Hello everyone, it has been quite a while since I updates... Umm about 28 days which means 1 month _. Sorry about my updates starting become slow but life and work has caught up to me so I had to balance life, work and writing since I don't intend to drop any of them :D. I was suppose to post this next week with the ending of the arc but thought otherwise since I'm not sure if I could deliver the end of the arc by next week and I don't want my updates to have an interval of more than a month. This is my longest chapter in all of my stories I think and I hope it won't bore you. I also hope that I didn't have too much grammatical and typographic errors. By the way, I'm still waiting when will Hiro Mashima let Natsu burn Ultears hideous clothes. Oh and Please Read and Review ^_^ I'll be waiting for them.
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And now unto the story.
"Talking"
'Thoughts'
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Chapter 10: The Advent of Evil
"What is this?" Lucy exclaimed as she was carried by Happy away from the explosion.
"It's Bixlow!" Happy answered.
"Hey there… Are you the newbie I have heard about?" Bixlow asked from a rooftop.
"What is that supposed to mean? I have a feeling that I don't want to know what you heard!" Lucy shouted.
"The cosplay maniac queen right?" Bixlow asked.
"That's exaggerating things!" Lucy accused.
"So, you're supposed to be a cheerleader now?" Bixlow mocked.
"This is just…" Lucy was cut off as Bixlow ordered his puppets to attack.
"Do you think Master will let you go off from this?" Lucy exclaimed.
"I don't care about that because after this, Luxus will be the Master!" Bixlow replied as his puppets continued their attacks on Lucy.
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Naruto landed on top of a tree. He closed his eyes and started feeling everything around him. Valandil taught him that every living thing in Earthland had magic stored inside their body whether they are human, animals, plants and sometimes even things that had spirits trapped in them. The only difference was their amount and presence. Each amount and presence of magic was unique to every individual making it their identification.
To do this, he had to shut down his sense of sight. The sense of sight is the sense that humans tend to rely on most of the time and yet it was the very sense that poses the most distractions. The eye of the mind, Valandil originally taught it to him so he could feel the forces around him but as he progressed in the use of this sense, he started to sense not only the forces but also the magic signature of his environment. He once asked Valandil if this was ordinary but Valandil just shook his head.
"No, Naruto it isn't normal... Some mages were able to learn how to sense the strength and nature of the stored magic inside a fellow mage and based on it, they are able to identify who it is. But to gain that ability, one must have a lot of experience and even then only a few were able to achieve this ability. They are called sensors. But you, you are only here in Earthland for a little more than three years, not to mention you have yet to gain experience as a mage and yet you not only could do what those experienced mages can but also feel the magic's stability of everything around you. Those things come from talent."
"Talent huh?" Naruto chuckled as he remembered Valandil's words.
"Maybe, I gained this ability from being a shinobi… especially if my theory is correct." He mumbled as he expanded the range of his sensor ability. Soon, he felt every single magic signature of the mages, plants, animals and things around him.
'I could sense almost everyone's magic. Some are low maybe because of fighting but where is Luxus?' He thought as he continued searching. He then sensed someone unfamiliar and confusing. He stealthily moved towards the source.
'Someone in town carries several weapons with magic but that person himself almost doesn't have any amount of magic inside his body… That person's stored magic is almost none; even the common plants and animals had more magic than him. Very interesting, I wonder what kind of mage are you… Mistgun' Naruto thought as he saw him searching for Luxus.
'Good thing Master Jose once gave us an overview of the S-class mages of Fairy tail. Yep definitely Mistgun, as Master Jose said, that costume and staves are one of a kind.' He thought.
'My curiosity can wait. I need to do more pressing matters first. I could sense a magic that has the same signature as Luxus' lightning but it is on several places. No wait, those lacrymas around town. Those were the source of the signature. Tch, he probably charged those using his own magic but that isn't a problem. I could identify what kind is the holder of that magic. I could easily sense that those were lacrymas but I couldn't sense where Luxus is?' He thought as he concentrated more.
'That bastard, is he too much of a coward that he couldn't even be present inside Magnolia? Where is he? All I could sense are those lacrymas with his signature magic…' He thought but then he was suddenly alerted by a strong magic signature of Luxus.
'What the hell? What kind of madness is Luxus planning? That lacryma on the cathedral, it has the strength of more than fifty lacrymas that were surrounding Magnolia. Does he plan to destroy the whole town?...' Naruto was cut off from his thought as he picked up a magic signature near the lacryma. His eyes widen at the realization.
"That sicko! Don't tell me he planted that lacryma inside an innocent civilian!" Naruto exclaimed with gritted teeth and unknown to him, his sword was starting to pulsate with dark energy.
"I'm going to make him pay for all this stupidity. I must find him to put a stop to all this. If I couldn't, then I will have to use force and make his subordinates talk. Now where is the closest one?" Naruto said as he tracked the closest Raijinshuu.
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"Regulus Impact!" Loke exclaimed as he charged towards Bixlow. His fist connected to Bixlow's body and he was blown away from the strength of the attack.
"Thank you Loke." Lucy said.
"Check this out Lucy, the light of love." Loke said as he produced a light from his palm with words 'I love Lucy'.
"You're sooo together." Happy teased.
"Aren't you celebrating a little too early?" Bixlow exclaimed as several beams attacked Lucy.
Loke immediately scoop her up and carried her away but as he landed, he suddenly felt strange.
"Bingo!" Bixlow shouted as Loke started to fade.
"Lucy! I'm sorry, I got careless. Escape now!" Loke shouted as he faded away.
"What happened?" Lucy asked perplexed.
"You just landed on a field with an enchantment set upped by Fried." Bixlow answered as he pointed to some intricate runes on the walls and ground.
"Anything except for those who use puppets won't be able to use their magic. No magician will be able to come out unless there is only one standing." Happy read.
"Good thing your stellar spirits aren't puppets or else I would've been in trouble. Now to pay you back for the earlier beating I got." Bixlow said as he took out his mask again trying to make Lucy a puppet.
But as he looked towards Lucy, a foot came crashing to his face. He stumbled back until he crashed into the invisible wall of enchantment. A figure landed next to Lucy and helped her up.
"Are you alright, Lucy-san?" The newcomer asked.
"Naruto!" Lucy exclaimed happily as she took the offered help.
"Gahaha this is rich! Now not only I get to beat cosplay queen, I will also beat an S-class mage." Bixlow said as he faced them.
"Naruto, don't look into his eyes. He will turn you into a doll." Happy warned.
"I see." Naruto said as he closed his eyes. He unsheathed his sword but felt no magic in it.
"I can't use my magic why is that?" Naruto asked.
"The enchantment prohibits anyone to use magic unless it has something to do with dolls." Lucy explained.
"So he actually prepared this field for himself." Naruto said as he suddenly took Lucy and dodged an incoming attack from Bixlow.
"Ho ho, you could dodge my attacks even without seeing them. This will be good." Bixlow said.
"How come you're still strong even if you were struck by Loke's attack?" Happy asked.
"Oh it's simple; the one you were fighting earlier was nothing but a doll I made; now it's the real deal." Bixlow answered arrogantly.
"Why thank you, for telling us that you are the real one. I won't have a hard time disposing you now." Naruto answered apathetically.
"Dispose me? Huh it doesn't matter if you knew I am the real one, you can't defeat me and my babies if you can't use your eyes." Bixlow retorted.
"Why is it that all the puppet users I encountered are all weird idiots?" Naruto said not paying attention to what Bixlow said.
"Naruto how are we going to defeat him with our eyes closed?" Lucy asked.
"Don't worry, I don't need magic or eyes just to dispose trash like him." Naruto assured.
'It looks like Mistgun is taking care of the person with a lacryma inside him.' Naruto thought as he felt Mistgun presence going towards the cathedral. He stopped sensing those around him and focused on his fight.
"You arrogant phantom…" Bixlow was cut off as Naruto's foot connected into his chin sending him up but as he was thrown up, he felt something grasping his wrist. He looked down and saw Naruto with his eyes still shut, grasping a fabric that was also wrapped into his wrist.
"Damn you! You used the sash that holds your sword's sheath to make sure you don't lose me! But I won't be defeated easily. Go my babies!" Bixlow exclaimed as his dolls attacked Naruto using their beams.
"Wrong conclusion because I did this so I could show you how it feels to be a puppet with no will of his own for once." Naruto answered as he pulled the sash towards him effectively making him a shield for the beam attacks.
"Guah!" Bixlow shouted as he took on the attacks.
"How does it feel to taste your own magic? Does it feel good? Don't pass out on me yet, I still want to play." Naruto taunted as he used Bixlow to swat the dolls while also using him as a shield.
"He's scary." Lucy said as she watched Naruto sadistically used Bixlow like a toy. She had opened her eyes earlier when she heard Bixlow exclaimed about Naruto using his sash as a way to catch him.
"Let's make our game more thrilling shall we?" Naruto said as he unwinds one of his hand bandages and quickly used it to cover Bixlow's eyes.
"Now isn't this more thrilling? You won't know where I will hit you next. I could hit you to the wall, to the ground, to your dolls, I might punch or kick you or maybe… I could just carve additional holes into your body. I wonder what will be good?" Naruto said sadistically.
"Like you could do…" Bixlow's words were cut off as Naruto spun him around like a merry go round and then rammed him into a wall.
"Puppets don't talk unless they're puppeteer make them. If you disobey your owner, he will punish you and if the owner gets annoyed or bored, he will dispose of you… mangled." Naruto warned.
Bixlow was falling into unconsciousness from being rammed to a wall and then he went limp.
"Good, now be a good puppet and tell me how to stop the hall of thunder." Naruto commanded.
Bixlow didn't move and his body is still in a limp.
"What? You malfunctioned just because of a simple bump? Come on work, you useless puppet or I will dispose of you!" Naruto exclaimed as he trashed Bixlow around.
"Naruto, I think that's going a little too far. You might kill him!" Lucy shouted.
Naruto looked at Lucy and she stammered when she saw Naruto's eyes. They were emotionless like a cold blooded killer. She started to tremble and she wanted to scream in fear but no words came out of her mouth because of too much fear. Happy was in no better condition as he was in the same state. Naruto suddenly appeared behind Lucy and struck her with a hand chop on the back of her neck. He caught her as she fell towards the floor. The barrier suddenly deactivated as only Naruto remains capable of combat.
"Happy, bring her back to the guild and tell the Master that there is a lacryma in the Cathedral that is more than fifty times stronger than those around town. Gather everyone and evacuate the town. I'll take care of Luxus and the Raijinshuu. Do it now." Naruto commanded.
"Aye!" Happy answered as he rushed towards Lucy to do his chore in fear of Naruto's anger be directed at him and the prospect of a lacryma that strong inside the heart of Magnolia.
When Happy was out of sight, Naruto goes back to his interrogation with Bixlow. He noticed that Bixlow was still unconscious and he started to walk around dragging him using his sash that was tied to Bixlow's wrist. He stopped at a market stand and saw what he was looking for. He took a pack and left money since the owner of the stand was nowhere in sight. He then disappeared in a blur together with Bixlow.
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"FRIED!" Cana shouted as she attacked Fried.
"Let's see how you could stand up against me, Cana. It would have been better if you just let the Phantom girl fight me instead." Fried taunted as he dodged Cana's magic cards.
"Stop calling Juvia that! She doesn't deserve that kind of treatment, especially from someone like you who had no care for his own nakamas. Juvia sacrificed herself instead of hurting a nakama. She deserves the title of a fairy mage more than you Raijinshuus do!" She said as she charged at him.
"Oh really? Have you forgotten what she and Naruto have done to the guild under Jose? Or should I remind you?" Fried answered as he kicked Cana away from him.
"They had no choice… Like us, they wanted to protect their own nakamas even if it was on a twisted way. And if only the Raijinshuu tried to paid more attention to the guild rather than the fame of Luxus, you would have seen how much they give their best to be accepted. You are the ones who are undeserving of the title FAIRY MAGE!" Cana shouted.
While Fried and Cana were fighting or more like Cana attacking while Fried effortlessly beat her, Juvia was deep in thought as she heard their conversations.
'Zennyo-Ryou-sama, Juvia has now been accepted by many people. Juvia doesn't only have a Naruto-nii now but also a family. Juvia is happy. She wants to help her nakamas too. Right now, Cana-san is fighting for her, Juvia must also strive to protect her nakamas. Give Juvia strength, give her more power. Juvia wants to fight. Juvia wants to win. Juvia want to protect her family.' Juvia thought as she felt something cold dropped into her face. Her face suddenly lit up in happiness as she saw dark clouds forming on the sky.
'Thank you, Zennyo-Ryou-sama. Juvia will not fail.' She thought as she directed the falling rain drops towards her mouth.
"Oh look, it's raining. The sky is blessing us, the Raijinshuu. When there is rain, there is lightning. Victory is almost at hand!" Fried exclaimed as he back handed Cana away from him. Cana struggled to get up as her whole body ached from the beating she got from Fried.
"Don't be too sure… bastards." Cana said with staggered breaths.
"Did you say something, Cana?" He said as he kicked her sending her towards a wall. Her body gave out and she couldn't stand up any longer.
"Do you understand now, Cana? This rain is a victory shower for the Raijinshuu!" Fried exclaimed but then the rain suddenly stopped.
"No, actually the rain was for Juvia. Water cane!" Someone stated as a torrent of water hit him pushing him away from Cana.
"So, you could recuperate when there is rain huh? No matter, I will still win." Fried said as he readied himself for a serious battle.
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Naruto appeared on top of a clock tower and then unceremoniously dropped Bixlow to one of the railings. He took out a kunai and then he pulled Bixlow's hand up and then he pinned it to the wall using one of his arms. Bixlow suddenly howled at the sudden stabbing pain he felt from the kunai. His body trembled from the pain. Naruto released the cover of his eyes but his sight was blocked by a pack. Naruto saw his horror and smirked.
"So you know what happens if you don't cooperate, right?" He said as he also took out another kunai.
Only two words came out of Bixlow's mouth.
"You Demon."
"Not the words I wanted to hear." Naruto said as he twirled the kunai on his fingers and then kicked Bixlow's free hand so it would be raised and then stabbed the kunai on that hand. Bixlow howled in pain again and as he looked up towards Naruto. Naruto's eyes were covered by his hair and he wears an evil sadistic smile. With both of Bixlow's hand pinned to the wall, Naruto opened the pack and took an ample amount of its content in his hands.
"Now tell me, how do we stop this hall of thunder? One wrong answer and your wounds will taste like… Salt." Naruto said as he placed his closed fist carrying salt on top of one of Bixlow's stabbed hands.
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"Gerard… you're alive." Erza said as she looked at Mistgun's face.
"Oh? A familiar face?" Luxus asked.
"What's going on? Mistgun is Gerard?" Natsu exclaimed.
"Erza… I wanted you atleast not to see this face… I'm not Gerard. I know him but I am not him." Mistgun said as he looked at Erza apologetically.
"I'm sorry, I'll leave the rest to you." Mistgun said as he vanished into mist while Natsu ranted about him going without answering any questions. Suddenly he heard Erza screamed in pain as a lightning struck her.
"Wipe that dumb look off your face already. Now, come on and bring it on!" Luxus said.
"Luxus! I thought I told you that I will be your opponent!" Natsu exclaimed.
"Oh Natsu, you are there. I didn't notice you." Luxus taunted.
"You're gonna fight me, Luxus!" Natsu exclaimed as he charged towards Luxus with a flaming fist.
"You know, I'm getting sick of those head-on charges of yours. Out of my face, trash!" Luxus shouted as he blasted a lightning towards Natsu.
Natsu saw it coming and dodged by jumping up and then he flipped vertically on the air to deliver a kick towards Luxus.
"Fire Dragon's Claw!" Natsu exclaimed as his feet was engulfed with flames. Luxus however, just swatted his foot using his right arm engulfed with electricity. Natsu was thrown a little from Luxus but as he landed on the ground, Luxus appeared in front of him and delivered a lightning enhanced kick. The kick connected at Natsu's face.
"You're not getting away!" Luxus said as he grabbed Natsu's wrist so he won't be thrown away by the kick. He then arched his arm back to punch Natsu but as his fist was about to connect to Natsu's face,
"Who's running when this is my chance to seize the top!" Natsu said as he caught Luxus' fist and then delivered a flaming punch that connected to Luxus' face.
As Natsu and Luxus fought, Erza started to stand up and used ex-quip to change her armor to black wing. She then charged towards Luxus and attacked just as Natsu was thrown away by an attack of Luxus.
"Just what are those things floating around town?" Erza asked.
"The hall of thunder, have you not heard of it?" Luxus answered.
"You're going to attack the town? You swine!" Erza exclaimed as she attacked Luxus.
"Only two minutes to go." Luxus said as he stopped her attack.
"Ice Make: Geyser!" Someone exclaimed as several ice spike came out from the ground where Luxus was standing. Luxus dodged in time to prevent himself from being stabbed and frozen.
"So you want to challenge me to, Gray?" Luxus asked as he looked at him.
"Challenge? Are you kidding me? I did not come here for some fight to determine who is strongest but to stop your madness. I don't care how strong you are or if you are the next in line as Master but I won't just stand by when I know that innocent people are in trouble." Gray answered as he prepared to conjure another Ice magic.
"Erza, go and save the town. Natsu and I will take care of this." He said.
"But this is Luxus!" Erza exclaimed.
"Gray is right… As much as I don't want to have a tag team with Gray, you have a much more chance of saving the town than both of us… Leave Luxus to us, the town comes first…" Natsu said as he staggered to get up.
Erza hesitated.
"Someone told me that I have known you for a long time that I should put my trust on you and I did. Now, trust us too… You know we won't lose that easily. Now Go!" Natsu exclaimed to which Gray nods.
Erza's eyes hardened and she said.
"I can leave this to both of you right?" She asked.
They nod.
"Very well. Lightning Emperor Armor!" She exclaimed.
"Hey!" Natsu shouted.
"I'll destroy those lacrymas around town." She said.
"Haha just a single lacryma could already cost you, your life. I have three hundred surrounding the town. I wonder how you could do that!" Luxus exclaimed.
"I'll just have to destroy them all at once then." She answered.
"Impossible even if you do that, you will die!" Luxus shouted.
"But the town will be saved." She answered as she run outside.
"Make sure you stop Luxus… Natsu, Gray!" She exclaimed.
"We can trust you too right?" Gray asked.
She nods.
"We mean that you will come out of it alive!" Natsu shouted.
Erza just smiled and continued to her mission.
"Damn it!" Luxus said as he was about to run after her.
"Flame Dragon's Roar!"
"Ice Make: Wall!"
He heard as Natsu breathed raging flames towards him and Gray made an Ice wall to block the Cathedral's door. He dodged in time and when the smoke and debris were cleared, he saw Gray and Natsu standing in front of him full of determination.
"Sorry, but we are your opponent." Gray stated as he jumped high and then said.
"Ice Make: Death scythe!"
A large scythe made of ice materialized in his hands as he descended towards Luxus. He swung down the scythe intending to impale Luxus, who immediately jump away from where he was standing but as Gray landed he placed his hand on the ground.
"Ice Make: Floor!"
The floor started to be covered in ice. As Luxus landed on the floor, his feet and ankles were engulfed by the ice deterring his mobility.
"Eat this! Fire Dragon's Crushing Fangs!" Natsu exclaimed as he furiously swiped at Luxus with both his flaming hands.
Luxus had to use his lightning magic to teleport away and dodge Natsu's attack.
"You little brats!" He shouted.
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"Ah!" A female civilian screamed as she saw something on top of the clock tower.
Levy, Visca and Happy who was going around town to help evacuate everyone including their injured guildmates heard the scream. They run towards the source and asked.
"What's the matter?" Visca asked but the civilian didn't answer and just pointed a finger towards the clock tower. All of them looked up and mentally cringed at the sight. It wasn't very horrifying for an experienced mage but for a civilian it was. Up on the clock tower, Bixlow was pinned to the wall by his hands.
"Visca-chan, you go and warn the others about the hall of thunder and the lacryma on the cathedral. I will try and help Bixlow." Levy said.
"Will you be okay? I mean Bixlow may attack you! And should we really help him?" Visca asked.
"Yes, he is still part of our guild. We can't just turn a blind eye on him. Happy take me there." She said as Happy nodded and took her towards Bixlow.
'Be careful, Levy… But damn, that Naruto wasn't really lying when he said those things. He's really one sadistic and scary person when he wants to be.' Visca thought as she continued with her mission.
As Levy and happy landed next to a pinned Bixlow, she immediately run towards him and tried to pry out the kunai.
"Damn it Naruto, why do you have to be so strong!" She exclaimed as she hopelessly try to take the kunai out.
"The knife is deeply embedded to the wall. How do we take it out?" Happy said as he took a closer look.
"And not only that, if we do it wrong his wound would bleed profusely." Levy sighed.
"But how come Bixlow isn't bleeding too much?" Happy asked.
"Now that you say that…" Levy said as she inspected his wounds. She then saw small grains mixed with the dry blood. She looked closely and then heard Happy said.
"Levy-san, look what I found." Happy said as he pointed to a pack discarded on the side.
Levy walked towards it and crouched to take a better look. The pack had no name in it so she took some grains and smelled it. Her eyes widened and she tasted it.
"Salt…"
"Salt? Why would there be salt here?" Happy asked.
Levy immediately dashed towards Bixlow and looked closely at the wounds to verify. She saw some grains on Bixlow's dress.
"No… Naruto tortured Bixlow…" Levy said in horror.
"Tortured?" Happy asked.
"Salt stings like hell when is applied even to just minor wounds. Imagine how it felt if it were applied to wounds like this. So that explains why the bleeding stopped. The salt mixed with the blood making a solution that thickens the area of the wound thus stopping the bleeding." Levy said.
"I stopped understanding after salt stings like hell." Happy said which earned him a glare from Levy.
"Aye…" Happy said in fear of her wrath.
"We need to get him some help. What he got, may not just be physical injury but also mental trauma." She said as she pulled hard on the kunai but it wouldn't budge. Her hands slipped and the momentum flung her backwards. She was flung over the edge of the clock tower and was about to fall when Happy caught her.
"Be careful Levy-san. Naruto would be on a rampage if something bad happens to you!" Happy exclaimed.
"Wh—What are you saying?" Levy exclaimed at Happy.
"Oh nothing… I just heard something from the rain." Happy said while whistling.
"I'll let you slide for now but after this, you'll answer some questions. Got it?" Levy said seriously.
"Aye!" Happy answered as they heard someone shouting from the ground.
"Levy-san, Happy-san!"
Happy and Levy looked down and saw a dark haired beauty.
"Wendy-san!" Happy exclaimed as he flew towards her.
"Makarov-san sent me to help healing the injured. He said that it would be better if a healer is with you incase of an emergency." She replied.
"So only Lucy is with Master?" Happy asked.
"Nope, a lady by the name of Polyushka came to check up on him. She said that we shouldn't worry since he had calmed down now and that the raijinshuu won't have the courage to attack him directly." Wendy answered.
"Happy! Bring Wendy here. We need her!" Levy shouted.
"Your Sensei's girlfriend needs us. Let's go!" Happy said as he carried Wendy.
They landed next to Levy and Wendy cringed at the sight.
"Sorry that you had to see this but…" Levy started.
"It's alright. We must get those knives out of him first so I could properly heal him." Wendy replied as she tried to take out the knives.
"It's no use. Naruto really embedded those knives deep." Happy said.
"No there is always a way. Sensei taught me that as long as we don't surrender, there is always a way. Right, sensei's girlfriend?" Wendy replied looking at Levy.
"Eh? What gave you that idea?" Levy asked flustered.
"He did." Wendy said innocently while pointing at Happy.
Levy gave Happy a glare that promises slow and painful death once she caught him when all this madness finish.
"Arms!" Wendy exclaimed as Levy felt her body engulfed in light and get stronger. She looked toward Wendy and she also had light around her.
"My magic can multiply a person's strength. If we combine our strength multiplied by my magic, we can do it." Wendy said with determination.
"I guess so. Happy be ready to catch us if ever we fall. Got it? Or else, be ready to be served as food for the next festival when Naruto discovers that you let Wendy fall off." Levy said evilly.
"Aye!" Happy said.
'Naruto already had rubbed himself too much on these two.' Happy thought.
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Fried hissed as he nursed his arm that was caught to one of Juvia's water cane.
He cut the sleeves of his shirt and saw his arm red with burns.
"You are thoroughly mistaken if you think Juvia's water is nothing more than normal water." Juvia informed.
"Amazing, not only she could control water but also its temperature." Cana said in awe.
"You are lucky that killing is prohibited and you are still part of Fairy tail or else, Juvia would have boiled you alive." She said as she transformed into water and then rushed towards Fried. Fried dodged and led her to an enchantment to trap Juvia inside and he succeeded.
"None is allowed to come out until the game is over." Fried said.
"Earlier Juvia would have a problem with these enchantments but now since water is abundant due to rain. This is nothing." She said as she suddenly turned into water and splash at the ground.
"So, you're whole body is really composed of water, but still it is of no difference since none can go out of that enchantment even if they were water. My enchantment goes even under the ground, so don't think you can escape by seeping on it." Fried said as he looked as the pool of water that was Juvia. He didn't notice a small pool of water starting to form behind him. Suddenly, he was engulfed by a large water prison.
'How did she escape? My enchantments are absolute!' He thought as he held his breath and tried to swim out of it but as he moved towards one side, the water prison also moves towards it making him perfectly still at its center. Then he heard Juvia's voice.
"This water is no normal water. Juvia is the water, the water is Juvia." Juvia said as a figure of Juvia formed inside the prison and then came charging at him in high speed. The figure slammed towards his gut and with the force of momentum, the air inside his lungs was knocked out of him.
"I suggest you give up, you don't stand a chance when you are caught here." She warned.
Fried did not respond, opting to concentrate so he won't lose consciousness. He then took out something from his pocket.
'If she's going to defeat me, might as well take her down with me. And I still have that.' He thought as he now held a small lacryma in his hand. The water Juvia saw the lacryma and saw that inside the lacryma there was stored electric energy.
"Those Lacryma's are like those around town. Don't release it here! Are you going to sacrifice yourself? Don't be foolish!" Juvia shouted.
'I don't care what happens to me but I won't fail. I'll take you out with me.' Fried thought as he smirked and released the magic inside the lacryma.
"Argh!" Fried shouted in pain as the electricity was released, electrocuting him and the water Juvia. The water prison broke and water splashed to the ground together with Fried. He lied on the ground as he felt his body spasm slightly. The enchantments around town were momentarily disabled because of his predicament but he immediately turned it back as soon as the electrocution stopped.
'I'm lucky, that phantom girl isn't as crazy as me. She immediately released the prison as soon as I released the electricity.' He thought as he looked around trying to find the girl.
"Where is she?" He said as he painfully stood up. He couldn't find Juvia anywhere.
"I am right here." Juvia said as the water that was trapped inside the enchantment slowly formed into Juvia. She stood there unharmed.
"How?" was all Fried could say.
"That is none of your business. Water Whip." Juvia said as she whips him strong enough to knock him down. Juvia looked at him and he was unconscious.
"Probably still hasn't recovered from the earlier electrocution." Juvia said as she helped Cana up.
"I saw your water body got electrocuted together with Fried. Why aren't you hurt?" Cana asked.
"Juvia wasn't really able to get out of his enchantment. Juvia just turned her body into water to make him think that she was really able to get out and confuse him." Juvia answered.
"But what about the prison? How?" Cana asked confused.
"When Juvia comes in contact with water, she can infuse a little amount of her magic into it making her able to control it to her will. Earlier when it rained, Juvia had already infused some magic to the raindrops that came in contact with Juvia." She answered.
"Why are you telling me this?" Cana asked lastly.
"Because you're a nakama." She answered.
"Ha! So that's it. That's how you were not harmed." Fried said as he stood up.
"Impossible, you should have been still knocked out." Cana said.
Fried then ripped the whole of his sleeve to show several intricate enchantment placed on his shoulder.
"I have already prepared this beforehand. I know that one day I had to fight a mage with elemental magic. So, I designed an enchantment that would lessen or nullify the effect of elemental magics like burn from fire, cold from ice, electrocution from lightning, poison and temperature from water and wind." Fried stated.
"So, you were only acting earlier when you got burned from Juvia's attacks but that doesn't mean you could defeat Juvia easily. And from the looks of it, the enchantment weren't able to fully protect you." Juvia said as she readied to fight. Fried suddenly closed his right eye and then opened it to reveal that it had turned black. He charged and then when he was almost at them he said.
"Yami no Ecriture." He said those words while waving his sword into a writing manner. The word pain appeared on Juvia neck.
"Juvia doesn't like tattoos. Water spikes." She said as the water scattered around Fried suddenly rose up at high speed and pressure forming like spikes protruding from the ground intending to impale him. He dodged and landed next to Cana making Juvia stop from her attacks.
"Coward, hiding behind a girl just so you could escape. Geyser." Juvia said as suddenly a strong rush of water erupted from the ground behind Fried.
"Gahh!" Fried shouted as he felt hot burns at his back. He jumps away from Cana and the attack.
"Impossible… I shouldn't be hurt from just boiling water. My enchantments couldn't be malfunctioning." He said as he ripped out of what was left from his clothes. He looked at it and his eyes widened.
"Acid?" He asked as he saw the metal sheathe of his sword was partially dissolved.
Juvia didn't answer and was about to attack when he exclaimed.
"PAIN!" He said.
Juvia suddenly fell on her knees writhing in pain.
"What… is happening…" Juvia said as she fell to the ground in agony.
"My magic is Yami no Ecriture. It has the ability to make you feel whatever I wrote on your body." He stated.
"Fried you bastard!" Cana said as she prepared to fight but was kicked away by Fried.
"I suggest you stop playing hero Cana. You don't stand a chance against me. I'm telling you this out of respect but if you insist, you will suffer the same fate." He warned.
"Nghh… So this… is your… real magic… Juvia will… not be defeated…" Juvia painfully said as she suddenly turned into water.
"Tch, I forgot you could erase that enchantment from your body by turning into water. What the…" Fried was cut off as the water that was Juvia suddenly produced so much steam that it surrounded him.
"A technique Naruto-nii taught me." was what Fried and Cana heard.
"You think this steam will be able to help you win against me?" Fried said.
"Let's try it then?" Juvia said as Fried suddenly winced as he felt something whip him from behind.
'I must be careful. This mist is made from her own water. She could easily manipulate it.' He thought as he wrote some enchantments on the ground.
"Yami no Ecriture: Barrier." A barrier was formed around him like an inverted cone.
"Now I can stall myself sometime to make a plan…" His musings was cut off as he felt a burning sensation on his arms. He looks at it and saw that the mist was starting to become droplets of water inside his barrier. He immediately dispelled the barrier and escaped.
'Damn that phantom girl. She condensed the mist and turned them to acidic droplets of water inside my barrier. But why didn't she just did it for the whole area?...' He was again cut off as a strong torrent of water came from above him. He wasn't able to dodge in time and it hit him prompting him to hit the ground. He felt the pressure of water pinning him to the ground as he lay there helplessly.
'I can't move… Ughh… the pressure of this water is too strong… It feels like a big boulder is crushing me down… ughh…' He thought as the pressure of the raging water pins him down.
'So much pressure… I can't breathe… if this continues… I'll lose air in my lungs and fall unconscious. I can't lose…' He thought as he saw a silhouette of someone from the fading mist.
'Oh right Cana, I almost forgot about her. So that's why she didn't turn the whole mist into acid because Cana was also caught in the mist. I didn't want to do this but I guess I have no choice. I must not lose.' He thought as he shouted.
"SUFFER!"
"Gahhh!" Cana shouted suddenly.
"Cana-san!" Juvia exclaimed as she looked at Cana. She saw her and saw that she had an enchantment written on her back.
"When?" Juvia asked and then she remembered the time Fried appeared behind Cana to dodge her attacks.
"Stop it!" Juvia ordered Fried.
"Why would I?" Fried said while gasping for air.
"Or Juvia kills you to make it stop." Juvia said.
"Like you would… Gaahhh!" Fried exclaimed as he felt the pressure of water strengthens.
"Juvia doesn't give empty threats." She stated.
"Juvia… don't kill him." Cana begged as she heard their conversation.
"But…"
"Please Juvia… There's no need for you to stain your hands with his blood… He isn't worth your freedom…" Cana said through labored breathes.
"Release her!" Juvia exclaimed.
"I won't stop until I win… instead… Suffer!" Fried exclaimed which threw Cana again in agony.
"Juvia will kill you!" Juvia said as she was about to turn her water into acid.
"Juvia… don't… Naruto would be lonely… if you are imprisoned… many would be lonely… I won't be able to forgive myself…" Cana said in between her agony.
"Cana-san…" Juvia said as she stopped her attack from Fried. She appeared kneeling next to Cana as the mist also subsided.
"You win… Juvia surrenders now please release Cana-san." Juvia begged.
Fried staggered towards them as he tried his best to regain his breath. He stood next to them and then said.
"Yami no Ecriture: Sealed Magic." He said as he wrote those words to Juvia's back. Juvia suddenly couldn't feel any magic from her body. She lost control of the water.
"What happened?" Juvia asked.
"I sealed your magic. Now, you can't use your pesky magic." He said as he kicked Juvia away from Cana. He then threw a small dagger next to her.
"What?" Juvia asked perplexed.
"Use that dagger and throw it on one of the lacrymas." He said.
"Fried… you bastard…" Cana said.
"Do it or I shall make her more miserable." Fried told Juvia as he pointed his rapier towards Cana.
"You fight dirty. Juvia should have let you electrocute to death but she thought that you could still be saved. Juvia was wrong, a person who'd gladly hurt a nakama just to get what he wants does not deserve pity." Juvia said.
"I don't care what you say, Phantom girl. Do it if you value her so much." Fried ordered.
Juvia gripped the dagger on her hand and looked at Fried dangerously.
"Juvia knows that you couldn't use your magic yet nor defeat her." Juvia stated.
"Oh and how did you get that conclusion?" Fried said.
"Because of your pride… You probably want to finish Juvia off by yourself and if she attacks one of those lacrymas it might jeopardize your plans. So you ordering Juvia to do this means that you are desperate to dispose of her without doing anything since you know you couldn't beat her even if Juvia had no magic." Juvia replied.
"Defiant are we? I'm sure you're a decent fighter as well since you are always with Naruto and yes, I couldn't use Yami no Ecriture yet since I need to conserve my energy to keep the current enchantments up but I have the advantage here because Cana has already been marked by my enchantment. So what would you do now, Phantom girl?" Fried said.
"Juvia forget about me! Defeat him…" Cana exclaimed but she was cut off as Fried shouted.
"Suffer!"
Cana writhed in pain again.
"Stop it! Juvia will do it… Just stop it!" Juvia shouted.
"No… Juvia… Don't…" Cana said through pained breaths.
"Juvia could probably defeat him in less than a minute but in that minute, he only needs less than a second to say that word. In a minute, he would make Cana suffer for more than sixty times. Juvia felt the strength of that enchantment; she knew how much mental trauma it could cause someone. Juvia won't be able to face anyone on the guild especially Naruto-nii if she let a nakama fall… Fried-san if you still have a little amount of spirit of Fairy tail in you, promise Juvia that you won't hurt Cana-san anymore after Juvia complied." Juvia said seriously.
"As long as she does not attack me then I won't hurt her anymore." Fried answered.
"Juvia will hold you unto that promise. Cana-san, please get yourself some help." Juvia said as she flung the dagger towards the lacryma. The lacryma immediately reacted but the force of Juvia's throw overcame the lightning shot by the lacryma. The lacryma was destroyed but a lightning was already on Juvia's way when the dagger hit the lacryma.
"Ah!" Juvia shouted as she was hit by a lightning for the second time today. After the electrocution stopped, Juvia lay there on the ground on the brink of unconsciousness. She looked at Cana who was screaming probably her name but she couldn't understand.
'I did what was right didn't I, Naruto-nii? Sorry everyone, Juvia couldn't lessen the foes that we need to defeat…' was the last thought she had before succumbing to the darkness.
"JUVIA!" Cana said as she readied her magic cards.
"I suggest you stop, Cana. I may have promised Phantom girl that I won't hurt you but that is only if you don't attack me. If I were you, I'd take her advice and get some help." Fried said.
"Take it back…" Cana said.
"You said something, Cana?" Fried asked.
"I SAID TAKE IT BACK. TAKE BACK WHAT YOU SAID THAT JUVIA IS A PHANTOM GIRL!" She shouted as she was about to throw her cards.
"You leave me no choice. You threw away Phantom girls sacrifice." Fried said solemnly.
"SUFFER… SUFFER… SUFFER!" He exclaimed as Cana felt pain triple of what she had felt before.
"I can buy myself enough time to recover just by saying those words and let you writhe in pain. You'll be my hostage for a while." Fried said as he sat on a rock.
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"Oi Natsu, you still have enough strength left?" Gray asked.
"Yeah…" Natsu said but he is noticeably huffing for air.
"Luxus is really one hell of a monster but I won't lose to him…" He continued.
"Stupid, we already knew that from the beginning. Listen, I have a plan. I'll do my best to distract him and catch him. When an opening is made, pour in all you got for a knock out attack. Deal?" Gray asked.
"What! I won't let you outdo me!" Natsu exclaimed.
"Idiot, don't let him know of our plan and save your energy for the attack. This isn't about us competing anymore; this is about defeating Luxus and saving the town. Watch our fight closely and try to observe for any opening every time he tries to dodge my attacks especially when he transforms into lightning." Gray scolded.
Natsu was about to retort but Gray fierce look quieted him.
"Fine but if I see him starting to defeat you, I'll join in the fray." He answered.
"Fair enough." Gray said.
"Ice Make: Dual Kusarigama!" Gray exclaimed as two double bladed sickles made of ice appeared. The two sickles were connected by a chain made of ice. (AN. Umm imagine Kazeshini made of Ice)
"An interesting weapon there Gray, but I wonder if a loser like you could control an odd looking weapon like that?" Luxus taunted.
"Don't worry, you're about to find out." Gray said as he charged towards Luxus, who just smirked arrogantly.
Luxus sent several lightning running towards Gray. Gray was able to dodge them by jumping left and right while moving forward.
'He's underestimating me, those are really slow attacks. I'll use this to my advantage. Master Ur said that people had a tendency to go left or right. Let's see where his tendency is.' Gray thought.
When he was at arm's reach, Gray swung one of his sickles in a beheading motion but Luxus bowed his head to avoid being beheaded. His eyes widen though as he saw another sickle coming to his face as Gray swung the other sickle on a vertical motion. Luxus had only one choice but to turn into lightning to dodge as he is in a bad position to either attack or counterattack. He transformed into lightning and dodged to the right.
'To the right? No, one time is not enough.' He thought as he again charged towards Luxus but this time Luxus jumped back before Gray could reach him. Luxus smirked as he thought that he was safe but was surprised to see a spinning blade made of ice was coming towards him at high speed. He jumped back again but the blade kept on its path and then suddenly Luxus felt his back hit the wall.
He immediately sidestepped to the right as he saw the spinning blade stop it forwards movement and then was retracted by Gray.
Luxus smirked and said.
"Well I got to admit that you are quite adequate at the use of that weapon and that you have a talent in magic and combat. Say why you don't just join me and leave these losers…" Luxus speech was interrupted as he had to jump away to the right because the blade was hurled to him again.
"I guess that's a no. Too bad, you'll stay as a loser. You know, I already figured out the limitations of your weapon." He said as he jumped up into the air to avoid the spinning sickle when he thought that he was on the right distance he smirked and sent a fast ball of lightning towards Gray, Gray narrowly avoided the ball as he jumped back but was still struck by some debris produced by the ball colliding to the floor. Luxus smirked in triumph but it was immediately erased as he had to immediately turn his body in mid-air as the sickle swooshed passed him grazing his side in the rib area. He looked at it and saw his cape and shirt got sliced. He felt his rib area for any damages but felt no problem other than a numbing coldness.
'His ice is really cold. It just grazed my clothes and yet my side feels numb from his weapon's extreme temperature.' His thought was interrupted as he felt something coming from behind. He looked back and saw the sickle spinning back to him. He dodged by using his lightning to teleport away. He looked at Gray who was standing next to Natsu. He had several bruises from the debris that struck him but otherwise okay.
"All his dodges were going right. I hope you're observing good." Gray whispered to Natsu who was concentrating and readying himself.
"I forgot, your weapon's chain is made of ice so you could lengthen it and control it by tugging on the chains but still it is not enough to catch me when I already know how fast it is. What is the matter with you, Natsu? Why aren't you joining? Scared?" Luxus said as he charged towards them.
"Lightning Bolts!" Luxus exclaimed as two fast lightning came from above poking holes to the roof as it struck both Natsu and Gray. When he was next to them and was about to deliver a punch he immediately jumped away as both of his targets suddenly exploded into several blades of ice.
He searched around for them but couldn't find them.
"Where are you brats now?" He said.
Gray threw both his sickles towards the unsuspecting Luxus and then said.
"Ice Make: Lance!" Several Lances shoots towards Luxus together with the spinning sickles. Luxus narrowly dodged both sickles. He then focused on dodging the lances heading towards him. His eyes widen though as he felt the two sickles struck him on both shoulders.
"How?" He said in surprise as he saw the one sickle struck him in each shoulder but he wasn't bleeding but instead he felt numbing cold. The moment of surprise gave the lances enough time to hit him on several places. He felt numbing coldness throughout his body as he transformed into lightning to move away from the barrage.
When he landed though he felt his feet got stuck on the ground. He looked down and saw the small area where he is standing was encased in ice. He looked back and saw Gray behind him. He then looked at the Gray who threw the sickles and it exploded into many blades of ice again just like the earlier ice clones.
"Brats!" He exclaimed as he used his lightning teleportation again but this time Gray noticed that he needed more time to use it than earlier.
'Just as I thought, that magic eats a lot of stamina. This is our chance.' He thought as he saw Luxus land on the exact spot they have prepared.
As Luxus appeared on the spot, he felt a strong presence of magic behind him and saw Natsu about to unleash a barrage of attack on him.
"Flame Lotus: Fire Dragon Fist!" Natsu exclaimed as his fists light up in fire. Luxus was about to dodge away but Gray did something.
"Release!" Suddenly all of the ice made by Gray was gone and Luxus felt so much pain as blood suddenly gushed out of his body.
"Gah!" Luxus exclaimed as he felt immense pain from all the wounds that magically appear on his body. This gave way to Natsu as he unleashed a barrage of punches with fiery explosion causing destruction not only to Luxus but to the cathedral. While Natsu attacks, Luxus was able to get his bearings back to kick Natsu away before he could give the finishing blow. Luxus stood away from the two as he staggered to stand up from the beating and wounds he got.
"How were you able to control my blood…" Luxus said.
"Easy… I didn't." Gray said as the dual kusarigama again appeared on his hands. Luxus looked at it and then remembered that he was hit by not only those but also the lances but didn't bleed. He only felt numbing coldness. His eyes widen as he put the pieces together.
"You froze the blood that was about to burst out from the wounds you originally gave me so that I wouldn't notice that I already sustained damage and then release all your ice so that it would also release the ice covering my wounds so I would suddenly feel all the wounds to give Natsu enough time for a knock-out punch… Very clever strategy but you failed at the last moment and probably the only chance you got." Luxus said with a laugh.
"You're right because all you think about is the numbing coldness you didn't notice the wound. I also made sure that the wounds are shut close so you won't notice it at first look unless you looked at it carefully but knowing your arrogant nature, you won't do that." Gray said.
"Why are you laughing? I will beat you on the next attack!" Natsu said as he lit up his hands again.
"Natsu, Natsu… Do you really think I would go down that easily? As I have said before, that was the last chance you got." He said as he ripped away the remaining of his shirt and coat and then summoned multiple lightning. Lightning struck from above the destroyed Cathedral ceiling but instead of attacking Natsu and Gray, the lightning goes directly towards Luxus.
Their eyes widen in shock as they saw him eat the lightning while gaining some scale like pattern on his skin and all the damages of his body started to heal. Luxus smirked at their shocked face and then prepared for an attack.
"Lightning Dragon's Roar!" He exclaimed as Natsu and Gray scrambled to dodge the incoming attack.
"Luxus is a dragon slayer too?" was all Gray could say.
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Naruto was jumping over the roofs of the houses in Magnolia when he felt something heating up on his clothes.
"Great timing..." he said as he took out a small lacryma. He saw it glowing so he poured in some of his magic into it. Soon the glowing stopped and a projection of a black haired mage came into view.
"Enjoying the Magnolia festival?" the mage asked.
"Not really... Something crazy happened. Why'd you contact me anyway? Thought you said that you are busy with something." Naruto replied.
"Have you met the Fairy tail mage named Luxus?"
"Yeah, a hundred percent trash, he's the source of the turmoil now on the town. That bastard would gladly hurt his own friends and innocent people just to get what he wants. Speaking of him, do you know anything about lacryma being placed inside a human?" Naruto asked.
"Yeah and that is the reason that I asked you about him. It seems he is a product of that experiment. The one that conducted the experiment was his own father, Ivan. Raven tail is now starting to mobilize their plan and one of their plan is to retake the lacryma inside Luxus." was the reply.
"So he'd gladly kill off his son just for his plans huh? Figures to whom Luxus got his personality. Any information on how strong Luxus is?"
"His current level, I don't know but they said that the potential of those with lacrymas in their body could be or higher than of a dragon slayer." was the answer he got.
"Considering he was supposed to be next in line as Fairy tail master, he probably achieved that potential."
"Too bad I wouldn't see your ass get handed to you. Naruto, you do know that Raven tail must not get him, right? If Ivan got hold of that strong a weapon, it would cause a big problem." the mage stated.
"I know, maybe killing him isn't a bad idea afterall."
"Yeah and spend the rest of your life either in prison or on the run, not a bad idea indeed." was the sarcastic reply he got but Naruto just stayed silent.
"Tch, so you weren't kidding. Keep your anger in check lest you want that sword to eat your soul. Either way it's not my problem anyway." the mage said before fading away and glowing of the lacryma stopped.
Naruto stayed silent as he trudge his way towards the Cathedral. He heard a loud crash and looked towards the direction. He saw Cana trying to stand up while saying.
"I said take it back! Take back what you said that Juvia is a Phantom girl!"
Behind Cana were the startled sibling, Mira and Elfman while on the other side was Fried who looked like he could use a change of clothes but otherwise looking fine.
"A bastard like you who would gladly take your own nakama as hostage just to beat her. She deserves the title Fairy mage more than any of the raijinshuu." Naruto heard Cana say.
He looked for Juvia and saw her lying on the ground unconscious. He immediately go to her fearing for the worst. When he was next to her, he checked for vital signs and calmed a little as he felt a pulse. He saw the magic sealing enchantment on her. He looked around and saw a ruined dagger and a destroyed lacryma. He instantly put the pieces together. He kneeled down next to her and then scoop her up in his arms.
Fried was about to place another enchantment on Elfman when he felt dreadful, as if someone is out for his blood. He looked at his enemies and saw fear in their eyes. He looked behind and silence reigned. He will always remember this day, the day he came face to face to what looked like death incarnate.
There a few yards in front of them was someone walking towards them, his eyes different from each other. Right eye was white with cerulean blue iris while the other was blood red with black iris and had silver slit pupil. They also notice dark markings creeping upward from the left side of his face.
'What is this dreadful feeling? As if death is about to take me, what the hell are you, Naruto?' Fried thought.
Naruto was walking slowly as if not worrying if you run away or not. His eyes told them only one thing; death to the person who hurt the lady currently lying unconscious in his arms. He stopped in front of them and said in a voice that sends shivers towards their spine.
"Run and pray, for only death awaits you when I catch you."
"Yami no Ecriture: Darkness." He said as he wrote the enchantment on himself. He then suddenly transformed into a Monster of Darkness.
"I won't be defeated. Natsu has already defeated you, I can defeat you easily. I don't give a shit about your charade!" Fried exclaimed.
"Big words from someone who can't even beat Juvia." Naruto said as he gently placed Juvia down. Suddenly, Fried was backhanded and was sent flying towards a wall.
"How?" was all Fried could utter as he staggered to stand up. One moment Naruto was placing Juvia down then in a blink of an eye he was already backhanded to a wall. Before he could properly stand up he was sent sailing again by a roundhouse kick to the gut. Fried's eyes widen as he suddenly saw Naruto waiting for him at his flight's destination. When he was about to crash at him, Naruto suddenly made a backflip kick that hit Fried on the back sending him upward. As Fried was sent upward, Naruto appeared on top of him with his fist reared back. Naruto threw the punch and it connected on Fried's chest sending him towards the ground. A small crater was created as Fried hit the ground. Naruto landed a few yards away from him.
Fried cough out blood as he felt several ribs broken and some of his internal organs were damaged.
"I'm not going to kill you easily, I'm going to enjoy every single part of it until you plead that I just finish your worthless life." Naruto said with a sadistic smile as he slowly walked towards Fried.
"Yami no Ecriture: Suffer!" Fried said as he placed an enchantment on Naruto the moment he was at the range of his sword.
"Let's see how you react with my enchantments. Suffer!" Fried exclaimed.
Naruto suddenly crouched in front of him as he felt the effect of the enchantment. Fried smirked as he staggered to stand up.
"With all the talk you gave. Only one enchantment defeats you. Let me finish your suffering. Yami no..." Fried was stopped as Naruto suddenly grips his sword and then with the force of his grip breaks it into many pieces.
"That can't be!" Fried shouted.
"What can't? You think with that I will succumb to that puny excuse of suffering? So, that's how you hostage Cana to force Juvia into hitting a lacryma? You're utterly stupid if you think that you could use the same to me. That is not even an inch of what I had gone through." Naruto said while chuckling darkly.
"Impossible! You're lying, Suffer!" Fried exclaimed but instead or writhing in suffering, Naruto just smiled sadistically and then suddenly held Fried by the neck.
"I already told you, didn't I? That doesn't work on me. You know your doll loving friend? I turned him into a puppet and then interrogated him until he sung like a nightingale. Since you love inflicting pain to the others shall I do the same to you?" Naruto said sadistically.
"What did you do Bixlow, you monster... Gahhh!" Fried suddenly screamed in pain as he felt one of his pinky fingers snap.
"Oh, I'm so sorry. I get a little too excited when I get a defiant victim." Naruto said with an evil grin. Naruto then let Fried's neck go and then suddenly punched him on the gut strong enough that he was sent skidding and rolling on the floor.
"Run!" Naruto ordered which startled everyone.
"Run away cause when I catch you, your chance of running will be slowly taken away from you." Naruto said dreadfully.
Everyone just stared at him shocked from fear. This was not the Naruto they knew. Even Juvia's stories of Naruto when he was still on Phantom, was not like this. Juvia had always said that Naruto was a person who would avoid hurting someone if he could. He wouldn't torture someone just to be satisfied nor for fun. The Naruto in front of them was a different person, if you could still call him that. He was like an evil incarnate personified, even if it was for revenge. Plus that foul magic he was emitting ever since he arrived, it was tainted not just by hatred but by pure evil.
Fried couldn't move, no it was not because he was hurt but because his body won't stop shaking.
Fear…
So much fear was coursing through his body as he saw Naruto walking towards him. His mind kept on shouting for him to run away for his life but his body just won't move.
Sinister…
It was the only word that could describe the aura Naruto was emitting.
Death…
That was the only thing Fried could see from those heterochromatic eyes.
"Levantine is waking up…"
Those were the words that Mirajane suddenly heard from nowhere. For a moment she thought that she felt a satanic woman standing behind her but before she could look behind, her eyes widen when she saw Naruto standing in front of the downed Fried and his sword about to stab Fried.
The silence was broken by a blade meeting flesh and then silence reigned again.
End of Chapter 10
AN: So Umm how was it? I know its the longest chapter I have ever written and I hope it didn't bore you. If there are grammatical errors please tell me. Good thing, it looks like Mira won't die in the manga afterall. My next update, I dunno when but it won't be more than month. Oh and about Naruto's sense ability being fooled well, all I can say is it is like the eyes. It helps you but sometimes it tricks you :D. I wonder who was the satanic woman behind Mira... meh you all probably knew who she was... no? I'm not telling :P. Thanks and Please Read and Review :D Good or bad I appreciate it and gives me more reason to go on ^_^ .