Jenica here,
Arigatou! Thanks for going this far into my story. Just so you know… I've seen all of Naruto and up to episode 170 on shippuden so… I might have missed deaths and stuff and I've only seen the first five episodes of Fairy Tail so I'm making a lot of the information up (especially Igneel stuff). I've seen the beginning, some middle, and a lot of the end of avatar. Forgive me if any of the info is wrong. Thanks again for reading and please review! Thank you so much! And on with the story…
Chapter 4
The Book of Secrets
"We've arrived," Aang stated.
Natsu had a mixture of horror and happiness on his face. Appa suddenly swooped low and landed on the roof of some building. The three boys climbed off Appa and looked at the ground below. It was so far down. Naruto let out something like a sigh and a whistle. Aang opened his staff.
"Need a ride?" he asked.
Naruto shook his head and jumped down. They watched as Naruto disappeared over the roof of the building. Aang looked at Natsu expectantly as Natsu reluctantly nodded. Natsu climbed onto Aang's staff hesitantly. Naruto caught himself before he hit the ground and stood up on the wall horizontally, watching his friends descend. They gasped when they saw Naruto on the wall, and Naruto grinned at them. He jumped down to join them. Natsu took the few steps up to the door. He put his hand on the knob. Naruto and Aang waited patiently for him. Natsu took a deep breath and quickly swung the door open. The place was totally empty. The echo of the door went on throughout the building.
"Master!" Natsu shouted. They heard the echo, signaling the emptiness of it all. Natsu and his friends rushed into the empty structure.
"Master!" Natsu repeated, "Macao? Mary Jane? Anyone here?" Naruto and Aang looked around. Naruto went upstairs to look into the rooms for any signs of life. Naruto peered into the first room he saw.
"Hello? Anyone here?" he called. Aang and Natsu busied themselves searching downstairs. There was a thump and a moan a few rooms down. Naruto perked up. Natsu and Aang froze.
"Did you hear that?" Naruto whispered.
"Yeah," Natsu said. The boys ran up the stairs and to the door the noise was escaping from. Natsu slowly peeled it open. He peeked in first. Naruto and Aang waited patiently. Suddenly, Natsu threw back the door and dashed in. Naruto and Aang were caught off guard. They watched as Natsu ran to an old, short man lying on the ground, clutching an old tattered book. Natsu lightly shook the man.
"Master!" Natsu said full of worry. Naruto looked at the front door. They needed Sakura to heal this man! At the same time, Aang looked at the door, waiting on Katara because this man needed healing. The old man, Natsu's master, coughed.
"Hey, Natsu," he croaked. Natsu's eyes welled with tears.
"Wh- where is everyone, Master…?" Natsu whispered. The man looked up at Natsu with his glazed over eyes.
"They are everywhere… around here… watching you… through another dimension. Natsu… don't lose hope… everyone needs you… I'm running… out of time here… everything you need to know… is in this book." He whispered, out of breath and pushed the book against Natsu's chest. Natsu took it with his left hand, still holding his precious master up.
"Master, what are you talking about?" Natsu asked, a tear slowly rolling down his cheek. He didn't bother to wipe it away. The master looked pointedly at the book. His legs were becoming translucent. They were disappearing? Natsu thought.
"What the…" Aang started. Naruto looked at the book. It was old and pages were falling out.
"Master!" Natsu tried to hang on to his dear master as he slipped through Natsu's fingers. He couldn't hold on to his master who was slowly disappearing.
"Don't lose…" his master managed to gasp, "hope." Natsu cried desperately.
"Master!" He echoed through the empty building, the sound bouncing off the walls.
"Old man…" Naruto said solemnly. Aang wiped his teary eyes.
"I'll be…" the master was almost gone, "watching." Suddenly, the master disappeared, swallowed by the air as Dame had been.
"Damn it!" Natsu echoed. Aang winced at the cuss word. Naruto clenched his fist and jaw. Natsu felt someone touch his shoulder. He turned around angrily. No one was there, yet, he was sure he felt someone. Naruto watched him curiously.
"Eh? Natsu? What was that for?" Naruto asked. Aang picked up the book. He cleaned off some dust that had landed on it. 'Maxxon's Journal' was the title. It was a journal. Aang flipped through the pages. They were all written in quick, neat, handwriting. The pages were dated and had skillfully drawn pictures. Natsu watched Aang curiously.
"Huh?" Naruto wondered as he watched Aang flip through the journal. The journal was flipped to a page that had been dog-eared. It was naturally creased so it must had been read a lot. It was dated five hundred years ago exactly. Aang read it aloud:
Maxxon Pluis
November 16, 1510
It was cold today during our meeting in the half-world. Allive was acting weird today again. He disagreed on everything I said and refused to let me visit his world. Nixt, Ren and I think something's up, but he won't talk. He had some kind of dark energy around him. I could tell. When he touched me before he left, which was weird because he never touched me if he didn't have to, I felt some of my chakra drain. Something is wrong with my brother. Nixt and Ren suggest I confront Allive, but I don't know what to say. I heard rumors that he was sending innocent people to 'that place', his dimension. He hasn't changed appearance since last year. I'm afraid he could be immortal. I don't trust my brother anymore. I need to help him, but he refuses any conversations with me alone. I'm afraid his goal won't help anyone.
Max
Naruto and Natsu stared at Aang with curiosity. Aang flipped the page and continued:
Maxxon Pluis
November 17, 1510
I was right. Allive is up to something evil. I was spying on him today while he was working. It wasn't work. He was enjoying himself by whipping and beating people who did things as little as drop some things on his palace floor. The horrid thing was, they couldn't remember anything. Allive was putting some gray mist or something around them and they totally forgot everything that had happened. Allive is evil. He lied to them that they had got in a fight and he cured them. They believed every word. He sent many people to his dimension for fun just to show off his power. The world had grown dark and gray. I can no longer see the sun there. If no one in that dimension has hope to return, the world is sure to perish. That is likely because everyone gets their memories back there. Allive doesn't know that if he perishes all the worlds he would become invincible and be able to control everything in his dimension. I cannot let that happen. I, as Allive's older brother, has a duty to stop his evil doing. I was about to leave after Allive sent away a woman and her child to his dimension. Allive turned and looked directly at me, as if he knew I was there the whole time. I shivered with fear. He smirked. I don't know how he could have seen me behind that wall because I was using my jutsu to watch him. I got out of there as fast as I could and reported to Nixt and Ren together. I told them everything and they agree Allive must be stopped. I can't believe I didn't see my own brother turning like this.
Max
That was the last page of the journal.
"What does this all mean?" Natsu asked. He felt a shiver run through his spine.
"This guy was alive five hundred years ago, he can't be alive." Aang said. Naruto took the book from Aang and reread the entry.
"Well, it says he was immortal," Natsu reminded Aang. Aang thought about that.
"It says he could be, but that's true," Aang said, "I am a hundred and thirteen after all. I was stuck in an iceberg for one hundred years."
~End of Chapter 4~