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Sorry for this one being a bit late I've been really busy this past week both doing life stuff and a certain thing I've slowly been working on that fans of the SCP Universe will likely know about once I start talking about it.
So basically I've decided to give writing an SCP a go and have almost finished my first draft of it on the SCP sandbox wiki since I want to make sure it's at a decent level of quality, surprisingly it wasn't as hard as I thought to do formatting and stuff but that aside what I'm calling my first draft will soon be complete. Not really sure if I'm allowed to plug that stuff here so I'm just letting anyone who is interested in SCP stuff know that I'm doing that and if any of you have any suggestions on how I can link you guys to it so I can get some feedback for once I'm done writing up the first draft I'd greatly appreciate it.
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Hiccup-ALG – Aura at its core is basically the same with the Titans being older than the Gods. Yes it's not exactly the same thing and it's not compatible however the Thunder Titan didn't exactly 'Teach' Enel how to use it but more just explained to him how Aura itself worked based on how he had seen the Gods of old do it and Enel experimented from there through trial and error like Natsu did.
And as for the Devil Fruit and God's Aura within Enel that is one of the mysteries I've set for this world, what is the exact purpose of the Devil Fruits, why do they function they way that they do and why is it that even a God can eat one without becoming a Hybrid or die? To give you a hint however eating a Devil Fruit does not grant the eater of the fruit Devil's Aura itself which is what kills those who ended up with both before. If someone wields both they are supposed to die however Enel isn't wielding the Aura itself but a fruit that has trace amounts of it used to create it. I can't really say much more without spoiling what my ideas for the fruits are though.
Now the reason why Natsu didn't eat Enel's attack when he ate Kaguya's in the last volume was because Raigo was a much larger attack and as everyone knows Natsu isn't actually a Lightning Dragon Slayer and can still get sick from eating it. He ate Kaguya's lightning because hers was more Elder God's Aura than lightning, yes it was a lightning based attack but compared to Enel's attack which was an island sized sphere made mostly of lighting Kaguya's paled in comparison. That's not to say Kaguya is weaker than Enel, far from it but in this instance Enel's lightning attack is more powerful.
And to answer your final question yeah Natsu can use his weaker forms against people however as everyone will begin to discover in this Volume there are beings within the One Piece world who can actually take Monarch tier attacks, you'll find that against regular people he will use weaker variants he just hasn't come across many yet.
Erasenpai946 – I can confirm he will, it's pretty much a given though to what capacity I haven't decided but keep an eye on how Wano goes because the manga right now is giving me a good idea of how I'm going to scale them. As for romance it's not going to be quick like the Naruto verse was with Yugao however I have something planned so you'll have to wait and see on that front.
Anyway that was a LOT but on with the story!
I do not own Fairy Tail, One Piece or the Nasuverse.
Natsu Versus The Thunder Titan
/Luffy's POV/
"God's Aura: Goro Goro – 100 Million Volt Bari!"
"Not again," Luffy growled as he charged headfirst into the blast taking damage from the Aura enhanced attack as he prepared his own attack. "Gum Gum: Bazooka!"
Enel was hit straight in the gut by both of Luffy's palms making him cough up blood as he was sent flying away by the force of the attack with Luffy skidding to a stop before dropping to one knee in pain.
'His attacks actually hurt now … I don't think I can take many more of those head on.'
"You foolish brat, God's Aura: Goro Goro – 100 Million Volt Sandaransu!"
Appearing high above Luffy Enel raised his right arm above him with it morphing into a massive lance which he quickly spun around in an attempt to strike Luffy. Slamming his palms on the ground at the last moment Luffy propelled himself over it before shakily landing on his feet.
"The sky's gotten so much darker since that thing appeared …"
"Of course it has you brat," Enel said as he landed before him. "A being from the old times has been freed from its prison, the all powerful Thunder Titan!"
"Thunder Titan?"
"You mortals have fallen far if you do not even remember the raw strength of the Titans, beings who were the manifestations of the elements themselves! The Thunder Titan is the being responsible for Lightning and Thunder and was sealed away by the Gods and Devils of old."
"So then why the hell would you unseal it then!?"
"Power, unlimited power! Even bound within its prison it was able to show me the way, guiding me into unlocking my Divine heritage and gifted upon me the power of Thunder itself!"
"So you freed that thing that your ancestors sealed away just because it gave you a bit of power?"
"Foolish mortal scum you wouldn't even begin to understand the power it opened my eyes to, the power of the Gods themselves! The Titans were around back when my kind were beginning to emerge into creation so it knew exactly what buttons to press in order to awaken my latent power and now look at me, UNLIMITED POWER!"
Luffy grit his teeth as he threw himself out of the way of a powerful shockwave that tore apart the ground before him, landing on another nearby cloud platform as Enel began to laugh.
"The Thunder Titan told me all about them, these new age Gods and Devils, about how weak and feeble they are compared to the past! It told me of the power I could possess should I join it on its crusade to return its kind to the top, the glorious tale of 'God Enel' it said!"
"Man you must be pretty stupid then huh," Luffy said bluntly causing Enel to nearly choke mid sentence before glaring at him.
"What did you say brat!"
"Do you honestly believe that thing would help you now that it got its freedom? I mean really you just said that the Gods and Devils locked it away so why would it help you now that its free, it's more likely just gonna stab you in the back just for being a God?"
"It may kill off the other Gods but I have the Thunder Titan's word that I shall stand alongside it!"
"Yep that thing would totally betray you," Luffy sighed shaking his head. "You're just lucky that it's gonna get its ass handed to it before it gets that chance."
"You believe Dragneel actually stands a chance against the manifestation of Thunder and Lightning itself!?"
"I'll admit I don't know a whole lot about him yet but I can tell just by looking at him that Natsu is way stronger than you, probably stronger than my Grandpa even. Not only that but he can do that Mantra thing you can do only way better to the point that he doesn't even have to say it for it to work, it's just second nature to him."
"Even so he still stands no chance against a being that ancient, the Titans tower above all Gods and Devils of the new age!"
"Well it's a good thing Natsu isn't either of them then isn't it," Luffy replied with a grin as he entered an offensive stance. "Last I heard he was a Hybrid, the best of both God and Devil so that means he's the perfect one to take on that Titan you kiss the ass of."
"You little shit," Enel growled as lightning began to flood from his form. "You know next to nothing about the Gods, Devils or Titans yet you dare to comment on our affairs!? Now you've really gone and done it brat …"
A bolt of lightning struck Enel's form as his body began to morph and expand becoming a much larger, dare one say fatter, form of what it once was made entirely from blue lightning. Looking at it Luffy had to admit that this was what he assumed a God of lightning would look like as Enel held his staff behind him whilst holding his left palm outward in an offensive stance.
"God's Aura: Goro Goro – 200 Million Volt Amaru!"
"So this is the power of God," Luffy said as Enel jumped off of his cloud platform, landing on Luffy's with enough force to cause it to shake as he spun his staff around until it appeared in a throwing position.
"With this you die mortal filth, God's Aura: Goro Goro – 200 Million Volt Kami No Uranaishi!"
Throwing the lightning enhanced staff with all his strength at Luffy Enel was surprised when it missed, sailing past him and striking the earth behind him setting off a massive explosion that shook the surrounding area as if an earthquake had gone off in the sky.
Luffy stumbled as the platform he was on began to collapse and propelled himself onto another one only for Enel to kick him off of it through several more before appearing high in the sky above him.
"All those who defy God are little more than heretics, pretenders to the gift of life and must be cleansed from the world! God's Aura: Goro Goro – 200 Million Volt Tengoku No Mezame!"
Clapping his hands together Luffy almost felt his eardrums burst as a loud cracking sound signalled the strike of a thin bolt of lightning in front of him which quickly began to expand, engulfing the entire platform he was on forcing him to retreat to another in the nick of time.
"You only delay the inevitable mortal; the power of God is far beyond you even if you bear a Devil Fruit within you!"
Luffy panted heavily as he looked up at Enel who was currently floating high above his current location looking down upon him as if he were little more than trash that needed to be swept up. As it stood he didn't have much of a plan but he'd be damned if he pushed Enel this far only to lose.
Wiping some blood from his face Luffy stood up to his full height and met Enel's gaze determined not to back down, an act that served to anger Enel further as the lightning around him began to release a rain of sparks down below.
"Prepare yourself mortal for your time of judgement has come," Enel's voice boomed as Luffy prepared himself for the next onslaught.
/Natsu's POV/
"Titan's Aura: Thunder Titan's Raijin Zudzuki!"
"Hybrid's Aura: Fire Gravity Dragon Monarch's Sword Horn!"
Both Natsu and Rai-Jin smashed into each other with fierce head butts that shook the area around them sending sparks flying out in all directions until Rai-Jin was sent flying backward thanks to the Gravity Magic behind Natsu's attack.
"Are you not going to use Anti against this guy, you've already used quite a bit of power after fighting Grimmjow?"
"It's like Tim said, Anti should be the absolute last resort," Natsu replied as Rai-Jin emerged from the side of the cloud platform he'd been knocked into. "Besides I want to beat this guy without having to use my Demiurge Form."
"Why?"
"Even at my level of strength it isn't enough Ahnkseram, Kaguya was able to slap me around and without Aava and the Anti I would've died. If I want to get anywhere I've got to try and do things without relying on the power of others, there won't always be other people around to pull my ass out of the fire y'know?"
"A fair point but I mean are you really going to limit yourself like that?"
"If it means growing stronger to face greater threats then yes, yes I am."
"Stubborn as always," Ahnkseram sighed as Rai-Jin vanished and appeared before Natsu.
"Yes I can see now you aren't like these weak and feeble Gods and Devils of the current millennium, you've got power behind your title!"
"I wouldn't exactly call them weak you know, some of them I'd argue are stronger than I am right now," Natsu shot back as Rai-Jin's right hand began to emit pure white sparks.
"You have no idea what the Gods and Devils of old were capable of, beings who could bend the very fabric of the worlds to suit their whims as we fought across the realities now reduced to little more than cowards hiding behind their precious Rule Of Realms for protection from a virtually nonexistent threat!"
"Well I don't see you bending this world to your will so that implies you too are also weak doesn't it?"
"Compared to my former power yes I'm vastly inferior as would all my siblings be upon their re-emergence!"
"Then it's probably for the best to make sure you lot are dealt with quickly before you get a chance to do any significant damage," Natsu said as his fist began to glow crimson red with a purplish tinge.
"Titan's Aura: Thunder Titan's Uchiwake Ken!"
"Hybrid's Aura: Fire Gravity Dragon Monarch's Demolition Fist!"
The pair clashed again shattering the last floating platform in their immediate area forcing the pair to begin to slowly descend to the debris coated floor of the Upper Yard exchanging a swift barrage of punches and kicks which sent powerful shockwaves flying out in random directions.
"You may have killed Pallas but I will take much more than a few fancy tricks to kill," Rai-Jin roared as he threw several swift punches toward Natsu's midsection only for Natsu to block them with his final attack being caught directly.
"Hard to believe that you are the older one, Pallas didn't boast anywhere near as much as you do," Natsu replied as he dragged Rai-Jin forward landing a solid right hook to the Titan's face sending him flying off into the distance on an angle.
Rai-Jin hit the earth moments later creating a large skid like crater along the area he'd crashed with Natsu already creating a large flame attack above his head and tossing it at what he assumed would be Rai-Jin's stopping point.
"Hybrid's Aura: Fire Lightning Dragon Monarch's Electromagnetic Nova!"
Throwing the blue sparking sphere of lightning and flame down upon Rai-Jin the last thing Natsu was expecting was for the Titan to throw himself directly at it and kick it off to the side, watching as his attack slid along the ground until it hit the White White Sea and exploded destroying a large section of it leaving a sizeable gap in it.
"You really shouldn't use lightning based attacks in this fight Natsu he is the embodiment of it after all."
"Yeah that kind of slipped my mind hehe, my bad."
Slowly lowering himself to the ground Natsu crossed his arms and waited for Rai-Jin to come to him, deciding to take a moment to catch his breath and ponder the brief exchange he'd had with the Thunder Titan.
"I'd say he's stronger than Hydros and Prometheus but weaker than Pallas and Terra," he noted as Rai-Jin re-emerged from the smoke clearly not happy.
"So what does that tell you?"
"He's either holding back, which is highly likely, or I'm free to crush him."
"Don't get cocky again …"
"Of course my overbearing conscience I won't get carried away," Natsu snorted in response as he began to release more of his Aura with his hair shifting from its usual pink to black.
"How can you be so relaxed in my presence abomination," Rai-Jin snarled at Natsu's rather aloof expression. "You dare lower your guard around one of the Titans of old!?"
"I mean look at it from my point of view right," Natsu sighed slipping one hand into his pocket whilst using the other to gesture rather dramatically. "You'd be the fifth Titan I've had to face right so I mean the whole 'I will end this world and overthrow the Gods and Devils' shtick doesn't really faze me. Plus it doesn't help that I basically tied with Terra who is supposedly one of the strongest of the Elemental Titans whilst you are just kind of on the lower end."
"You filthy abomination," Rai-Jin growled as he began to release even more lightning which began stirring up the clouds above them. "The only thing you've managed to do so far is throw an island level attack at me and change your hair colour, on what grounds do you make such a baseless claim!?"
"On what ground you ask," Natsu replied as he placed his hand onto the hilt of the War Titan's blade. "How about the road paved with your defeated Brothers and Sisters? How about the body of the Elder Goddess I killed before coming here or perhaps Achnologia, lost to Time itself!?"
"Mere words," Rai-Jin hissed in response. "Sure you hold Pallas' sword and have the scent of several other Titans on you but the rest are just names to me! An Elder God, in my prime I slaughtered them by the thousands as my kind swept across all creation in a war that makes everything we've done so far seem like nothing!"
"But you aren't in your prime anymore are you Rai-Jin," Natsu replied bluntly promptly shutting the Titan up. "I think I've got a fairly good idea as to how strong you currently are and I can already tell you I can sense beings stronger than you in this world."
"I am still regaining my strength," Rai-Jin roared as the clouds above began to rain down lightning strikes upon Natsu's location prompting him to vanish and reappear across the area. "Once I regain my strength you will know true terror-!"
A kick to the chest sent Rai-Jin flying off into the distance which was followed up by another kick to the chest knocking the Thunder Titan into the clouds sending him flying down into the ocean below in a matter of seconds.
Shaking his head Natsu appeared several metres above the water where Rai-Jin had touched down to find the entire thing electrified with thousands of dead fish including several Sea Kings.
"Nice one idiot …"
"How was I supposed to know that would happen!"
The electrified sea began to rise upward with Rai-Jin at its centre as the now furious Titan sent a lightning charged tsunami at him prompting Natsu to begin flying backwards whilst summoning two purple Magic Circles in front of him.
"Hybrid's Aura: Gravity Monarch's Great Displacement!"
The tsunami froze and was moulded into a large sphere the size of a small island as both it and Natsu flew higher and higher, the ocean and nearby islands growing further out of sight until they were once more in the Skypeia region.
Rai-Jin's form began to shimmer before he seemed to dissolve into the water itself which in turn set off a sizeable explosion sending electrified water droplets raining down upon the Sky Island.
"Titan's Aura: Thunder Titan's Shogekiha!"
Bringing his hands together in a clap a powerful blast of white lightning was fired directly at Natsu who countered by holding up both hands causing it to slow to a halt, pushing him backward slightly until the air around him began to shimmer with golden sparks.
"Hybrid's Aura: Crash Palm!"
The attack was suddenly shattered into small cubes which fell down into the White Sea however Rai-Jin was already on the move as the White Sea itself began to rise up, its White texture morphing into a black one as the clouds began to swirl around his form.
"Titan's Aura: Thunder Titan's Taifu!"
The clouds whipped up into a powerful typhoon which began firing sparks out in all directions tearing apart any solid land mass in its path as it charged toward Natsu with surprising speed for something of its size.
"So that's how he wants to play it huh, fine then! Hybrid's Aura: Gravity Monarch's Gravitational Distortion!"
Clenching both hands out in front of him all Gravity in front of him began to shift chaotically as the typhoon was quite literally torn apart as purple cracks tore through the skies dividing the typhoon into small clouds which quickly faded into nothing.
"We might have a bit of a problem," Ahnkseram said just as Natsu avoided a lightning speed punch to the face. "This place wasn't really designed for this kind of fight and you two have kind of screwed the forces holding up the Sky Island …"
Natsu's eyes widened as he looked around for the Upper Yard and saw it slowly beginning to veer off into the distance, thankfully slowly due to what little Gravity had been left intact.
"Don't you dare look away from me Dragneel," Rai-Jin snarled as he struck Natsu across the face drawing blood only for Natsu to land a kick to the side of the Titan's head knocking him backward as Natsu's mind began running through ways to salvage the situation.
As he looked at the island he saw Luffy and Enel battling each other across the Upper Yard and to Natsu's surprise Luffy was actually managing to land solid blows despite the God entering some kind of transformed state.
"I can save the island and everyone on it but I can't do it whilst fighting this prick," Natsu said as Rai-Jin tried again to strike him only for Natsu to duck and attempt a mid-air leg sweep which the Titan jumped over with ease.
"Still going to hold back?"
"…"
"Come on Natsu you know what you need to do to this guy so just do it," Ahnkseram snapped in annoyance. "You either beat this guy up right now or the Sky Island and everyone on it are basically screwed!"
"Fine."
Spinning around Natsu landed a brutal blow to Rai-Jin's throat that he hadn't anticipated due to the way Natsu had been fighting so far as the Titan clutched it in shock.
"As per usual I don't think about the consequences it seems so I'm gonna have to cut this fight short, sorry for not dragging it out any longer but I'm afraid I've got more pressing matters to attend to as you can no doubt tell."
"This fight isn't over," Rai-Jin roared as his throat regenerated. "I am a Titan, a being beyond the Age of Gods! You will fear me abomination just AS YOUR ANCESTORS ONCE DID!"
Natsu found himself gritting his teeth as Rai-Jin entered his Titan Form, his size growing until it encompassed the massive hole left behind from Enel's Raigo upon the Angel Island.
"I'm actually so done with your shit, you and all of your brethren I'M SICK OF IT!"
Gritting his teeth Natsu's form began to shift as black wings sprouted from his back, the markings on his chest gaining their Aqua Blue glow as his form rapidly expanded with him entering his Dragon Form.
"So you can become one of those annoying Dragons can you," Rai-Jin's voice boomed as Natsu began flapping his wings in order to gain some altitude. "Know despair as my lightning peels back those blasted scales of yours exposing the pathetic flesh underneath, so ripe and tender!"
Emerging from the hole Rai-Jin's form was well over sixty feet in height as he rose his right arm high into the clouds and seemed to pull out a solid white bolt of lightning measuring at least a kilometre in length before aiming it directly at Natsu.
"With this you die abomination, Titan's Aura: Thunder Titan's Lichtenberg Discharge!"
"Hybrid's Aura: Apocalypse Dragon Monarch's Calamitous Roar!"
Rai-Jin had confidence that his attack could match Natsu's however he was shocked when the roar simply smashed through the bolt as if it were nothing more than a mere inconvenience in its path prompting Rai-Jin to try and block the attack knowing he couldn't dodge it in time.
The attack slammed into the Titan's guard sending him flying backward beyond what remained of the cloudy sea as Natsu charged forward, roaring loudly as his wings began to glow the same Aqua Blue colour.
"Hybrid's Aura: Apocalypse Dragon Monarch's Calamitous Wing Attack!"
The attack slammed into the staggered Titan, knocking it even further away from Skypeia however it was in that moment Natsu felt something pierce the centre of his back between his wings.
"Titan's Aura: Thunder Titan's Ionsuka!"
The attack escaped through Natsu's chest as he felt himself lose momentary control over his bodily functions before suddenly feeling a flood of energy restart them, courtesy of Ahnkseram.
"You do realize I'm not suited for this job right, I'm no Dragon remember!"
"Aava is still dormant so what else am I supposed to do? Besides there's no time like the present to learn now is there?"
"Ass."
Grinning inwardly Natsu inhaled deeply before responding to Rai-Jin's attack with a deafening roar that prompted the Titan to float backward slightly.
"Just die already Dragneel!"
"Not happening," Natsu replied as he charged toward the Thunder Titan whose hands had morphed into two sparking voids as he moved to punch Natsu directly.
Placing his wings in front of him protectively he blocked the first punch, propelled backward by the subsequent explosion as Rai-Jin moved in for the second strike. Like the first it crashed against Natsu's wings setting off a large explosion however this time Natsu emerged from the smoke, razor sharp teeth exposed as his jaw clamped down on Rai-Jin's arm drawing copious amounts of blood from the Titan.
"RELEASE ME AT ONCE YOU ABOMINATION!"
A deafening crack followed by blinding light was all that was heard as the Thunder Titan raised its free arm into the clouds and seemingly slapped the top of Natsu's head with an unfathomable amount of lightning. As the light died down it revealed the Titan to be free of Natsu's grip with the Dragon nowhere in sight.
"Don't play games abomination I KNOW YOU STILL DRAW BREATH!"
"Of course I do," was all the Thunder Titan heard before Natsu appeared before him coated in a golden light. "This hurts quite a bit but we've got it working for the moment, an unprecedented advancement in this form!"
A sudden surge of power high above the clouds forced the Thunder Titan to disperse them only to discover seven golden Magic Circles connected in a constellation formation.
"Hybrid's Aura: Apocalypse Dragon Monarch's Calamitous Grand Chariot!"
"Impossible!"
The Thunder Titan raised its arms in front of it defensively as it was assaulted with thousands of photon rays varying from the usual golden colour to the Aqua Blue one of the Apocalypse. Rai-Jin was clearly hurting from the attack as chunks of his body were blasted away forcing him to draw upon more power to restore himself however Natsu was already moving through the barrage, both front claws coated in an Aqua Blue Aura.
"Damn you Dragneel … I WILL NOT BE MADE A FOOL OF, NOT BY AN ABOMINATION, NOT AFTER THE THOUSANDS OF YEARS IT TOOK FOR ME TO EARN MY FREEDOM!"
"If you were a being who would have just left well enough alone I wouldn't have to do this Rai-Jin, I've got no problem sparing those who are willing to change. You however desire to conquer a realm that has well since passed your age of chaos that I will not allow."
Suddenly Natsu vanished and appeared on the other side of Rai-Jin, Aqua Blue Aura no longer present as the Thunder Titan leant backward and let loose a powerful cry of pain as an X shaped gouge appeared across his chest.
Hybrid's Aura: Apocalypse Dragon Monarch's Calamitous Incisor Claws."
Clutching his chest Rai-Jin turned around to face Natsu who hovered before him, minor injuries at best littering his form as the pair seemed to stare into each other's eyes for several moments.
"The Hybrid … monster that struck fear into the hearts of all Titans. You are not the one of legend and yet now I see you for what you really are; the end of our line …"
Rai-Jin's form began to shimmer before he reverted back into his humanoid form, Natsu reverting moments later as he moved to end the threat of the Thunder Titan permanently.
"I'll send him to his siblings I think, might do him some good being with some of his own kind," Natsu said inwardly as he opened up a miniature version of his Black Hole technique underneath the falling Rai-Jin who was immediately swallowed up by it with the Black Hole closing soon after.
"You know you've got quite a collection of Titans in there now, never took you for the collector type?"
"I'm thinking of doing something with them soon, what Rai-Jin said before he passed out … I need to think on that for a bit."
"But first we save the currently falling Skypeia right?"
"Yeah," Natsu replied as he vanished and reappeared underneath the falling island in order to inspect what kind of gravitational force had been keeping it afloat.
"This is Ancient Aura Natsu, old power weaved from the efforts of countless Gods," Ahnkseram said in awe. "To not only allow this island to float among the clouds but to alter the structure of the environment around it to mirror that of the lower world … it may not appear like much but this kind of feat for the Gods of old who knew only how to fight, to destroy, to kill …"
"How do I fix it?"
"You don't, Ancient God's Aura isn't something one being alone can fix. It is the combination of countless Gods all pouring their Arch, Elder and regular God's Aura into a singular purpose."
"I'm not really sure I understand what you're trying to tell me but from what I can tell this isn't something that happens often is it?"
"The God Realm Terminus was built using these same methods Natsu, a realm with beauty unparalleled. The amount of Gods here would have been but a fraction but they tried to recreate their home using this island as its base it seems."
"So that's why everything here kind of represents what heaven would look like then?"
"Precisely, unfortunately thanks to Enel and Rai-Jin the Ancient yet delicate Aura holding all this together had been broken and the Sky Island shall return to the lower world once more. Remember when you were fighting myself and Zeref Natsu and you threw Galuna Island at us?"
"Galuna was nowhere this big though and I'm not as strong as I was back then!"
"Do not doubt yourself now Natsu, you have grown much stronger since our clash! You have the strength to stop this island from crashing into the ocean Natsu, use it and save the Skypeians and your friends!"
"A damn pep talk huh, fine. It's not like I wasn't gonna give it my best shot anyway …"
Frowning as he sent a flood of Gravity Magic to his palms Natsu began tapping multiple sections underneath the island itself, large Purple Magic Circles appearing as he attempted to slow the massive island down.
"Now for the heavy part," Natsu said with grit teeth as he appeared on the water's surface below where one could begin to see the Upper Yard slowly drift down from the clouds. "Don't say I never tried Ahnk!"
A purple aura coated the entirety of the Upper Yard as it began to slow down even more, its descent almost halting however even then it wasn't enough to completely stop it in its tracks. The ocean beneath him began to bubble as Natsu began unleashing most of his power finally halting the island allowing him to gently lower it to the ocean's surface with it kicking up tsunami level waves in all directions before finally settling down.
"That … good enough for you," Natsu panted inwardly as Ahnkseram laughed in response.
"Well as far as I can tell no one died so yes I'd say so!"
"I can blow up a continent easy but lifting an island is hard work, life makes no sense sometimes …"
"Good thinking on placing those seals underneath the island by the way since they are what is keeping it afloat for the moment it seems."
"Remind me to strengthen them later then," Natsu sighed as he saw a flash of blue lightning strike the island. "Guess Luffy must still be fighting Enel then, I'm sure he'll be fine."
"You don't plan on helping him?"
"School of hard knocks?"
"That's not really the best way to train someone you know?"
"Well it worked for me didn't it?"
"You aren't human so it doesn't count."
"Yeah whatever," Natsu grumbled as he warped to the island's edge and fell onto his back with a sigh. "I think I'll just take a break here, wake me up if someone shows up ok …"
And with that Natsu promptly fell asleep much to the amusement of Ahnkseram who knew full well Natsu didn't need to sleep and was merely doing it to avoid having to do any more work. Shaking his head he decided to view Luffy's fight for himself hoping that it would provide at least some form of amusement.
Tales From The Tale Verse
Aizen And Salem's Great Media Empire Expansion III
Sniffing Out A Good First Story
/Aizen's POV/
The hosts were selected, their assistant had been … thoroughly educated in her new duties and the pair had prepared a space in the offices from which to broadcast their new show. What now remained in the way of Aizen and Salem's dominance of all things news was one simple thing, they needed a story.
Unfortunately for one world and its path which the previous Lady Fate had so painstakingly crafted the two News Hosts were about to trample all over that fate, unintentionally of course.
"I feel like this is a bad idea, are we even supposed to be in this reality," Rory whined only for Salem to smack the side of a dog carrier attached to her hip.
"Be silent or its back to the room with you!"
"How come you get to yell but not me though?"
"Because … because I'm the most beautiful one and you are the pathetic, never aging flat chested buffoon who thought it would be funny to try and prank me and was shown the error of her ways! Again!"
"Salem go easy on her," Aizen said finally deciding to join the conversation. "She's still new to her position, she'll learn in time."
"Fine but she doesn't get to leave this cage!"
"Can you guys at least tell me where we are!?"
"We're in a place called England Rory, one that has two different sections it seems. We're about to head into the Magical one because my News Anchor senses smell a story here."
"Is that even a real thing?"
"Of course it is," Aizen snapped back as Aizen grabbed the cage from Salem's side and opened the door. "Now I'm only going to say this once so listen good, you've got to pretend to be our Daughter so we can get into this place alright?"
"But Aizen you said I could keep her in there!"
"Salem use your senses you can tell how this place works, one look at us the way we were and we'll have mortals swarming all over the place and the Council will have our heads!"
"Hmm … yes it seems you are correct, strange kind of ward they have up at the door though but I'm sure there is a reason for it."
"Reason or no there's a story in this place I can smell it!"
"Probably smell your own ego more like," Rory grumbled only for Aizen to smack her over the back of her head.
"Not another word out of you my precious 'Assistant' unless one of the locals speaks to you! Now let's get our stories straight, Salem is my Wife and you Rory are our Daughter and we've only recently moved to England from somewhere else and have no idea about the local Magical population."
"Is that honestly the best thing you can come up with, that's so cliché," Rory sighed. "Just acting like we know nothing is probably the most suspicious thing we can do, don't you ever read!?"
"I hate to admit it Aizen but the brat is right we'll need much more thorough back stories than that."
"You two are putting way too much thought into this; we can just blast anyone who suspects us with our Aura and get them to leave us alone."
"Come on even the hag agrees with me Aizen," Rory said only to freeze as a gentle hand was placed on her right shoulder.
"I'm sorry Rory but I must have misheard you because I believe I just heard someone begging for a dog's death?"
"Enough! Look it doesn't even matter if we get caught out alright we'll just kill whoever figures us out and leave," Aizen snapped no longer in the mood for the banter between the pair.
"Now that is an outing I can get behind," Salem said with a smile as she wrapped an arm around Aizen's own. "Come darling let us investigate this establishment with our mistake."
"I hate both of you," Rory grumbled as they walked into the run down looking building coated with Magic not really noticing any kind of improvement.
"Disgusting," Salem murmured as she looked around the dingy room. "People actually eat here?"
"If you think that's disgusting Salem then brace yourself," Aizen muttered back as a hunchbacked man hobbled over to them.
"You two new round here?"
The disgust couldn't be more obvious on Salem's face however she thankfully remained silent; Rory too even looked at the man with distaste as both girls left the talking to Aizen.
"Yes we are new here you see from Magical … Sweden, there is an access to the Magical world here yes?"
"New blood in Magical Britain eh, yeah follow me and I'll take you to the alley," the hunchback said as he shuffled along toward the back exit of the pub leading them to a dead end. "Just tap your wand on these three bricks here and you'll get into the alley."
Aizen quickly realized they didn't possess wands when suddenly Salem stepped forward summoning a wand made from some kind of bone and tapped the indicated bricks in the order the hunchback showed them.
The bricks began to shift rapidly revealing an alley full of oddities and wonder prompting the hunchback to laugh in an almost repulsive manner.
"Alright then I'll leave you lot to it, names Tom by the way so if you lot find yourselves needing anything just come back here to the Cauldron!"
"Y-yes," Aizen said cringing at the laugh from the hunchback. "We'll be sure to do so."
The trio walked away at a brisk pace in order to leave the creature behind, after walking for some time Aizen decided to stop and speak.
"I didn't know you had a wand Salem?"
"You never asked. It's made from the bone of Wyvern, a unique variant of the Grimm from my home world. Before it was turned to stone the Wyvern gifted it to me as proof of its loyalty."
"Are we not going to discuss the fact that Magic here is used in wand form," Rory piped up prompting Aizen to nod.
"A fair point but we have Salem who can counter anyone who might be suspicious of who we are. Now let's find a place where we might be able to get some information shall we, a good reporter never sits still for long!"
"Shut up Aizen you aren't even a real reporter!"
"Rory …"
"Well now isn't that interesting," Salem said cutting the pair off as she motioned toward two cloaked figures appearing in the corner of the alley before slinking off down a dingy side street. "Perhaps there might be a story we can find after all?"
Following the two cloaked figures down the dark alley the pair felt a shift in the atmosphere with all manner of seedy looking individuals lurking within its confines eyeing them with less than savoury thoughts.
"Stop," Aizen hissed as the trio came across a store which the two cloaked figures had entered and began to listen in to whatever was being said inside.
" … should allow me to bypass the ward then?"
"O-of course my Lord no Fidelus has ever been able to withstand this!"
"Good Borgin, very good indeed. You shall be greatly rewarded for this should all go well tonight …"
"Of course my Lord, very good indeed my Lord!"
The trio quickly moved away and allowed the figure to exit the shop, walking past their new location before vanishing as they digested what they just heard.
"So this guy is planning on doing something tonight eh?"
"I picked up his power signature so we should be able to track him," Salem said as she twirled her finger summoning a sickly green image of the man. "Repulsive for a human isn't he?"
"There was also something else I sensed within him," Aizen added with a frown. "It was like his soul had been torn multiple times and when I tried to follow them they led off into several different directions."
"Perhaps you were right Aizen, smells like a story to me."
"We need to get the recording equipment ready, tonight we could get live footage of whatever this strange man is planning on doing. Rory that's your job."
"And what are you two gonna be doing while I do that!?"
"I noticed there was an ice cream shop back up in the main alley area so I was thinking Salem and I could wait there until things are ready."
"That's not fair!"
"Are you questioning me Rory, according to the contract you WILLINGLY SIGNED-!"
"Ugh, fine! Can I at least have some ice cream after we're done?"
"I'll think about it."
"You'd better," Rory grumbled as she opened up a portal and vanished leaving Aizen and Salem alone in the dingy alley.
"All right then Salem would you like to go on a date to the Magical ice cream parlour with me?"
"Of course I would Aizen but we have no currency for this world do we," Salem asked only for Aizen to hold up several sacks full of strange bronze, silver and gold looking coins.
"You didn't think I would be idle as we walked through this place did you Salem?"
"You work quite fast Aizen even I didn't notice you leave my side, how did you pull that off?"
Nodding his head behind her Salem saw a second Aizen walking right up to one of the cloaked figures in the alley and stealthily take something from their pocket and placing it in its own, the very same item appearing in the real Aizen's pocket moments later.
"A handy skill no? I found a way to have both my actual body and my Shinigami Soul running about at once, with some limitations of course. My real body can be seen by all however as you know in my world if the soul leaves the body it can only be seen by other Shinigami or those with Aura however they can still seemingly interact with the real world."
"So you use your Shinigami Soul to swipe things with anything it takes appearing on your real person?"
"Precisely, only took around eight hundred years or so to perfect that but I think it paid off don't you?"
"Indeed," Salem said as the second Aizen nodded before vanishing with the real Aizen motioning for Salem to follow him.
"Now then Salem let us enjoy ourselves for a bit in this strange place, I wonder if even the ice cream has Magic in it?"
"Imagine if the ice cream was alive?"
"We could share one and kill it together if you'd like?"
"I think I'd like that very much," Salem replied with a genuine smile as the pair walked back up into the main alley oblivious to the fate and destiny they were about to interfere with.
Ok guy's so here's some more translation stuff for Enel.
God's Aura: Goro Goro – 200 Million Volt Kami No Uranaishi – God's Aura: Goro Goro – 200 Million Volt God's Diviner
God's Aura: Goro Goro – 200 Million Volt Tengoku No Mezame – God's Aura: Goro Goro – Heaven's Awakening