Disclaim: Fairy Tail, Naruto not mine.
[I knew you were stupid but this is a whole other level.]
"I'm sorry."
[YOU'RE SORRY. Urgh. You just HAD to drink.]
"I'm sorry."
[I told you to stop. I told you we weren't metabolising it fast enough.]
"I'm sorry."
[You know there is a limit to how much alcohol I can purge before it affects me too. Even though I warned you.]
"I'm sorry."
[Now I've got a fucking hangover because YOU wanted to get in some girls pants. And you even failed at that.]
"That was not my intention. But I am sorry."
"You alright there blondie? You keep apologising to yourself." The black haired beauty Cana had a massive grin pointed towards her drinking partner from last night. Sure he had done incredibly well, but he shouldn't have tried to compete with her when she brought out the 98% stuff. Naruto held his head in his hands, and inside of him Kurama was doing the same. Cana was indeed feeling the effects of last night too, but it was nowhere near as bad, and her pride refused to let it show. Especially since it was this funny to laugh at Naruto.
The two of them sat in the back of a Magic Four Wheeler, which had the SE plug leading in through the window and attached to Naruto. With his current headache he wouldn't drive, so he was fuelling while George steered. George knew his limits. He doesn't have very much magic power, he never had. He wouldn't be able to drive for very long, and if he did he wouldn't be able to fight for a while after. So having Naruto fuel and he drive was the smartest option.
"Yeah… I'm good." Naruto forced a smile at the girl.
[WE ARE NOT GOOD! You're lucky this won't last for much longer or I would rip your…] Naruto stopped listening when the threats started.
"Just take it easy. We're gonna need you in top form when we get th…" Cana didn't get to finish as Naruto took the SE plug off his arm and ran out of the cart and decided to retaste his breakfast.
It didn't taste as good this time.
Naruto looked behind him slightly to see George looking down at him disapprovingly. Cana laughed from inside the cart, but she knew if she stepped out and saw the vomit, she too would puke. It was like he had some sort of monster inside of him destroying the alcohol. Na that couldn't be true.
"Huuuurghhh…" Naruto once again emptied his stomach. "Urgh… this sucks." Naruto slowly lifted his head and was confused by what he saw.
"Kyaaa… eh?" The girl that Naruto locked eyes with wouldn't be more than 14 maybe 15. Her purple hair was in two Dango loops with bangs that perfectly framed her face. Two dark, short eyebrows accommodated her glistening face wet with fresh tears. The issue with this picture, was that she wore no clothes.
It was clear that she had not decided to suddenly go out as an exhibitionist. She tried her best to cover as much of her body as she could as she stood there. She had watched the blond jump out of his cart and vomited, so she froze. She prayed he would not see her. She wasn't sure how she would live with herself if he saw her. She would just be too embarrassed to go on. When their eyes met her gut just dropped. She screamed, but that was quickly replaced with a surprise as the blond stranger instantly took off his battered orange fur lined coat and draped it around the naked girl. Covering her.
"Eeh... Who's that?" Cana peaked her head around Naruto and saw the girl.
"Don't know but we're taking her back to town." Naruto gently grabbed the arm of the still surprised girl and led her to the cart. George nodded his head understanding the look on Naruto's face. This was not going to end with just dropping her off. There was going to be hell to pay for this, and George was looking forward to helping deliver it.
XxX
A certain orange haired man wearing a straightjacket stood at the edge of Hargeon Town, and watched as a familiar blond boy approached in a SE Four Wheeler.
"This may be trouble." The man commented. "To think someone was able to predict our next attack. I thought we were careful. Master is not going to be happy." The man continued to think on what he should do for a moment, but decided it was probably best to greet and kill the new player before they even knew they were playing. Although he had to do it before HE came and stopped him. He struggled a little with his jacket, before hearing a click and feeling his arms fall free. In that instant, a strong pressure burst out.
Needless to say it shocked Naruto out of his thoughts. He had recovered from his hangover, much to Cana's annoyance, and was thinking about how best to ask the silent girl her circumstances until that burst of energy washed over them. He ripped off the SE Plug and flipped out of the cart and onto the roof. With his sword drawn, George did the same when he knew the cart was no longer in motion.
"What was that?" Cana asked as she had also drawn cards, but remained beside the little girl, who had done up the buttons on the jacket, but was still not comfortable around the group of strangers.
"George duck!" Naruto ordered as he saw a blur fast approach from the tree line. Naruto slightly moved to the side, and watched as the man landed beside him. Their eyes met, and Naruto's widened slightly, realising who exactly was attacking them.
"Oh fu…" Naruto froze as a magic circle appeared over the man's eye. George watched Naruto literally freeze, as if his time had stopped, and realised he needed to protect him. Tapping the hilt of his sword in a certain fashion, George caused a large magic circle to appear on the roof of the cart. The three people standing on it were launched into the air.
"Interesting." The man remarked as he could no longer take a strike at the blond who continued to get further away. But he could still attack the white haired boy. The extra sleeve that covered his hands started to fill out, as a blue aura rose from the attacker's hands. Two blades were formed, and tried to slash at George. The boy knew he couldn't block both attacks while in mid-air. So instead, he stuck his sword out, clashing with the closer aura blade and using that force to push himself out of striking distance. "Very interesting."
"…ck." Naruto finished his sentence with barely enough time to right himself before landing. He looked around to see George had landed safely away from the attacker. "Didn't you die Yuusuke?" Naruto asked the Asuras Wing member who he had met 7 years ago.
"Unfortunately for you Naruto-kun, I did not." The orange haired man looked mostly the same as he did those years ago. His hair was a little bit longer and currently had blue at the edge only after he undid his jacket. He currently stood on top of the cart.
"You didn't use those last time, and the blue tips are new." Naruto motioned to the aura blades around his hands.
"And you didn't use that shade of yours then either." Naruto clicked his tongue. Jose had used a shade as a counter to his eye magic before. Naruto hoped to take him by surprise this time by doing the same thing. "Now now Naruto-kun. I can't have you meddling in our business again." He may not look it but Yuusuke was annoyed his surprise attack failed.
"So you're attacking churches now? I shouldn't be surprised you guys have no trouble killing children. Priests should be a walk in the park for you." Naruto mocked his opponent.
"Oh please. I don't need that high and mighty attitude Naruto-kun." Yuusuke rolled his eyes at the blond. "Can we get to the killing each other part now?"
"Oh I would love to. But don't think me stupid. I can feel your friends in the bushes." Naruto pointed in a certain direction, where two people laughed a little as they stepped out of the bushes.
"Yuu-kun… Why didn't you tell us we were going to kill?" A woman with incredibly long gorgeous blonde hair was the first to speak. Her red one piece outfit could only be described as a bathing suit with her ample cleavage that was only describable as 'in your face'. Her black mid-thigh boots and long gloves covered more skin then her actual 'bathing suit' as it also had a large opening in the back covered by her hair.
"He has his reasons." This man could only be described as a bald monk. No hair covered his head, and his eyes were almost closed. His orange loose fitting pants and shirt which was left off of his right arm was the generic Shaolin Monk uniform. White bandages were tied around his feet like socks with black rope holding them in place, with brown sandals over those.
"I can't say I know the lady, but would that be Romario?" Naruto pointed to the monk.
"Indeed I am. It is an honour Uzumaki-sama." The monk bowed slightly. Naruto returned this courtesy. Romario was a very well known monk, since it was big news out east that a monk left a Monastery just to join and lead a Dark Guild out west. "This is my remaining 'arm' Adrianna."
"How do you do soon to be deadman?" She curtsies. George's eyes widened when he realised who his opponents were.
"Asuras… Wing…" He stuttered. You could feel his anger starting to radiate off of him.
"Oh shit…" Naruto commented just before George leaped towards the orange haired man on the cart.
"Cute." Yuusuke smiled as he activated his eye magic. George froze in mid-air. Not missing a beat, Romario tried to strike the boy, but Naruto intercepted blocking the chop. Naruto felt his arm break. He also felt something weird coming from him, but put it to the back of his mind. Yuusuke himself prepared to leap towards the boy, but the cart he was on suddenly jolted forward, and quite a few cards flung up at him from under the roof. Yuusuke didn't try to right himself, and fell off the cart to avoid the cards. "Forgot about you two ladies."
George unfroze and continued his leap, realising he had just come out of a time freeze, he stopped his slash so he could land safely. The second he was on the ground he pounced back at Yuusuke. This time Naruto grabbed his shoulder and held him back.
"Naaaw you were so close." Adrianna complained as a shining ball of green light shot from the sky, down towards the place George would have been.
"If you don't snap out of it, you're leaving this fight." Naruto told the white haired boy.
"No need Uzumaki-sama. It was too early for us to fight." Romario raised his hand when he saw Yuusuke about to complain. "You see, my friend here was on a reconnaissance mission. He has done his job so for now we go back. We will see you again at the Hargeon church tomorrow night."
"We shouldn't tell them when we're going to be there." Yuusuke had long since deactivated the blades on his hands and was now re-buckling his jacket. His hair turned back to its normal orange.
"It makes no difference if they know. We will get the Holy Weapon from another World." Romario started to walk away.
"Another world?" They heard the blond's final words before they disappeared from their eyesight. They didn't know it, but the blond was familiar with this other world concept.
"We should have just killed them there." Yuusuke coolly stated. He was annoyed.
"We 'feathers' aren't supposed to show our full power for no reason." Adrianna nodded Romario's response.
"Trust me. Naruto Uzumaki is someone we should not hold back against. Have you heard what he has done recently? Urgh…" Yuusuke rubbed the tip of his nose. "Don't worry. We'll call the Master and he'll agree with me. So we're not actually going to wait that long are we?"
"Of course not, we'll go tonight."
XxX
"So at least 3 members of Asuras Wing will be coming tonight." Naruto grabbed a few chips off of his plate and ate it. Around the table sat Cana, George and the silent girl. Cana had dragged her into a clothing shop and bought her a new outfit, a sleeveless blue qipao that ended just above her knees, and black baggy pants. Naruto once again wore his jacket.
"Tonight? He said tomorrow." Cana's seemingly harmless words earned her a disapproving look from both Naruto, George and the girl. "What?"
"Cana-chan… He is our enemy. We don't listen to our enemies." Naruto's spoke down to the girl like she was a child. She simply shrugged and took a bite of her burger. "Will you be able to fight alone George, or will I need to babysit you?"
George didn't respond. He couldn't respond. He honestly didn't know if he could keep his cool in the face of the guild that destroyed his home town and killed his mother.
"You know you can't beat them if you don't keep a level head." Naruto told the boy. "Now what do you know about their magic?"
"Yuusuke uses Interval Skip magic it was designed to freeze perishable goods for extended periods of time. Being able to use it on humans would take a lot of focus, but that is also why it doesn't last very long. His other magic seems to be some use of Aura Magic although I need to see more to get a better judgement." Cana nodded impressed by the white haired boy's knowledge. He got a solid grasp over the enemy's magic after a short encounter. He must have done a lot of reading.
"How do you counter his Interval Skip?" Naruto's question got a shrug in response. George had a few ideas but it's impossible to test.
"Adrianna uses an emotion based magic. I don't know what specifically, but I assume it is light based. As her emotions change, so will the colour and power of her light. As for Romario…"
"He doesn't use magic." Naruto finished for him. "Far eastern monks learn how to fight with their bodies to a ridiculous level. I've never met one before, but they're scary people from the stories."
"Seriously?" Cana asked a little surprised by that. Sure most of Fairy Tail could hold their own in a fist fight, but to only use his fists, yet to be strong enough to make Naruto, who stood up to her entire guild, a little afraid.
"Yeah. I'm going to have to fight him and Yuusuke myself." Naruto rubbed the back of his head a little annoyed at the turn of events. For whatever reason, Yuusuke was a lot stronger then what he showed them all those years ago. Why did he hide his powers back then? Were his comrades' lives not worth revealing the secret?
"I will take Yuusuke." George stated.
Naruto looked at him and shook his head. "No." The boy had barely touched his food because he was so riled up. Being such a strong fighter meant nothing if you couldn't keep your head on straight during the fighting. He could not let George go out to die like that.
"I will help." For the first time since they met her, the girl spoke.
"Oh? So you're a mage?" Naruto asked. They were all surprised the girl had finally spoken to them. In response she raised her hand where a bubble of magic appeared around her hand. When she did so, all the plates on the table lit up, and all of the chips ended up on hers. "Oi!" Naruto reached over the table and grabbed his handful back.
"That's like your 10th plate, and you're still picky about your chips?" Cana couldn't help but wonder at the blonde's reaction
"Chips are a sacred food." Naruto responded before the girl once again spoke.
"My name is Minerva Orland. I am technically not a part of a guild however my honourable father is the Sabertooth Guild Master. I offer my assistance as repayment for the kind hospitality you have shown a complete stranger." The quiet girl now spoke with poise and elegance. You would not guess this was the same person who they met in the forest.
"Y' know… You can't act all confident after not speaking to us for hours." Cana nudged the girl's side and she chuckled slightly.
"I apologise for my rude behaviour, however I did not wish for you to ask questions."
"Don't worry about that Minerva-chan." Naruto waved his hand brushing off the topic. "You'll tell us if you want, otherwise we won't ask." Cana raised her eyebrow slightly at that. She saw Naruto's expression earlier. She assumed he was going to seek blood, but apparently not. "But I can't just let you help us, without knowing how strong you are."
"Agreed. So should we have George-kun test her, while you and I go talk to the people at the church?" Cana's suggestion made sense to Naruto so he agreed.
XxX
"My my Naruto-kun. Are you not a little early? Your birthday is not for another month. Although I always welcome you into this house, and why have you not come at all in the past 17 years?" The nun in charge got the first words out when Naruto and Cana stepped into the church. The insides were the same as the church back at Magnolia, just larger to fit the organ that sat off to the side. There were also a set of stairs down. The nun in question wore the typical black nun uniform covering everything including her hair. The only distinguishable feature would be her black eyes and the fact she was still relatively young.
This church had no orphanage, so Naruto had no idea what this nun was talking about. "What?" Naruto asked confused.
"Do you not know who I am? It appears Jose-san did not tell you much. Do you at least know about your mother's belongings?"
Naruto's eyes almost bulged out of his head when he realised what was happening. He had completely forgotten about the items, and it was kind of starting to make sense. "The weapon from another world, they want my mother's things."
"Another world… that would explain a lot." The nun thought deeply about the items she had downstairs.
"Wait so churches have been attacked for your mother's belongings?" Cana asked curiously. She didn't quite get what was going on, but if they knew what they were looking for they could easily find a way to hide them.
"Oh is that why you are here? Are you here to protect this church?" The nun smiled as she pat both Naruto and Cana on the head. "I appreciate the offer; however I can protect this place on my own. Please offer your assistance to another church just in case."
"We know for sure the main group is coming here tonight, so if it is okay with you we would like to stay." Naruto spoke doubting the nun could fight the entire group coming their way.
"Now I know Jose-san has never told you about me. That is slightly disappointing." The nun shook her head slightly.
"You know the Master?"
"Jose-san and I are old friends. I also looked after you for 2 years." She smiled at the blond who looked confused. He could have sworn Jose told him it was a wet nurse rather than a nun. "No need to worry." She once again smiled innocently at the two. "As one from the church I will not turn away one who volunteers their help. The Lord will help those who help others. My name is Otoha."
"Naruto." Nauto bowed at the nun. For him this was their first meeting, and it looked like she understood that, even though their relationship should be more complicated.
"I'm Cana." Cana idly remarked.
"Cattleya would you please go put on some tea for our guests?" Otoha asked the other nun in the room. This nun was shorter, younger, and wore the same outfit except for the headdress. Her light pink hair flowed freely down to her waist.
"Yes Madam Superior." She bowed slightly before walking downstairs. Apparently that was where the living quarters were.
XxX
"You pass." George sheathed his sword as he walked towards the kneeling girl. They were currently in the forest just behind the church. Luckily for the team, the church was on the outskirts of the village so they would not have to worry about civilians in the middle of the fight.
"I do not understand." Minerva breathed heavily as she stared at her hands. George had used the back of his sword on her, and even then he didn't hit hard. Neither did she as they both have a big fight tonight, but even so. George had her beat in speed, strength and technique. Even though he had used magic only three times, she could not beat him.
"Territory Magic." George offered his hand to the kneeling girl. Instead of accepting his help, she picked herself up. "Not many will be able to beat you when you gain complete control over it."
"You beat me quite easily." She turned her back to him as she started to walk towards the church.
"Technically no." George corrected her. When he got a confused look, George twisted the base of the hilt of his sword, and pulled out to reveal a compartment that held 3 lacrima. Minerva could tell they were empty. "Those were the only 3 spells I could cast without repercussion. If we continued you would have come out on top, and I would be rather badly hurt. I do not have much magic power so I save it where I can. Rather than casting the spell using my own power, I activate a lacrima and use that. I can use magic without the sword, but it exhausts me quickly."
"So you are just a weakling." Minerva had stopped walking to listen to the explanation.
"I am." George agreed instantly. He knew his shortcomings. He took out the empty lacrima, pulled filled ones out of his pocket and slotted them into his sword.
"Why are you telling me all this?" She did not understand how someone could talk so openly about their weakness.
"'I alone am weak. We together are strong.'" George quoted something that read. When he saw Minerva's eyes widened. "A quote from an old book. A friend of the author said it. I'd be happy to lend it to you."
"No thank you." She politely declined. Why had those words struck a chord with her? She had been taught that strength was pure power her entire life. Her father told her that she was bred for that purpose, to be strong. Yet in front of her stood someone who was weak, yet stood taller than she ever had. When it came to power he was weak, but calling him anything other than strong would be foolish. She wondered if she could ever be strong on the inside like he was.
"There you are you incompetent girl. Talking with an insect, HAVE YOU LEARNT NOTHING?!" The loud booming voice that appeared above the two caused the girl to shake. Was it too much to ask to have a brief moment of happiness? George looked up to see a fellow white haired man. His long hair rested on his back in a braid, while his unmanaged beard and moustache covered the majority of his face. The angry eyes that were staring a hole through George had no pupil. They were completely white. His dark red kimono top hung loosely from his left shoulder as his left hand rested inside it. So it was his right hand, with a dark blue bandage around his wrist, which was used to attack George.
"Uuurgghhh…" He barely had enough time to raise his arm before a chop slammed into him. Absorbing most of the force, George slid backwards on the ground, refusing to be sent flying from that. But it had still knocked the wind out of him.
"Pathetic." The man muttered as he looked at the cut on his leg. During that brief moment, George lashed out with his sword cutting through his dirty gold loose fitting pants. George narrowed his eyes focusing. George could easily tell who this was, with the Sabertooth guild stamp on his forehead.
"Father, please." The confident and outspoken girl softly mumbled. This annoyed George.
"Silence. I will show you how we of Sabertooth treat insects." He refused to let HIS DAUGHTER be weak. He refused to let HIS DAUGHTER tarnish the Sabertooth name by associating with this weakling.
"She hasn't officially joined the guild yet." George corrected the larger man as he took a stance to defend himself. The next punch he didn't block in time. He barely even saw the man move. The fist collided with his stomach and he was launched into and through a nearby tree. As George picked himself back up, he thanked Naruto for adding enchantments to his vest. Although his shirt underneath was ripped to pieces from the force of the attack.
"I'll give you that boy. You're strong for an insect." The man admitted as he waited for George to pick himself up. This man was not someone he could beat. His sword went straight through his calf muscle this time, yet it did not seem like a major injury. "Out of respect for your Master I will let you leave here alive." The man motioned to the guild stamp on George's left shoulder.
"Unfortunately, I will have to decline. As soon as your daughter offered to help, she became a comrade for the upcoming fight." George's attitude surprised the man. He should have left while he still had his life. "So out of respect, I give you the option to leave here willingly."
"YOU CONCEITED…!" Sabertooth's Master started to really get angry. The air around him seemingly started to heat up. George realised how bad of an idea this was, but before his opponent could pounce. He reached into his pocket and threw a large number of the small lacrima into the air.
The man pounced. George knew he couldn't win the fight, but his victory conditions were a little different. Tapping his sword in a certain way, time seemingly slowed. This was not time itself slowing, but hyper-concentration. George absorbed all the information in the surroundings reflexively, rather than subconsciously. This meant the signals in his brain needed to travel less making his movements happen faster. He saw exactly how he needed to bend to avoid the slap that was to behead him. He also took into account the location of all the lacrima as they rose. George bent to his left, so the slap would go right over him, but his sword was slowly being raised.
Time once again went on as normal. The man's slap missed. The wind pressure was enormous and rustled the boys white hair. The surprised look on his face could not be missed, as he started to use his other hand to grab the sword strike he thought was going for him. It wasn't. Once again tapping the sword in a way, a new spell was activated. The sword stretched slightly, and tapped the closest small lacrima, just past the man's head. A shock was sent from the tip of the blade into the lacrima, activating it, and then jumping to the next closest one. All the lacrima were active within a second. This was enough time for the man to raise his hands above his head to block the strike of light that smashed into him.
When the light faded, the man was unharmed, but George was nowhere to be seen.
"Grrr…" The man was officially tired of this. He was going to flatten that boy.
"Father, please." Minerva wanted to quell her father's anger, but it had the opposite effect. He lashed out at the only target he could see. Minerva.
"Dammit." George saw what was about to happen. He also noticed the man wasn't a complete monster. He held back a lot since it was his daughter. The attack would have knocked her to the ground at most. This gave Geroge just enough time to grab and move Minerva out of the way using his last spell of his sword. But after that, he was exhausted. The sword itself was specially designed to conduct magic to the lacrima and minimise its use. It was also possible to use an external lacrima in a similar way, but that took more magic. And George had to activate a lot more then he originally planned. He was almost out of magic.
"You die now." The man stood above him and dropped a punch.
"That's my line." George breathed a sigh of relief that his plan worked. Naruto grabbed the fist and kicked the man in the gut forcing him to back up slightly. "Are you okay?" Naruto asked the boy without showing his back to the man.
"The Phantom of Ruin is it?" The man stepped forward prepared for a stronger opponent.
"Jiemma-san. Would you mind stepping away?" A voice resonated in the trees. The sound continued to bounce from tree to tree. Even though the words had long since disappeared, the reverberation did not.
"Otoha-chan. Release me so I can crush these insects!" Jiemma could no longer move. He could probably force his way out of it but…
"You know I will not do that. You used to be a more gentle soul. I understand why you changed, but it is not good to hurt children to make yourself feel better." Otoha's voice continued to sound throughout the area, even though she could not be seen.
"Let me go or you will regret it."
"If you try something YOU will regret it." Naruto let his darkness seep out and cover the grass around him.
"Put that away boy. Jose used to do that too. It's not intimidating."
"So apparently everyone knows the master. He tells me nothing." Naruto shrugged annoyed, but did as he was told. The hostility was gone from Jiemma's voice. Apparently the nostalgia of the Darkness Magic was enough to calm him.
"The three of us used to be friends." Otoha also felt the change so she stepped out of the tree line. The reverb had also stopped.
"Friends? Ha! You were just a bratty tagalong." Now free, Jiemma walked towards his daughter. "Come."
"She will be helping the church with something. You may come back at a later date." Otoha stated. Jiemma narrowed his eyes but didn't argue. Fighting Naruto would be easy, but fighting both he and Otoha was not something he was sure he could do. He'd put up a hell of a fight, but Otoha's magic was a bad match for his own style.
"She WILL return with me tomorrow." Growling slightly, he walked away. Minerva sat on the floor shocked by what just happened. She had never seen her father back away from a fight like that. Who was this nun?
XxX
Naruto sat on a pew furthest from the altar. With his eyes closed, he was thinking. George and Minerva were downstairs trying to fix up his injuries. Cana said she'd keep watch outside just in case they would attack in the middle of the day. Today has been a very interesting day so far. Not only had he met 2 people from Jose's past, but one of them had looked after him as a baby. And a dark guild was after his mother from another universe's belongings. Naruto needed to learn both why and how this guild knows about his universe.
Also when he blocked Romario's attack, he felt a power. Something he recognised.
[He uses Chakra.] Kurama confirmed Naruto's suspicions.
[So what? He's from your world?]
[I'm not sure. There were no monks in our world, but if he is I'm going to break out.]
[I'm not going to die that easily Kurama.] Naruto smirked. Trust the Tsundere fox to warn about his attempted deadly escape.
[You just thought I was Tsundere didn't you, you bastard?]
[Naaaaaw. You love me.]
[I will eat you…]
"You seem to be enjoying yourself Naruto-kun." Naruto opened his eyes to see the nun had approached him. Naruto liked this nun. She seemed strong and smart, yet not blinded by her own power. She seemed like the type to use her power for the sake of others more than herself. Then again, that could be the nun habit. She motioned to sit beside him and Naruto moved over.
"I'm just thinking." He commented slightly. He couldn't exactly tell her about his literal inner demon.
"Why do you sit so far away from the altar? You must not be a religious person, are you?"
"If you saw some of the things I have, I'm not sure you would believe in an all-powerful being who let it all happen."
"I can guarantee that I have seen things just as bad, yet that is what drove me to this life of faith." After a long moment of silence, Otoha continued. "You were a lot noisier as a child you know. I don't expect us to become close all of a sudden, but I do want to be a part of your life. So please visit when all of this is over."
Naruto chuckled a bit. She had no idea that Naruto knew nothing of her, so those years without a visit were not because Naruto did not want a relationship with her, but because he just didn't know. Naruto could hear the relief in her voice that she had a chance with Naruto. "Of course. But you seem to know a lot more about me then I do about you." Naruto moved in his seat to get comfortable. He was clearly urging her to tell him her story.
"If you would like a full story, it will take a lot more time than we should be willing to spare." When Naruto pouted she couldn't help but laugh. "I had seen more death then most people do in their lifetime before I was 7. For years, village after village around me were killed by a mage who had possessed my body after death. My mentor found me, and saved me. Freed me from the spirit, by offering up his own body in return for my freedom. When it was inside him he purified it using his magic, and from that moment I became a nun. He taught me everything I know. During our time we did a few missions with various members of different guilds and met many people, including Jose-san and Jiemma-san. When he appeared with you in his arms, I settled down here, which I had no problem with. I'm glad I did. I raised you and Cattleya for two years until Jose took you away. I became comfortable here and never considered moving."
Naruto couldn't help but frown at that story. She simply stated the facts of her life and that was enough to get her point across. Apparently, she had seen the darkness, more than most and yet still found her way to peace through religion.
Before Naruto got to comment, Otoha continued. "So how is Jose these days?"
XxX
"GAJEEEEL!" A certain short black haired girl was grabbing onto a certain dragon slayers hair.
"GET OFF ME SHRIMP!" He shook his head trying to get the girl off.
"PLAY WITH ME!" Vivi demanded.
"GO PLAY WITH NARUTO OR SOMETHING!" He had now grabbed her legs and was trying to pull her off.
"THEY LEFT ON A MISSION WITHOUT ME! SO YOU HAVE TOO!"
"ARGH!" Gajeel finally got the girl off, but she took some hairs with her.
"Opps. Tee hee." The girl made a cute face and stuck her tongue out cheekily. Gajeel threw her across the room, accidently towards Jose. The girl did slow herself down, but she still landed on his face.
"Ah… Sorry Master." Vivi's apology came as she slowly peeled off of his face.
"Urgh." Jose just grunted before picking up his dinner plate and walking off to his office. He didn't have time to deal with this.
XxX
Cana sat on the flat roof at the highest point of the church. From here she could see all sides, so it wouldn't matter where the enemy came from, she would see them. After a swig of her drink, she once again shuffled her cards, and dealt them in a particular order.
"What does it mean The Sun is coming to help?" She was puzzled. This was her fifth deal of the cards, yet she never got a time for the attack, just that someone else was coming to help. "And you think the Sun card would mean daytime." But for some reason it could not mean the time which was just plain confusing. She shrugged as she tried to deal again only getting the same result.
XxX
George hadn't said a word since the fight with Jiemma. Minerva couldn't help but think that he was blaming her, but she would be wrong. George was actually planning how to deal with him the next time he appeared. If he were not prepared to fight Jiemma, the next time they became enemies, George would be crushed.
The deafening silence finally got to Minerva. He hadn't even made a complaint when she bandaged him up. Even when he unwrapped her attempt and ended up bandaging himself he had not said a word. Normally comfortable with silence, she couldn't help but break this one.
"I'm sorry for my father's actions." She bowed her head slightly. George tilted his head in confusion. He used this to communicate his thoughts rather than speaking. It was as if he did not notice or care that she was the reason for the fight. "Because of me yo…"
George interrupted. "'A child does not get to choose its parent, but it gets to choose its family.' I do not know what he has done to you or how he treats you. But you are not him, nor are you his." Finishing that statement George stood up and walked out of the lower rooms. Minerva was left to her thoughts.
George walked up the stairs and straight to Naruto who was laughing with Otoha at the back of the church.
"Hahahaha… Master was picking the grapefruit out of his hair for months. Hahahaha…" Naruto wheezed out. Apparently he was getting along well with the nun.
"Ha…hoho…" The nun struggled to keep her breath in. "It appears I owe you a Jose-san story Naruto. That was too funny."
"Next time." Naruto watched George approach, and could easily recognise the look in his eye. He wanted to do something. Otoha understood the hint and walked off. George stood beside the pew Naruto was on.
"I want her to join the guild." Naruto smiled at George's request. Once again, George wants to save another who was lost.
"What do you need done?" George analysed everything, and understood almost everything. He would have his plan, and would only ask of Naruto what he himself could not accomplish.
"Her father will not let her go and adding a new member to the guild during such a time of unrest.
"A new member will not change the coming war, and I can deal with Jiemma if the need arises." Naruto would reply with what he can guaranteed help with, and then follow up with what George himself must do. "She is trapped in a cage of her own making. Free her and she is saved." Naruto stood up and tapped the boy's shoulder, before walking out of the church. George had known this was what he needed to do, and Naruto knew he had, so this conversation was over.
The bond between these two was deep. The trust between them was a subconscious thing. George looked up to the mighty Naruto who stood up in the face of any danger in order to protect those behind him, no matter who they may be. Naruto knew that with such a smart and reliable companion watching his back, he could deal with whatever stood in front of him. Words were not something needed between these two; it was only a way of confirming what they already knew.
George was willing to give up everything to protect this girl.
Naruto would like nothing more than to pummel Jiemma into the ground for what he did to the girl.
Now outside, Naruto leapt all the way up to land beside Cana.
"Yo…" Naruto raised his hand in a wave as he watched the girl once again try to divine what time the enemy would arrive.
"Aaagh! It's not use!" Her magic wasn't working the way it was supposed to dammit. These enemies were too strong for fate to determine their actions.
"Oho? Can you read my fortune?" Naruto sat across from her, while Cana just shrugged. She could tell he did not believe that this magic was accurate.
"Sure why not. Place your hands here." She grabbed his hands and directed them to where they need to be. Her fortune telling magic wasn't her strongest ability, but it involved foresight so it was useful to know. "Do you know anyone that 'The Sun' could apply to?" She asked as she started to shuffle the cards.
"Magic or personality?" Naruto responded as the cards were split in front of him and Cana did her thing.
"Not sure. But there will be another helping us whenever they attack." Cana was almost done dealing.
"That won't change anything. We can't rely on someone we don't know will be here. So what's my fortune?" Naruto watched as certain cards appeared. He had no idea what any of them meant.
"Well well. It appears you'll have good luck with relationships." Cana grinned cheekily at Naruto who rolled his eyes. "Hmmm… you'll have to make not one but multiple choices soon that will not only define the life you will live from now on, but the lives of those around you. Shit… And someone close to you will die soon."
"Well that's ominous." Naruto shrugged. "But that was very broad you know. It could apply to almost anything."
"The choices that will define your life doesn't bother you?" Even though they were broader than usual, Cana was surprised by the utter lack of response from the blond.
"We all make those choices often, but if we're talking changing the world around us choices, wouldn't starting a war against my guild with its biggest rival already be one? There is no point in worrying, I will deal with them when they arrive." Cana nodded at Naruto's response. His point of view was simple enough. There was no point in worrying about what has yet to happen.
The two continued to keep watch while Cana continued to drink. Naruto refused of course. They enjoyed each other's company until Cattleya came down and called them for dinner. The night was young, and they had no way of knowing exactly when Asuras Wing would arrive.
XxX
"Ro-kun. Isn't this a little too excessive?" Adrianna couldn't help but ask her 'face' and fellow 'feather'.
"I thought so too, but Master's orders." Romario looked on to all of his underlings as they prepared for tonight's battle.
Asuras Wing was no normal dark guild. The Balam Alliance contained most dark guilds, but Asuras Wing was an exception. Usually any new dark guild was approached by one of the three pillars of the alliance, Oracion Seis, Tartaros and Grimoire Heart, but no one approached this guild. A dark guild becomes a dark guild when it goes against the Magic Councils agenda, but Asuras Wing was an extreme case. They were a collection of people who find joy in causing others pain. Destroying villages for no reason was sport, murder was a game, not even women and children were off limits. They were closer to a cult than a guild. Every member of this group could be considered the worst of the worst of humanity.
Now these generic evil members all worked under a face and its arms, which were split into 3 groups. One had been completely destroyed many years ago, so now there were only 2 groups remaining. Romario's group was one of these groups. Now these two groups held 99% of the guilds members, but only held about 1% of its strength. The secret Master and his 'feathers' were the real force behind this guild. Not even the Magic Council knew about this group's existence, nor were they aware of their true strength.
Three of these 'feathers' were about to attack the church with 50% of the guilds members in tow.
"Naruto Uzuamki is as strong as us. We have no way of knowing exactly how many others he has brought with him." Yuusuke stood beside Romario. To the average guild member, he was Romario's new arm, replacing the one who died.
"Yuu-kun why are you so worried? Could you not have beaten him?"
"Normally I would not be anxious of someone at his level. But what makes him different is that he is not afraid to end our lives. He is one wrong turn away from falling into his own darkness. It takes more strength to defeat someone without killing them, Naruto does not have that restriction. I fear given the right circumstances, he could defeat two of us alone."
"You rate him too highly, although he does use that…" Romario thought to himself about the power Naruto used. Did he truly share the same ability? When would he have gotten monk training? "No matter, we move just before the sun rises." Romario yelled for the entire group to hear. They all cheered while Yuusuke stepped back, still worried about the wild card that was Naruto Uzuamki.
XxX
It was Naruto's second turn on watch. The entire night had almost gone past. He, Cana, and Otoha had taken turns on watch while George and Minerva were left to rest. What Naruto didn't expect was for him to have company.
"Naruto."
"Cattleya-chan." Naruto pat the seat behind him. The pink haired nun nodded and sat beside him.
"Cat." She pointed to herself. It appears this was what she wanted to be called.
"Alright Cat-chan. What can I do for you?" The nun was fidgeting. She was making sure she wouldn't say what she wanted too, wrong.
"I not a fighter. Let me touch brain." To her, the words made complete sense.
"Whaa…?" To Naruto however, there was a massive jump in logic. When she reached her hands out to Naruto, he leaned backwards. "Hold on a second."
"Aah… sorry." When Naruto tilted his head slightly she continued. "Archive Magic."
"Aaaah… Go ahead." Naruto finally understood. She can't fight directly, so by getting access to everyone's mind she could help by sharing information. "You should have just said that." Naruto allowed the girl to upload a connection to his mind. "Thank you Cat-chan."
She smiled an innocent smile at Naruto. "I'll touch all brains." As she got up, Naruto reached out and grabbed her arm. Before she could speak, Naruto raised his finger and covered her lips. "Get everyone quickly."
"Okay…" She said before running back inside.
Naruto closed his eyes and started to chant. "Create for me a nightmare. A never ending nightmare for my enemies to fear. Let this nightmare be the place of their demise. Black Battlefield."
"This is a familiar feeling." Yuusuke commented as Naruto's orange darkness covered not only over the church, but quite a large portion of the forest. Already unbuckled his jacket, and used his blue aura to cover all of Naruto's darkness beneath his guild members. It struggled to hold as Naruto's tried to raise spears of darkness to hit them. "This won't hold for long."
"That's long enough." Romario said before seemingly disappearing. In fact all he did was leap towards the source of the magic. They both grinned as their eyes met. Naruto raised his arms to block a punch, but instead Romario wrapped his arms around his waist and jumped. The two of them flew towards the centre of the town.
"You want to get civilians involved? Scum." Naruto commented as he broke out of the grip.
"No. I would like to fight on the water. If you are willing to hold back your bloodthirst until we get there."
"I take it I don't have much choice." Naruto sighed as he retracted his Black Battlefield into a small circle around him. He landed gently on a rooftop as Romario landed beside him. Naruto kept his eyes on the monk as he started to roof hop towards the ocean. Romario followed on silently, it was easy to see that Naruto was not leaving his back open.
[Naruto. Where are you?]
[George?] Naruto thought to himself. He must have been linked through the Archive Magic. [I have to deal with Romario. We planned for this, continue with the plan.]
[Make sure you come back to us alive Naruto-kun.]
[Let's have a drink when this is done.]
Otoha and Cana's words brought a smile to Naruto's lips. He had to hurry back there.
[Don't forget to find out why he knows chakra. I won't let you use my power otherwise.] Kurama warned the blond.
[I don't need your power to defeat him. But I can't waste time in this fight.] Naruto landed on the surface of the water causing Romario to chuckle. Romario also landed on the water. Neither of them fell in, and the look they shared showed that they had both confirmed their suspicions.
"You use Chi as well."
"Chi? Don't you mean Chakra?" The two shared a confused look as they continued to walk further away from the shore.
"Chakra? Who taught you how to use this power?" The monk was very confused. Was there another name for this power? As far as he knew his order of monks were the only ones who knew of this power.
"You wouldn't believe me if I told you." The fox inside chuckled slightly. A giant demon fox inside of this idiot would blow the monks puny little mind. Naruto stopped walking and took a fighting stance. He let his Black Battlefield extend. It flowed on top of the water.
"You're not going to catch me with that." He taunted as he leapt forward, avoiding the tentacles that tried to knock him back. Naruto once again blocked Romario's punch, but this time he was properly using his chakra properly. His arm did not break under the attack.
"Is that it?" Naruto mocked as he kicked Romario in the gut.
"This is going to take a while." He cracked his neck as he took off his monk robe, leaving only his pants on. When he did so, Naruto could feel the spike in his opponent's chakra. He was too fast for Naruto's magic. This was going to be a fist fight.
XxX
The entire attacking force except for Yuusuke and Adrianna entered the church. The altar at the front of the church had candles all over it. In front of it knelt a nun.
"I'm sorry, but if you are here for mass it's not for a few hours." The words that left the nuns mouth bounced along the walls. The men and women all seemed to freeze as an unexpected chill ran down all of their spines.
"We ain't here for no mass lady, but you know that dunt ya." The first to snap out of it stepped towards the nun, he pulled out a dagger and licked the blade. "Telus where it is, and we let you off easy."
"Let's just kill er. I'm not one for church." Another around the back spoke. Members of the crowd started to speak up one by one. You couldn't tell if these people were confident, or stupid, because those that had yet to speak realised that there was magic in the nun's voice.
"This is a house of god." The nun stood up and turned to face the group. Once again they all froze. "This place allows all sinners to ask for forgiveness, and I on behalf of god will help. If anyone here seeks forgiveness please make your presence known."
"Oi oi. This bitch doesn't seem to understand the situation." This woman stormed towards the nun angrily. The nun was saddened by this response, but she knew what needed to be done. Just before the woman's hand grabbed her, she started to loudly hum. It reverberated through the room. It sounded less like one person humming, but multiple. How she did this, they wouldn't know, nor did they have the luxury to figure out. A strong force started to push them all down onto their knees.
"One must kneel before god if they wish to be forgiven." Those were the last words most of them heard as the humming started again and most of them fell unconscious. None of them could stand under this pressure. This nun was in a whole other league.
XxX
George stood on the roof. When Naruto wasn't there, he realised he was right when they made this plan. Otoha was confident she could take out all the average members of the guild by herself, so the remaining three were to fight with Yuusuke and Adrianna. His eyes met with the person who helped lead the attack against his village, and his blood started to boil. After waving his hand tauntingly, George jumped backwards to be away from the two new occupants.
"Asked up here personally by a Deadman. Is this not truly an honour Yuu-kun?"
"Let's finish this quickly and help Romario." Yuusuke spoke as he made his two blades out of aura. George smiled slightly as Yuusuke charged towards him, only to be kicked in the side. Adrianna was no longer on the roof, instead Minerva kicked his side. Instead of responding, Yuusuke straightened himself up and blocked George's oncoming strike, which he returned, aiming for George's face. He felt the girl coming from his side, but he knew he had enough time to block.
What he didn't expect was that instead of attacking George, his attack swung right over Minerva's head, who then jumped backwards out of his range. And the person to his side was George, who with the extra reach of the sword, did not leave him enough time to block or counter, so to avoid a killing blow, he dodged to the side. The cut on his chest was not deep, but the explosion in his face hurt more. The smoke from it blinded him long enough for George to get out of his range.
Growling slightly, Yuusuke used his Interval Skip on George who froze. Yuusuke took this opportunity to charge at the girl who disappeared into a purple glow, making him miss his attack completely. Finally realising that the girl was the one making them jump around the place, he knew what he needed to do. He wasn't going to risk attacking George now, as he might unfreeze before he got there, so instead he leapt backwards. Right into another explosion. This time he blocked it with his aura. George unfroze, quickly got his bearings and leapt towards Yuusuke once again. A barrier of aura was placed in between them, and then he froze Minerva. The barrier shot swords out towards George, who was forced to block in an uncomfortable position, meaning he couldn't leap to Minerva's aid as Yuusuke leapt towards her.
Just as the aura blade was lowered, Minerva ducked and created an explosion as she uppercut Yuusuke's jaw. "You cannot freeze my territory." Yuusuke earnt a new shallow cut on his back as George reached him before he could get away.
The orange haired man rubbed her jaw. "Play time is over."
[I have subdued all those who desecrate the lord's house. I will remain here so they will not rise.]
XxX
"Ara?" Adrianna asked confused. One second she watched as Yuusuke prepared to attack the opponent, and the next, around 20 cards were flying towards her. Cana grinned as the plan worked perfectly. Almost perfectly. A light yellowish orange light burst around her, deflecting all of the cards.
"Of course it can't be that easy." Cana laughed to herself slightly, as those 20 cards returned to her. She raised her hand, pushing all the cards she had buried underneath Adrianna to rise. This time a light pink light surrounded her as she rose up.
"How boring." She commented, before pushing out a stream of pink light towards Cana who easily dodged it. "I'm going to warn you dead woman. I am the strongest 'feather' here tonight."
"Perfect." Cana sarcastically commented as her entire field of vision was covered with light pink balls of boredom. "I might need a little help here." The light attacks were all shot towards Cana. She pulled out three cards made a triangle out of them, and summoned a shield between them. This struggled to hold back all of the light. You could hear the barrier starting to crack. The barrier held up.
Cana let out a sigh of relief as the attack stopped, but suddenly her vision was filled with the same pink light. The attack was coming again. If she continued to block these attacks she would run out of magic quickly.
[I have subdued all those who desecrate the lord's house. I will remain here so they will not rise.] Good for you Otoha, Cana thought as she layered two of those triangle barriers on top of each other.
"Looks tasty." A new voice appeared as the light shot towards Cana. She watched as all the light started to disappear into a young boy's mouth. The boy looked to be around 12. His spikey yellow hair was finally visible now that the light had died down. As was the orange sleeveless jacket, white shirt and blue pants that he wore also became visible. He had a small scar above his right eye that Cana saw as he looked back and grinned.
"Dragon Slayer?" Cana asked surprised by the sudden addition.
"Not just any Dragon Slayer." A red cat with a blue jacket and wings appeared beside Cana. "This is Sting Eucliffe the Light Dragon Slayer. And I am Lector his partner."
Cana looked at the back of the Dragon Slayer. "The Sun is it…" She smiled. With him she had a chance.
A/N
Well… that's four future Sabertooth members introduced so far (not including Lector). Kudos to those who noticed the one that wasn't in this chapter.
Now before anyone complains, Kurama not being able to purge the alcohol fast enough does make sense, and even if it didn't I don't care. It was funny. Laugh dammit!
I kid, but seriously, poison should and does effect Naruto just not to the extent of a normal person. Cana's liver is not normal.
Final thing, Dark Guilds by definition don't follow the rules of the Magic Council, in other words take jobs they find inappropriate. This was why they disliked Fairy Tail so much, for being against them so often and causing so much damage yet technically following the rules. I will go further into the idea that Dark Guild's aren't necessarily bad guys.
"And I say, Zangief you are bad guy, but this does not mean you are 'bad' guy." – Wreck It Ralph, if you haven't seen this movie, go do that…
Right now…
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OnionKing Out
