Hello FF peeps to another update of Who am I?
Sorry doesn't cut it. I focused on other stories and even they suffered because of my hectic work life.
I hope you guys can forgive me. If it helps, I'm a soon to be a father!
Yes, a baby Zen will soon enter the world.
So I hope you guys are still fans and if anyone has any good photos of Naruto with maybe Erza or Mirajane I could use for this new cover thing that FF has given us to put on our stories, feel free to PM me and I'll use it for this story.
Without further ado, the next chapter.
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Chapter 5 - The storm
"Spectrum Flame Vortex!"
Mirajane and Erza watched in awe at the blonde mage summoned a vortex of wild, yet controlled flames that surrounded the Phantom Lord master. Jose yelled out in agony as the multicolored flame funnel encompassed him in a blazing wave of pain. Naruto watched in sadness as his most powerful Flame magic burned up the man he considered a father for half of his life. His eyes peered through his golden locks of hair at the sight of his former master screaming in torture. He closed them in respect for the man who took care of him before turning around and walking away from the flame vortex.
Screams of pain soon turned into mad laughter as Naruto's eyes shot wide opened from the sudden pain in his chest. He looked down and saw the tip of a large dagger sticking out of his sternum , blood dripping out of the outer edge of the wound surrounding the blade. Mirajane stared in horror with a shaking hand of her agape mouth at the sight of their unexpected hero stabbed. Erza watched as the vortex died out and wisp away, revealing a burned but still standing Jose grinning at them with his arm out from throwing the dagger.
Naruto looked over his shoulder with surprise in his eyes at his former master that somehow managed to brush off his attack before it did serious damage to him.
"But how? My attack, once formed is unstoppable, especially by Darkness magic. How are you still standing?" Naruto muttered, falling to one knee. Jose merely laughed at the sight of his strongest mage in shock.
"I taught you many kinds of magic. Don't think I didn't leave a few tricks out." Master Jose laughed as he brushed ash off his clothes. "A great mage leaves a few aces up his sleeve."
"Damn it." Naruto grunted, his teeth grinding together in anger. He held a hand up to the wound in his chest, trying to hold back the blood seeping from around the dagger's tip. He knew if he tried to pull out the dagger now without activating his recovery magic, he would bleed out. But if he did use his magic, Jose would surely use the chance to attack him, leaving him with no option but to leave the blade in for the moment.
"What's the matter? Afraid to heal yourself?" Erza and Mirajane gasped at the statement, knowing that healing magic was very rare, if not lost. "Doesn't matter, I'll finish you off either way and then Fairy Tail is next." Jose taunted much to everyone's dismay.
No one could stop him from achieving his goals. The very last threat was soon to be taken care of and then the two weakened S class mages. Makarov will awaken to his precious guild destroyed, suffering the grief he so desired for his fellow Wizard Saint to feel. Jose laughed out madly again as he enjoyed the moment before he wiped out the guild soon to be formerly know as Fairy Tail.
"Yes! Yes! I have enjoyed this little game but now I grown weary of playing. Time to die, my dear son." Jose grinned while he powered up in an aura of purple magic. His eyes darkened and appeared black with his irises stayed a dark green. He thrusted his arms out as a large purple seal appears before him, aiming right at a weakened Naruto..
"Dead Wave!"
Naruto watched the large blast of Darkness magic come at him, the ground cracking underneath the powerful wave of magic. He closed his eyes once more but this time, in acceptance that he did all he could to help Fairy Tail. He only regretted that he couldn't do more to make the two female mages leave with their fallen friends before he lost to Master Jose. He could only hope that Natsu managed to defeat his best friend and rescue Lucy. Maybe they could get away before Jose manages to reach them.
Hopefully.
Suddenly, he felt himself lifted off the ground as the blast of magic missed him and shot out of the mobile giant in a wave of destruction. Naruto looked up and saw Erza in black armor with wings, holding him up. He was shocked that she still had energy to use Requip and was quick enough to save him.
"Hey." He stated softly, looking up at Erza's worn, dirty, but yet...beautiful face as she flew in the air with him in tow.
"Hey yourself." She smirked as they landed back down next to Mirajane.
"You saved me." Naruto stated more than asked.
"You saved Natsu, not to mention us as well. I never leave a debt unpaid, not as a Fairy Tail mage." Erza replied with strong resolve.
"Well, thanks...but could you move your hand? You're sort of holding on a little...tight." Naruto smiled sheepishly with a small blush. Erza looked down where her left hand was and immediately turned red when she realized she had been gripping one of his butttocks.
"Sorry." She quickly dropped him next to Mirajane who also had a blush on her face. "Mirajane, help him with the dagger so he can heal. I'll buy you time so you guys can escape."
Well, this sounded oddly familiar to Naruto.
"Really? You think I'm gonna listen when you didn't?" He cocked a eyebrow at her demand.
Erza stammered as she tried to explain why they didn't leave but then turned away to hide another blush that was now on her cheeks.
"Just listen, okay." She stated as she focused on Jose who was now visible after the smoke and dust cleared, an anger look apparent on his face.
"You have interfered for the last time, Titania!" Jose shouted as he powered up once more.
"I will fight until my last breath!" Erza launched herself at Jose with her Black Wing armor and sword, slashing away at the Phantom Lord master. Naruto watched as a weakened Erza fought intensely against his former master but he knew it was only a matter of minutes before Jose dominated her completely. Maybe even seconds.
"Quick, pull this blade out of me so I can heal myself and help her." Naruto whispered quickly to a stunned Mirajane who looked at him in surprise.
"But Erza said..."
"Just do it! She won't last long. I need to help her now." Naruto looked into her eyes with determination. "Please."
Mirajane was amazed yet again by this man whom she had just met. A man who was Phantom Lord's strongest mage but was trying to stop his own guild from destroying her guild and town. She nodded reluctantly as she moved herself behind the kneeling blonde and gripped the handle of the dagger.
"Ready?" She asked nervously.
"Wouldn't be the first time a girl pulls something out of me." He smirked over his shoulder. Mirajane smirked back before pulling the dagger out of his back roughly. "Ow." He enunciated the word.
"Bet that didn't feel like what you were implying." Mirajane cocked an eyebrow and smiled darkly as a bit of her old personality seeped out.
"Not even close." He grinned before spitting out some blood onto the floor much to Mirajane's worry. He waved his free hand in the air, telling her it was okay as he closed his eyes and began to focus. Two small, blue magic seals appeared, one in front of his chest and one behind his back as a glow of blue magic flowed between the two seals. Mirajane watched in wonder as the wound began to heal from both sides, the blood on his body the only sign that there was a wound to begin with.
During the same few moments, Erza kept up the attack on Jose who was beginning to feel the effects of the attack Naruto had hit him with earlier. He may have deflected most of the attack but some of it still hit him. But he was still strong enough to take Requip master down. He shot a few beams of Darkness magic at the flying mage who managed to dodge most of them but couldn't move in time to dodge the last one as it hit one of her wings. Erza landed hard onto the broken floor, her sword sliding across the ground. She tried to get to her feet before Master Jose could attack her again but was unsuccessful as Jose rushed at her and threw a punch to her face.
"You never stood a chance!" He shouted as Erza flew back and rolled harshly back to the ground, finally stopping after hitting a large piece of the floor that was jutted out.
"You're all dead, you just don't know it yet!" Jose stated as ghostly shades surrounded him, shaking the ground in display of sick, cold, twisted power.
"No one can stop me, no one! I'm am the strongest in all of Fiore!" Jose declared as he looked over at Naruto who was still healing and then back to Erza. "Shade Entangle!"
Several ghost shades shot out of Jose's hands and made their way to Erza. But before they could reach their target and strangle her to death, the ghost shades were cut into pieces and faded away. Erza looked up from the ground at Naruto who appeared from nowhere with a katana in his hand that he did not have before.
"I was wondering where your sword was. You kept it hidden and Requiped it, huh? No matter, I could feel your magic slipping away. You pushed yourself too far with all the magic you've been using to attack and heal your wounds." Jose stated.
"You know as well as I do that magic doesn't matter when it comes to my blade. Don't make me use my Muramasa techinque." Naruto repeated what he had said earlier to Natsu.
"My boy, even at full power, you stand no chance against me. No simple weapon without magic can harm the great Jose Porla! I am the greatest mage of all ti..." Silence soon replaced his words.
Time stood still for the briefest of moments. In a blink of an eye, Naruto was crouched down on one knee several feet behind Phantom Lord master. His hands holding the hilt of his katana in a back handed form at shoulder level.
Only a single drop of blood on the tip of the blade, showing that it indeed had met its target.
"Juuchi Yosamu."
Not a sound was made after the unseen movement of the blonde mage, Erza and Mirajane watching the two Phantom Lord mages standing apart with their backs facing each other.
Jose froze in place as his eyes shook in shock from Naruto disappearing and reappearing behind him. He didn't feel a thing but coldness cutting through his body from his waist and up past his chest.
"But...But how?" He muttered, his black eyes turning white once again.
"A great mage leaves a few aces up his sleeve." Naruto repeated his former master's words in a calm, soft voice.
Jose suddenly chuckled and his face soften with realization. "I just noticed something."
"What's that?" Naruto whispered, still holding himself in place.
"Since we've started, you have been speaking...normally." Jose stated in a gentle tone unlike him. "It's nice to hear you speak so clear."
Naruto closed his eyes and smiled slightly. "Yeah, I guess finding out who I was made me speak normally after all this time."
Suddenly, Jose chuckled again as he looked up at the clear sky, the roof blown away long ago..
"What?" Naruto asked.
"My boy, you haven't even scratched the surface on who you are. It's true I found you and rescued you in that forest all those years ago and brought you to Phantom Lord."
"Yeah, you rescued me from the storm." Naruto replied. Jose chuckled one last time, falling forward to the ground but not before saying one last thing to his adopted son.
"Boy, you were the storm."
I hope this was worth the wait. Plese forgive the time away.
Stay Awesome everyone.
Stay Zen.