Before anything else, I want to say belated Merry Christmas Everyone. I hope you all ha a good one. Sorry, for the late chapter, got caught up with the holidays heheh. I would like to thank everyone for the favorite, alert and most of all REVIEWS. Thanks you very much ^_^ . I hope you guys like this chapter, though there won't be any action. Please Read and Review, I really appreciate them.
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Cloves : Thanks :D. Hehe nice to know that there are also fellow countrymen reading my story. When I look at the story stats I see many hit on my story from our country but I can't pin point who they are. ^_^ . Yeah, Forevermore is a lovely song. Yep, Fantasia Festival is here :P .
Vandenbz : Haha thanks and yeah, Lucy's desperation put her on a bad situation but then again she was always the source of fn service together with Erza ahaha. About Naruto's magic, we'll see as the story goes :P.
Agurra of the Darkness : About the story, yeah Naruto's path will start to diverge from Gajeels. And about the welcome he got, well I thought it for a while but after what had occurred between him and the Fairy tail, it would be hard to accept him especially since he directly destroyed and hurt one of them. So I thought, it would be better to show that Makarov knows how to discipline his children. I'll be sure to check out your story though, I may need to read the manga first. Its been a while since I've read Kenichi.
battleking : Thanks hehe, you'll know the stranger this chapter and I hope you like who is it. :D . I hope I could keep you hook here.
InnerCrackling : Haha thanks and yeah, it would be hard to accept someone just like that but I hope this chapter answers some of it ;). I hope you will like this story arc :D.
Futon Lord : Haha I can't, it would be weird for the story for Ultear to go on naked. I mean come on how are you suppose to fight her if she is like that. You'll just probably submit to her and surrender and I don't want to increase my rating to M. So no can do man... What a shame though. Well we don't know, Hiro Mashima might just do that. *I hope he does*
Child of Chance : Harem? hmm still thinking about it. We'll just have to see how it goes. ;)
mlkoolc86 : Yeah, something was wrong with it on Natsu's fight. Remember when Natsu said he was blocking and Nauto said that he wasn't? He couldn't control it that time so it blocks and unblocks Natsu's attack without Naruto knowing. Actually Naruto didn't know he still had this power when he was fighting Natsu. But with Jet and Droy, he was able to constantly shut it down and let them punish him for what he has done as a sign of repentance. :D I hope I was able to answer the question. Maybe it was Levy or mayb it was someone else hehe but it would be revealed soon, very soon err okay in this chapter :P .
And Now unto the story
"Talking"
'Thoughts'
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Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or Fairy tail and its characters. I only own this story because if I did, then Ultear will... Err nevermind.
Chapter 8: The Fairy Battle Royal Commences
"Why are you here?..." was all Naruto could say as he looked up on the girl.
"I... I'm not sure either... Maybe to check if you are okay... It's the least that I could do for what you did." The person replied a little nervously.
Naruto looked as his visitor slowly walked away from him and sat on one of the railings.
"You're scared of me..." Naruto mumbled as he felt the person's magic being a little unstable.
"Huh?" was the reply he got.
"I said you're quite brave to come here even if you were scared of me?"
"I'm not actually scared of you... Cautious yes but not scared... And we're nakamas now, fear is something I shouldn't feel anymore." She said, her voice almost a whisper.
"Then why are you sitting so far away."
"I just don't want to invade your private space." She reasoned miserably.
"How'd you know I'm here?" He asked.
"I was watching you… and you were always here…"
"That can't be possible… were you the one who brought Juvia here?" He asked to which he only got a nod.
"How were you able to watch me when you were…"
"Asleep? You should be more wary when you watch others you know. They might be watching you back." The person answered while smiling sadly.
"But how?"
"On our team, I am the weakest physically but I try my best to be useful. So, I keep things that could prove to be extremely useful for us. But I'm a little hurt though; you actually thought I would be knocked out for a couple of days with that weak punch? You held back too much on the punch that I was already up by just after a few hours. I am weaker than others but I am still a mage you know and I know you're punch isn't that weak, I have Natsu, Jet and Droy to attest to that." Levy started.
"I just don't like hitting girls." He answered.
"That didn't stop you from hitting Erza strong enough to destroy her armor." She mumbled as she took out a small bee like object.
"That's a…"
"Yes, this is a spy bee. It is commonly used for spying as what it sees and hear would directly transmit to the brain of the mage who supplied it with magic. I always supply enough magic to this so it would last the whole day." She continued.
"So you…" Naruto said with wide eyes.
"Oh that little pulling up my shirt and exposing my stomach on the hospital?" She answered while blushing heavily at the memory.
"Sorry about that… I just…"
"It's okay… You only did that to erase the guild stamp of Phantom on my stomach right? I wanted to thank you for that. I wouldn't be able to dress freely if that wasn't erased. I admit it was really frightening and embarrassing when you suddenly dropped down on our window and then you lifted up my shirt. I honestly wanted to scream in fear at that time but my fear died out when I saw your face." She answered shyly.
"Oh I must have looked so funny that day…"
She wasn't able to suppress her chuckle.
"Yeah… I really wanted to laugh… Sorry, I'm not saying that you look stupid or anything it's just well…" She said a little nervously while clamping her hand on her mouth.
"You didn't have to stop yourself, I really did look stupid that day…"
Her eyes softened and said.
"When I try to look at it now, you didn't really want to hurt anyone that night. Your eyes, they were dull like the eyes of a puppet, a puppet that had no freedom to do as he pleases. You were practically begging me not to follow you right? But I never got it that time until I saw you at the hospital. You're eyes they showed a lot of regret and your face etched with so much pain as you looked at us. You were really funny though, when you were lifting up my shirt. You're face was red and your hands were trembling. You were like a child." Levy said as she giggled discretely but more freely this time.
"Tch… idiot, what if I was only acting that time."
"The master talked to me before he invited you and we exchanged thoughts about you. He said that it takes courage to instigate a guild war but it takes a whole lot more to not only say but also show how sorry you are. You were always here weren't you? Always looking at us from here mumbling words to yourself; regret, sadness and apologies. That was what I had always heard from you. I realized that you were hurting more than we do." She continued.
"I cannot believe this… How can you forgive me that easily? Much more approach me… I…"
"You're quite an intriguing person, that's what I am sure. You're like a book. That emotionless and cold façade of yours is like the dull cover of a book and it shows nothing of what you have inside. One must open that cover and start to read deeper of the content to be able to get a glimpse of your true nature. Juvia is probably the only person who has even a vague perception of who you really are." Levy said cutting Naruto off.
"You are quite weird just like Juvia…" was all he could say.
"Maybe… Actually when she moved to Fairy hills, she immediately came to my door and apologized for you. We became friends and she said a lot of stories about you."
"A lot? How much is a lot?" Naruto asked a little perplexed.
"Everything that she thinks is allowable. And we came up with a conclusion. You are like a suspense thriller book, the reader never knows what to expect until they dig deep into the story. I love those kinds of books and that is probably why instead of being scared, I am quite intrigued of you." She answered.
Naruto narrowed his eyes for a moment and then said.
"I can't believe you… That is too good to be true."
"Maybe, but you are also a person who is hard to believe. One time you are emotionless and the next time you would show much emotion. You lack consistency or maybe you were just wearing different masks for different situations." She countered a little aggravated from his replies.
Naruto closed his eyes and calmed himself. He felt everything around him. There was a small instability on the magic around her.
"You better go; I have things I need to think alone…" He said.
"Are you sure you'll be okay?" Levy asked a little worried.
"Yeah… I'll be fine…" He said as she stood up and walked away.
"Oh and Thank you…" He said and she only nodded and continued. Once Naruto couldn't feel her magic anymore he whispered as he closed his eyes.
"Tch, telling me those things with such an unstable magic. How could I easily accept that?" he muttered.
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At a secluded graveyard area, stands a cathedral like building. This building houses the dark guild, Ghoul Spirit. Several screams were suddenly heard from the cathedral.
"You just laugh at us just now, yes?" The female assailant said.
"You utter fools." The other finished.
"If it's fight you want. Fight you will get." The Ghoul spirit members shouted as they charged towards the three intruders.
"Oh dear me, a guild that lurks in the shadows trying to stand up against a legal guild? What has the world has come to." Evergreen said as she took off her glasses and turned the charging members into stone.
The other members also tried to teach the intruders a lesson but they were all beaten by Bixlow's puppets.
"That's enough Bixlow." Fried said.
"What? It's already over?" BIxlow asked.
"I'm amazed that they even managed to form a guild, being this weak." Fried said.
"It's because they're weak that they resorted to illegal activities." Evergreen replied.
"This ain't enough. My babies need more fun!" Bixlow exclaimed.
"Well then, I have the perfect thing." Fried suggested.
"Oh you mean Luxus? So the time has come has it?"
"Oh I've been waiting for a long time for this! And my babies too!" Bixlow finished.
"Time to head home for once to Fairy tail!"
"Unbelievable? To defeat a guild by just three people. So this is Fairy tail's Luxus bodyguards, The Raijinshuu." A member of the dark guild muttered.
On a living room, there sits a man with blonde hair.
"The Raijinshuu are returning. It's time for Fairy to fight Fairy. Old man, your age is over now…" Luxus said darkly.
Nobody heard of what he said save for a little blue bird perched on his window. The bird flew away as Luxus looked at his window. He watched as the bird flew away.
"Soon, only the strongest fairies will be the only ones who will fly." He said arrogantly.
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"The townsfolk are all in festival mood!" Makarov exclaimed as he looked around while walking with Mira.
"They are aren't they? Everybody's busy preparing for the fantasia too." Mira answered.
"We're going to make this a parade to make us the pride of the whole continent." Makarov said.
"If only Luxus would join us, huh?"
"Don't talk to me about him." Makarov replied.
"But Jet said that he's back here in town right now."
"What?"
"Is there something wrong master?"
"To think he would come back here now of all time." Makarov muttered as he remembered the past with Luxus.
"When on earth did you end up the way you are now, Luxus?" Makarov sighed as he felt Naruto's presence nearby. He then saw a blue bird flying on top of them with a familiar presence heading towards the direction where he felt Naruto's presence.
"Mira, go on without me. I forgot to buy something." Makarov said as he walked away.
"Master, please come back before dusk. I need the supplies to prepare!" Mira exclaimed.
"I will." Makarov answered as he continued towards the place.
Naruto felt two magic approaching; one is of Makarov and the other of someone familiar.
"Master Makarov must have felt my presence here. I better go before he saw me like this." Naruto said as he achingly stood up and hurriedly go away. He suppressed his magic presence and walked away from where Makarov is coming from. He didn't notice the blue bird flew past him and looked at him for a moment before it continued its flight. He felt the other familiar magic presence directly above him but when he looked up he saw nothing and the magic also vanished.
"I could've sworn I felt her above me." Naruto muttered as he continued.
Makarov hurried to the spot to check of what happened to Naruto and check if he was correct at what the magic presence he felt from the bird but when he arrived at the rooftop, he found none of them there and can't feel where they are.
"I could've sworn I felt them here. And when did she learn how to transform? I better ask Mira if she had taught her how to use transformation magic." He said as he turned back.
Lucy was strolling around Magnolia, looking around the busy people who were preparing for the parade. She had just registered herself for the Miss Fairy tail contest. She spotted the blue bird flying above and she instantly fell in love with it.
"Oh that's a cute bird." She said as she followed it. The bird suddenly descended on a dead end alley. Lucy followed it there but when she turned right towards the alley, she bumped into another girl who was on a hurry.
"Sorry." Lucy apologized as she looked at the girl she bumped.
"Levy?" She said wide eyed as she recognized the girl.
"Lu-chan? What are you doing here?" Levy asked.
"Oh I was following a cute blue bird and it descended into this alley, did you see it?" She asked as she looked at the alley and noticed that it was a dead end.
"What are you doing on a dead end alley anyway? And why are you in a hurry?" Lucy asked confused.
"Ah, I was also following the bird but when I followed it here I saw none so maybe it descended on the other end. I was hurrying to go back since I need to finish a book." Levy answered sheepishly.
"I see, hey watch me on the Miss Fairy tail okay? I listed myself in it." Lucy said.
"Eh? I had just also listed myself in it. I guess we're going to be rivals this time Lu-chan." Levy exclaimed.
"Oh, then may the best female fairy mage win!" Lucy exclaimed.
"Yeah, well I better be going now." Levy said as she practically run towards the exit of Magnolia.
"Hey Levy-chan, that's the wrong way. Fairy hills is this way. That is towards the Magnolia exit." Lucy exclaimed.
"Oh, I need to do something first before I go home." She answered as she run towards the exit.
"Levy is quite weird today." Lucy said as she continued her stroll.
Levy arrived at the Magnolia exit just in time to see Naruto heading out.
"Wait!" She exclaimed.
"Oh, is there a problem?" Naruto asked as he again felt the slight instability on her magic.
"Ehmm… I just wanted to ask if you would be able to go back for the Fantasia festival." She asked nervously.
"Why'd you want to know? I believe my presence there isn't needed." He answered.
"What's with Mr. Grouch all over again… You are our nakama now. Everybody would really appreciate it if you were there. A-and it would be extra safer if we have atleast two S-class mages here… you know… if something unexpected happens." She said lowly.
"Erza is already here and not to mention Luxus is also here." Naruto countered.
"Luxus is the problem." Levy whispered.
"Huh? Did you say something?" Naruto asked.
"Uh no nothing, just please come back before the Fantasia festival." She almost pleaded.
"Fine, I'll come back. Though, I still don't get your reason for doing this. And anyway, you can't fool me with that façade." Naruto said as he walked away.
"Huh?" Levy said confused outside but very wary inside.
"You're magic has a slight instability in it. That can only happen because of three things. Either you are being controlled, you are scared or you are… Ah nevermind… If you are being controlled, it could be easily detected as a foreign magic will be present in your system and I detect none. So, you are probably still uneasy and scared of me deep inside. So you must be lying when you said you weren't scared of me anymore." Naruto answered as he continued to walk away.
Levy released a deep sigh and shook her head as she walked back towards Fairy hills. When she arrived, she walked inside and stopped in front of her room. She opened the door and walked inside. She carefully maneuvered around the stacks of books as she arrived at the lone bed that was almost hidden behind the stacks and shelves of books. She approached the bed.
"So he didn't think I would intervene at something like this? You almost caught me, Naruto I better be careful." She said she looked at the sleeping girl on the bed.
"You're one beautiful girl, no wonder he took interest on you. It's quite unfortunate that you would be dragged into our mess but I need to do this so Naruto would eventually gain his magic back." She said as she brushed away a few strands of blue hair from the sleeping occupant.
"Levy Mcgarden, you shall help me on my goal. You will be instrumental in our plans." She said as she walked towards a wall. She touched the wall and it turned into sand. Behind the wall were two racks and in it there are several lacrymas. She looked at the lacrymas. On the upper rack, there was a label 'Extracted Memories' and she took one of it and watched the scene.
"Ah the time when she saw Naruto destroys her guild." She said as she replaced it back to the rack. She then took a lacryma from the lower rack named 'Inserted Memories'.
"The scene on the hospital. This is really hilarious." She said. Then she replaced it back and took another from the upper rack.
"When he saved her from the bandits, a Knight and a Princess." She chuckled as she replaced it back on the rack.
"You really love watching those don't you?" A male voice said.
"It's because you are late that I need to keep myself from being bored." She countered as she took a lacryma with no scenes in it and handed it to the new comer. Her appearance started to change as she stop the spell she casted on herself. From a cute blue haired elfin, she changed into a raven haired beauty.
"Well gee, try making an excuse for your absence in front of those old geezers. I honestly don't get why you are doing this. Extracting memories from this girl and then watching it. Then posing as her and then extracting the memories from yourself and then inserting it in her memory like she was the one who truly did it." He said as he placed the lacryma on her head and started extracting the memories.
"Only extract until when I was approaching the bed and skip the memory of when I transformed into a bird." She said.
"Yeah yeah, I know. You do know that the dark guild's target is with Fairy tail and if they get word that you are posing as a fairy tail mage without their knowledge, there will be serious trouble. You better be careful, especially if he gets wind of this." The male said as he finished extracting the memory and storing it into the lacryma.
"Wow, that's one good act you have there. Hiding the spells only detection by playing nervous and scared, you really fooled him there. But it looks like Fairy tail will crumble from the inside huh? That's very unfortunate." He continued as he placed the lacryma on the sleeping girl's head and started inserting it in her memory.
"No, it's the fact that he knew I won't be doing this, that is what fooled him. The war within fairy tail would be perfect for Naruto." She said.
"Well your plan better not be spoiled or we're screwed." He said as he finished and gave her the lacryma. She walked back to the rack and placed it on the 'Inserted Memories' rack. After that, she placed her hand on the sand and it formed the wall again.
"Was it 100% successful? The insertion of memories." She asked.
"Yeah the moment she wakes up, she would think that she was the one who did it and that the last thing she knew, she was exhausted and approached her bed and slept on it."
"And the magic residue?" She asked.
"As I have said when we first did this on her, this magic consists of rewiring the memory nerves of a person when they are asleep. Once I finished rewiring, the magic residue will also vanish in less than an hour." He said.
"Good, now time to wake up sleeping beauty." She said as she placed her hand on the sleeping girl's forehead. Levy started to moan from her sleep.
"She'll wake up soon." The male said.
She then placed her lips next to Levy's ear and whispered something. She then walked back towards her companion and placed a hand on his shoulder.
"I said this once and I'll say it again, you are one cruel bitch for messing up their relationship." The male said.
"I am not messing anything, I was just speeding things up and spicing it up a bit. I'm just flaring the confused emotions and doing the things that deep inside, she wanted to do. Doing things that she never thought she would do." The female said they both vanished into thin air.
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Naruto arrived at the place where the job request was supposed to be done. When he arrived there he saw a little girl sitting on the stone with a white cat that looks suspiciously like Happy. He approached the girl and asked.
"Excuse me, were you the one who issued the job request to our guild?" He asked.
"No actually, it was Master Roubaul who requested it. He said that I need to hone my combat skills so I could protect myself." She answered meekly.
"I see… but it's kind of weird for him to do this since it is usually done inside guilds and not from outside."
"That is something we don't know why either so just tell us if you are going to accept it or just leave us be." Charle answered a little miffed at the constant questions.
"Charle! Don't say that. He was just inquiring." Wendy scolded.
"Sorry, you're right I should just do my job. Anyway, what's your name?" Naruto asked.
"My name is Wendy Marvell. I came from Cait Shelter guild. Nice to meet you…" Wendy said.
"Oh me, I'm Naruto… Namikaze Naruto. I'm from Fairy tail…" Naruto said his voice slightly lower on the last part.
"You don't look like you're proud of your guild." Charle interjected arrogantly.
"Charle! Be nice." Wendy scolded.
"No, I'm actually proud of them, very proud… It's just that I feel that I don't deserve them. Let's not talk about that, what's your magic?" He asked.
"Why do you want to know?" Charle asked a little guarded and not minding Wendy's glare.
"I need to know so I could teach her a combat technique where she could incorporate her magic with it effectively." Naruto answered.
"Support and healing magic…" Wendy replied.
"Ahh I see, no wonder you're guild master wanted you to know combat techniques."
"I don't get what Master Roubaul thinks. Wendy doesn't need much combat since she is a support mage. Combat is done by others not her. Her job is in the sidelines taking care of the hurt and not on the frontlines." Charle said.
"Nope, that's where you are wrong." Naruto replied.
"Huh?" Both of them asked confused.
"If I was the enemy, I would probably go and devise a plan to take her out first."
"It's the frontliner's job to protect her!" Charles exclaimed.
"Yes it is. But the enemy also expected that, for a few moments the battle will go as you planned but when the enemy sees a slight opening on your plan they will exploit it and take out the vulnerable support in a blink of an eye. The frontliners can't protect you all the time and they will have a hard time fighting when they had someone to protect all the time. A support is the lifeline of a group, if the line breaks so is the group. And don't you know? The support mages have the potential to be the most dangerous fighters on the battlefield." He told them.
"Really?" Wendy said a little excited.
"Yeah… Look at it this way, you could heighten you strength and speed right?" He asked to which Wendy only nods.
"You could heal yourself when you are hurt too. Now tell me, if you learn atleast one destructive spell combined with a combat prowess, who the hell would want to fight you one on one?" Naruto said while smiling.
"Then, please teach me Naruto-sensei." Wendy said while bowing.
"You got it kid, but after a week I need to go back to Magnolia for a moment. Then we'll continue okay?" He said.
"Well considering the mission was for free, we can't complain." Charle said.
"Thank you for accepting the mission even if it was for free." Wendy said.
"It's alright. This is the only thing I could do for all the things that I have done in the past." Naruto said almost a whisper.
"You don't seem to be a bad man. Why do you need to repent for something?" Wendy asked.
"Let's not talk about that. Let's start shall we? Tell me all about your magic." He said.
Wendy proceeded to tell her magic.
'Master Roubaul said that he believes that the person who would accept the mission he gave would be a trustworthy and good person so I could trust him with all my life. If Master believes, I will also believe.' She thought.
"Well I think I already know what to teach you. But to think you are a dragon slayer, they said you're kinds are rare but I already met three now." Naruto chuckled.
"You know two more?" Wendy asked a little excited at the prospect of meeting two more dragon slayer.
"Yeah, I'll tell you about them sometime. Okay let's start." Naruto said as the training started.
A week had passed since the training started and Charle was miffed.
"Seriously, all you taught Wendy was how to be quick. Where is the technique in there?"
"Wendy you know about human physic right?" He asked.
"Yeah, Grandine and Master Roubaul taught it to me because they said that if I messed up on healing a person then I could end up hurting the injured instead."
"Great, then you know where the vital parts of the body are located." Naruto said to which Wendy only nods.
"Okay I'm going to be honest with you. As you are now even if we use your magic, its multiple won't be able to give your punch and kicks enough power to down an enemy." Naruto confessed that made Wendy's eyes downcast.
"But, power isn't everything on a fight. That is why I trained your speed. Using Vernier you can multiply your speed to greater heights and combined with your knowledge on human physic…" Naruto let the words hanging so they would guess it.
"I can immediately hit their vital parts and slowly disable them." Wendy realized.
"Yeah, but that would take a whole bunch of time if you rely only on your strength. You have to use your healing magic to augment it." Naruto said which confused Wendy.
"Your healing magic heals the injured but if you overdosed it on a vital organ that isn't injured what do you think will happen? Look at it this way, a medicine heals sickness and wounds but if abused and overdosed it will also be a poison. For now, your combat strategy is dodging while hitting a vital part of the body with your strength and magic quickly. The fight could last longer than ordinary fight but hey you have something they don't." He smirked.
"My dragon slayer magic!" Wendy exclaimed.
"Yeah, you could heal yourself and you could replenish your energy by eating the air. But you still need to improve your stamina since you can't depend on eating air all the time. And if things go really awry wrong, use your roar to lunge them away or distract them and then escape quickly or use it as a finishing strike." Naruto finished as he and Wendy are walking.
"Naruto-sensei, may I come with you… You know on the Magnolia Festival…" Wendy asked.
"Huh? Are you sure it will be okay with Master Roubaul?" He asked.
"Wendy what are you thinking? We must go back to the guild and just wait for Naruto to come back! What you are asking is not safe." Charle scolded.
"But I… I have never seen a festival before. I wanted to see it… I want to also meet them… Natsu-san and Juvia-san…" Wendy said her eyes starting to tear up.
"Sigh… Fine but Naruto you better be sure you protect her or else." Charle said glaring at Naruto.
"I will don't worry. You have my word, I promise upon my sword and my Master's name. I will protect her with my life. And what kind of sensei am I if I won't protect my student." Naruto answered.
"Eh you're not coming Charle?" Wendy asked.
"Someone has to tell Master Roubaul and Festivities isn't really my thing. I'm going back to the guild. Naruto after the festival be sure to bring her back to us… please." Charle said while flying away.
"I will… Well Wendy, let's go." He said as they headed towards Magnolia.
"And umm Naruto-sensei, I've been meaning to ask you this for a few days now." Wendy asked.
"Yeah?"
"You're kunais that you showed me, I think I saw some of it on Master Roubaul's ornaments. He said that those are used by the old civilization and that people from that civilization are mostly the only one who probably has it or is willing to use it. You're not old like Master Roubaul are you?" Wendy asked.
"Do I look like an old geezer? You wound me with your words my dear pupil. But you don't know maybe I am." Naruto smirked as he saw Wendy pout.
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As Naruto and Wendy entered Magnolia, they were both amazed at how busy and beautiful the town has become from the decorations.
"Beautiful right?" Nauto asked.
"Yeah, this is the first time I see people so cheerful and excited. It feels so good just being here." Wendy said.
"Yeah, but I think I need to change your appearance and name so you can go everywhere even by yourself. There might be problems if they knew a minor from a guild of another town came here alone without a guardian from your guild. You know guild politics." He reasoned as he placed his hand on top of Wendy's head. Wendy started to change in appearance. After a few moments, instead of the twelve year old Wendy, there stood the eighteen year old Wendy in front of Naruto.
"Hmm, many guys will be killing to be with you on the future if my imagination is right." Naruto said.
"Eh? But this place is full of mages, wouldn't they detect the transformation magic easily?" Wendy asked blushing a little at Naruto's comment.
"Nah, the transformation I used on you is different. It is a basic magic taught to me by my Master…" Naruto trailed.
'I wish I could fully use my Arc magic again. Things would be easier that way.' He thought.
"Sensei?" Wendy asked a little confused on Naruto's sudden silence.
"Oh yeah, what I mean to say is that this transformation magic is a higher level. It isn't easily detected by mere mages. You have to be a good magic sensor to detect the slight instability on the magic to know there was something wrong. And even with it, a magic sensor could easily disregard it as the mage being nervous or sick. This magic is known to only two mages and one of them is in front of you. The other, you won't want to meet." Naruto said as he took Wendy's hand.
Naruto toured Wendy around town as they both marveled at how lively it has become. Suddenly they both heard things being dropped on the ground and someone running away. When they looked back they saw no one there but some supplies scattered on the ground.
"What happened?" Wendy asked confused.
"Levy?..." Naruto whispered confused as he felt Levy's magic a moment ago.
"Anyway, they said that the Miss Fairy tail will be starting in an hour. Want to eat before watching?" Naruto asked Wendy.
"Yay!" Wendy exclaimed.
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Levy was currently running away as much as possible from the scene she saw. Naruto was with a rather tall raven haired beauty. For some reason she couldn't take the scene and run away.
'Naruto and I are only guildmates… Why do I suddenly feel these things? Why do I suddenly do the things I don't normally do? I'm so confused. Why am I doing things I don't know why I did? Why am I feeling things I shouldn't feel? And why is those words kept on whispering on my head? What is wrong with me?' She thought as she run. She suddenly bumped into someone and looked up. She saw it was Gray and the others.
"Levy-chan! Let's hurry, we need to prepare for Miss Fairy tail." Lucy said as she dragged Levy towards the guild.
"Levy-san seems to be out of it today." Juvia said as she also walked towards the guild with Gray.
When they arrived at the guild, they saw Naruto together with a beautiful girl.
"Hey who's the girl with Naruto-san? I haven't seen her around here." Lucy asked.
"I don't know maybe his girlfriend or something." Macao interjected.
"Naruto-nii doesn't have a girlfriend, he never told Juvia anything about her." Juvia said as they approached Naruto but Levy excused herself saying she needed to prepare. They let her go thinking that she is still afraid of Naruto.
"Naruto-nii, you never told Juvia that you have a girlfriend." Juvia told Naruto.
"Girlfriend?" Naruto asked perplexed and then he chuckled.
"I-I'm not sensei's girlfriend…" Wendy said a little embarrassed.
"Sensei?" Gray asked.
"Yeah, I took the job on the combat tutorial." Naruto answered.
"The one that was free? So she was the one who posted that job?" Lucy asked.
"Well… it was actually my guil—grandfather who posted it. He wanted me to learn combat skills but we didn't have money so… he gambled on posting a job request for free… Hoping that a kind mage would accept it…" Wendy answered while stuttering a little.
"What's your name?" Lucy asked.
"Her name is Wendy. Now please don't ask her too much anymore. She is after all my client and it won't bode well for the guild if our clients get uncomfortable." Naruto answered for Wendy which stopped the further questions from the mages.
"I never knew you were generous, Naruto." Erza spoke as she walks towards them.
"I had plenty of time, why not spend it on something worthwhile." Naruto answered.
"Yes, like dating a beautiful girl while on a mission?" Mira teased.
"Nope, we're not on a date. We were just having a break from our training and she said she wanted to see the festival. Don't want to have a bad impression on our clients now, do we?" Naruto answered smoothly.
"Well then please enjoy the festival, Wendy-san." Erza said as she and the others walked away from Naruto and Wendy.
"Oh and Naruto-nii, you shouldn't flirt with so many girls. Juvia thinks someone will be hurt if you do." Juvia said before leaving.
"You really like me that much?" Naruto asked Juvia.
"You really have a bad sense of humor, Naruto-nii." was the only answer he got.
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"Do you like her sensei?" Wendy asked as she noticed Naruto's demeanor changed when he was watching Levy.
"Huh? What do you mean?" Naruto asked confused.
"I noticed that you were watching her differently than the others. Even more than how you watch Juvia-san, who is like a sister to you." Wendy asked.
"Aren't we a little observant, Wendy-chan?" He complimented.
"Well, I had the best sensei when it comes to detecting things and he specifically taught it to me saying it was an important part of my combat style." Wendy answered giving back the compliment.
"You're learning fast." Naruto said as he ruffled her hair.
"You always ruffle my hair." Wendy pouted.
"Sorry, I probably got it from my senseis. All of them had a tendency to ruffle my hair when I did something right or funny." He answered.
"So, you do like her?" She asked.
"Uh no, she is just quite intriguing." He answered to which she only looked at him confused. Suddenly everyone became restless and shouting were heard by Wendy and Naruto. They looked at the stage and saw a female mage remove her glasses and turn Lucy into stone.
"What the…" Naruto was cut off as chaos ensued.
"What ae you doing Evergreen? Are you trying to ruin the festival?" Makarov shouted.
"Doesn't a festival have a main show?" Evergreen answered as she burned the curtain and revealed that the other contestants were also turned into stone.
Instantly, Naruto's magic became wild and Wendy had to scoot away from fear. She looked at Naruto and fear crawled into her skin. For a moment, she thought she saw a demon waiting to eat someone.
"You fool turn them back to normal!" Makarov commanded.
Suddenly they had to cover their eyes as lightning struck into the stage and Luxus was revealed.
"Oi Fairy tail idiots. The real festival begins now!" Luxus exclaimed.
The mages protested at what he said while Naruto's anger is approaching its limit.
"Why don't we play a game, old geezer?" Luxus continued.
"Don't do something stupid, we have to get ready for Fantasia. Turn back to normal now!" Makarov scolded.
"Fantasia is late at night, if we hurry then we won't miss it." Luxus said as he sent another lightning towards the stage dangerously close to Lucy.
"I'll take these girls as hostage. I'll destroy them one by one if you break the rules. Like I said this is the main show." He said.
"There are things that can't be taken as a joke, Luxus!" Makarov shouted.
"Of course I'm serious." was the answer he got.
"It's just a game to find out who is the strongest here in Fairy tail." The Raijinshuu said.
"The rules are simple, the last survivor wins. Fairy tail fight starts now!" Luxus exclaimed as a table was sent flying upward.
"Isn't this great? This is way too easy to understand! I'm pumped." Everyone looked at Natsu as he proclaimed those words but it was cut short as he was struck by lightning.
"What I hate most is idiots who interrupt my speech…" His voice died out as they felt a strong magic going wild. All the mages except for Luxus and Makarov almost choke from the lack of air as they were met by so much killing intent and bloodlust. They looked at the source and chill suddenly run through their spine.
Naruto was standing there, his hair had gone down much like when he was still in Phantom and his bangs where covering his eyes while his head is bowed a little. They saw some strange dark markings starting to run up from his neck towards his eyes and from the look of his hands, his whole body was probably covered by those markings. Then he spoke on a tone that almost made them piss.
"Turn them back, NOW!"
"Ho? You think I'm scared? And what are you gonna do if I don't? Hurt me? Beat me up?" Luxus taunted hiding the small tinge of fear he had.
Naruto started to look up and they saw that his eyes changed. The white part became blood red and his blue iris became black with white vertical slits.
"Hurt you? Beat you up? Don't make me laugh. I swear, if you don't turn them back now and something bad happens, death is something you will be wishing for." He growled.
"Oh care to prove that? Do you actually have the balls to pull that? Not to mention do you have…" Luxus speech was cut off as Naruto appeared behind them and they were all sliced into two pieces.
"OMG, he killed Luxus and the Raijinshuu!" Happy shouted through labored breath.
"Cowards, you ask me if I had the balls to kill you but you don't even have the balls to face my wrath head on." Naruto said as Luxus and the Raijinshuu were revealed to be only spirit puppet clones.
"What? When did they exchanged?" Gray asked.
"Only Evergreen was originally here and she escaped when you were all busy shielding your eyes from the lightning." Naruto answered as Makarov noticed his sword glowing darkly.
'Tch… The sword's curse is taking over." Makarov thought.
"If you want them to be turned back, you have to beat us first. The time limit is three hours. The battlefield covers all of Magnolia and the moment you find us the battle begins." Luxus said as his voice can be heard from everywhere.
"Don't you screw with me!" Makarov shouted.
"Oh, so if I kill you this will stop right?" Naruto said.
"Ho, big words. Let the Battle begin!" Luxus exclaimed.
Naruto was about to start his hunting when a big hand closed around, effectively stopping him.
"Naruto stop!" Makarov shouted.
"I'm going to kill them and this will stop. Don't stop me." He said.
"Killing is prohibited." Makarov said.
"Screw it."
"Do not forget why you are here. What your goal is. Don't fall back to the darkness. Remember that person who trusted you! Are you going to fail him again? Are you going to disappoint him? Don't let the darkness control you." Makarov reasoned.
Naruto suddenly saw flash backs of him and his Master as he felt a soothing light magic starting to suppress the darkness in him. He looked at Makarov and saw his other hand emitting a light magic to suppress the curse. After a while, the wild magic stopped and the others started to breathe freely and normally again. The marking started to recede and his eyes started to go back to normal.
For a long moment there was silence as everyone tried to catch their breath and Naruto just stood there motionless and head bowed. The silence was shattered when Elfman shouted.
"I've gotta save Nee-chan!"
His shout gave energy to everybody and they seemingly forgot what had transpired with Naruto earlier as they are now focused on taking down the Raijushuu.
Makarov looked at Naruto for a moment to make sure that he won't do anything drastic. He saw that he had calmed down and the curse had stopped so he also proceeded into charging like the others.
"Damn him! I'll put him in his place! That damn brat!" He said as he charged.
Naruto slowly walked towards Wendy who was sitting on the floor in a corner with fear written all over her face. Naruto saw this as he walk towards her and he felt guilty. He kneeled in one knee in front of her and said.
"I'm sorry you had to see that. I understand if you are scared of me…" He was cut off as Wendy lunged towards him and cried.
"I was scared… I was scared that I would lose a friend and a sensei again."
"Don't worry, I won't leave you like that." He said as he put his hand on her head.
"But you have to promise me to just stay here and don't participate in any fight, okay? It's too early for you to fight." He continued to which she only nods.
"Guahh!" Naruto and Wendy heard Natsu waking up.
"Huh? Where's Luxus? Hell, where is everyone?" He asked.
"He woke up!" Happy exclaimed.
"Old man, what's going on?" Natsu asked.
"The festival has begun! Luxus is somewhere in Magnolia! No go Defeat him!" Makarov odered.
"All Right!" Natsu shouted as he charged towards the town but he suddenly slammed to an invisible wall.
Makarov, Happy and Reedus' eyes comically widen.
"What's this?" Natsu asked.
"What's going on Natsu?" Reedus asked.
"The only people ones who shouldn't be able to go out of the spell are those of more than 80 years old or a stone statue. You don't seem like an 80 year old to me, Natsu." Makarov said.
"OMG! I didn't know that Natsu is a stone statue!" Happy said with wide eyes.
The barrier suddenly reported of fights commencing. Naruto on the sidelines looked at Wendy and chuckled.
"Well, I guess I won't be worrying about you wandering out. Looks like oldies and statues are locked in." He told Wendy.
"Hey, I'm not old or a stone statue." She pouted.
"So you say… but look at Natsu, he doesn't look like it but how can you explain him not being able to go out of the barrier." Naruto pointed.
"I dunno…" Wendy trailed.
"Well, it's not something to think about now. Stay here and be safe okay? I'll come back here to fetch you after this. And if something bad happens, just stay with Master Makarov." He said to which Wendy only nods.
He walked towards the barrier and Makarov saw him.
"Naruto, are you on your sane mind now?" He asked.
"Yes Master, my apologies for my outrage earlier."
"No problem, just don't let it get to you again. It looks like you're the only one I could count on this time." Makarov said.
"I won't fail you… I'll bring them back to normal." He said as he read the words on the barrier.
"Those who are above 80 years old or a stone statue may not pass."
'I'm surely not a stone statue… but am I really under 80 years old in this world? I guess I'll find some answers now.' He thought as he slowly lifts his hand towards the barrier.
End of Chapter 8
AN: Well I'll leave you thinking and forming theories but I already written half of the next chapter so your theories won't affect the outcome sorry :D. I hope you like the twists though :). Anyway, have you seen the next chapter TT_TT Makarov I hope he lives, I mean he has Wendy in there right? He might just live... But from the last page of the chapter I find it hard to believe he would. It would be a good twist for the story though. Oh and before I forgot, belated Merry Christmas and Advance Happy New year. And please READ AND REVIEW. Good or bad it really gives me so much fuel to drive this story forward. ;D