Hello my FF peeps and welcome to next update for Who am I.
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I tried to make this chapter extra good for you. The next one will have much more fighting with a huge fight scene between a certain two mages.
So, remind you guys, things will change with Naruto as time goes on. Outfits, mannerism, friends, love.
I like to please you guys, it's my life, lol.
So without further ado
The next chapter of Who am I.
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Chapter 3 - Defeat me
"So, shall we go and save our nakama?" Naruto held his hand out to the fallen Natsu who took it with a confused look on his face.
"Really? Just like that?" Natsu asked as he was pulled up to his feet and Happy flew down to his head. "You're on our side?"
"What? The giant flaming bird destroying the lacryma behind me isn't enough proof?" Naruto chuckled as he looked back at the now destroyed Jupiter cannon.
"You asked me who I was...and I know who I am. I'm a man who protects his friends above all. Master Jose is taking this too far...putting all of us at risk." Naruto spoke as he watched the remaining pieces of the lacryma tumble down. " We need to get going before this gets any worse and..."
A loud rumble roared through the air as the giant room began to shake and shift. Large gears appeared out of the walls as they opened up and began to turn. Naruto looked around the room in shock at the walls shifting and the gears appearing. There was no way in his mind Master Jose could be doing this of all things but here it was happening right now. To use this weapon, in the front of this town was beyond reasoning. If the Jupiter cannon was going to destroy part of Magnolia Town, the giant, mechanical mage using Abyss Break will level it to the ground.
"How can he do this? He knows this room doesn't stay level...and he was the one who sent me here to protect the cannon. Natsu! We need to get out of here and...Natsu?" Naruto's attention focused on the now motion sickened Natsu moaning on the soon to be vertical floor. "He gets motion sickness?"
"Aye, he does! I'm coming, Natsu!" Naruto crouched down and held himself in place as he watched the flying cat dive after the sliding, soon to be falling, Dragon Slayer. He was almost there when a large rock fell on top of his head and knocked Happy out cold. "Guhaa!"
"Crap." Naruto sweatdropped as an unconscious Happy fell next to Natsu and began to fall down with him. He could leap to safety right now and save himself but he couldn't leave the two to fall at this height to their deaths. His eyes caught his katana sticking out of the floor that was quickly becoming a wall. He had an idea and he needed to act fast. Naruto released his grip on the wall and dive down after the falling duo. He stretched one arm to catch the handle of his sword and with the other, a large whip of purple fire lashed out at Natsu.
"Natsu! Grab your cat!" Naruto shouted. "Purple Flame!"
The whip of sticky fire wrapped around Natsu's waist as the barely lucid Dragon Slayer reached out and managed to grab his best friend by the tail. Naruto grabbed his sword and held on tight as he held the rope of purple, sticky, flame with the other hand. He held on with great strength as the guild headquarters finished forming into the greatest weapon in Master Jose's possesion. The giant Phantom Mage Version 2. After a few more moments, the shaking stopped and the gears slowed down to a halt.
"Here we go." Naruto let out a sigh of relief as he extended the flame whip and lowered Natsu to the floor as he held Happy in his arms. "You okay now?" Naruto shouted as Natsu stood up and held his arm out with his thumb sticking up.
"Thanks for the assist! Now get down here!" Natsu grinned. Naruto nodded and gave him a grin of his own as he swung his feet and pressed them against the wall. With a quick tug, he pulled his katana out and back flipped off the wall before falling twenty feet and landing on his feet with a hard thud. But soon, Naruto's grin disappeared as he thought about what needed to be done now.
"Well, plans has changed now. Master Jose has just released the giant mage."
Natsu and Happy's eyes widened in shock. "Giant mage?"
"Yes, a powerful and dangerous weapon. It can perform magic spells but there will be only one Master Jose will use and what..." Naruto suddenly jumped and slid to the left as he dodged a blast of ice forming in the spot he was just standing in. He spun around and threw a high kick toward the left, blocking a large lizard arm that was about to grab him from behind. Naruto quickly ducked underneath the huge guy with the lizard arm and hooked his arm behind the guy's leg, knocking him onto his back.
"I am really tired of being interrupted." Naruto stood back up as he watched Natsu stopping another guy from attacking. He must had been the one using the ice magic.
"Guys! He's on our side, he was the one who destroyed the Jupiter cannon. He's gonna help us...wait, you're talking normal." Natsu turned his head back to Naruto and cocked it to the side.
"Aye!"
"Hey, I am. That's strange...it must have been all in my head. Maybe accepting the truth...I overcame certain aspects about myself." Naruto wondered out loud.
"You just did it again." A deadpanned Natsu and Happy stated at the same time.
"No, that was on purpose. Dramatic pause and all that." Naruto grinned as the massive guy he took down a few seconds ago got back up. "Sorry about that, big guy."
"No problem. It takes a man to take down another man like me! I'm Elfman, so you're on our side now...Naruto, was it?" Elfman pounded his chest in pride.
Naruto nodded.
"I'm Gray. If Natsu says you're okay, then I have to accept that. Are you going to join us and help stop this thing?"
Naruto shook his head much to everyone's surprise. "I was until Master Jose used this weapon. He will use an Abyss Break unlike anyone has ever seen before. It will be massive and destructive."
"Then why won't you help?" Happy asked in confusion.
"There has to be a power source for the giant mage and the source of the magic is the Elemental Four. And I'm one of them. If you don't take all of us down, it will be complete in about ten minutes. It's probably already starting to make the seal now as we speak." Naruto answered solemnly.
"So to stop the giant mage and the Abyss Break, we have to defeat you and three other S class mages?" Elfman asked.
"Yes, each time you defeat one of us, the speed of the giant making the seal will slow down until it will eventually stop and break down." Naruto held his arms up wide.
"You have to defeat me, not just knock me out. You have to physically beat me. I'm the strongest and my defeat will buy you guys enough time to defeat the others." He stated much to their surprise.
"But, I can't do that to you. You saved my and Happy's life. Why don't you just help us beat the others?" Natsu exclaimed in a moment of rare weakness.
"I can't. As long as I stand, the seal will continue to be made. Even if I don't fight back, it will take all three of you guys to attack me at once to hurt me enough." Naruto closed his eyes and sighed. "So do it already."
"That's a bit cocky." Elfman stated.
"He's the Orange Flame." Happy replied.
"Oh." Elfman's eyes widened. "Holy crap! He's the Orange Flame?" Happy and Natsu nodded.
"Wait, how do we find the other three?" Gray asked the blonde mage.
"Don't worry." Naruto opened his eyes one more time. "They will find you."
"Okay then, if there is no other choice. We will do it." Natsu spoke quietly for once as all three of them charged up their magic seals.
"Do me one favor, please." Naruto asked in a calm voice.
"Anything." Natsu answered.
"If you run into a girl named Juvia, please take it easy on her. She may be one of the Elemental Four but she is also one of my best friends. She's not a bad person, just lonely and sad." Naruto stated in a sad tone. He knew in order to stop the attack, Juvia would also need to be defeated. "Please promise me."
"We promise." Gray nodded along with Natsu and Elfman as they prepared to attack the man who helped them save their guild.
"Ice Make: Ice Hammer!"
"Take Over Beast Arm: Black Bull!"
"Fire Dragon's Iron Fist!"
In the brief moment before the three attacks hit Naruto, he smiled at the fact that he finally found out who he was. Even if he couldn't remember his life before Master Jose, at least he knew what kind of person he was. He may have betrayed the man who saved his life but in return, he's saving his nakama, the mages of Fairy Tail and the innocent people of Magnolia Town.
"Naruto, what would you do if you ever found out who you were?" A young Juvia asked Naruto who was sitting under a tree, reading a book next to Juvia. He looked at her with a thoughtful look on his face.
"I would probably finally stop feeling so...empty and lost. I would know that finally...I am Naruto Yellowfire...and I'm a good person." Naruto smiled at his friend who had a slight blush on her cheeks.
"Well, Juvia thinks Naruto doesn't have to remember his past to know that he's a good person. Juvia doesn't think she is a good person, all she does is bring the rain. She makes people sad, that's why Juvia's boyfriend broke up with her." Juvia confessed with her eyes wallowing in tears.
"Hey, don't cry...know why?" Naruto smiled at Juvia who shook her head. "Because...I like the rain. Juvia makes me...happy to be her best friend."
Juvia's eyes began to water even more as her lower lip began to shake.
"Really?"
Naruto leaned in and kissed her forehead gently, the rain dripping down their faces as they looked into each other's eyes.
"Dattebayo."
Naruto's smile widened as the attacks reached him and clashed with his body, sending him flying back and crashing to the wall. The dust lingered in the air as the three Fairy Tale mages watched in awe as Naruto slowly pulled himself out of the hole he just made with his body. His hands holding on to the edges of the hole as he smiled one more time, blood dripping out of the corners of his mouth.
"Dattebayo." He whispered before he fell face first onto the ground in unconsciousness.
"I'm a good person."
Don't worry, Naruto is not done yet. He's still in the fight but I needed a reason for the Abyss Break to be destroyed so Naruto needs to be out for a little bit. He has one huge fight coming up.
I hope you guys enjoy the chapter.
If you guys have any requests, please feel free to ask and I'll see what I can do.
Until next time.
Stay Awesome.
And Stay Zen.