You'd be a true man…and your father would have been proud of it."
He then thinks back to the vision that Naruto showed him, the vision of the true enemy, and what they would do.
"I'm sorry Lucy, but this is to protect you…" Natsu whispered, as he turned around and gave her one last hug, before lifting his hand up.
"Eh…?" Lucy uttered in confusion, before…
BAM!
He knocked her out by chopping her on the neck with his palm. But, he caught her and gently laid her on the ground.
"Let's go, Naruto…" Natsu said, as he walked next to Naruto along with August.
"Before we leave, I believe that a reckless idiot on our side needs to be rescued in your guild." Naruto stated calmly, which made Natsu raise an eyebrow in confusion, but August merely sighed.
The rest of Fairy Tail was about to run after them. However, just one look from Naruto made them flinch, and told them, to back off.
'W-What…just happened…?' Erza said, still in shock that one she considered a brother is one of their greatest enemies, and is now siding with the actual enemy.
She then tries to remember something, she couldn't quite catch it, but she could have sworn that Naruto had said something to her just before she passed out.
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Fairy Tail Guild
"Where the hell is everyone!?" Cana Alberona yelled, as she ran up the stairs of the basement, with the revived body of the Mavis Vermillion, the first guild master and Fairy Heart in her hands. She appears to be asleep.
"Your comrades are in trouble. They were fighting on the meteorite in the sky, but a few minutes ago it crashed outside the town… judging by what I'm sensing, it doesn't look too good." Brandish stated, as she sweated at feeling a new demonic energy, that sky rocket just a few minutes ago.
"WHAT! Dammit, where is the enemy now!?" Cana asked, as she needed someone to heal Mavis's body, she couldn't even move a finger.
"They-!"
BOOOOMMMM!
However, before Brandish could even finish her sentence, the entire entrance, including the majority of the wall exploded and shattered apart.
"Ugh!" Cana gritted her teeth, as dust and pebbles flew passed her, while Miss Brandish eyes widened when a silhouette of cloak.
SWISH!
Seemingly, by an unknown force, the dust dispersed instantly, to reveal the sight of Naruto standing at the now completely destroyed entrance with his hands crossed.
"Hmm, so below, huh…" Naruto uttered, as he began walking forward.
Brandish and Cana gasped with sweat appearing on their faces. However, despite that, Brandish still mustered up the courage to get in front of Cana in a protective stance.
"I-I will not let you take Fairy Heart!" Once again both of them gasped, but it was not because Naruto had turned his sights towards Mavis….it's because, he merely walked passed both of them, and went down the stairs that lead to the chamber.
"What the…" Cana uttered in absolute shock, as the Conqueror Spriggan didn't even take a second to even acknowledge them, he just walked passed as if they weren't there in the first.
'This guy's magic…it's of the fucking charts. Is this the guy that everyone was fighting, it can't be…?'
The more Cana thought about it, the more she actually began to realize that, him being here, means that everybody had been defeated. The mere thought of it, nearly make her drop to her knees, but with Mavis in her arms, she could not afford to.
Fairy Tail Chamber
Tied to a chair, behind bars, is a young buxom woman, with a slender figure. Her wavy, blonde hair is cropped short, reaching only the base of her neck. It is quite messy, giving it a somewhat spiky appearance. While it is mostly swept back, some bangs hang down her forehead, curving away from her face on either side. Her brown eyes droop at the edges. The mark of the Alverez Empire is branded on the outer side of her left calf. This is Dimaria Yesta, One of the Spriggan 12, and known as the goddess of war.
'The tremors have stopped…' Dimaria began, internally, 'I can't tell who the victor from here is.'
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"Heh, defeated by two little brats…Life doesn't get any shittier than that…"
Dimaria eyes snapped open, as she abruptly lifted her head to glance at the bar, only for her eyes to widen when she saw the cloak and the staff on the back.
"Lord Naruto…" Dimaria questioned with sweat appearing on her face. Randi had told her about the conqueror spriggan. So this is what he really looks like, just from his appearance she can tell he is powerful.
Clang!
Naruto merely swiped his hand, and the bar simply split in half and collapsed, along with the restrains on her.
"Fortunately for you, you seem more useful than Porn star upstairs." Naruto began, as he threw a cloak at her, "Get dressed; we're leaving immediately, and we are welcoming a new member."
"H-Hai!"
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With Acnologia and Eileen
'Whoops, whoops, whoops, whoa!' Eileen exclaimed internally, as she barely dodged each and every one of Acnologia's fist.
Acnologia then gritted his teeth, and jumped into the air with his heel up, ready to deliver a drop kick.
Eileen's eyes widened slightly, before quickly jumping out of the way.
BOOOMMM!
As soon as his kick impacted with the ground, a gigantic spider web shape broke the entire ground spreads out throughout the entire battlefield, which was followed by an unbelievable amount of dust bursting forth and reaching for the sky.
'This woman is starting to annoy me…' Acnologia thought with frustration.
SPARKLE! BOOOMM!
However, he had to instantly swipe his palm to his left side, as a huge amount of purple lightning impacted with him and destroyed the ground even further. But, with him using his palm, the attack, within seconds, split and raced towards the mountain behind him, resulting in it collapsing.
SWISH! DOOOM!
The Dragon Kings eyes widened slightly, because as soon as he deflected the attack, the dust above his dispersed, revealing a gigantic molten hot, lava engulfed meteorite scorch the air itself, and neared him with blurring speeds.
'A diversion…not too shabby. But, this is nothing!' Acnologia exclaimed internally with narrowed eyes. The Dragon King merely took a stance, and caught the meteor with both his palms, lowering his head slightly, as a heat wave went passed him, even though it wouldn't affect him in the slightest.
WARP!
However, in an instant, a purple portal opened exactly a meter away from Acnologia's back. And out of that portal came Eileen in mid swing with her magic engulfed staff.
'I've got you!' Eileen stated internally with a smirk…before…
CLANG!
He abruptly let one hand of the meteorite, and caught her staff in an insane grip, which made her eyes widen. He then faced his palm towards her face, and it started glowing white.
"Be gone!" Acnologia yelled, as the meteorite engulfed him, but not before releasing his attack on Eileen.
BOOOOOMM!
A huge dome of white and blue magic engulfed the entire land, and the mountains around it had gotten disintegrated, and it didn't even touch the dome, it was simply the shockwave.
Soon, the blast died out, and all that was left is dust swirling everywhere, and Acnologia stood on top of a destroyed mountain, and looked down at the dust storm with a cold expression.
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"That was quite some attack there, Mr. Acnologia. Nearly got me…"
Acnologia gasped slightly, though regained his composure almost instantly, and glances behind to see Eileen standing on top of another destroyed mountain. However, it seems she was not entirely spared, as her right sleeve was gone, and she has a couple light bruises along said, arm.
"How did you escape that, I was sure I had you…?" Acnologia asked calmly, as if he wasn't slightly shocked.
Eileen merely smiled, as her garb once again shadowed her eyes.
"Well, you can thank Goldy-Sensei for that. He taught me in the Arts of many things, and surprisingly enough, Space and Time were a part of my regimen. Heh, it just so happens, that he taught me a particular technique that can be very handy when in a bad situation, see."
Acnologia raised an eyebrow, when Eileen pulled out a trench knife from her sleeves. The knife was reminiscing of a kunai, and three bladed. On the red handle, is what seems to be a rune written in black ink, it was truly an elegant looking tool…
"Tsk, I don't understand how something as whimsical as that, saved you from one of my attacks." Acnologia stated, though internally half lying. Somehow he knew that Kunai is not normal, and he connected the dots that her training in the Art of space and Time, had something to do with the runes on the handle.
However, before the conversation could escalate, both of their eyes widened when they felt something the distance.
'The huge magic power…they, disappeared?' Acnologia thought, in shock. He had been too late.
"Mission success…" Eileen uttered with a smirk, which made Acnologia turn to her with the most rage filled expression on his face.
"You bitch, I will kill you!" Acnologia raged, as he kicked off the mountain to tear her apart with his claws, and a blue glow appeared around him, as he started to transform into a dragon.
"Well, since I have no more business here. I'd show it to you again, but this the last time. Bye, Bye!" Eileen stated with a smile, as he held the kunai up, which started glowing red.
"Hiraishin…(Flying Thunder God…)"
FLASH!
However, just a spilt second away from his claw impacting with her, a red glow surrounded her, before she blurred out of sight with a shockwave resounding throughout the air and the air warping at where she previously stood.
Acnologia gripped his head in rage, before lifting his head up towards the sky, and released a roar of pure anger that was so chaotic and powerful, that the land simply shook under his might.
"RRRRRHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"
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Alverez Empire - A few hours later
"Where the hell are we going?" Natsu asked, as he and Naruto walked in the hallway in the Emperors palace.
"There is a meeting that will take place in a few minutes. We're about to get someone that you might like, or not like, it's up to you, really." Naruto stated with a straight expression, which made Natsu raised an eyebrow, while wondering who the heck is that weird, that the conqueror spriggan has to say that he should expect the worst.
Finally, after walking for minutes, they both arrived at a door, and they raised an eyebrow when heard a shout from inside.
"You wretched woman! Can you not see that I was not prepared for you to take of the bandages, is this how you treat your patients?!"
Natsu stared at the door with confusion, while Naruto merely rolled his eyes in exasperation.
"Sigh, just roll with it." Naruto said, before opening the door, and revealing a sight that made Naruto sweat drop.
On a bed, is a man with medium-length, wavy and spiky light-colored her that juts out at the top in a shape similar to rabbits ears; he has thick eyebrows and bears a scar over the bridge of his nose. This is God Serena, former King of Ishgar, now a member of the Spriggan 12
At the moment, six nurses held him down, as one removed some bandages on his right side, while over ten of the nurses where knocked out on the ground due him lashing out.
"Sigh; just stay still, they trying to help you…" Naruto said, with his hands crossed.
"The hell is that…?" Natsu asked, as he tried to count the amount of knocked out nurses and doctors on the ground."
"God Serena."
Natsu couldn't help but gasp. So this the former number one Mage of Fiore, a grin slowly formed on his face at fighting him.
"But…What happened?"
"He got one-shoted." Naruto replied, which made Natsu scratch his head, like wasn't this guy supposed to be powerful. But, he got one-shoted.
Visible tick marks pulsed on Serena's forehead, as he knew Naruto acted as if he can't hear them.
"I did not get one-shoted you mongrel; I merely let my guard down for a second!" Serena yelled, with his fist raised.
Naruto turned to him, and Serena waited for a response, but all he got was…
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"Okay…" Naruto said with a deadpan expression, which drove Serena crazy, "You lucky I found you before you died. It was pretty stupid of you to let your guard down, especially with who you fought."
Serena merely gritted his teeth, as he thought back to his easy defeat, "I understand, it will not happen again."
Natsu looked back and forth between the two during this conversation, but, because he is still fucking nervous at being in Alverez of all places, he chose to just ignore it, least until the nervous ach in his stomach disappears.
"Who's the kid?" Serena asked, as he finally noticed Natsu.
"Natsu Dragneel, E.N.D, our newest member." Naruto informed, as he threw a set of clothes at Serena's face.
"No way, this kid is E.N.D, I find that hard to believe…" Serena said with a scoff, which made Natsu narrow his eyes.
"I can prove it to you by roasting your ass right now…" Natsu threatened, as a red aura engulfed him, and a gold aura engulfed Serena.
"Okay, shots fired. Unfortunately, we have zero time for this now, we have a meeting in a few minutes Ishgar brat. Get changed and be there." Naruto voice cut both of their aura's like hot knife through butter, as he and Natsu turned, and walked out of the room, and walked towards the meeting room.
Serena wouldn't even dare to challenge Naruto, but, the E.N.D brat has a big mouth. He'll take care of him later.
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Fairy Tail Guild
In the guild hall, it was usually filled with tables and chairs, now; it is filled with mattresses, which were used to leave the injured guild mates to rest. They all had bandages, and a certain group, was still in shock at the information, that they have received a day ago.
Currently, Makarov stood next to a group, consisting of Erza, Mira, Wendy, Lucy, Happy, and Laxus.
"Master, you knew we can't tell Gray yet, right?" Erza stated with her voice almost life-less.
Makarov could only look down in shame, as he couldn't prevent anything from happening. But, he nodded in agreement with Erza's statement, but was still trying to find the courage to speak after the beating they had received from the Conqueror Spriggan.
"We've already lost Natsu, losing Gray as well will be too much for the guild to handle…" Mirajane managed to whisper, as tears fell down her cheeks. All around them, their comrades were left in tears, as they lied to them that, Natsu had been captured and taken to Alverez.
As soon as Gray heard that, he instantly ran out of the guild, with Juvia running after him almost instantly in an attempt at comforting him. It seems that he blamed himself, for Natsu's defeat and capturing.
"What do we do now, Jii-chan?" Laxus asked, while resting on his mattress.
"Honestly, with what we have just witnessed and fought, we can't simply get up this time, and fight Alverez…Naruto Uzumaki was enough to defeat every one of us in battle, and they still have August, Invel, Larcade, Eileen, and N-Natsu. Until we somehow gain more strength, we don't stand a chance!" Makarov yelled, as he banged his fist on the counter, while the rest looked down in shame and guilt at their own powerlessness.
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"You'd be right in thinking that way…" A rough voice resounded throughout the guild, which made all of their eyes widen, and tense.
"What the-! Who goes there?!" Erza yelled, though she soon held her bandaged chest, as her ribs were still killing her.
It was quiet for a few more seconds, before…
SWISSHHHH!
All of a sudden, red magic, or some type of red energy started bursting from everywhere, the windows, the doors, even the cracks in the ground. All of this energy was swirling around the guild, and started gathering at the counter, and slowly took shape.
'Holy…'
First were the legs, then the abdomen, then chest. Secondly, Tails started forming behind it, and increasing rapidly in number, stopping all the way at number 9. Lastly, the face was formed, along with a pair of fox ears combined with rabbit ears.
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SNAP!
Crimson slitted eyes snapped open, which made the majority of them, trip and fall back. Their eyes widened, as sitting on the counter, is an orange furred fox, which possessed nine fluffy tails, and has crimson slitted eyes that possessed so much power, that they simply flinched whenever they made eye contact.
Makarov chose to approach the fox, "Who are you, and who sent you here?"
The fox merely scratched his head with his legs, but he decided to answer anyway, "It matters not how or who sent me here. However, as for my name, you can just call me…Kyuubi."
GASP!
The majority gasped at hearing the fox talk; even though they have seen many magical beasts that can talk…they just have a feeling that the fox in front of them is ancient, and is not to be trifled with.
"Kyuubi-san, may I ask your business with my guild?" Makarov questioned, as he stood in front of the fox.
Kyuubi sighed, as he narrowed his eyes, "It's as I just said, you'd be right, in having your current mind set. You realized, the true might of what some warriors are capable of in this world, and that, in turn, changed your mind set, on irresponsibly running after any opponent, that you have no info on."
'Is he…talking about Naruto?' Erza thought, as she struggled to get up from her mattress.
"And, it is all thanks to Naruto Uzumaki that will enable you to train and prepare in time, to fight the true enemy…"
Gasp!
'What is he…talking about?!' Everybody thought in shock.
"Do not worry, I will explain it to you briefly, and then, you will realize, why everything that happened in the past day happened; because, you now have that mindset, to truly understand the depths of your true enemy's power." Kyuubi announced, as he took in a deep breath.
Alverez Empire – Meeting room
At the meeting room, the remaining Spriggans sat at the circular table. The group consisting of August, Natsu, Naruto, Eileen, Dimaria and God Serena sat and relaxed around the table.
"I see. Nevertheless, it is good to have you back, God Serena." August said, as he spoke to the former King of Ishgar, who is drinking a cup of tea.
"Yes, yes! I have been revived, and once again, the elements shall dance with me, I shall stimulate beauty around the world once again, with my magnificent and natural pureness." God Serena sang, as he did a twirl, and exaggerated every single word he said.
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Dimaria said it once before, and she'll sure as hell say it again, "Ew…"
"Gay…" Natsu said with a nod.
Eileen tapped Naruto slightly and whispered, "Why'd you had to heal this clown again, Goldy-Sensei?"
Naruto released a sigh, as he spoke, "Trust me, he'll be useful in the future."
August decided to speak up, as he saw things were getting slightly out of control.
"His majesty is running a bit late, but, in the meantime, Naruto will explain to Miss Dimaria and Mr Serena on what really is happening…"
"Yes, I've been curious about this ever since I overheard you and his Majesty talk about." God Serena said, which Naruto just brushed off with a gesture of hand. The fact that Serena overheard such an important conversation didn't matter to him right now.
"Let's start of by saying who, or rather, what I really am…" Naruto began, as he started off, by explaining the history of the shinobi world, and how the art of Ninshu and Ninjutsu had slowly died off over his time. He explained every single detail, in regards to Kaguya Otsutsuki, the unknown world came from, and, the fight between her and her sons.
"After Kaguya's second fall. Two members from the unknown world, that she came from, that had appearances oddly similar to her, had come to retrieve her back, and take control of this world, because, they are somehow able to travel through dimensions, and even capable of time travelling. My best friend and I fought the two members, however, they managed to call another member, and successfully managed to disrupt our teamwork…and they ended killing him, but not before granting me his powers. I defeated two of them, and injured the last member, however, all of us didn't have the strength in us to continue, and they retreated, with the threat that they will return, and conquer this world."
"Holy..." Dimaria uttered with wide eyes, as she can't believe, that there were people on par with the warrior in front her, and he still managed to push them back.
"Eventually, a thousand years later, another member had come to this world…and you people, know his story all too well. A 'human' that was taught the art of Dragon Slayer magic. However, during the Dragon King Festival, he had bathed in too much Dragon blood, and therefore, turned into a Dragon himself…sounds familiar?"
"Acnologia…" Dimaria and God Serena uttered in shock. Natsu was not surprised, because Naruto had already showed him all this in his visions.
"Zeref once questioned Acnologia, why he just doesn't destroy the world, because he possessed the power to do so…and his answer was 'I am waiting for them, then, we will destroy you' Can you finally connect the dots?" Naruto asked, as Serena and Dimaria had sweat running down their faces, at the implication.
"Yes, soon, an entire clan, with each member, on par, or stronger than Acnologia, will unleash hell upon this world….The Ootsutsuki Clan!"
End Chapter
Man, this sure was a nice ride in writing this chapter, been writing it from Thursday.
Yes, so now that Fairy Tail has a feel of the type of power the Ootsutsuki's possess, because they got a beating from Naruto, instead of going straight ahead to fight the enemy, they will spend the remaining time they have to train.
It's as Naruto said, he does not care for Fairy Tail, he needs all the help to fight the Otsutsuki Clan, and he stated himself, "Its either they train or get stronger, or just stay out of his way, when the main enemy's arrive."
Please note, that there will be a mini arc, regarding Gray's clash with Natsu, which just has to happen.
Oh, and next chapter might have a lemon in it, between Naruto and Eileen, so you people might be lucky next time. Thank you reading, and I appreciate everyone, that is Fav/following and writing reviews, because in reviews, I know what you people think about the chapter, and how I can make adjustments here and there. Its not like I am making money of reviews, it warms my heart waking up the next morning and reading comments.
One more question, that's been bugging me for a while. Is it Eileen, or Irene? Because when I checked the manga, it shows Eileen. And the Manga is pretty much a direct link to Hiro Mashima and JUMP. But, the Wikipedia say Irene, and they…don't have that much of a direct link to the creator. I'm not insulting them, merely asking which one to believe with the facts stated.
Again, thank you, all.
Maki out!