Secret of Scarlet

Chapter 04: Secret of Lightning

The group returned back to the lobby as Levy immediately began researching the letters for the Jutsu Shiki to figure out how to counter it. Meanwhile, Mirajane looked around. "By the way, where's the blonde man?" She asked as Natsu also looked around. "I don't smell him anywhere…" He muttered.

"Could he have left too?"

"Ah, but he couldn't get out either…" Natsu commented as Happy flew around. "Aye!"

"Wait, if he couldn't get out before, why did he get out now?" Cana asked as Natsu shrugged. Mirajane went over to Makarov to help him to bed when she noticed something. "Huh, Master's already getting better?"

"Eh! How did that happen!" Natsu asked as Lucy was confused, looking around. She noticed a few scrolls lying on the ground. Picking it up, she was even more confused at the jumble of writing on it. "Hey, Levy-chan."

"Yeah, Lu-chan?"

"Do you get what this is?" Lucy asked, giving the scroll over to Levy. As the blue head grabbed the scroll, she was surprised at the amount of text in the scroll. "This… this is a beginner's manual to Fuinjutsu! Although I have no idea what Fuinjutsu is, this is similar to Freed's Jutsu Shiki! With this, I can work faster!" Levy said, hugging her best friend. "Thank you Lu-chan~!"

"AWESOME!" Natsu roared, breathing out fire as Gajeel grinned.

(Outside)

Naruto jumped over the places, trying to pinpoint any enemies he could crush. Along the way, he sensed three people fighting before sensing a demonic power. "This is…?"

Jumping over, he witnessed Mirajane summoning her Satan Soul Take Over Magic and fighting Freed. "Interesting, so Take Over can even use Demon energy…" He mused to himself. After seeing the defeat of Freed, Naruto leaves, heading towards the castle-like building where he sensed an electrical presence. One inside, he noticed another Mage fighting Laxus.

"LAXUS!"

Naruto blinked and turned to see Natsu and Erza rushing in, shocking the masked Mage before Laxus sneaked attacked him. As the mask gave away, Naruto could feel the shock from the Natsu and Erza.

"J… Jellal…?"

"Jellal?" Naruto wondered as Natsu yelled, "What's going on, Mystogan is Jellal?"

"So that's Mystogan…" Naruto thought, remembering Makarov list off the S-Class Mages in their guild. Naruto watched the events as Mystogan apologized that he wasn't Jellal and disappears, leaving the rest to Natsu and Erza. Natsu yells at Mystogan angrily as Erza was still shocked at seeing the Jellal-look-alike. Naruto narrowed his eyes and suddenly swirled into his right eye before suddenly appearing in front of Erza, taking the lightning for her.

"GUAHAH!" Naruto gasped, kneeling.

"H-hey, it's you!" Natsu yelled. "You…" Erza whispered as Laxus raised a brow. "Who the hell are you? Speaking of which, I saw you back at the Guild…"

Naruto gasped, glaring at Laxus with his patterned right eye. Laxus raised a brow in his scowl as Natsu charged in, yelling that he'll fight him. Laxus groaned, "You know, I'm getting sick of these head-on charge of yours…" He then proceeded to beat the crap out of Natsu.

"Teammates beating each other up just to see who's the strongest isn't right…" Naruto gasped out as Erza tried to help him. "Why? Why did you take that blast for me?" She asked.

Naruto grinned. "Who knows? I dunno why, but I just keep getting the feeling that I shouldn't let you get hurt…"

Erza was speechless for a moment, ignoring the punches from both Laxus and Natsu. Naruto spit out blood. "Anyway, aren't you going to help your teammate?" Erza nodded and rushed on forward, halting Natsu in his fall before donning on her Kureha no Yoroi (Black Wing Armor) before attacking Laxus. Erza then demanded what the things around Magnolia as Laxus cockily answers.

Naruto breathed out uneasily as he got rid of the sparking electricity halting him before standing up. He watched the two S-Class Mages clash before Laxus charged lightning at Erza. Erza blackflipped, Requipping to Raitei no Yoroi (Lightning Empress Armor). Naruto sweat-dropped as Erza and Natsu argued about who should fight Laxus for a bit.

"This isn't the time to be arguing, you two…" He thought to himself as Erza smiled. "I can leave this to you, right?"

"Huh?" Natsu blinked as Erza then rushed off. "H-hey, wait, Erza! What do you mean by that?"

Naruto watched as Natsu concluded that Erza was going to try and get rid of Thunder Palace as Laxus laughed, saying that it was useless. Erza then said that she'll destroy all of them to which Laxus say that it'll be impossible, and even if she did, she'll be killed. Naruto frowned at that, following Erza.

"I can trust you too, right, Erza?" Natsu asked, as Erza smiled.

(Outside… again…)

Naruto watched as Erza began creating as much sword as she could. Seeing her exhausted Naruto sighed. Landing a hand on Erza's Tenrin no Yoroi (Heaven Wheel Armor) he said, "You rest up. I'll take care of it."

"Wh-what!" Erza asked, shocked. "B-but you just got shocked by Laxus' Lightning Magic earlier! If you get anymore, you'll die!"

Naruto smiled. "Nah, not gonna happen." He said, forcing a bit of pressure onto Erza to sit her down. Erza had a sad look on her face. "Why? Why are you doing this? You don't even belong to Fairy Tail."

Naruto grinned. "How should I know?" He re-asked his previous question. "At first, I thought that I should just stop comrades killing each other… but then I thought back at how I should just beat up that lightning guy from doing anything to gain power. It's not the first time I encountered people like him." He then smiled lightly. "Then I thought about how my missing 19-year-old daughter… looked like you."

Erza was once again speechless.

"If you looked like my daughter, how can I, as a father, not stop the one who looks like her from getting injured? That'll disrespect her." Naruto grinned at her. "Besides, I don't die that easily. I won't die, not until I see my daughter once more."

With that, Naruto crossed both of his hands using his index and middle finger. Erza immediately sensed the large amount of Magic Naruto had.

"H-how… this is much more than what Master has! At least 10 times more!"

KAGE BUNSHIN NO JUTSU!

In a large puff of smoke, a total of 299 clones of Naruto appeared. Erza was shocked at this, and was even more shocked when she saw gravel move against a few clones. "They're real! This is the most advanced Clone Magic I've ever seen!"

"Alright guys, you know what to do!" Naruto ordered as the clones roared, jumping up into the skies.

Suddenly, a booming voice was inside everyone's head as it said, "Hey everyone, can you hear me! This is an emergency, look up at the sky!"

"Warren?" Erza asked just as the Naruto clones sprouted a transparent sword-like energy from their hands. Before Warren could say anything more, the Lacrima Orbs were sliced into half as the original Naruto created his own transparent sword.

"Fuuton: Shinkuusaiha (Vacuum Slicing Wave)"

As the wave of wind hit its mark, sparks suddenly appeared on each clone as Naruto felt his own spark. Suddenly, lightning hit all the clones as they dispersed into nothing as Naruto himself was shocked with 300 times that. He screamed in pain as Erza shielded her eyes from the lightning on ground as well as the lightning up in the sky. Everyone else around the town was shocked that all the Lacrima Orbs were already destroyed without anyone doing anything as the lightning show ended.

(Natsu and Laxus)

Both of the elemental users stared at the report as it stated:

"NARUTO: 300"

"H-how… how did that blonde guy destroy all 300 of them?" Laxus asked as Natsu was in awe. "Whoa, that guy is awesome! I wanna fight him after all this is over!"

(Back to Erza and Naruto)

Erza watched as Naruto gasped and breathed heavily before falling to the ground. "A-are you ok!" She asked, rushing to him. Upon inspection, Erza found the blonde unconscious. She sighed, letting the blonde rest on her lap. "Sheesh, you're so reckless…" She muttered, wondering where she thought that from. She frowned. "Why is it that when I look at you, you remind me of someone important from a past I long forgotten?"

Erza smiled, rubbing the blonde's hair.

"Just who are you?"

Ignisha's Notes: Seems like Erza's wondering who Naruto really is, huh? Some of your guys are even wondering if Naruto even knows that Erza's his child. That's gonna be explained in the Facts corner.

Ignisha's Facts: Ok, so many of you guys are wondering if Naruto already knows the fact that Erza's his child, or if Makarov told him. The thing is, Makarov's still wondering if he should tell Naruto, and in his current state, he's not gonna tell anyone soon. Naruto, being the dense guy he is, doesn't know who Erza is, but he is suspicious, just to make you guys feel better. Erza's the same side, she's suspicious about who Naruto is and why she keeps having flashback (behind scenes, anyway) about her past life before the Tower of Heaven. These flashbacks will be revealed in the next chapter.

Next up is Naruto's Magic!

As we all know, Naruto has a huge amount of Chakra Supply, which in Earthland, is the equivalent to Magic Supply. Here's how it goes:

~Holder Magic is similar to Jutsu using puppets, kunai, shuriken, and anything tangible. Powering up artifacts are also used the same way as Holder Magic. Kuchiyose (Summoning) is the same thing as Holder Magic, just to let you guys know.

~Caster Magic is the same as using Ninjutsu, Genjutsu and Taijutsu (to an extent). Since both parts of energy using is the same since it is using special effective attacks and cause illusions, both are the same.

~The deal with Kekkai Genkai (Bloodline Limit) is the same as using Lost Magic, although Kekkai Genkai is more powerful because it's passed down by genes while Lost Magic can be taught. But both are placed in the same category. Jinchuuriki powers and Senjutsu (Sage Techniques) are also categorized the same place as Lost Magic.

~Fuinjutsu (Sealing Techniques) and Kinjutsu (Forbidden Techniques) are special, because in Earthland, they can be considered either Caster or Lost Magic. Because of how rare Fuinjutsu users are and why Kinjutsu are forbidden to be used, they are categorized the same as Lost Magic in Earthland. But because Fuinjutsu is similar to Magic that uses texts to fight, it is considered as an advanced type of Caster Magic. Kinjutsu, however, is the same as the Caster Magics that are forbidden, so it can be categorized the same way.

Although, there are very few Jutsu that can be categorized as either Holder, Caster or Lost Magic, since they are unknown to Earthland.

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… shit, I got sidetracked… guess we're gonna talk about Naruto's Magic next chapter! See ya!

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