Force Maelstrom

by CrosZ

At the end, Naruto and Kyubi had to use drastic measures. The result, he was flung into a world where he has no Kyubi and chakra. How will he survive? Though, at the weirdest circumstances, he met someone whom everyone thought was just a myth.

15. Chapter 14

OMG at long last I finished this chapter XD. I took me more than three months to do so... Three months of writing and countless revisions ~_~ . I was really blind sided by Hiro Mashima with the time skip but oh well. Now I'm thinking on how to capitalize on it. About the poll, well I'm not going to tell you what is leading but it's kind of a landslide :P . Oh and I wonder what Ultear, Jellal and Meredy looks like now. I have a feeling that one of them established a legal guild and they are the current number one guild in the manga, but that's just me. And did you see Mavis? :D plotlines started to formulate on my mind when I saw her but unfortunately that has to wait. My apologies for the long wait, just got busy with my work. And um, this chapter is well... just see for yourself :D . Oh and this is 29K words long so bear with me if this is kind of boring :( A warning, this isn't action packed but it will be full of humor XD. Please Read and Review, good or bad I appreciate them...

Review Appreciation Corner:

For Chapter 13:

eclipseX, The Last Rising of the Phoenix, Akira Stridder, Altair, Collin Oshea, DragFire, OBSERVER01, ZxZ Fic Hunter, kouga kenishirou, harlequin320 : Thanks thanks thanks :D Please stay tuned and forgive my slow updates...

SpeeDemon : Thanks ^_^ it's my way of communicating with my reviewers.

Marc : Thanks. Yeah, my grammar still needs a lot of work and I fear that this chapter will have many cause well it's kind of long and I tend to lose focus on my grammar when I get soaked in the plotline. About Oracion Seis Arc, there will be a little change in it but mostly the same. Wendy had trained with Naruto but even Naruto said that Wendy isn't much ready yet to actually fight in the field since Naruto was only able to train her for a week. But, she will have more confidence in herself and her changes will drastically happen when she joins Fairy tail. *that's a spoiler*... Natsu will still need a lot more of work before he could exercise Naruto's advice but he will be thinking a lot more, it's just that old habits die hard :D.

Cloves : Haha yeah, I felt that I have been stalling too much time for the romance. The elements isn't his shinobi techniques, it's not actually about him but those elements have been with him. You'll understand more in this chapter :D . About Naruto's ability, it would be explained in this chapter but if you are still confused about it after reading this chapter tell me and I'll try to PM you for the answer before the next chapter comes. ( Haha tagalog mode sa PM kung gusto mo :P )

lightningblade49 : Thanks ^_^ . Yeah, Naruto sees his old self with Natsu so he doesn't want him to make the same mistakes as him, he'll try his best to teach him a couple of things.

Hades252 2 : Yeah, I felt that it would just too wrong not to let atleast one of them to say their farewell with Levy. They may have betrayed them but they were still great friends. About Juvia and Naruto hahah yeah, Naruto will probably live a poor man's life if he doesn't stop his antics with Juvia. I kind of had a hard time with the romantic scenes but I'm glad it turned out well :D . Yeah, but unluckily for Naruto, he will probably be poor before Gray XD .

Datu824 : There might be :P . There is a hint in this chapter XD . Thanks for the review.

Mlkoolc86 : Thanks for the review :) . Ultear? Oh the woman? :D .

reven228 : Yeah the last two chapter have been quite dark haha... *Gotta kill some if needed* :D thanks for the compliment.

Q : ^_^ a million thanks for the compliment.

tragicmat1 : Well part of it was to push Levy and Naruto together but they were actually fated to die from the start of this story *insert Neji speech here* … I had thought of it and listed the characters who would have a potential to betray Fairy tail for power if push comes to shove. The list was narrowed down to Luxus, Raijinshuu, Jet and Droy. Gray, Natsu, Erza, Lucy and Makarov are immediately out of the list for obvious reasons. The other Fairy tail characters were too insignificant. I thought of Alzak but he has no reason to betray them since this isn't Naruto x Visca. Back to my narrowed list, Luxus, well I had other plans for him. Raijinshuu, I was tempted to but it would have been too predictable and I felt like I need them for Luxus' development later on. That leaves only Jet and Droy. They have the desire to defeat Naruto ( Even in the manga they wanted Gajille down ). Now for killing them off, well Levantine isn't a merciful being :D. He'd kill you if he thinks you're a nuisance or to make an example of something. And about him eating Droy's soul, well it's one of Levantine's abilities so yeah *insert Neji's voice here* Fate has decreed for them to die *End of Neji's voice* Hope it explains my decision to kill them off :D thanks for the review ^_^ .

Shinkei Kajuen : :D You get a pocky *hands out multi flavored pocky* Hope you like this chapter ^_^ .

GaijinSamurai : Thanks =) . I had a hard time with the romantic parts XD and yet I have added some again in this chapter... I guess that's normal since they are together now, would've been weird if not haha. About the other girl, as what I have said in the poll notice, I might add one. You might like the addition ;P . Juvia and Naruto sibling relationship, haha I really love to use them a comic relief and there will be another comic duo introduced here in this chapter *spoiler*

Junky : Hahaha You might get who are the children of the myths and the elements in this chapter and yes if Naruto doesn't stop his antics, Juvia might suck his wallet dry. Thanks for the review :D.

Cyspark01 : The fate of the Elemental Nations will be uncovered in this chapter and also much more :D. The reason for the lack of chakra will also be revealed ^_^. Well I can't reveal anything that was asked on the second paragraph so please stay tuned =). The Myth will be revealed soon very very very soon :P . Haha yeah, Naruto based of his new abilities from the abilities when he still had chakra. Since chakra isn't available anymore, he tried to use his magic and emulate the techniques from the Elemental Nations *spoiler* XD . Haha Levantine can do whatever he wants as long as he doesn't get detected by Naruto and Mira :D. Juvia had always been a creepy stalker with weird fetishes from the beginning haha. You'll find out what Levantine did to the camp soon ^_^. Thanks for the review, I really appreciated it.

Savoxgut : Haha yeah a little harem is nice but too big is kind of overkill. I'm still thinking if I should add one to the pairing. Thanks, I try my best to pull away from the generic plotlines but sometime it's hard to do but I'll give it my best :D. Thanks for the review and I hope I could hook you till the end ^_^ .

yukicrewger2 : You'll know the answer very very soon :D thanks for the review =) .

xbamsod : Yep, Naruto will live a poor man for his antics :D. In time, Naruto's secret friends will be revealed. Thanks for the review :D .

Uzumaki Crossover : Yeah, my English really need work. A lot of it. *My sister reminds that to me every single time she reads my papers. Of course, I don't let her know that I write fanfctions. She'll bug me everyday if she knew. She's a Naruto and Fairy tail fan :D Good thing she didn't know my Author name here haha* Thanks for the review and the heads up about my English ^_^ .

For the A/N chapter 14:

Cloves : Yes I'm still breathing :D and thanks for the wait I hope you like this chapter.

chm01 : Haha maybe or maybe another one unexpected J .

reven228 : Thanks for the advice, I'm still thinking hard about it. Of course, plotline will always be on the first consideration J .

lightningblade49 : Hmm Mirajane… Well it won't be Erza… It's not that I don't like her… I love her character really and I read many fanfictions with Naru x Erza pairing and when I say many I mean many hahaha and that's probably the reason I don't use that pairing. I believe in giving the other characters a chance hahaha.

Haded252 2 : Sorry about Juvia man, I really can't find it within myself to pair him with Naruto… Maybe because I love Juvia x Gray pairing so much and I get so much fun from writing Naruto and Juvia as siblings. Don't worry your vote is considered J thanks for the review and I hope you like this chapter.

DEBob19 : Haha yes, Levy is like a plushy even in the manga. Sorry if it has been too AU now… I wanted to stay true to the Fairy tail plot but I guess it's a lot harder than I thought. Thanks for the review ^_^ .

phenom : Umm sorry, this won't become Erza x Naruto… I want to focus on the other Fairy tail characters…

krasni : Don't worry, I didn't intend to pair him with Erza or Lucy… As I have said to the others, I want to give the other characters to shine J . Oh and Mira will be a big part of this story that I could assure you. About Lissana yes, if Edolas isn't present she would be dead. I'm not sure about the other's opnion but I like Lissana better when she was dead… Her death gave so much development to Natsu, Happy, Mira and Elfman but when she came back… I don't think she had done anything to contribute except for Mira almost sacrificing herself for her which almost made me crazy thinking Mira might die XD . Thanks for the review and I hope you like this chapter.

DM5-Demon : Yep I know that many stories has been ruined because of harem. Especially when the story started to spin around the harem and not the plotline anymore. I have quitted reading many fanfictions because of that too, so rest assured that I won't be doing that same mistake. Thanks for the review J .

planetarycupcake : :D enjoy the life of a freshman. I hope you like this chapter and thanks for the review.

Wow that was long... Now...

Guides:

"Talking"

'Thoughts'

Words in italics are memories from the past

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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 Naruto would have been a kicking asses in Earthland rather then having his ass kicked in the Elemental Nations.

Chapter 14: History 101

Mira, Levy and Juvia were cautiously waiting for Naruto to finish his scouting.

"Juvia hopes that Naruto-nii hurries up. The odor is overloading Juvia's nose." Juvia said as she tried her best to cover her nose.

"I guess that is the bad side of having a dragon's sense of smell, huh?" Mira said as she and Levy were covering also their noses from the odor but not as worse as Juvia.

"But isn't it quite amazing, they say that mages trained by dragons are very rare mages, almost a myth but Fairy tail has two of them." Levy stated knowing about Juvia's magic just earlier.

"Oh wait till you knew who Naruto's teacher and what kind of magic he has and you'll be more amazed." Mira teased.

"You knew of Naruto-nii's teacher? He never told Juvia anything about him." Juvia asked a little surprised that Mira knew what kind of magic Naruto wield. As far as she knew, no one had heard him say what his magic was called and there were no accounts in history that had the same magic description as he has. The same thought goes inside Levy's head. Naruto didn't know it but after the festival, eveybody was guessing what Naruto's magic was called. They researched about it but found no magic that had the same description.

"Yes I do, my alter ego once knew someone who could use it." Mira answered.

"How old is Zatana-san exactly?" Juvia asked.

"She's older than Earthland history." Mira answered just as Naruto dropped down next to Levy.

"Mira, take Juvia and Levy with you and head to the nearest town from here." Naruto said seriously.

"Are you going to head there by yourself? Isn't that too dangerous?" Mira asked as she pointed at the direction where the foul odor was.

"I'll be fine. I can handle the situation here."

"Let me go with you." Levy pleaded.

"I'm sorry but please go with them. I fear that the nearest town is in danger, so all you three are needed to scout the town and if necessary evacuate the people." Naruto answered gently but with authority.

"Let's go, Levy. Naruto-nii, be careful." Juvia said, fully understanding the situation. She had been with Naruto long enough to know when she has to follow orders.

Mira looked at Naruto and said.

"Very well, we shall scout the next town. We'll meet you there too, I presume?" To which she got a nod.

"Let's go Levy, Juvia. We have a town to scout." Mira said with a voice that won't accept disagreement.

"Be careful okay? If it's too bad, just retreat. Remember, you promised me." Levy said in worry.

"I will... You three be careful too and Mira..." Naruto was cut off by Mira.

"I know, I'll take care of them and won't overdo it."

The three walked away from Naruto, heading back to the road in a hurry to reach the nearest town.

Naruto run towards the place where the odor came from. At the end of the forest, he jumped down on the cliff and landed softly on the settlement below. He felt a presence landing behind him as he looked at the scene.

"Were you able to find anyone alive?" He asked.

"No, I just got here this morning. From the looks of it, this probably happened a couple of days ago."

"He probably did this to taunt me. Have you found out who the victims are?" Naruto asked.

"They are bandits. Guess the wackos met someone who's more wacko than them." The other answered with a gruff voice as both of them looked at the horrendous site in front of them. It made Naruto felt a little relief to know that the victims were scum but still he felt that no one deserves to die this way.

"It's a good thing you sent those ladies away. They wouldn't handle this grotesque site." the other continued.

In front of them were about twenty or so dead humans. No human was in one piece. Some bodies have missing heads, limbs and some are even cut open like butchered meat. The butchered remains were arranged in such a way that they were forming a symbol.

"And it's a good thing your sense of smell isn't being overloaded. Juvia couldn't have handled it." Naruto replied.

"I'm a mercenary, I'm used to this. So it's true, he's a mindless butchering dragon. He just looked human now." Naruto's companion said.

"He's not actually mindless now. He got some human intellect now and he will be a lot dangerous when he starts using it." Naruto replied as he started to move towards the pile of humans.

"Destroy the camps and we'll dispose of them." Naruto said as he kneeled in front of the pile of humans and then he slammed his two hands on the ground. Immediately, the pile of bodies together with the debris around it floated as Naruto used his magic to nullify the force of gravity. Naruto then reared his fist back and punched the ground under them, staining his fist with the blood that was on the ground. Due to the lack of gravity, the debris floated up and stayed there. In front of Naruto was a sink hole about six feet in circumference and forty feet deep.

He heard a whistle of approval as his companion came back.

"That is some handy magic you got there."

Naruto looked back and saw him pulling a metallic pulley large enough to carry all that was on the campsite.

"And so are yours." Naruto replied as his companion pulled the pulley and dumped the remains of the camp but due to the lack of gravity, it floated.

"Well shit, we forgot your fuckin' magic nullified the gravity of the area." His companion said.

Naruto could only shake his head at his companion's choice of words.

'The elements are really very different from each other especially those with opposite elements.' He thought.

Naruto inspected the things floating. He really didn't fully nullify the gravity, he just lessened it. So in effect the heavier objects are floating lower. He smirked, it was perfect. The heavier objects where the ones he needed to bury. He stepped back and his companion followed suit, being hit by those floating objects on their way down isn't exactly on their plan. Once they were a little far away, Naruto cancelled his magic and the objects fell down towards the sink hole but a weak wind blew and some of the dust and sand were blown away from the sink hole, leaving it half buried.

"Well... That didn't work..." His companion deadpanned but he shut up as he saw Naruto lifted several rocks using his magic.

"Ha! You think I'll get hurt by those rocks?" He taunted as Naruto shook his head.

"I'm wrong fire and earth are similar... Both of them are idiots." He mumbled as he sent the rocks towards the sink hole effectively covering it, albeit not smoothly. Naruto sat on the ground to recover some energy. He saw a big metal hammer crash towards the rock flattening them.

"There, finishing touches." His companion said as the hammer retracted to his arm.

He sat next to Naruto and started on chomping on something. Naruto looked at him and said.

"You really are a glutton are you?"

"Aren't all the elements are? Want some? Though, you better wash your hands first, your fists are full of blood." His companion answered as he continued to chomp on his food.

"No thanks, you're the only one who has the teeth and stomach to eat those kinds of things. And I believe the air isn't a glutton." Naruto replied.

"What are you saying? She's the most gluttonous of all, air is everywhere, she only needs to freakin' breathe." was the reply he got. Naruto looked at his companion with a blank face.

'I'm an idiot... I didn't realize that sooner..." Naruto thought.

"The air is the one most dangerous to your wallet. I'll heed my warning if I were you." He said to Naruto with a taunt as he looked at Naruto and noticed him a little winded.

"Fuck man, you're control over your magic is bad if those simple things winded you even a little bit." He commented.

"Yeah..." was all Naruto's reply.

"So how was your meeting with the bitch?" the man beside him said.

"It went well… Too well than expected."

"I'd imagine you had to give her something of great importance for her to agree."

"Yes, I did. I told her where she could find what she was looking for, for a long time now." Naruto answered.

"Well shit, you might just have given the devil something to kill us all. You should be careful dealing with the likes of her."

"Yeah… but I believe that she wouldn't use it for something like that… I trust her, afterall she is still my older sister even if not by blood." Naruto answered while looking at the clouds.

"Ivan wanted me to join Fairy tail as an agent for him."

"You want me to help you out?" Naruto asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Help me out? You're the fuckin' person who dragged me into this mess and you asked me if I want your help? Atleast find a way for me to get in your guild. It's bad enough that I need to suck up to that fool named Ivan, now I need to find a way to get in your guild." The man grumbled.

"Fine, I guess there's no helping it. But I need to inform the master everything first then I'll tell you when you can apply." Naruto answered.

"You sure the master will agree?"

"Yeah, afterall having a spy to his estranged son is something he won't pass up. I'll explain to him everything but you'll probably become a double agent. Informing us about Ivan and giving Ivan wrog information." Naruto answered.

"Oh how lucky of me." his companion replied sarcastically.

"Whose side will you be on when the clash between Fairy tail and Raven tail happens?" Naruto asked.

"What an idiotic question, especially now that Levantine is roaming around. I don't side on any guild but I believe I don't have to tell you whose side I am on."

"You're worried for the other elements aren't you? Even if you don't say it, they're like sibling to you even if you haven't met them once." Naruto smirked.

His companion stood up and started to walk away.

"Whatever, I'm just doing this because you said you're information was right and I'll need help to take down Levantine when he starts to show up. Oh and Luxus is doing fine, last time I checked he was training with cloth face." He said but before he could leave he heard Naruto say.

"That's good, atleast Ivan hasn't got his clutches on Luxus yet."

"I still don't understand why Ivan wants that lacryma inside Luxus." The man said while looking at the sky.

"Well, it is a special lacryma…"

"How special? I mean, Ivan has hordes of lacryma like that. He even implanted some of them on his subordinates and to top it all, lightning lacryma isn't that rare or special. Heck, he got a bunch of those, so what's the point of him trying his best to get it back? I don't think it is a great loss for him if he lost one or two of it. I asked him once about it and all he said that it was quite very special and one of a kind… Whatever that means…" the man said as he scratched his head in annoyance as he couldn't understand Ivan's train of thought.

"That is quite an interesting insight… Why would Ivan want something he already has hordes of? I guess we need more information about that lacryma. Anyway, any information about that thing that is in Ivan's possession?" Naruto asked.

"Nope not a clue… Seriously, do you really think he has that? I really don't like wasting my time sucking up to him and then find out that we had the wrong conclusion." was the answer he got.

"I'm sure he has it… I felt it's aura in him once when I was still a mercenary and had encountered him. Haven't you felt it yet?" Naruto asked.

"Well gee, I have a keen sense of smell. Feeling auras and magic is your specialty not mine. Now, I believe I need to go back before that blasted guild master of mine gets suspicious. You know I can't help you more than this anymore, he would get suspiscious of me if I participate in your little lizard hunt. But I don't think you would need any more help from me, afterall you have the water dragonslayer, the demon Mirajane and what's her name?"

"It's Levy and she specializes in runes and…" Naruto was cut off by his companion.

"Yeah yeah whatever, just kill that lizard. I have to go now."

Naruto shook his head at him and said.

"I can't believe I'm saying this but thank you... for being a good friend." To which he smirked and left Naruto.

"Better cleanup and catch up to the others." Naruto said as he stood up.

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"I'm glad; it looks like the town is okay." Levy said as she stood at the lively town's entrance.

"Let's scout the town but let's not split up. Meeting Levantine alone is dangerous." Mira said with a calm voice but they imagine a demon image behind her.

'It looks like demon Mirajane is back.' They thought as they followed Mira inside the town.

Once inside Levy and Juvia actively scouted the area, scanning the area with their eyes and Juvia sniffing the air for any scent. They've also subtly listened to conversations around them but Mira wasn't. She was boiling inside at what Naruto just did.

'That idiot sent us the wrong way. Clearly, Levantine wouldn't go here. This place houses Lamia scale guild and they had Jura Nekis. Levantine can feel magic presence, an ability he copied from Naruto. He would easily feel the presence of several strong mages here and as he is now, Jura and his guild will be overwhelming for him.'

Mira didn't know but she was emitting a scary aura.

"Why is Mira-san emitting scary aura? Is she preparing for battle or attracting Levantine?" Juvia asked Levy nervously.

"No, Mira only does that when she is pissed off." Levy answered equally nervous.

Both of them stepped back a little to distance themselves a little from Mira. Whoever pissed her off will probably going to get themselves killed… badly.

'When I see him, he's going to get it. Who does he think we are? We are mages not freakin' damsels in distress.' Mira thought.

'Could you let me out when you beat him? I wanna beat him up to.' Zatana asked her.

Outside, two men approached Mira. Levy and Juvia silently told them not to do it using hand gestures. Last thing they wanted was secretly disposing of dead bodies but the two men didn't heed their warning.

"Hey beautiful misses, want to spend some time with us. You know we're from Lamia scale and we're popular here so we can hang out anywhere we want." One of them said with a perverted grin.

Mira gave them a demon look and said.

"Out of my way."

They felt shivers on their spines but they paid it no mind as one of them grabbed Mira's arm.

"Oh come on, we'll have fun." He said to which Levy and Juvia paled as they almost run for cover. They silently prayed that the man's soul reach the afterlife swiftly but they know he wouldn't. He would be crawling towards it.

"Don't touch me!" Mira exclaimed as she did a roundhouse kick with the heel of her shoes connecting to the man's cheek sending him to the ground. The other responded by charging with reared fist but Mira was faster, she sidestepped letting the man go passed her then when she was behind him, she kicked him between his legs hitting his manly treasure. The man collapsed on the floor with agonizing pain beside his friend who was also nursing his face. They heard knuckles cracking as Mira said.

"You came at the right time. I need to release some of my anger." She said as they looked at her in fear. Juvia and Levy cringed as Mira beat the two men.

'Well they do deserve it...' was their thought to justify their decision on not to stop Mira lest they want the anger to be directed at them.

"I think that would be enough, Mirajane-san." A voice said.

"What, you wanna die?" Mira said as she looked at the source but instantly recognized the owner as the guildmaster of Lamia Scale which prompted her to stop and step back in fear of the consequences of what she did.

"No not at all but I believe you should save some for me to punish my children for their actions. Do not worry, I saw what happened and that is why I let you rough them up a little but now it's time for me to subject them to our guild's magna carta." The guildmaster said with a smile as the two downed member were dragged towards the guild by the master.

Mira gave a sigh of relief. She took a deep breath as she massaged her forehead.

"I'm turning back to my immature side again." She said as she took a moment to calm herself. She looked at Levy and Juvia and saw them nervous, she couldn't help but chuckle.

'Great, it looks like I still got my swagger.' She thought as she said.

"Come on, if I remember right, there is a nice hotel here that has a hotspring inside."

They followed her without question. Once they reached the hotel, they rented a room for four persons.

"A male with blonde hair and blue eyes might come here. His name is Naruto Namikaze, please direct him to our room." Mira told the woman behind the desk.

"Yes, ma'am." She answered. As the trio got out of hearing range, the hotel staff murmured to one another.

"That's got to be one lucky guy to be able to get three hot girls." One of the male staffs said to the other.

"Yes, life is unfair to us less fortunate." His co-worker said as they shed comical tears. The gossiping female workers just looked at them like they were some idiots.

The trio of mages entered their room. Instantly, Levy and Juvia walked towards one bed each and dropped their belongings beside their bed and lied down to relax.

Mira walked towards the bed opposite of Levy and beside Juvia, she dropped her belonging and sat on the bed. She contemplated for a while and said in a soft tone.

"Sorry, I almost got us into trouble with Lamia Scale earlier."

Juvia and Levy sat up and looked at her then smiled.

"It's okay, those two deserved it anyway." Juvia assured.

"Well, atleast we know that you still have that fierce attitude that everybody once knew." Levy said with a giggle to lighten Mira's mood.

Mira smiled and said.

"Yeah, I tried to grow out of it but I guess sometimes it still show when I'm extremely pissed off."

"Why were you pissed off? Mira-san has been emitting the angry aura ever since we entered town." Juvia asked confused.

"It's because of what Naruto did." She answered trying to calm herself as she remembered Naruto's decision.

"I think I don't understand. You were okay when he said that we split up and scout this area." Levy asked trying to find reason why Mira was pissed off on Naruto and possibly try to calm her before she beat the hell out of Naruto.

"Yes, but at that time I didn't understand entirely. Because I haven't gotten out of Magnolia for a long time, I forgot that the town nearest was where Lamia Scale was. If I had known, I would have outright overruled his decision."

"Juvia believes she does not understand." Juvia replied.

"What's the difference between towns with mage guilds and towns with no mage guild?" Mira asked.

"Mages?" Juvia asked.

"No, not just that. Maybe you didn't felt it in Magnolia or when you entered a town of a guild but if you're a sensor, you would notice that the town is enveloped by a magic presence. You'll actually feel it even a few hundred meters away from town. This town is no exception." Mira started.

"But why?" Juvia asked.

"It is to alert the Master of the guild for any imminent danger. Mages have many enemies that may want revenge by causing trouble to the town so in exchange of letting a guild be established on a town, the guild becomes its protectors. The moment anybody with strong magic in their body enters the town, the Master is alerted."

"But how come Naruto-nii and Juvia were able to enter Magnolia undetected when we attacked the former guildhouse?" Juvia asked.

"That is not a new issue. Master said that it's not only Naruto who could do that. He said that the only two people he knew who could enter a mage town undetected are Naruto and Mystogan. Even Jose knew of it that is why he sent Naruto. Naruto's presence alone must've disrupted the barrier that was why you weren't detected too, because when he wasn't around, Master could easily detect you. Actually, Master told me that only Naruto and Mystogan are the only two mages from the guild whom he can't actually detect when they were inside the town." Mira answered.

"But Fried's seal detected Mystogan when he entered town on the festival." Levy said.

"Fried's seal at that time detects the Fairy tail symbol stamped on our body. It is the reason why Wendy wasn't included in the event even if she was clearly a mage. So if Levantine goes here, he would immediately sense the barrier and the strength of the mages here. I'm sure he isn't stupid enough to face Jura and Lamia's Master when he gets detected." Mira answered.

"Maybe he copied Naruto's spell to surpass barriers." Levy reasoned.

"If it's a spell, the barrier would surely detect it. A spell still uses magic so even if you masked yourself with a spell, what will mask the magic residue of the spell? Naruto and Mystogan's magic are special, that's what I am sure." Mira countered.

"Then maybe he copied Naruto-nii's magic." Juvia said.

"There is a reason why he gave me his sword before even using his real magic. I'll let Naruto tell you the reason. But one thing I am sure, Zatana could detect Levantine's presence when he is inside a kilometer radius even if he masked his magic, I'll still detect it but as of now, I detect not even a single bit of presence from him." Mira said seriously.

"Then that means..."

"Yes, that Levantine was never here and I am sure Naruto knew of it too. He knows Levantine does not just think through instinct anymore but also like human. As of now, Levantine isn't strong enough to beat a class S mage. His instincts and human intellect will immediately tell him to stay away from town with strong magic presence."

"The flight instinct." Levy whispered.

"Yes, so do you realize now why I am pissed off? Naruto ditched us because he saw something when he scouted and he didn't want us to be involved. I hate it when I am being protected as if I am a damsel in distress." Mira said with gritted teeth as she looked on the floor. She heard them getting up from their bed. She looked at them and she smirked.

'Yes, revenge shall be mine...' Mira thought as she giggled wickedly while rubbing her palms together inside her mind. Zatana could only looked at her alter ego as she shook her head.

"And they say I was the devil." Zatana mumbled as she pitied Naruto a little though she knew he deserved it.

"I'll take a dip on the hot springs now. I need to be at my best, when I made him explain." Levy said calmly but you could see a hanya behind her.

"Juvia will take a dip too. She feels that it would be a long story." Juvia said with a grinning dragon behind her.

"Ah yes, a long explanation indeed." Mira said as all three chuckled darkly.

"Nope, I am actually the angel here." Zatana said with a sweatdrop as she watched the three laughed.

A little away from town, Naruto suddenly felt shivers go down his spine.

"Why does my gut tells me that I should just turn around and run away? Nah... Levantine surely isn't on this town so, no danger here. The only problem is if they find out that I lied but I doubt that and those are three cute girls. What harm could they do to me?" Naruto said as he walked towards town ignoring his dreading gut feeling.

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On a place where the spirits reside, three men watched Naruto.

"The fool! I already taught him not to underestimate anyone especially those who looked harmless." Valandil said.

"Well it looks like Naruto is still as idiot as ever when it comes to girls. When he was on the elemental nations he has been constantly slugged by amazons but he always brushed it off as love taps. I don't think he'll ever learn." Kakashi said while reading the new release of icha icha afterlife.

They both heard someone giggling perversely and saw that it was Jiraiya.

"What are you saying? Being killed by three beautiful women is the best way of death." Jiraiya proclaimed.

The two just looked at him with a raised eyebrow.

"Fools! Atleast you would die happily. Imagine dying through suffocation with the use of their, ahem assets or dying from too much exhaustion because of rigorous activities." Jiraiya said as he filled his two companions' mind with not so decent thoughts. The three of them started to have perverted imaginations until they heard cracking of knuckles behind them. They looked back and saw Tsunade together with Sakura and a female raven haired elf. Sakura and Tsunade where the ones cracking their knuckles while the female elf just stood there with a 'you three are idiots look'. Jiraiya made a perverted giggle and then held out his arms in a welcoming embracing while saying.

"Come here! Papa's waiting!" Jiraiya shouted while Valandil and Kakashi just raised an eyebrow and shook their heads. They may be perverts and would gladly risked being beaten because of it but they were by no means suicidal even if they were practically dead. Valandil watched as Tsunade and Sakura launched his two companions into orbit and then proceeded to beat them out when they landed, Jiraiya for being perverted and Kakashi for calling them amazons.

He stiffened when the female elf walked towards him with an unreadable face. He released a sigh of relief though as she just stood next to him and watched Naruto too.

"Naruto-chan has all grown up. It's good thing that he isn't carrying that sword anymore." She spoke with concern but with a smile.

"Yeah, I guess our children have all grown up." Valandil said as he snaked his left arm to her waist and pulled her closer but he saw her faraway look.

"Are you worried about her?" He asked to which he got a subtle nod.

"I worry about her extreme decisions." was her reply.

"Don't worry, her Naru-chan will surely protect her." Silence reigned between them until Valandil suddenly doubled over as he was punched abruptly on the gut. He looked at the female elf as she retracted her fist from his gut.

"Next time I find out that you are having perverted thoughts about other girls, you'll consider that punch as nothing but a love tap. Got it?" She said with a very sweet voice.

"Yes, Ma'am..." Valandil said as he collapsed on the floor and lay there while clutching his gut while the female elf gave one last look at Naruto.

"Be careful Naruto-kun." She said as she left her perverted partner.

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Naruto reached the town entrance and as he stepped inside he somehow got an image of Valandil laying on the floor stomach first with one hand clutching his gut and the other hand signaling for him to run.

"No you fool run! Run away and never look back!" was what he thought he was saying or something like that.

He shook his head.

"I must be getting crazy... Nah, it's probably from stress, exhaustion and that horrible smell." He dismissed as he walked around town to try and find them until he heard two teen aged ladies gossiping.

"Wasn't that Mirajane of Fairy tail that beat those two Lamia Scale mages? I hope it isn't a declaration of a guild war." a lady said to her companion with concern.

"I heard they deserved it because they tried to do perverted things to her. They said that even the Master of Lamia Scale approved of the beating. So, I think there won't be a guild war since they clearly deserved it." her companion answered.

Once Naruto heard what they were talking about he immediately approached them.

"Good afternoon, I'm a mage from Fairy tail. I heard talking about one of us beating other mages, may I know if my companions are still in town?" he asked politely.

"But are you really from Fairy tail mr..." they asked with small blushes at the site of the polite hot blonde.

"Oh, I'm sorry... I'm Naruto Namikaze. I was on a mission with Mira and two other members but we had to separate for a while and I've been looking for them. By any chance could you direct me where they are?" he answered as he showed them his red Fairy tail mark in his left chest.

"We see... Sorry for doubting you, there have been many posers and Fairy tail has some enemies. We just didn't like to stain our town's name by telling the whereabouts of foreign mages that visit our town." she answered with a blush at the site of his well toned chest.

"That is of no problem, ma'am. I appreciate your concern for the foreign mages. Thank you." Naruto answered oblivious of his effects on the two as he fixed his dress.

"Well, your group is staying at the hot springs hotel in the middle of the town." They said trying to suppress their blush.

"Oh thank you very much." He said as he bowed in thanks then he gave them a smile and waived as he run towards the hotel.

When he was out of hearing range, the two ladies fan themselves using their hands.

"Oh my… Did you see how hot he was? Those well toned chest, that sun-kissed hair and those mesmerizing cerulean eyes that looks like he could peek into your soul?" one of them said with dreamy eyes. Her companion could only nod as she was also in a similar state.

Somewhere in town Levy felt like she needed to dispose of some ladies and punish a certain blonde but she shook it off as there was a matter at hand.

Naruto reached the hotel and proceeded inside. He stopped in front of the desk lady.

"Hi, may I inquire if three female headed by Mirajane of Fairy tail has checked in this hotel?" He asked.

"Are you Mr. Naruto Namikaze?" She asked.

"Yes ma'am that would be me." He answered as he showed again his Fairy tail mark to prove that he was no poser.

She took her eyes off him and said as she handed him his keys.

"They are staying in room 410. You may proceed there; it's in the fourth floor."

"Thanks." He said as he left.

As Naruto approaches the door with the number 410, he could feel dread in his gut and shivers in his spine. It doesn't help that Valandil's voice was still tingling in his mind.

'Maybe I shouldn't go inside afterall…' He thought as he started to turn his back on the door.

"Naruto-nii the door is open, it's safe to come in." He heard Juvia's voice behind the door.

'Damn dragon's nose, why do I feel that 'safe' was a warning? Well no running for me now… Lest, I want to know what happens when you piss them off.' He thought as he placed his hand on the door knob and opened the door. Inside he saw a site he knew would cause him trouble, by a lot.

Inside the room, Juvia, Levy and Mira were sitting a bed each one of them. In the middle of the four beds was a lone chair, his execution chair he presumed.

'Damn, they caught me and it looks like they aren't happy.' He thought as he looked at their overly sweet smiling faces. The feeling of dread has already been off the charts and he knew that there will be no running anymore.

"Hello Naruto, how was your scouting?" Mira asked in a dangerously innocent voice.

"It gone out well, how about in your end?" Naruto stated calmly but nervous inside.

"Well that is good, Naruto-kun. It's all good to our end; we didn't even have to lift a finger. It seems that you made an incorrect decision to send us here because Mira said that she couldn't sense him here. You didn't make a mistake on purpose, right Naruto-kun?" Levy said in a very sweet voice.

"Of course not, I guess I made a wrong assumption. I knew I should have thought it over more." Naruto said sheepishly as he scratched the back of his head.

"Whatever you did on the camp probably tired you out. I could smell sweat in you, Naruto-nii." Juvia stated as she forcefully took off Naruto's haori and sash.

"Oh how terrible of me for not taking into account that you might be tired. Why don't you sit in this chair, Naruto-kun?" Levy apologized.

"Um no, I'm not that tired and…" Naruto was cut off as he heard Levy with an overly sweet voice.

"Naruto-kun, seat."

"Yes Ma'am." Naruto said as he gulped and proceeded to seat on the chair. When he was seated, Levy took off his gloves and the wrappings on his hands making the sleeves loose. She folded it, so the hands were not covered by the sleeves.

"You're shoulder must be aching from the mission, Naruto-nii. Let Juvia massage you a little bit." Juvia said as she positioned herself behind the chair and rested her hands on his shoulders.

"Thank you but that is not needed… Gahh!" Naruto shouted in pain as Juvia tightened her grip on his shoulder.

"It seems you're shoulders are a little stiff. Juvia will have to 'soften' it and while she does, why don't you tell us a story?" Mira said as she cracked her knuckles.

"What story? I'm afraid I don't follow." Naruto feigned innocence.

"Why, your story of course." Mira answered.

"Story about what?" He asked.

"Anything, how you got your hands on Levantine and what are you hiding regarding him." Mira answered sternly.

"I'm sorry... There are things that I can't tell you." was his low reply.

"Why the hell not?" Juvia exclaimed as she gripped his shoulder to everyone's surprise.

"If I do..." Naruto couldn't find words to finish his reasons.

"Why? Because we will be dragged into your mess? Aren't we already in this mess? Naruto-kun, I already lost two friends because of this... I don't think I could take if I lose another one... especially you." Levy said as she stood in front of him with her eyes focused on his eyes. Naruto stayed silent. He knew that once he opened his mouth, he would tell them everything.

'Everything... from how I wasn't from this timeline or how I am linked to a biju... how I once lived as a ninja who killed in wars and missions... how I was once a mercenary mage who killed people and monster in cold blood... how I would sometimes lose control of Levantine and how I loved the power I feel when he takes control... and how I killed my Master because of power... Will they still looked at me in the same manner like now?... What if they looked at me like how people of Konoha once looked at me?... A weapon... A monster incarnate... I don't want to see those looks directed to me again... I don't want to be shunned again especially the people who are special to me... I don't want to see fear and disgust in their eyes when they look at me...' was his fearful thought as he averted his eyes to the floor so they won't see the fear in his eyes.

"Naruto-kun?..." Levy asked worried at his silence.

"I'm sorry... my story is something I can't tell..." he answered lowly.

"You're horrible, Naruto-nii... You said that you and Juvia are siblings... You said that Fairy tail is now like our family... Family does not keep things to each other..." Juvia said as she walked away from him and towards the door.

"Juvia..." Mira said.

"Let's stop this Mira-san. He won't spill anything even if we torture him. That's just how he is. Juvia is tired of your antics, Naruto-nii. She is tired of always trying to decipher and know more about you. Juvia is so tired of trying to establish a mutual trust like siblings with you when all you always do is just leave her outside of your box. You think you're protecting everyone by doing that? You're just hurting us..." Juvia said as she walked out and slammed the door close.

Mira walked towards the slammed door and said.

"I know there are secrets that people can't tell even to their friends or family. But you, we don't know anything about you... we never did because you never talked even a single bit about you. Everything we knew about you is nothing but speculations that we formulated from our observations. Just one question and I hope you could atleast answer this, when you sent us away, was it really because you wanted to make sure that the next town was okay or was it because you didn't think that we could handle what we would see in that camp?" Mira asked.

Naruto didn't answer but his silence was more than enough to answer her question.

"You know what? For someone who kept calling Natsu an idiot, you're much more of a freaking idiot than he is. Natsu maybe brash and loud but he never kept a secret from his friends and atleast he never even once doubted anyone of us." She said but before she could walk out, she heard Naruto spoke lowly.

"I never doubted anyone of you... I know that everyone was capable of completing a mission without fail... There is just something Levantine left on that camp that was connected to my past..."

"You idiot, whether you doubt our skills as a mage or doubt that we would turn against you when we knew your past... It's all the same, you didn't trust us." Mira said as she walked out.

Levy looked at Naruto with a mixture of hurt and sadness.

"She is right..." She said as she took his hand and enclosed it in hers.

"Why do you doubt us? You know, you could tell us everything... we wouldn't turn our backs on you. It does not matter to us what you were in the past... what's important to us is who you are now and what you want in the future... If you are uncomfortable telling us about it, then why don't we trade stories about ourselves. That way, it's not like a one way street. Family, friendship and love cannot be established without trust... I'm afraid, I'm afraid that with how you are acting that I might lose you too... I don't think I could handle anymore if I lose you too..." She said as she placed his palm on the side of her face and felt the warmth of his touch.

Naruto felt droplets of water on his palm. He looked at Levy's face and he saw that tears were streaming in her closed eyes as she pressed his palm on her cheek. He couldn't take it seeing her like that, she had been crying a lot and most of it was connected to him.

'Mira's right... I'm such an idiot... All I do is fear that everything would be messed up. When did I become like this, a coward who kept on running away from his past? I never realized that the people precious to me is being hurt because of my distrust...' He thought.

Levy felt Naruto's palm left her face and for a moment she feared that he would leave but not a second later she felt herself get enveloped into a tight embrace, it was like Naruto also feared that she would just vanish. She felt overwhelming joy as she cried and hugged back but this time her tears were of joy as she felt how she was so important to him.

"I'm sorry... I was stupid. Forgive me for being an idiot and hurting you and everyone. I was just afraid to lose everything again..." Naruto said as she looked up and stared at his eyes that could rival the sky in beauty, raining skies without clouds because right now tears were also dropping on her face from those same skies.

"We wouldn't do that... I won't..." Levy assured him.

"All my life, all I did was to prove myself to everyone... all my life, all I wanted was to be accepted... but whenever I achieved it, I somehow messed up and lose everything I have work hard for..." was his trembling reply.

"I'm not going to go anywhere..." she answered with conviction.

They stayed silent for a few minutes relishing each other's warmth until Naruto broke the embrace. Levy looked at him curiously but inwardly missing his warmth.

"I have to talk to them... I have to apologize and explain myself. I promise when we got back to the guild, I'll tell everything." He told her.

"Are you sure you are ready now? I don't want you to do something out of duty." she asked him seriously.

"I've realized now, that all I did was to run away from the ghost of my past. If my friends in the past see me like this, they'd be utterly disappointed and call me a coward. It's time for me to stop running and start moving forward. And the very first step is to be honest to the people who are important to me." Naruto answered with complete honesty.

Levy smiled and hugged him.

"I'm sure you can. I'll help you and I'm sure they will not look at you differently. But, I think I'll be the one to talk to Mira. She isn't in the best mood to talk to you right now. Go talk to Juvia, I'm sure she will be more merciful to you. Mira is might be very violent towards you right now." she said.

"That's okay, I deserve her punishment..." he was cut off as he felt Levy punched his side.

"You idiot, the last thing I want is seeing you get hurt." she said.

"You do know that you just hurt me, right?" He asked while nursing his left rib.

"I'm the only one allowed to hurt you, silly." she said as she pinched his cheek. He took hold of her pinching hand and said.

"Alright but if she becomes violent, run away okay?" He teased.

"Are you saying that I don't stand a chance against her?" Levy said with a pout.

"You know you shouldn't pout like that." He said as she was surprised when he kissed her lips for a few seconds.

"Because I wouldn't be able to resist kissing you." He finished.

"Then maybe I should pout more... if the perks are that great." she teased with a pout.

"Then I might feel the need to oblige." He answered as he kissed her again.

When the kiss broke Levy only got a little air when Naruto kissed her again. After a while, Levy was gasping for air as they broke another kiss.

"Jeez, when will you stop kissing me you big meanie." she whined playfully.

"Until that cute pout is erased from your face." He said with a foxy grin. She smiled and said.

"I'm smiling now, okay? Now go and find your little sister, she's probably soaked in the rain." She said as she pushed him towards the door. Naruto only noticed the rain when Levy told him. She grabbed the umbrella Juvia left and handed it to Naruto.

"Now go apologize and fetch your sister. Mira is probably on the hotsprings blowing some steam, so I don't need the umbrella."

"Can't I stay, for a little more?" Naruto asked with a childish plead.

Levy walked towards the door, opened it and stepped out of the door then turned towards him.

"Go you overgrown child." She commanded as she gestured for him to get going.

Naruto feigned sulking as he goes out but before he turned to the hall, Levy gave a quick peck on his lips.

"I'll see you tonight, okay?" She said.

"Of course!" Naruto said with a childlike grin which made her blush. He run to find Juvia and when he was out of sight Levy sighed.

"Mou... Naruto was already hot when he was Mr. Mysterious. Now his fangirls will dramatically increase in number when they saw the cute childlike Naruto but who could have thought that he has that side of him. Hmph, let's see them try and take him from me." She said as she crossed her arms and a hanya aura appeared behind her.

Naruto walked out of the hotel and opened Juvia's umbrella. He closed his eyes and soon it felt like everything around him ceased to exist. Even the sound of the rain has stopped and all he would see is darkness. He found himself in the middle of the darkness. Bit by bit the darkness was lit by flames ranging from as small as a candle light to as big as a bonfire. Each flame had different attributes in them, some are very hot, some are freezing cold, and there are those that are different in color or have a peculiar shape. These were the representation of the magic around him. Each representation was different for each magic of each person, they were like each person's identification. He easily picked up Levy and Mira's nearby. He also picked up a familiar magic approaching him but he paid it no mind.

"It looks like Jura Nekis is not in town. Probably sent by Lamia's master in the joint guild mission. That's good, with Jura with them they have a big chance to take down that guild. Now, where is Juvia?" Naruto said as he searched for Juvia's magic representation. He found it almost on the edge of the town.

"I should have known she would be on the highest place where she could see everything in town. Now to address the unexpected visitor." Naruto said as he closed his eyes again and then he started to hear the noises around him again.

"Naruto... Oi Naruto, are you alright?" Naruto heard as he opened his eyes and finds himself standing on the same spot before he closed his eyes for the first time. He looked at the person in front of him looking at him curiously.

"Oh good, for a moment I thought you fell asleep in the middle of the street since you weren't moving with your eyes closed for a few minutes." The passerby taunted.

"Strolling around town near Magnolia? Guess you missed home quickly. How have you been, Luxus?" Naruto retorted.

"Not really, I just got here to claim the bounty for monster I exterminated. And I'm doing fine, living as a mercenary is harder but I'll get by. What about you? Got a mission? If you're finished with it, let's have a drink." Luxus answered with a smirk.

"Well aren't you very social now? Anyway, I'm still in the middle of a mission but we can talk later. I just have to find someone. If you're not in a hurry, I have something important to tell you." Naruto said seriously.

"Well a mercenary got loads of time and I don't have to act all too proper now or like a role model. I mean I don't need to report to a guild or perform any guild duties. Guess excommunication has its perks. I've also learned quite a few things since our fight." Luxus shrugged.

"Great, here is the key to room 410 of the hotsprings hotel. Just wait for me there and we'll talk later." Naruto said as he gave him his keys.

"Okay, guess I'll just sleep there will you arrive. They said that the food and lounging there is great." Luxus said as he transformed into lightning and zipped towards the open hotel window.

"Should have known that he wouldn't use the door. Hmm, I'm sure I forgot to tell him something, I wonder what it is. Oh well, I'm sure it's not that important." Naruto shrugged as he walked quickly towards Juvia.

When Luxus arrived at the room, he was confused.

"Four beds? Ah probably the single rooms are all unavailable. Well this is good atleast I can free load for a night." Luxus said as he picked a bed and then stripped down to his boxers and dropped down to the bed.

"Ah yes, the beds here are first class... Wonder why the sheets smell like Mira... Ah well, it makes it a lot better." Luxus grinned as he hugged a pillow and fell asleep. He never noticed the bag beside the bed that has a picture of three white haired siblings inside.

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Juvia was sitting on top of the town's highest building, the bell tower. She was drenched in the rain as she just let it pour on town. She didn't care if she was soaked; she wanted the rain to wash away her tears. Suddenly, the rain stopped or that was what she thought. She looked above only to see her umbrella instead of the cloudy sky.

"You know this rain is kinda gloomy. I'm sure Gray wouldn't like this kind of feeling." Naruto said as he held the umbrella up to cover both of them.

"What do you want? Juvia doesn't want to talk to you and Juvia likes the rain, it doesn't concern you if she wants to get soaked in it." She answered. She felt the umbrella's cover disappear as Naruto closed it. Now, both of them are being soaked in the rain.

"What are you doing?" was all she could ask.

"Well, what kind of brother am I if I let my sister get soaked in the rain alone." He answered as he sat next to Juvia and looked at the town below but Juvia didn't say anything.

"You know this is kind of nostalgic. Remember, how we also did this before we separate ways after Phantom was disbanded?" Naruto asked but she never said anything nor gave him any eye contact.

"Come on Juvia, I'm sorry about what happened. I promise that from now on I won't keep secrets to you. I promise I'll tell you the things I am hiding when we get back to the guild. So please, talk to me." Naruto pleaded as he faced Juvia.

"Now, do you feel how Juvia felt when you didn't want to tell her what was wrong with you?" she asked lowly.

"Yes, so please talk to me."

"Secrets are alright, but do you promise to tell Juvia when something is wrong with you?"

"Yes, I'll never doubt you anymore." he said.

"Do you promise not only to treat Juvia to all you can eat but also everyone on the mission, tonight?" she asked while hiding her smile at the prospect of getting one up on Naruto.

"Yes, I will treat you and the others... wait what?" Naruto asked horrified as he just agreed to let Juvia and the others eat away his money.

"You already agreed or are you tricking Juvia again?" Juvia said with a grin.

"Of course not, I will treat all of you..." Naruto deflated while crying comically.

"Don't cry Naruto-nii, Juvia forgives you now." Juvia said and patted sulking Naruto's head.

Naruto continued to sulk mentally berating his idiot self for always falling to their tricks. He felt Juvia's head rest on his shoulder.

"Juvia never was angry at Naruto-nii... She was just hurt because you doubt her. That's why she wanted to teach you a lesson." she said.

"I've learned my lesson... So uhh, can we forget about the whole treat?" Naruto asked.

"Nuh uh, lesson is a lesson and promise is a promise. Oh just think of the foods Juvia could taste today. It's making Juvia's mouth water." Juvia said with a dreamy look.

"I pity you, Gray..." Naruto mumbled.

"You said something?"

"Uh… Could you stop the rain now?" Naruto said trying to cover what he said.

"Oh sorry…" Juvia said and the rain stopped immediately. They stayed silent until Naruto exclaimed.

"Ah shit, now I know what I forgot to tell him!"

Juvia gave him a look that says 'Do I want to know?'

"Come on, let's head back before Mira kills Luxus."

"Luxus?"

"Yeah, I met him along the way here and told him to wait at the hotel room. I gave him my keys." Naruto answered.

"Juvia guesses that you forgot to tell him that you have teammates sharing your room?" Juvia said to which Naruto just smiled sheepishly.

"You are hopeless sometimes…" Juvia said as she shook her head and stood up.

"Let's go before Mira commits a murder." Juvia said as she started to walk back towards the hotel while Naruto followed her.

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Mira has just got out of the hotspring together with Levy. Her anger has subsided when Levy talked to her but she's still a little miffed. In her haste and anger, she forgot that she wasn't wearing a shirt when she left the room. That is why right now, she was only wearing her tight bicycle shorts and tank top that hang above her navel. She gave dirty looks to the males who were ogling at her while Levy was walking far from her destruction range when she has gone ballistic. They reached their room and both sighed in relief, Mira for being able to escape the ogling eyes of the male population and Levy for witnessing no bloodshed.

As they opened their door though, Mira was instantly boiling in anger and Levy paled as she had just made a wrong conclusion. There sleeping in Mira's bed, was a male with a blonde almost orange hair. He was hugging the pillow that Mira had recently used when they were still waiting for Naruto and the worst of all, the intruder was wearing nothing but boxer shorts.

They couldn't identify who it was since his face was practically buried in the pillow but Levy feared that in a few minutes he might be buried six feet under, if the cracking of Mira's knuckles and crimson red face full of tick marks isn't enough clues.

'May your spirit rest in peace…' Levy prayed while sighing in relief that the man wasn't Naruto. The hair was already a dead giveaway that it wasn't him. Her Naruto-kun has bright sunshine hair.

Meanwhile, Luxus was having a nice dream. The scent of Mira on the pillow was so intoxicating that he couldn't help but had some naughty dreams and a drool started to go out of his mouth. But if that wasn't enough, Mira's scent was getting stronger as if she was just beside him. He heard cracking of knuckles and he groggily opened his eyes. He took the pillow of himself; clearly he was still half asleep.

Levy and Mira were somewhat shocked to see that it was Luxus. They didn't expect him to be in this town and why was he on their room but Levy gasped and Mira became as red as tomato when they heard what Luxus said who was clearly thinking that he was still asleep.

"Mira?... Wow, this is one great dream… Not only Mira is here but it is the feisty Mira and not just the barmaid… I must be in paradise."

Steam came out of Mira head both from total embarrassment, anger and happiness? Levy couldn't really fathom much what was going on Mira's mind right now but she surely didn't want to risk her life just to know. Afterall, she promised Naruto that she would stay out of trouble.

As Luxus lunged forward trying to envelop Mira on a tight hug, Mira clenched her fist to give Luxus a warm welcome, Demon Mirajane way.

"Get out of my bed and stay away from me you perverted monkey!" She exclaimed as her fist connected to Luxus lips.

But Luxus wasn't an S-class bordering saint class mage for no reason though, as soon as the fist connected to his face, he transformed into lightning and shot at the other side of the room away from the attacker. When he became human again, he was looking at the floor in shock as he held his mouth as blood dribbled on the side of it. He was able to minimize the damage but the initial impact of the punch was enough to cut his lip.

"What the hell? Attacking a man while asleep, what a cheap trick." He said as he raised his head to see his attacker only to see a tomato face Mira in front of him, cracking her knuckles. He saw Levy at the door trying to stay away as possible from Mira's wrath.

"Mira?" was all he could say in fear as he knew that the Demon Mirajane in front of him was real. He could probably defeat her if he wants to but he wouldn't do that, Mira was the only one in Fairy tail he feared to fight. Power and skills doesn't matter, she would win in an instant.

"You have a minute to tell me, why you are sleeping in my bed." Mira said dangerously but her tomato face made her look cute instead of dangerous, atleast on Luxus point of view.

"Na-Naru-Naruto…" Luxus cleared his throat in an attempt to stop his stutter. It was a little successful though as it calmed him down.

"Naruto said that I should wait for him in his room at the hotel…" He started to which both women raised an eyebrow.

"I swear, he said that we would talk about something and that I should wait for him in the room because he still needed to fetch someone." He crawled quickly towards his pants, which he thrown on the floor and retrieved the hotel key Naruto gave him

"See, this is the proof…" Then realization dawned on him.

"That idiot! He didn't tell me that he had a team with him! I swear if I knew you were with him, I would have been careful on choosing the bed and would have not slept in my boxers." He said defensively.

Levy internally giggled as she watched Luxus defend himself like a child in front of his mother.

'Who knew that Luxus could be such a child… but then again, Naruto-kun has this side of him too. Men are weird but I wouldn't mind seeing this side of them often.' She thought.

"I see… then I forgive you from catching you sleeping on our room with nothing but boxers." Mira said in which Luxus gave a sigh of relief but then he was surprised as a fist was brought down on his head. He laid on the floor faced first while clutching his throbbing head.

"Why?" was all he could asked.

"That is for sleeping in my bed with nothing but boxers and hugging my pillow with your naked body and drooling on it while having perverted dreams. You are lucky that I am quite tired of today. Now get dressed, we will call the service crew to change my bed sheets and pillows. We will wait for Naruto and Juvia to return." She said as Luxus hurried to comply, not wanting to further incur her wrath.

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Juvia and Naruto landed in the balcony of their room. They were drenched in rain so they thought that it would be better to not use the front door since they will catch to much attention, especially with their clothes clinging to the shape of their bodies. Meeting perverts male or female are the last people they wanted to deal with. The glass door was closed with the curtains obscuring what was inside. Naruto knocked on the door and soon they heard feet coming towards the door as they heard Levy said while opening the door. Clearly, she knew of whose silhouette was standing outside.

"Jeez Naruto-kun, you really like entering through the back door..." Her mumbling stopped when she saw Juvia and Naruto drenched in the rain.

"Why are you both soaked in the rain? I thought I told you to use the umbrella." She scolded in concern.

"Sorry, I kind of thought that bathing in the rain is cool so I joined Juvia." He excused lamely which earned him a glare from Levy.

"Go in and take a bath then dry yourselves, now." She scolded as both of them followed her like she was their mother.

"Levy-san is scary nii-san. Juvia pities you." Naruto heard Juvia whisper. He raised his eyebrow and said in an equal whispering voice.

"Weren't you the same?" which earned him a small smirk.

"Glad you know." she finished.

"What are you two whispering about?" Levy asked.

"Nothing mom" They teased.

"Hey you idiot you forgot to tell me that you have company in here." Luxus said while nursing his head.

"Let me guess, you were pummeled because you slept in one of their beds?" Naruto said.

"And from the looks of it, it's Mira-san's bed." Juvia said as she and Naruto looked at the tomato faced Mira.

"Bad choice or good choice?" Naruto asked Luxus.

"A damn great one." Luxus said with a grin and thumbs up. A fist came rushing to his face but before it connected, he vanished in a spark of lightning. Mira looked everywhere to see where Luxus was but she spotted him in front of Naruto. She huffed and crossed her arms.

"So what do you want to talk about?" Luxus asked seriously.

"Atleast let me take a bath first." Naruto deadpanned. Luxus merely shook his head and sat on a bed, this time he carefully chose Naruto's bed.

"Come on Juvia, let's take a bath now. It's been a long time since we took a bath together." Naruto said with a grin.

Juvia instantly got the message. He was teasing Levy for scolding them, so she got along.

"Ah yes, it's been a while. Juvia misses the things we do in the bath." Juvia answered with an equal smirk.

"Naruto..." Levy said dangerously then she suddenly calmed down and stuck out her tongue.

"It's going to take more than that to get a rise out of me. And you already told me that Juvia hasn't seen you naked." she said.

"Well damn, I forgot about that. Maybe we'll get a better reaction from Gray, what you think? He might get jealous and start to make a move on you." Naruto said with a smirk.

"Maybe... but next time Juvia will bring some rubber ducky just for kicks." Juvia answered with a small grin. They both took a fresh set of clothes. Naruto proceeded to go to the bathroom on the hallway while Juvia used the room's bathroom.

When Naruto came back after his bath, he saw a red faced Levy sitting on her bed, a smirking Mira sitting on Juvia's bed and Luxus laughing hysterically on the floor. He raised an eyebrow and said.

"Did I miss something?"

Instantly, Luxus was beside him with one of his arms slanged around his neck.

"Who would've thought? Of all people to become a couple it'd be Levy and you. This is hilarious like those stupid romance novels." Luxus said while laughing.

Juvia came back and saw Luxus laughing while Levy and Naruto are red faced. She instantly knew what information Luxus got.

"Come on, you gotta teach me how you did it so I could also use it." Luxus continued.

"Idiot..." Naruto answered.

"Ah come on buddy, help me on my problem. The fish I'm trying to catch is a hard and feisty one." Luxus grinned.

"Come on, let's all get something to eat." Naruto said as he ushered everyone to follow him.

"Your treat?" Luxus asked.

"Yes, Naruto-nii promised Juvia to treat everyone for dinner as an apology for his earlier actions." Juvia answered.

"Oi, Luxus is not included." Naruto protested.

"Naruto-nii… you said everyone, everyone means Luxus-san included since you already knew he was here in the first place." Juvia answered to which everyone nod in agreement especially Luxus who was nodding like crazy.

"Fine…" Naruto said as they walked out of the room and proceeded to the restaurant just below the hotel.

"A private table for five please." Naruto told the man behind the desk. The man chimed his bell and a waiter came.

"Bring them to the north private alcove." He told the waiter. The waiter led them to a room by the north of the dining hall and opened the door. Inside was a round table with five chairs surrounding it, they each took a chair then the waiter gave them each a menu.

"Please chime the bell when you have decided upon your orders." The waiter said as he bowed and left them. As the waiter closed the door, Luxus spoke.

"So, is the treat no holds barred?"

"Yeah…" Naruto answered regretfully.

Everyone started to order high classed foods.

"Is this okay, Naruto-kun?" Levy whispered with concern.

Naruto smiled and nodded.

"Yeah, I've had worse expenses than this. So, don't hold back." Naruto answered.

"If you say so…"

"Though, you might want to watch your weight… I think you wouldn't want to have a competition with Master Bob on the weight competition… by the way, Juvia is already heading there." Naruto teased but he suddenly shuddered as he felt a chill gone through his spine. He looked back and saw a sweet smiling Juvia.

"Are you talking about Juvia?" Juvia asked.

"Umm no… Just order your foods now." Naruto lied to which Levy giggled.

Moments later, the foods were served and they started eating, Luxus looked at Naruto and said.

"Want to tell me now?"

Everyone stopped eating and looked at Naruto.

"Luxus, something bad happened on the guild." Naruto answered.

"How bad?" Luxus asked.

"Two guildmates died." Mira answered sadly.

"Who?" Luxus asked with concern.

"Jet and Droy…" Levy answered.

"Now I get why they aren't hanging out with Levy anymore… Who killed them?" He asked angrily as he started to emit sparks.

"Calm down, we don't want any scene in here." Mira scolded to which Luxus surprisingly obeyed.

'If I had known that Luxus was this deep for Mira, I would have let her fight him instead.' Naruto thought with a sweatdrop.

"Levantine killed them." Naruto answered seriously.

"Your freakin' sword? How in hell did that happen?" Luxus asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Remember that I didn't have the sword when we fought?" Naruto asked to which Luxus nodded.

"I actually almost lost control fighting Fried before that. You see, Levantine is not the name of the sword but the name of the soul sealed inside it… a dragon's soul actually." Naruto explained.

"That still doesn't answer the question how they died, they were still perfectly alive when I left." Luxus replied.

"Levantine takes advantage of the user's negative thoughts. He feeds on it and gets stronger because of it. In return, he enhances the strength, speed and magic of the user in exchange for them succumbing more to their negative thoughts. If this wasn't stopped, he will also feed on the user's soul and completely take over the body for his own. The sword's scabbard was the only thing protecting the user from the sword. I had it but I almost succumb to Levantine, thankfully Mira-san's Satan soul has the magic to exorcise the darkness on a person's heart. I was saved but Levantine was able to get some knowledge from tapping into my soul. I had decided to stop relying on the sword so I left it on Mira's care before I fought you." Naruto said as he took a bite from his food.

Luxus didn't spoke and just gestured for Naruto to go on while he and the others also ate.

"I entrusted the sword to Master Makarov, I didn't want to use it anymore and I figured that it would be best if it would be kept or sealed somewhere. Master agreed and kept it on the guild's store room. As you know, the store room's security is top notch against non guild members…" Naruto left it hanging and took another bite as he let Luxus come to his own conclusion.

"Well shit, wouldn't have known that a guild member would betray the guild just for power. So who stole the sword?" Luxus answered but in the back of his head, he felt that he knew the answer.

"Jet and Droy." Levy answered sadly.

"Just as I thought… Lemme guess, they stole that sword to gain power because they were jealous of you and Naruto, right?" Luxus asked to which he got nods.

"They hated Naruto for what he did and they couldn't accept the truth that you fell for Naruto so they wanted the sword's power, thinking that it was the one that gave him power to be strong, correct?" Luxus continued as again he got nods.

"Idiots… they didn't take precaution and they ended up dead?" Luxus asked.

"Right… When they stole the sword, I and Master were away from Magnolia. Mira and Juvia knows more." Naruto answered as he ate.

"Zatana, suddenly felt that something was wrong so I investigated. I found out that the sword was taken and I hurried to find them. I met Juvia along the way and we stumbled upon Jet's dead body on the forest. Juvia found the scabbard lying a little away from Jet. They must've thrown it away when they unsheathed the sword." Mira spoke.

"So let me get this straight, they stole the sword, they threw away the protection and then Droy got possessed, since Jet was the one that got himself killed?" Luxus asked to which Naruto clapped his hands.

"Bravo, you got it right." Naruto teased.

"Don't insult my intelligence, Mr. gullible." Luxus shot back to which Naruto deflated and started eating while sulking. Levy patted his head saying it was alright.

"So, you are on the hunt now for Droy's body that is being used by Levantine who ate Droy's soul?" Luxus asked.

"Yes, we are. We need to seal or kill Levantine before he transfers to another body again. Each time he transfers to a body, he copies their magic and knowledge, he becomes stronger." Mira answered.

Luxus took another bite of his food then looked at the window while chewing as if in deep thought then he spoke.

"Employ my services then."

"What do you mean?" Mira asked but Naruto merely smiled at what Luxus meant.

"Luxus is not from Fairy tail anymore, he's a mercenary. He wants to help us but he would look down upon by other mercenaries if he helped us just because he was once from Fairy tail. So to cover that up, we must act as if we employed his services. We'll just have to send it to the local mercenary tavern that we have employed his services. Luxus, you have a copy of the blank official mission form?" Naruto explained.

"Yeah, always have a dozen with me." Luxus said.

"Great, I'll fill it up later. Welcome to the crazy party then." Naruto replied.

"Say Naruto, do you know anything more about Levantine? Like his history and all, you know Mira kind of told me that you ditched them off the last time. Any reason why?" Luxus asked.

This got everyone's attention as they wanted to know Naruto's reason for ditching them last time.

"What I saw on that camp wasn't connected to Levantine's past or anything. It was actually connected to mine." Naruto stated calmly.

"Yours? But wasn't that Levantine's doing as you said?" Mira asked.

"Yeah but what he did was…" Naruto tried to calm himself down as he remembered the scene while clenching his fist.

"He did something to either remind you of a painful past or disrespect something from your past that was very important to you." Luxus finished for him.

Naruto took a deep breath and nod.

"That was bandit camp… He killed and dismembered everyone on that camp. Nobody was in one piece, and then he piled them up on the center and arranged them so that they would portray the symbol of the village where I was born. My mind clouded when I saw it, I didn't want anyone to see it as it was a clear disgrace to my home village so I made a rash decision and sent you all to the nearby town. I'm sorry, I know it was wrong but at that time I didn't anyone of you to see it." Naruto said while looking nowhere but his food. He felt a hand on his shoulder and he looked to see it was Levy giving him a reassuring smile. He smiled back.

"Mira knows more about Levantine's history than I am." Naruto said which got everyone to look at Mira in confusion.

"How the hell does Mira know more than you?" Luxus asked.

"Not me but my alter ego, Zatana." Mira answered.

"Shall we talk about it after dinner then?" Juvia asked to which everyone nod.

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Naruto and the others are now standing in a clearing a little away from town.

"Alright Mira, you can use take over now." Naruto said as Mira used take over. A blast of magical energy surrounded the area as Zatana emerged.

"It's been a long time since I last saw Demon Mira. Almost forgot how incredibly sexy she is." Luxus said with a whistle.

Zatana shot him an unreadable look.

"What? Just telling the truth you know." Luxus said.

"Why thank you then... but I'm sure the other Mira would love it better if you complimented her and not me." Zatana replied with a devilish smirk.

"You can count on me, ma'am!" Luxus said with a salute.

"Okay cut with the lovey dovey and let's get started." Naruto teased.

"Really Naruto-nii, do you have the right to say that?" Juvia said as she pointed at Naruto's arm around Levy's waist.

"Are you jealous? Come on, nii-san's other arm is free." Naruto teased back.

"Do you really want to live a poor life?" Juvia asked.

"Alright, enough chit-chat. I'll start with the story, take a seat, it's going to take a while." Zatana said as she sat on a rock.

Naruto took off his haori and placed it on the ground gesturing for Levy and Juvia to sit on it. They nodded in thanks as Naruto and Luxus proceeded to the tree beside Zatana's rock and then they perched themselves on the branches.

"It all started years before Earthland history. There was a remote place in this world where no humans live. It was a place where creatures known to humans as myths live. It was called Makai."

"Why does humans call them myths if they are real?" Luxus asked.

"That is because humans and inhabitants of Makai almost never see each other." Zatana answered. She closed her eyes and sighed.

"I guess it would be better if I start the story from the very beginning, when we were still living with humans. During that time, there were no mages. Humans were different, they were violent and warmongers. They were always at war and had always been killing each other; they asked us to teach them our magic so they could get the upperhand over the others. Our ancestors didn't want our magic to be used as a tool for war, so we shut ourselves away from them but the humans were forceful and tried hunting us down." Zatana paused and then continued.

"It was against our belief to use our magic against those who can't defend themselves against it. The humans used it to their advantage, they were able to capture some of us and they tried to force them to teach them but our brethrens didn't help them. They were killed." Zatana took a deep breath trying to cast away the bad thoughts from the past.

"My father, our king at that time, together with the dragons, elves, phoenix and fairies said that enough was enough and declared a war against humans. We were easily winning due to our magic. But some of our brethrens had become radical and wanted to exterminate the whole human race. The leaders of each clan couldn't stop them. All we wanted was to show the humans the horrors of war but time came, when it was us fighting among ourselves. On one side, those who just want harmony between all races while the other wanted the human race eradicated. The side that wanted harmony was winning and the leader of the opposition Levantine, made a last ditch of effort and released a beast that our ancestors have sealed, the Juubi" Zatana was cut off as she felt a flicker of Naruto's magic.

"Something had interested you, Naruto?" Zatana said as she felt Naruto trying to stabilize his magic.

"Just triggered a memory from my past... I'll tell you after the mission." Naruto answered.

"But he didn't take account why that beast was sealed. He was rabid and he emits nothing but pure evil and malice. His power was different from us, and he was so powerful that he has a version of almost all of our magic. The instant that he was released, his malicious power had bathed Levantine. Levantine instantly fell into a fitful sleep, trapped inside the Juubi's power. The beast went on a rampage and was about to start a catastrophe around the world."

"Why didn't you just seal it again like the last time?" Luxus asked.

"That is because when it was first sealed, it was nothing but an infant. But years have passed and he grew up and his powers have become enormous."

"Why wasn't it killed when it was an infant?" Juvia asked.

"They would have if they could. But it was almost un-killable." Naruto answered for her.

"Something tells me that you know more but you won't tell us now." Levy said to Naruto suspiciously.

"Yes Levy-chan." Naruto answered with a grin.

"Naruto is right; the Juubi had enormous power that it was almost un-killable. The only way to kill it was to dissipate all of his power which was protecting him all the time. Unfortunately, it was almost limitless. Many of us have been killed trying to fight it. A human came to us and said that he wanted to help. He was one of the bravest human warrior priests we have fought on the war. The battle against the Juubi lasted for a day until our backs have been pushed to the wall." Zatana paused and looked at the night sky especially the moon.

"My father together with the other members decided to use the most forbidden magic known to us... The soul extraction... But it required a lot of magic to use especially if the one you will use it to was one of enormous power. The other problem was that when the soul was extracted, it would be of pure spirit and power. We needed to seal it on a pure vessel. We couldn't seal it on an object since no object could hold that much power. We couldn't seal it on us since his power would react to our magic and might influence us. The last thing we need was the incarnate of the Juubi. No, the vessel we needed had to be resilient to keep the spirit at bay but it has to be something that possesses pure and untapped magic so the spirit has nothing to attach itself too."

"I don't understand, what's the difference of untapped magic to yours?" Luxus asked.

"Look at it this way, a creature when born has magic stored in his body. It's like having a balloon of colored water inside a tank of colorless water. As long as the balloon keeps the colored fluid, the pure water won't be tainted but when the balloon got pinched and a hole was made even a little, the colored fluid will taint the pure water and there will be no way to take it off without drastic measures." Naruto explained for Zatana.

"Don't tell us that..." Levy was cut off by Zatana.

"Yes, he actually volunteered himself to be the container. He was the perfect vessel. His spirit was pure and his magic was untapped so the Juubi's spirit couldn't attach itself to it and his life force and mental resilience will keep the Juubi from getting out. The last problem was where to seal the Juubi's body. Because while the spirit possesses the core power, the body will still have a large amount of power residue left in it. We must hide it so no one could harness the Juubi's power, somewhere where no one could reach it."

"The moon right?" Naruto stated.

"Actually, there was no such thing as moon at that time." Zatana corrected.

"So you guys made the moon?" Luxus asked.

"Yes both of them." Zatana said.

"Both?" Levy asked.

"You'll know later. To continue, we have decided to make a prison and send it on the sky so no one would reach nor suspect it. The next day, the plan was put to action but as we were about to perform the magic, my father together with the older members of our clan trapped the younger members inside a barrier. We protested but my father said that the spell will use up too much magic. He said that it will probably kill the casters. He said that they couldn't afford to lose the next generation. He entrusted the rule to me. We could only watch as they fought and sealed the soul of the Juubi. With their last strength left, the elder elves used their magic and trapped the body of the Juubi inside a sphere of sand and rock. Then they send it high up in the sky. They placed a seal in it that makes it immune to gravity while the seal uses the Juubi's power residue in its body as source of power. With all the fighting ended, we rushed to our fallen elders. My father's last words were:"

Zatana, take all of our remaining brethrens and head towards an island east beyond the sea from here. We have scouted it and were suppose to reside there if the war hadn't started. It would be better if humans and our kind do not interact with each other as it only makes conflict. Lead our clan and live peacefully. And you, human warrior, I thank you for all the things you have did for us. If you wish you could live with our kind. As I could see, your eyes had changed; it must be the side effects of the Juubi's sealing in you. Zatana give him a copy of our scroll of seals and magic. With the Juubi's power inside him he maybe able to harness and use it. It is the sign of our thanks to you, brave warrior. Please use it for the good but I beg of you, if you decide to go back to your brethrens, please keep the scrolls away from evil and please never mention that our race have survive the fight. It is better that the humans believe that we all had perished. Tell them that you had defeated the Juubi and us using your skills and power. If you are able to harness the power of the Juubi, they would surely believe. Teach your brethrens the importance of peace and harmony.

"My father died after that. As instructed, I gave him a copy of our scrolls but he decided to stay with his kind stating that he now need to help them to recover from the war and teach them of peace and harmony. That was the last time we saw him, I believe he was called by his brethrens as the sage of six paths. We proceeded to the island and casted a magic around the island so that the island is like on another dimension. When a human comes in contact with the barrier and continued on their path, they would end up on the other side of the world without seeing a single land."

"That's one powerful magic." Levy said.

"Yes... But we didn't take into account that since the Juubi's prison was in the sky, which humans called the moon, it was continually showering the humans with its power residue. The residue had little effect on the children and adult humans but it has an effect on the infants and unborn children. Since infants and unborn children have naturally lower resistance than the others, their bodies were trying to cope up by mutating itself. The mutation had a side effect, since the power of the Juubi was quite poisonous to humans and they have no means to flush it from their bodies, the mutation produced humans with a storage and network inside their bodies. As they grow up, their bodies learn to cope up with the power stored in this network and they were able to harness it. The humans thought that they had discovered the power within their self and called it chakra. Using this as an advantage, the sage started to influence them by teaching them how to harness this power but all the while he was also teaching them the virtue of peace and harmony."

"A very risky move from him." Juvia commented.

"Yes indeed but he believed that it might be the only way. What they didn't know was that chakra was not innate within them and that it was being recharged by the residue from the moon. The mutation continued until the chakra network was already attached to their body's organs and muscles. Their bodies were so attached to chakra that if the chakra supply was taken out, they will surely die."

'So that was the history of chakra huh?' Naruto thought.

"The sage of six paths had grown old though his physical features didn't look a day after the sealing. He had outlived humans for centuries but a human body can only live so much even with the power of the Juubi supporting it. Towards the twilight years of his life, he had a family. He had two sons, one of them inherited an eye that was almost similar to his while the other had the chakra that could seal or bind anything. He gave them the scrolls we entrusted to him and said that they should learn it in case a catastrophe happened. He left them, saying that he has to face his burden alone but in actuality, he came to our island. His sons established their own clans and alliances. They taught what was on the scroll with their fellow humans. Thus, chakra powered magic was born and they called it ninjutsu. Ages passed by and the sage was on the brink of death. We couldn't find another suitable host for the Juubi as the humans weren't the same as before and they became worse, even the two clan that were established by the sage's sons, have been fighting for dominance."

"Living in a war huh? Probably very exciting." Luxus said sarcastically.

"The sage said that throughout his life, he was able to find a way to seal the Juubi without using a human. He said that first we must divide the soul into several pieces to weaken it."

"Divide a soul?" Juvia asked.

"Well the Juubi's soul was special, it is made of pure chakra as what human call it but it has a mind of its own. It has a core in which the power was strongest then there were layers until reaching the outermost layer in which the power was weakest. He told us to find a person from one of his son's clan, the one that has the chakra to bind anything. We sent an elf disguised as a human to fetch the leader of that clan. The sage instructed him of what to tell the person if he ever find him. The elf set out and soon enough he had found a person who has the chakra to bind anything, even chakra itself. He approached the man and told him asked him if he was from the Senju clan that was a direct descendant of the sage. The man nodded and said that he was the leader, though he was young.

The catastrophe is almost here. The sage beseeches thee.

Those were the words that the sage told our messenger to say. It turned out that the sage have specifically placed a message scroll with the scrolls he gave his son that was the founder of the Senju clan. It said that if those words were uttered then the sage needed their help. The sage had always trusted his oldest son more than his youngest. His youngest son had always been arrogant but he couldn't just be unfair to both his children. The eldest son, passed the message to the next leader of his clan and the message was passed to the next generation. The man's name was Hashirama, he was the fifth generation leader of the Senju. He agreed genuinely to follow our messenger. The messenger brought him in our island in an instant and after some talks and planning, we proceeded."

'So the first hokage knew they existed all along but he never mentioned it to the other humans. He really was an honorable man.' Naruto thought.

"We begun the extraction, the first one we extracted was the outermost layer of chakra and the weakest. As I said, this chakra has a mind of its own and it seemed that each chakra layer contained one part of the Juubi's identity. The chakra we have extracted had transformed into a raccoon like creature and it was insane. It has almost no thought process but just insanity and it had one tail. Immediately, Hashirama bind and jailed it using his chakra that he calls wood release."

"Haha a freaking wacko." Luxus laughed.

"Like you were not." Naruto said.

"Ouch man, that's hitting below the belt. As if you didn't go wacko too." Luxus taunted.

"Stop it you two before I let Mira out and do it for you." Zatana scolded.

"Yes ma'am!" Luxus said with a salute.

"Seriously..." Naruto deadpanned while looking at Luxus but he didn't finish his words as he didn't want to be Mira's next punching bag. He was already on thin ice.

"The next one we have extracted reeks of death. It transformed into a cat with two tails. It was also jailed and bounded. The third one was quite easy as it was lazy. It was a turtle with three tails who was asleep. The fourth one was a mischievous monkey with four tails that like to mess with everyone. Honestly, he was tricking and teasing his comrades for being captured like him. The fifth one was a dog with five tails he was very protective of himself. He was struggling to get out even to the last second while the others just accepted their fate, except for the one tail that had no sanity at all. The sixth one surprised us. It was a slug with six tails and it didn't struggle. It said that it would rather be sealed than risked hurting others. We thought that maybe, the Juubi had a good side in him too. The seventh one was also quite surprising. It was silent and was in deep thought. It was a beetle with seven wings. It spoke and it said that he had observed what was happening and he deduced that the logical thing to do was not to struggle anymore since we would easily be able to overpower him using Hashirama's chakra."

Naruto chuckled at hearing those words. Everyone looked at him with a raised eyebrow.

"Just remembered something funny from the past." He answered.

"Care to tell us?" Zatana asked.

"Not a chance." Naruto grinned.

'The seven winged beetle is like Shino. Shino might actually be a beetle disguised as human afterall.' Naruto thought.

"The next one we extracted was strong and a battle loving eight tailed ox. It doesn't care what happens as long as he can have a good fight. We had difficulty subduing it but in the end, Hashirama was able to catch it. The last one though was the worst of them all. He was of pure malice. He was the core of the power and all he wanted was endless destruction. We struggled in keeping him in check. He was a nine tailed fox. In the end, we weren't able to subdue him and he was able to run away from our island. It was strong enough to cause tsunamis and earthquake by just swishing it tails. We were about to hunt it down but the sage stopped us.

Zatana, have you forgotten what we have promised your father? No humans should know that your race lives. I promised your elders that I would take care of the Juubi's matters and I don't intend to drag your race in now. I maybe on my deathbed but my descendant lives. Hashirama, I shall entrust to you the strongest and most dangerous jutsus and seals I have invented but I hope that you never have to use it as it might take your life in an instant. I will also entrust the fate of these eight creatures to you. Use them to save our brethrens. The fate of humankind is in the hand of humankind now. Last time, it was the race of Makai that saved us from the Juubi, which was released because of us humans too. Now, it is you the next generation who needs to save our race. It is time for our warmongering race to settle our old ghosts and stand beside each other. I am sorry that I had to entrust this to you…

Those were the last words of the sage as the life faded out of him. He was buried on our island and then we gave Hashirama the forbidden scroll that the sage wanted him to have. He promised us that he won't tell a soul about our race and that he would find a way for his race to live in peace and harmony. He also said that he would make sure that the nine tailed fox be defeated and sealed." Zatana looked at the night sky.

"For years, nobody heard about the nine tailed fox. It was like it just vanished. Hashirama tried to fix the ties with the Uchiha clan; it was the clan of the sage's younger descendant. They made a pact and build a village. With both of their strength combined, many clans joined their village in seek of refugee. The other clans who didn't want to be allied to them, also made an alliance and each alliance built their own village. They divided the land into countries and each country had a village. Each country was named after an element. Hashirama and his comrades called their village, Konoha. He felt that a system was needed to properly run the village so he established the shinobi system. The other villages followed suit. Hashirama wanted the world to be at peace, so he started talking with the other villages, to the dismay of the Uchiha's leader, Madara. Madara wanted all of the power to be at Konoha and wanted the other villages to bow unto them but Hashirama didn't hear any of it. He offered to the villages the tailed beasts in exchange of peace. They didn't need to be allies, as long as the aggression to each other stops. He felt that if each village was balanced in power, then there was no reason to be threatened or reason to attack another with a fifty-fifty chance of winning. He distributed every tailed beast he had, leaving Konoha with nothing. This infuriated Madara to no end. He thought that Hashirama just made them the weakest of all villages."

"Well, I can't say I could blame him. Giving everyone the power and leaving none for yourselves, which just made you vulnerable." Luxus said.

"Hashirama did that to show his good will but he was no fool. Even if they had those beasts, he could easily defeat them, seal them and take them back but Madara didn't share his vision. He planned a coup by demanding that a village could not be run by two leaders so they needed to vote for just one. He had thought that many also share his vision and with the Uchiha clan in his back, he would surely win. But to his surprise, no one sided with him, not even his clan. Hashirama became the first kage, the first hokage. The other villages followed suit and elected their own kages. Madara was so enraged that he planned to kill the first hokage. He ambushed him while he was alone roaming around the village but he failed and he was hunted down by the village's shinobis. Hashirama found him at the border between Konoha's country and a neighboring country. The border was separated by a waterfall and they fought. To Hashirama's surprise Madara summoned the nine tailed fox."

"How was he able to get a hold of that?" Levy asked.

"None of us know how but when it was summoned, it was disoriented. Hashirama used this chance and used his chakra to bind and jail it. He then attacked the surprised Madara and defeated him. For years, humans live in peace until war broke out. It seems Hashirama was wrong when he thought that humans won't take the chance of war. He was badly wounded in a battle but instead of seeking medical attention, he passed the rule to his younger brother and continued to fight. He plunged into an army of shinobis and was badly wounded. His comrades presumed he died but they never found his body until a month later."

"Why?" Juvia asked.

"It's because after he had beaten the army of shinobis and was at death's door, instead of coming back to his comrades, he journeyed back to our island. There he told us what has happened since he left with the tailed beasts."

"So your narration from when he left your island till he came back was actually told to you by Hashirama, huh?" Naruto asked.

"Yes… Hashirama expressed to us his sadness and regret for not being able to achieve what the sage wanted. He apologized to us about his decision to distribute the tailed beasts, as it was now being used by other humans as a tool for war. He died in our island but we didn't feel it right to bury him there. He needed to be with his people, so we sent his body back to the place where he fought Madara. The place was later called the Valley of the End. A fitting name if you ask me. It was where a friendship ended, it was where the journey to finding the Kyubi ended and it was where the humans believed that Hashirama's life ended."

"Yes, a fitting name indeed..." Naruto mumbled as he remembered the place where he and Sasuke fought.

"We never had any communications with humans after that. Ages have passed and everything was going normally until one day, the moon disintegrated and the debris fell back to the land together with the decaying body of the Juubi. Thankfully, it crashed on a place where no human reside so we could scout it but we knew we needed to be fast since humans will undoubtedly try to find out why the moon crashed. We found the Juubi's decaying body and found out that no chakra was present in it anymore. We were able to easily dispose of it using our magic. We were perplexed; the Juubi's body wouldn't die just like that. No, the body was still tied to its soul even if it wasn't in its body anymore. There was only one way for it to happen and that was if the soul had died."

"So all of the tailed beasts died? How the hell did that happen if they are made of pure chakra?" Luxus asked.

"That was a question that bugged us too. But the main concern was, because the Juubi was gone, the humans won't have their endless supply of chakra. And as I have stated earlier, without chakra in their system, they might die. We transformed and hurried to a nearby human town to see how they were doing. Everyone was doing okay but we thought that it was actually normal since they have a chakra reservoir inside their body but what would happen if it runs out. The civilians were not actually a problem since they don't use any chakra on their daily life. The real problem was the ninjas. They use chakra in their work and that might cause them their life. We roam around trying to find a ninja but we found none. We searched for Konoha, the place where Hashirama once led but when we came there we found it in shambles. It's as if it was abandoned for a long time."

"Did you find out what happened to the people in that village?" Naruto asked worriedly.

Everyone felt like Naruto was desperate for an answer… maybe worried too much. But they couldn't understand why, Naruto was actually acting strange ever since they found that camp. He's got so many things to explain, that was the collective thought in their mind.

"Yes we have. We found a small trading town just south of the village. It was a port and the only thing connecting it to the mainland was a bridge…" Zatana's eyes widen at her realization when she remembered the bridge's name. She shot Naruto a suspicious looked but he paid her no mind, he was deep in thought.

'The great Naruto bridge… Could it be? Could he be? No, that was too farfetched. That happened almost a thousand years ago… But he was thought by an elf…' Zatana thought as she suddenly remembered something.

'He couldn't get out of the barrier Fried set-upped on Fantasia festival and Master Makarov said that Naruto admitted that he maybe older than Earthland history to them when he tried to explain why he couldn't get out… Don't tell me… So that explains it… His weapons similar to ninjas, his movements were just like a ninja too and not to mention his weird behavior ever since we stumbled upon that camp and I think I know which village he had come from… Let's test it shall we.' Zatana thought as she said.

"Naruto, in the camp where you ditched us… Was the symbol Levantine left a symbol about a will of fire?"

Naruto's eyes widen at what she said then as he looked at her he could see a knowing smirk.

'Of course she would put the pieces together, the bridge was named after me and I told the old man that I might be older than Earthland's history.' He thought as he answered.

"Yes, Levantine made fun of the symbol of a Leaf that symbolizes the will of fire." Naruto said.

"So, am I right if to conclude that you came from the village who hails the will of fire? Do not worry I will not question you or say anything about you any further." Zatana said catching the apprehensive look on Naruto.

Naruto merely nodded his head in thanks and affirmation to the other's confusion.

"I understand… We arrived at the town and saw that it was a rich trading town. That would mean that many people from different places go there. We could get many information but we opted to go to the town's leader first to know what happened. We found the town leader and from him we found out something that surprised us. He said that the ninja system was abolished more than three hundred years ago after the last shinobi war."

'Abolished… I guess my friends had a peaceful life afterall… I'm glad…' Naruto thought as a smile graced his lips.

"Why was it abolished?" Luxus asked.

"They said that the people at that time, shinobi or civilian felt that they would never achieve true peace unless they abolished the system that gives them an idea on how to flaunt their strength. There were so many books made from that war to remind the humans of the horrors of war and the bravery of the men who fought to end it. They said that the heroes who died at the last war would have wanted peace more than anything, especially the one who ended their war… He was like a shining beacon for everyone. He fought Uchiha Madara on his own. Uchiha Madara had the power of the eight tailed beasts and two eye techniques while the hero only had the nine tailed beast and sage mode at his arsenal but still he fought with all he got. There were witnesses when he was able to defeat Madara and how Madara told him about a bomb that could destroy the whole world and before they knew it, the hero did something and thus he and Madara were never seen again. They concluded that he may have used a forbidden technique in exchange of himself to save the world. He was hailed and mourned by everyone and on the grave they made for him, they vowed that it would be the last war between humans… whatever it takes, they would prevent a war."

"Amazing, I thought those kinds of heroes and stories are only made in fictitious stories… Were you able to get his name? It would be great to meet someone like that." Levy said with admiration.

"Now that you asked about it… Let me remember what was his name? I've been living for so long that I have forgotten about little things… Hmm… name… name…" Zatana mumbled as she thought of his name.

'What was the hero's name again? I tend to forget things that are of less importance to me… I even forgot the most obvious thing that could connect to Naruto in the past… the great Naruto bridge… named for the hero of the Wave… Naruto… Hero..' Zatana's eye widen at a sudden influx of age old memories.

Zatana was walking around town when she stopped in front of a big monument. She looked closely at the message below it.

'In memory of the greatest hero, the Wave country and the elemental nations ever had. A monument to show our love and admiration, books and literature couldn't describe enough of your greatness… Namikaze Naruto…'

"Namikaze Naruto…" Zatana said in realization to which everyone looked at Naruto in question and bewilderment.

"Huh? You need something, Zatana-san?" Naruto asked calmly but as Zatana looked at him, she could see a slight plead in his face.

"Sorry, I just had to say it… You should all see your faces when I said that the hero's name was Namikaze Naruto." Zatana said while laughing to cover her slip up.

'It all makes sense now, he used a forbidden technique to save the world but instead of dying, he was actually thrown in this timeline… Now it makes sense why he didn't want to talk about his past, it is because no one will believe him. Who would believe him if he said that he was thrown in our timeline because he saved the world. He would be a freakin' hero!' Zatana thought. Inside her head, Mira was also wide eyed as Zatana was sharing her thoughts with her.

'Better not tell him that you know, I don't want him to lose any trust in us.' Zatana reminded Mira to which she nodded.

"I'm sorry, but I can't remember his name. His name wasn't of any importance to me at that time since we had more pressing things to do." Zatana said smoothly lying to everyone. They took her word, atleast for now.

Naruto subtly nodded at her in thanks. Zatana smiled inside. She now understood why an elf picked him as a student and why the master of Fairy tail trusted him even if he was once an enemy. He does not show it to everyone but he is a person would gladly give up his life for his comrades or the world and yet he never flaunt his achievements to anyone. She remembered how the humans long ago describe their hero. He was selfless, always prioritizing others over himself and yet not once did he asked for anything in return nor used it to gain any favor.

"A truly noble hero indeed." Zatana said to herself but everybody heard it and most agreed to her except the hero in discussion.

'A noble hero... Do I really deserve such praise?' Naruto thought.

"We checked a human and discovered that the humans in that generation have almost no chakra in their system. They have mutated back to their original state. We have concluded that since the death of the Juubi's soul, the body had started to give off lesser and lesser chakra. They didn't feel the backlash since they don't use chakra anymore and their body started to adapt to the changes. They've also caught the news of the moon falling but they said that they were expecting it to happen a long time ago." Zatana said.

"Why?" Juvia asked.

'That idiot Madara told us before the war how the moon was nothing but a prison for the Juubi.' Naruto thought.

"Apparently the one who instigated the war, Uchiha Madara knew about it being the prison for the Juubi's body and his goal was to revive it by forging the soul back into one. But as I have said, the ninjas fought to stop him and he was ultimately stopped by Mr. Hero." Zatana smirked as she put emphasis to the last word. She didn't get any reaction from Naruto though.

"We thought that everything would be fine and we lived peacefully. From time to time we socialize with humans while concealing our real appearance. They really had changed. It was quite amazing how one event can change a race as a whole. Gone were the days that they wanted power instead they now focused on advancement and peace. Another hundred years passed, peace has been reigning but we knew that peace was as fragile as a glass. All it needed was one hard bump and it will be broken. And it did happen, we have forgotten of the creature that started the whole problem with the Juubi."

"Levantine..." Naruto mumbled.

"Yes, we were all surprised when he attacked a human town. He started to terrorize the humans. We hurried to help. In years, we have grown fond of the humans and we knew that they were quite vulnerable now because of lack of chakra and that most of them had not been trained as a fighter anymore. After so many centuries, we have again shown the human race of our true selves. But we were again amazed, instead of hate or fear, they approached us and said.

We thank you for your help but we can't just turn a blind eye and run while your race fight a battle that we ourselves are included. We may not be able to fight as much but we'd be damned if we let the peace our ancestors worked so hard to establish be destroyed by just one creature. Let us help, we will help in anyway we can.

"The once warmongering humans that wanted nothing but power was now doing their best to keep peace, with power or not."

"That war really changed them, huh?" Luxus muttered.

"We felt their sincerity and felt that maybe, it was time to teach humans the art of magic."

"How were you able to do that? The humans couldn't use chakra anymore..." Juvia asked.

"As I have said earlier, chakra was a magic foreign and different from the magic we possess. When I said we, I meant that humans are included." Zatana answered.

"So humans had magic inside them from the very start?" Levy asked.

"Yes, every living being in this world had magic in them ever since they were born, even plants and animals. The strength and kind of magic though is different for each creature. Juubi was a special case, something we still couldn't apprehend even now. His magic or so called chakra was foreign and poisonous to the other creatures because it would cause reaction to bodies. We were saved by the Juubi's chakra because we had access to our magic and it had put on a shield around our body to expel foreign magic. Look at it this way, why do you think you were not burned to death when a fire magic hits you? It is because your own magic has put on a shield around you to lessen or nullify that foreign magic. But the humans had to mutate to cope up with the chakra, since they have no access to their magic but in turn it made their body dependent on it too."

"So that's why you weren't affected by it… and that explains why mages are more durable than civilians. I thought it was just because they weren't trained to fight." Luxus said.

"We started teach them how to harness their untapped magic but we knew that we didn't have enough time to do it. Instead, we taught them how to use magic while the war against Levantine rages on, the humans thanked us whole-heartedly and fought without second thought. Levantine got a boost in his strength as his body have mutated and stored the Juubi's chakra inside him. Many centuries worth of chakra but it also affected his mind as he was transformed from a noble dragon into a mindless beast of instinct and destruction. We fought with him not just for a day but for months."

"You had more problems with him than the Juubi?" Naruto asked.

"Not really, he was actually stronger than the Juubi at that time as he was practically Juubi combined with a dragon's power. Furthermore, our elders, the sage and Mr. Hero weren't there to save anyone anymore. The elders had access to the forbidden magic but they didn't pass it into the next generation. The sage and Mr. Hero both had access to the Juubi's power even if a little."

"So the Juubi's chakra was stronger than magic?" Luxus asked.

"They are very different entity to be compared, it is more appropriate that the wielders were more powerful than us. Our elders were exponentially powerful than our generation, the sage and Mr. Hero had access to Juubi's power. Juubi could be compared to be more than a hundred dragon. Do you understand now our predicament at that time?" Zatana answered.

"Yeah…" Juvia answered.

"How many were the dragons in your team at that time anyway?" Naruto asked.

"Ten dragons, eight elves, twelve demons, fourteen fairies and a whole bunch of humans and lesser Makai inhabitants." Zatana answered.

"What were you, critically endangered species?" Luxus asked.

"Dragons, Elves, Demons and Fairies are called celestial creatures. There weren't many of us to begin with even before the war against the humans, there was less than a hundred counts for each race. Some were killed on the war against the humans, then half of us rebelled to eradicate the humans and they were all killed together with some of those who didn't. The battle against the Juubi also took all our elders and some more."

"Ever heard of procreation?" Luxus asked.

"Celestial creatures don't reproduce like you humans do. There are special circumstances needed before we could reproduce. Ultimately, the transition from one generation to the other for us takes about more than a thousand years. But don't get me wrong, we do have sex on a regular basis but that doesn't mean we would produce an offspring just because of that."

"Okay… I believe we don't need to know anything about that…" Naruto cut Zatana off as he saw Levy and Juvia blushing from the awkward subject.

"Ah yes, I forgot that sex is a rather awkward subject to humans. To continue, the war waged on for months. Levantine would tirelessly attack around the world where he knew humans reside. We couldn't do anything about it. We felt so helpless and many humans and lesser races have been killed until an elf noticed something. Levantine's attacks were getting slightly weaker and the elves could sense that his magic was also getting weaker but it was almost unnoticeable."

"The stored chakra from the Juubi has been depleted huh?" Naruto asked.

"Yes, since the chakra wasn't being replenished and Levantine was using it in every single way he can, he was starting to deplete it. Defeating Levantine at that time was quite easy if you asked me, we just didn't use our brains from the start" Zatana answered thoughtfully.

"May I ask a question?" Levy asked.

"Fire away."

"How come Levantine's magic didn't protect him when he was first hit by the Juubi's chakra?"

"As I have said, the Juubi was more than a hundred dragons strong. Just like how a strong flame magic will still burn you if it is stronger than your magic, imagine a single dragon's magic against a hundred dragons. His magic didn't have a chance. Unlike when we sealed the body in the moon where only residue were showering over the creatures, Levantine was hit point blank and full force by Juubi's magic. It was also further strengthened as the residue rain over him via the moon. Does it answer your question?" Zatana inquired.

"Yes, thanks for clearing." Levy answered with a smile.

"So what did you do? Make him deplete it into almost nothing?" Luxus asked.

"Yes we did. We demons had access to illusionary magic. Dragons on the other hand are prone to this kind of magic since they have a good sense of smell and have low magic detection skills. They also rely more on instinct."

"So you used both their weakness and strength against them…" Naruto said.

"Yes, we coated an area with so much of our scent and then casted an illusionary magic on a ten mile radius. Once Levantine goes inside, he will think that our forces were waiting for him and will fight him till the end. He fell for it."

"Juvia believes Zennyo-Ryou-sama won't be fooled for a long time with that kind of illusion." Juvia said.

"Yes, dragons have intelligence afterall. They would fall easily into that illusion but they will slowly discover that it was an illusion but you have forgotten what I have said, Levantine at that time was nothing but a mindless beast of destruction. He has no more even an ounce of intelligence in him, he only have power and primal instinct. His primal instinct was telling him to kill everyone or we would get killed. It was also telling him to kill them as it was his purpose and to top it all, our scent was overwhelming on the area and we put up a shield around to prevent the scent from escaping or a new scent coming in. He didn't know it but he was already inside a jail."

"Ha! A freakin' idiotic wacko." Luxus exclaimed.

"You know, you should've done that in the first place instead of fighting him head on." Naruto commented to which everybody nodded in agreement even Zatana.

"Yes, we should have. But as you know, our instinct to keep everyone alive kicked in and panic had spread over us. I guess you could say that for a time, we were no different from Levantine, only relying on instinct to fight and not using our brains to analyze and form a plan."

"Can't say that it was unjustifiable though, every creature has a deeply embedded instinct for survival. That is why we instinctually react to potentially dangerous actions towards us." Naruto said.

"The trap lasted for years... We transported the remaining alive creatures to Makai. In there, we trained the humans on how to use magic. We also tried to live normally even though we knew that danger was just around the corner. We made a new moon that has a seal that gathered the magic residue around the world to power it up. The purpose of the moon was first, to cleanse the world for any magic residue that may be potentially harmful to everyone. If the moon wasn't present, magic residues will stay on a place forever."

"What's so bad about that?" Juvia asked.

"Think of it this way, Natsu's flame dragonslayer magic produces flame magic residue. Flame magic residue is extremely flammable, so all you need is another small spark of fire and that area will ignite, until the residue runs out."

"So, it's like fuel huh?" Luxus said.

"Yes, just like how your magic residue could electrocute anyone on the area if stimulated. The second purpose of the moon was a sign, a sign of the friendship and harmony between the races. As long as there is magic, the moon will continue to exist."

"So everytime we look at the moon, it was like looking to a symbol of our hope and unity." Levy said.

"Yes, hope that peace, unity and harmony will continue. Fifty years had passed and we felt that Levantine had depeleted all of the Juubi's chakra. We took down the barrier and illusion and saw him asleep. We were about to kill him when he suddenly woke up and attacked us but this time, his power was just of a ordinary dragon. We easily defeated him but something unexpected happened. His soul made of pure will and magic attacked us."

"Shouldn't you have expected that? I mean Juubi had that too." Naruto asked.

"Levantine was a dragon and not like the Juubi. Only the Juubi had that capability to live even without its body. But you're right we should've expected that since he inherited some of the Juubi's power. The spirit was actually not that strong. We have destroyed it several times but the problem was that it reformed again everytime we killed it. Furthermore, it was also emitting malice driven magic. Everyone was at risk of succumbing to that malice, so the strongest dragon on our side suggested that he would keep Levantine busy while we think of a way to seal Levantine because obviously it couldn't be killed. However, I already knew how to seal Levantine but I had hoped that I wouldn't need to use it. I learned that humans were able to seal the Bijuu inside objects and other humans but it has terrible consequences..." Zatana said sadly.

"The caster's life..." Naruto said in a low whisper but everyone heard it.

"Yes... I instructed them to forge a sword that could absorb magic and trap it inside. The sword was forged. It was made from a magically produced metal. It was shaped into a long sword and the elves used their ancient magic and runes to help it absorb magic and trap it inside. We called it, Runesave."

"Why'd you chosen it to be a sword? I presume that's where Levantine was sealed, so why a sword? I mean you should've known that a sword will undoubtedly attract attention as it is a weapon. Why not seal it inside jar or a doll or something that doesn't attract too much attention." Luxus asked.

"Good question... We made it a sword because we need to thrust it deep inside Levantine and start absorbing him into the sword through inside. Magical soul has a core too... If you remember how we sealed the Juubi into nine Bijuus. The most important thing was to seal the core. If we used a blunt object, we wouldn't be able to pierce through the magic's outer shell. A spear would have attracted more attention and a dagger would be too small. We moved immediately to aid our comrade who was stalling Levantine for us. However, when we arrived Levantine was nowhere in sight."

"Well shit Mr. Dragon couldn't wait for you afterall." Luxus teased.

"No, it was actually the opposite. Levantine has been trying to possess the dragon. But the dragon had too much pride to be easily taken over. He had been fighting Levantine inside himself. We used soul extinction, our exorcism magic, to kick Levantine out of our comrade. But even then, the damage has been done. They checked him and said that a part of his soul and memories have been eaten. On top of that, his heart was being clouded by negative emotions. The fairies used their magic to cure him but we concluded that he may never be the same anymore. Before we could grieve for our friend, Levantine attacked us."

"Dragons don't like being ignored." Juvia said.

"Now I know why Natsu and Luxus love too much attention and why Juvia hates it when I don't give her any attention." Naruto said as if he has discovered something. He suddenly jumped away from the branch where he was perched as it was struck by lightning and a torrent of acid. He saw Luxus whistling innocently and Juvia staring at him blankly.

"Like I said, they love close attention. Look at what you did to the poor innocent branch, freakin' wackos."Naruto said as he perched himself into another branch while looking cautiously to the dragonslayers. Levy giggled while Zatana smirked and Mira was giggling inside Zatana from Naruto's antics.

Luxus and Juvia were about to retort and attack him but Zatana stopped them.

"No need to lower yourselves to that child's level." Zatana said pointing to Naruto who had a teasing smile.

"Naruto-kun, behave." Levy said sweetly that made Naruto stop his antics.

"Seriously…?" Luxus shot back at the obedient Naruto.

Zatana looked at them waiting for them to settle down and when they did, she continued.

"Now that I think about it, we should have known that Levantine evolves everytime he tries to eat a soul but then again, he only had one victim at that time and he failed to fully eat his soul. We were slightly surprised that instead of taking the attack head-on like he used to, he was actually dodging the sword thrust I did. We thought that it was because of instinct and that he feels something was different on the sword. But from what I have learned in the past few days, it might actually because he knew that it might be an instrument to seal him away as he have learned from possessing the dragon. But it didn't matter to us at that time. When the head elf used his magic, Levantine was held in place. Of course, he could only do it for a short time because of Levantine's strength surpassing his own but it was enough for me to thrust the sword deep to his core. I performed the sealing magic and he was literally sucked inside the sword. The sword turned pitch black because of his magic. The last thing I knew was that I entrusted the sword the head elf before my soul was taken by the death god."

"How was the elf able to hold him in place without sealing him? Wasn't he of pure magic? It might come in handy when we encountered Levantine now." Juvia asked.

"Because he is pure magic that he was held in place, that elf had the ability to manipulate the forces around him including magic." Zatana said with a smirk towards Naruto.

"Was it Valandil?" Naruto asked.

"Valandil? Wasn't it your master?" Juvia asked.

"Yes Naruto, it was Valandil… Your master." Zatana confirmed.

"So he lied to me…" Naruto whispered but everyone heard it.

"Valandil was a mere infant when the Juubi was sealed into the moon. All his life he lived in Makai, so he knows almost nothing about anything outside Makai." Zatana explained thinking that Valandil might have told Naruto that he knew nothing about the Elemental Nations. She suspected that Naruto asked Valandil about it when they first met.

"So you're actually a student of an elf?" Luxus asked.

"Yeah… Valandil found me on one of his missions fourteen years ago. He took care of me and taught me everything about Earthland and his magic." Naruto said.

"So, what's your magic called and what does it really do then?" Luxus asked.

"It's called the Arc of Force magic. It lets me control the direction and magnitude of anything that has a force in it. That is why I could weaken, strengthen, reverse or nullify them. However, like how Dragonslayers are forbidden to eat their own magic…" Naruto shot Luxus a look that tells him that he should refrain from eating his own magic if he wants to continue his Dragonslayer façade.

"…we are forbidden to use it directly against any sentient being." Naruto answered.

"But you just used it against me when you hit me with your punches…" Luxus asked confused.

"Luxus, the one I manipulated was the forces around us. I manipulated the force produced by my punch and I manipulated the force of your magic just like how I can manipulate the gravity on a certain area." Naruto said as they suddenly felt weightless for a second and then Naruto returned it to normal.

"What I couldn't manipulate is the natural forces of your body like your breathing, your blood circulation, the beating of your heart and many more. Imagine if I could do that, I could kill you even before you could say 'hi' by reversing the flow of your blood on a hundred times speed."

"Well that's a nice magic and it would come in handy against your pet dragon." Luxus retorted.

"Don't expect me to be as good as my Master though… I haven't used this magic for a long time and because of that..." Naruto was cut off by Juvia.

"Your control is crap." Juvia said as Naruto hung his head in shame and sulked.

"Don't worry, you managed to fight Luxus with it with no problem so I think we will be okay." Levy said to lighten Naruto's mood to which Luxus snorts.

"You were just lucky that you had the advantage against me on that fight." Luxus said.

"Valandil raised Naruto as a fighter because it gives him huge advantage against everyone else. If he were to fight someone who relies on magic too much then Naruto is at the advantage. If he faces a fighter type then he would still have a slight advantage because of his magic. Valandil raised you well and in his image. He fights in the same manner as you. Only using his magic to augment or support his fighting skills." Zatana commented.

"I just have a question, if you died that day and your soul was taken by the death god, why are you inside Mira?" Luxus asked.

"I don't understand too. After I died, I didn't know anything that has happened but when I gained consciousness, I was already inside Mirajane's soul. I was awakened when Mirajane first use her Take Over. I don't know the reason or how I become a part of her soul but I am happy because I got a chance to see the fruit of our sacrifice in this world and that I could help in the fight against Levantine again." Zatana answered truthfully.

"I guess that wraps things up. I suggest we take a rest now because tomorrow we will start our search again." Naruto suggested.

"No more ditching?" Levy asked seriously.

"Yes ma'am, no more ditching." Naruto answered.

"Good." was the collective response of his companions.

"Oh hey guys…" Luxus interrupted to which everyone looked at him in question.

"Well… you see I wasn't able to book any room to sleep tonight and the inns and hotel are probably fully booked now so…" Luxus asked. Zatana transformed back to Mira and said.

"So you want to freeload on us tonight?"

"No… I'll pay my share on the room. I just don't like to sleep outside if I can help it." Luxus explained.

"Well, that's alright for me since we would be asking for your help. I don't know about the others." Naruto said.

"That's okay, Luxus is still a comrade so it's only right to help him and as Naruto-kun said, he is part of our team." Levy affirmed while Juvia also nodded in agreement.

"Well Mira?" Naruto asked as everyone looked at her. Luxus had a hopeful look as he looked at Mira when he saw her looking at the ground while tapping her shoes as if in deep thought. Nobody could see her eyes since her bangs are covering them. Silence reigned and Luxus felt like he was a condemned man. The silence was killing him until Mira spoke lowly.

"Alright…"

"Whew…" Luxus said as he wiped a sweat from his forehead.

"…but if you try anything funny… and I mean anything… I'll be hunting for your head… got it?" Mira said in a sweet voice and innocent smile.

"Yes ma'am..." Luxus gulped as they proceeded back at the hotel.

Once they arrived, they took a dip to the hotsprings. When they got back to the room, Luxus started to unpack his sleeping bag.

"No need, you can take my bed." Naruto told him.

"Huh? What about you?" Luxus asked.

"I'll probably be sleeping on Levy's bed." Naruto answered dismissively to which Luxus made a perverted face and comment.

"Ohh… Well then, please keep the moans down."

"Pervert…" Naruto said in a bored tone.

"She's that clingy huh?" Luxus asked quietly as he saw the three girls enter the room.

"Not really… She just likes having an extra pillow to hug at night I guess." Naruto answered nonchalantly and quietly.

"You're lucky you know…" Luxus answered as he stole a glance at Mira before he proceeded to Naruto's bed with sleeping clothes this time though, Naruto was the only one who noticed.

They chatted a little more about things that had been happening around or in more specifically teasing Levy and Naruto. They succeeded on Levy but Naruto just answered and looked at them with a bored expression, something he learned from Kakashi.

Naruto awoke in the middle of the night as he heard a soft click. It was not enough to rouse the others to sleep but being a former ninja and a mercenary, his senses are heightened even when he was asleep. He looked at the beds and saw Luxus missing while Juvia and Mira are still fast asleep. He felt Levy tighten her snuggle at him while whispering his name in her sleep.

Naruto smiled as he looked at her. Her head was using his chest as pillows and her right arm was over him, pressing him against her tightly.

'I guess Luxus was right… You're a bit clingy…' Naruto thought with a smile. Suddenly, thoughts came rushing on his mind.

The face of a smiling short blue haired girl with lavender eyes flashed in his mind.

"I've been watching you… I've been watching you closely for so many years now… I wonder and I don't know why but when I watch you, I feel full of courage… I feel like I can keep going, that I can succeed and that I am worth something…"

The face of the same girl flashed on his mind but this time she was a little bit older and her hair was long and she has a fierce emotion written on her face.

"I used to cry and give up… I made wrong turns but you helped me find the right path… I always chased after you because I wanted to catch up with you… I wanted to walk beside you and be with you… You changed me with that smile that saved me… That is why, I'm not afraid to lose my life just to protect the person I love…"

Another flashed to his mind and this time the girl was wearing a Chunin outfit while he was standing in front of her wearing his sage outfit. She was blushing but her eyes never waver as she looked straight in his eyes.

"Um… Naruto-kun… about what I said…"

"Hinata-chan… I'm sorry that I wasn't able to talk to you after what happened to the village and now because of this war… After what you said at that time, I have realized the reason for your odd behavior when near me and now I felt stupid… I was so focus on getting everyone's attention especially Sakura that I never noticed the most beautiful princess just around the corner giving me her full attention and yet I did to her what the others did to me… I didn't give her any attention… It must have hurt so much… I never realized that I was doing the same thing to you just as what they have been doing to me…"

"It's alright… Part of it was my fault for not having the courage to stand beside you in the past… I was comfortable with just looking at you from afar…"

"No… if only I have paid attention to you at that time… Maybe my life would have been so much more fun… I wouldn't have chased someone who would never love me back…"

"Don't say that… Sakura loves you…"

"Yeah… as a brother… A part of me knew that a long time ago… She had clarified it to me so many times but I was so stubborn… Hinata, I hope it's not too late for me… for us…"

"It was never too late… Afterall, how can it be when we will be starting now…"

"I promise… After this war, I'll take you out on a date everytime I could… I'll get to know you more… I'll hang out with you as much as I could and I'll never ignore you again…"

"I'll hold on to your promise then…"

"Yes, so please survive this war… Please promise me that you'll live and that I will be able to see you again… Promise me that you'll wait for me… Promise me that you'll let me have the chance to love you…"

"I promise… So please, come back to me Naruto-kun… I'll be patiently waiting for you, no matter how long will it take…"

"Yes Hinata-chan, it will be like a Fairy tale and we will have a happy ending."

"Silly, there is no happy ending for love… Because true love lasts forever… Just like how Fairy tale passed down through generations…"

Hinata leaned in and gave him a kiss on the lips and then after that she smiled and said.

"That's a good luck kiss… A sign that our Fairy tale will never end…"

When the flashes ended a single tear dropped from Naruto's eye.

'That was the last time I have talked to her… Before I fought Madara… I wasn't able to keep my promise… I can't blame her if she blames me for not keeping it… I just hope that she had a good life but knowing her… She probably had waited for me to go back even if she knew that I died… My sins against Hinata will probably haunt me for the rest of my days…' Naruto thought as he looked at Levy.

'Our Fairy tale huh… a love that would last forever… She's right… Even now, I still feel so much for her and I'll probably love her till the rest of my days but I'm sure that she won't be happy if I spend my days sulking over things in the past.' Naruto shook the thoughts of his head but he knew that he wouldn't be able to sleep with those thoughts in his mind.

'Might as well talk with Luxus…' Naruto thought as he carefully wiggled out of Levy's hug and replaced himself with his pillow. He kissed her forehead before he sneaked out of the glass door to the porch. He never noticed the eyes of the person who was roused from her sleep because of the door's soft click.

He saw Luxus lying on the roof looking at the moon. He jumped up; luckily their room was at the top floor. They wouldn't be disturbing anyone. He landed next to Luxus.

"Can't sleep too?" Luxus asked but his eyes never left the moon.

Naruto lied next to him and looked at the clouds above.

"Just dreamed something from the past… I just need to pass time to before sleep catch up to me again. What about you?" Naruto answered.

"Just thinking of so many things…"

"Want to talk about it?"

"I guess there's no harm talking about it with you… But you better keep it between us." Luxus said seriously.

"Sure…"

"When I was excommunicated by the old man, reality came crushing to me. I felt disgusted with myself… I realized what kind of a jerk I had become. When I was a kid, all I wanted was to become strong to protect the guild. So that one day, I can replace the old man and let him spend the rest of his life without worrying about the guild. I hated my father for betraying Fairy tail. He knew that the old man was gradually becoming weaker from his old age but he still betrayed us. On top of that, he established Raven tail to one day take down Fairy tail."

"How were you able to know this?" Naruto asked.

"He contacted me a few times, goading me to join him and abandon the old man but I couldn't do that. The old man was more of a parent to me than Ivan will ever be. I got afraid that he might attack any moment and kill the old man, so I dedicated my life to become stronger. I felt that I need to surpass the old man and Ivan so I could one day took over Fairy tail and protect it. But I never understood why the old man kept on telling me to slow down make bonds with the members. Or maybe, I was just too stubborn and close minded to listen." Luxus explained as he closed his fist in anger at himself.

Naruto stayed silent as he knew that Luxus need to let his steam out.

"I never realized that I was slowly becoming like Ivan. I became power hungry that I forgot the real purpose and principle of Fairy tail. I disregarded the teaching of the old man… That forming bonds are more important than a quest for absolute power. I was blinded because of the power I have gained from my quest to be strong. I started to look down upon people who were weaker than me and time came where I look down upon my comrades who were weaker than me. I lost my way towards my true goal. My quest for power to protect my comrades has transformed me into scum. Now, I'm paying for the consequences of my stupidity and I can't say that I could blame anyone for this but me." Luxus looked at the moon as he unclenched his fist.

"I reflected about what I have been doing in these past few years. I always blamed others especially those who were weaker than me. I realized that I was the problem. When I saw you in the middle of the street, I felt nostalgic. I was so happy to see someone from Fairy tail… It's like seeing my brother again and I was delighted that it was you whom I saw… Because I knew you wouldn't look at me with disgust. I am actually very thankful that I get too spend time with Fairy tail members again, it gives me hope that one day I could earn my way back. I just wished that it wasn't because of another betrayal." Luxus said solemnly.

"My master always told me: It does not matter what you did in past or where did you come from, what matters is what you want to be today and the future… I too forgot that lesson and so I was thrown to the pits of darkness. Fairy tail saved me and for that I am truly grateful. If someone like me, was accepted, I'm sure the old man will forgive you too. Just work your way back, everyone will surely be waiting for you." Naruto replied.

"You know, you would be a good Fairy tail master someday…"

"What are you saying? Aren't you supposed to be the next master?"

"That's not important to me anymore. I have realized what I really wanted and that was to protect what the old man has dedicated his whole life to. My mother might have died a long time ago and my father might have betrayed us but I know I will always have a family in Fairy tail and I would give everything I could just to protect them whether I become a guild master or an excommunicated member. That is my resolve, and when you do become candidate for the next master, I'll be the first one to approve." Luxus said.

"Luxus just now, you spoke like a true leader. I was taught by a great man, that a leader is not about being the strongest but being a person who gladly takes everyone under his wing to guide them and protect to the extent of willing to sacrifice himself for them." Naruto replied.

"Just like how you sacrificed yourself for the world more than a thousand years ago huh?" Luxus asked.

Naruto closed his eyes and said.

"So you put the puzzles together huh?"

"I'm not dumb… I knew Mira for a long time and I know she or her alter-ego does not joke like that. Furthermore, I noticed all the body languages you were sending her to keep your secret. I don't know if the others have noticed it too but I'm sure that it would be better to come clean before they figure it out themselves." Luxus answered.

"I intend to tell them after this mission. But since you probably won't be there and you have actually told me about yourself, I guess you deserve the truth." Naruto said as he was about to tell him his past.

"No… I don't think we have the time for that and I don't think it is fair for everyone if I knew it before them, especially Levy. Tell it to me some other time." Luxus interrupted.

"Then, take this lacryma. I'll contact you with that when I am about to tell it to them so you could hear it too." Naruto said as he handed him a communication lacryma. Luxus took it and kept it. They were silent for a moment until Naruto broke it.

"So how long have you been in love with Mira?"

"Long enough even before I became a jerk."

"You never told her?"

"What? When she first arrived at Fairy tail she was so feisty that everyone was afraid of her… even I was a little afraid to approach her. I knew I wouldn't be able to hurt her because I like her but I knew she could since I would have been probably just a nuisance to her."

"So, why didn't you make a move when she became a barmaid?"

"I was already a jerk at that time. My pride wouldn't let me date or talk to someone I deemed weak."

"You thought she was weak? Oh come on man, had I made her fight you on the festival you might not have a chance."

"Maybe… maybe not… My mindset was different then and now. Remember, that I even commanded Evergreen to turn the girls into stone… including her. I'm glad you didn't let her fight me, I wouldn't be able to forgive myself if I hurt her."

"You know, you should tell her that… You never know what might happen in the future. She might find another man or… nevermind." Naruto cut himself off.

"Something bad happen with you and a girl in the past?"

"Yeah…" Naruto said as he told him about Hinata.

"So you were plagued of dreams about her that's why you are here?" Luxus asked to which Naruto nodded.

"Oi, fix that problem of yours or I'll beat the crap out of you if you break any of my friend's heart." Luxus scolded.

"Hinata will always be in my heart but that doesn't mean that I love Levy less. Hinata wouldn't be happy if I did that you know. She would always have a special place in my heart but that doesn't mean that I would live in the past. Don't worry, my love for Levy is genuine." Naruto answered sincerely.

"I understand… I guess I'll have to make my move towards Mira but I'm actually afraid… Will she accept someone like me?" Luxus asked no one while looking at the moon.

"I believe she wouldn't care what happened in the past. She probably likes you too but maybe that's just me. Either way, it's your decision to make. I'm going back to sleep, we need rest." Naruto said as he stood up and jumped down on the porch. On his way in, he looked at Mira's bed and smirked.

'Nosy girl…' He thought as he reclaimed his place beside Levy.

After Naruto climbed to the roof, Mira hid in the porch to listen to their conversations. When she heard Naruto saying he would go back to sleep, she hurried back to her bed and faked sleep. Though, Naruto have felt her magic presence moving, he didn't say a word. He knew Luxus felt it too and yet he also had just let her listen.

'Who knew Luxus was so shy that he needed to do his confession like that?' Naruto thought as he closed his eyes.

Luxus came in a few moments later and instead of proceeding to his bed he proceeded to Mira's. Naruto felt his presence going near Mira's.

'Does he have a death wish? I'm not going to save your ass, you suicidal wacko.' Naruto thought as he prepared himself to hear a battle cry and a beating but it never came.

'Guess he died a peaceful death… May he rest in peace?' Naruto thought as sleep claimed him. A couple of hours later Naruto's body clock woke him up. He looked at the clock and it indicated five in the morning. Usually he would go out and train but today he had no intention to do it.

He scanned the room and saw a lovely scene. The cold wind blew from the left opened window and he felt Levy shiver a little as it struck. He looked at her and saw that almost half of her body has been lying on top of him and the sheets were in disarray. He encircled his arms around her in a warm embrace and pulled the sheets over them keep her warm. He succeeded as her shivering stopped. He looked at the lovely scene on the other side of the room as he heard a soft moan. He internally chuckled as he saw the lady unconsciously snuggled closer to the warm embrace of the man next to her. His eyes then fell to the only occupant in the room that had a bed for herself. He shook his head at seeing her hugging her favorite stuff toy. He looked back at Levy and saw her peaceful sleeping face. He smiled as he brushed the hair off her face.

'I'll do everything I could for this peace and happiness to last for a lifetime.' He thought as he drifted back to sleep.

A few hours later he felt himself being shook awake. He cracked one of his eyes open as he saw that it was Luxus.

"You're still alive?" Naruto greeted.

"Apparently yes and no I wasn't beaten to a pulp." Luxus smirked.

"Yeah, I saw the lovely scene last night. So, where's Mira?" Naruto asked recognizing that Mira was nowhere.

"Taking a bath. You wake up Levy and Juvia too, I'll go and take my own bath." Luxus said as he goes out of the door.

Naruto looked at the clock and saw that it was almost ten in the morning. He looked at Levy and started to gently shook her awake.

"Levy-chan... Levy-chan... Wake up my Fairy girl." Naruto whispered. Levy started to stir but instead snuggled tighter at him.

"Mmm... Five more minutes, Naru-chan..." She mumbled as Naruto froze. Memories of a raven haired beauty flocked his mind.

'The one and only person who used to call me Naru-chan was...' Naruto shook his head to vanquish the thought.

"No, it can't be... Levy-chan and that girl doesn't know each other... and it's better to stay that way." Naruto stated as Levy roused from hearing his voice.

"Huh? Were you calling me, Naruto-kun?" Levy asked as she slowly gazed at him.

"Yes, it's time to wake up now." Naruto said with a smile hiding his earlier shock.

"Oh, I guess we overslept..." Levy was cut off as Naruto gave her a quick peck on the lips and said.

"It's okay... Now, I need to wake Juvia. Luxus and Mira are now taking a bath, you go after Mira comes back." Naruto said to which she nodded and stood up to prepare her things.

He proceeded to Juvia's bed and shook her awake but Juvia just swatted his hand away.

'I have a feeling that I will regret this.' Naruto thought as he quickly snatched Juvia's Gray-sama doll away. This earned him a startled gasped from Juvia followed by a straight hook to the cheek. Levy squeaked in surprise as Naruto's body landed next to her and his cheek was swollen.

"Naruto-kun?" Levy asked as she helped him up.

"Serves him right for snatching Gray-sama from Juvia." said a grumpy Juvia.

"Jeez Naruto-kun, stop annoying Juvia already! You really have a knack for getting yourself hit by a girl." Levy said at her idiotic boyfriend.

Mira walked out of the bathroom and saw Naruto with a swollen cheek.

"Oh my... what happened to you, Naruto?" She asked innocently. Everyone on the room noticed that she was in a extremely good mood and back into the barmaid Mira again.

"Well someone is in a good mood..." Naruto was cut off as he felt a deadly aura beside him.

"You know Naruto-kun, if you really love getting hurt by girls, I'd be more than glad to release some of my pent up stress on you..." Levy said with a deadly sweet voice.

"Umm no ma'am." Naruto answered nervously.

"Honestly, I wonder if he's overly stupid with a knack of getting hit or just plain masochist... but knowing him, he's probably both." Zatana said inside Mira to which Mira giggled.

"But Naruto was right, you're quite in a good mood today... Probably, from a good night sleep with that man. Oh I could still remember how he slowly proceeded to your bed and whispered those three words to you even though both he and Naruto probably knew that we were awake and had heard their conversation..." Zatana paused admiring her handiwork which was a red faced Mira.

"Then you opened your eyes and instead of seeing a shock face, you saw a sincere smile from him and then he kissed you full on the lips... Of course you responded and you never let him go. Forcing him to sleep beside you while you snuggled in his warm embrace... Ah, years of unrequited love is finally finished... The only thing missing is hot and steamy s..."

'That's enough Zatana...' Mira thought dangerously.

But instead of being scared, Zatana was in a full blown laughter.

"What? It's not my fault for being stuck with a naïve and overly innocent girl like you… It was like raising a daughter, I tell you… Oh how my little princess has grown up… Mommy is so proud…" Zatana teased while acting as if a proud mother with matching tears of joy.

'Hmp Zatana, you're really a bad influence to me.' Mira thought.

"Why thank you, I appreciate that. Now, I believe your prince is calling for you." Zatana retorted with a smirk.

"Mira..." Mira heard as she focused again on the real world and saw Luxus in front calling her.

"Mira, are you alright? You're face is all red. Was the water to hot?" Luxus asked.

"I-idiot! don't be so close to me..." Mira stuttered as she tried to swing her fist but was caught by Luxus.

"It's alright, we're the only ones left on the room. Naruto and Levy took a bath while Juvia had gone to the hotsprings." Luxus said as he took Mira on a warm embrace. Mira sighed as she rested her head on his chest.

"I guess I'm a lucky bastard afterall..." Luxus mumbled as he hugged her closer.

"You idiot... If you weren't such a jerk, I wouldn't have to suffer years of unrequited love... Now Zatana won't stop teasing me." Mira mumbled while she buried her face on his chest but Luxus heard it clearly.

"I'll make it up to you, I promise..." Luxus whispered. The door opened and Naruto came in fresh from his quick bath.

"Oh, was I interrupting something?" He asked.

"Well you kind of killed the moment…" Luxus deadpanned.

"Oh sorry… Well, don't stop in my accord." Naruto said with a smirk.

"No thanks, I don't feel giving you a free pass to a sappy movie." Luxus retorted.

"Suit yourself…" Naruto replied as he sat on Levy's bed and started to read a book.

"What's that book your reading?" Mira asked.

"Oh this? It's a book I borrowed from Levy-chan and it's about runes." Naruto answered while his eyes kept on reading.

"You're studying rune magic now?" Luxus asked.

"Well yeah, remember fighting festival? Fried really intrigued me with it since his the first mage I saw who had used it to the fullest. So yeah, I guess I want to learn it even just the basics to counter it or understand it. Never hurts to be prepared in the future." Naruto answered with a bored tone.

"I guess your right… By the way, I hate your bored Naruto-mode." Luxus stated.

"Maa maa, it can't be that bad?" Naruto answered with an eye smile which got a tick mark from Luxus. Oh he really loved messing with people especially those with short fuse and Kakashi mode was the best way to do it afterall, he experienced it firsthand.

Luxus was about to retort but Mira shot him a look of let it go and pointed at the door as Levy and Juvia had also finished their baths.

An hour later, they had packed and check-out of the hotel. Naruto had also placed Luxus under contract with them for the rest of the mission.

"So, where are we headed?" Mira asked as they left the town.

"To the campsite… I believe that it would be the best place to start." Naruto answered still in Kakashi mode.

"If you hadn't sent us away then we could've started it yesterday." Mira shot back.

"If I didn't do it, then 'Luxus' wouldn't be here…" Naruto pointed out with a stress on the word 'Luxus' while still reading the book. That got Mira to shut up.

'Thank you Kakashi-sensei…' Naruto thanked Kakashi in his thoughts for teaching him his style.

"Luxus, is there a problem?" Mira whispered to Luxus.

"Not really, just wondering how Naruto trained his other senses to great heights." Luxus answered as Levy and Juvia came near them while it seemed Naruto didn't hear him as he just walked in front of them while reading his book.

"What do you mean, Luxus-san?" Juvia asked.

"Look carefully and tell me what you observed." Luxus said as they saw Naruto walked around the trees, bushes and even some stones without sparing the road a glance.

"Do you see now? His eyes were glued to that book and yet not once had he bumped into anyone or anything. It's like he didn't need his eyes to find his way around. That only means that right now he is using his other senses to navigate himself in it. I tried it earlier and I bumped into a tree but he, he hadn't even stepped on a small stone." Luxus said.

"It's not very good to talk about people behind their backs you know." Naruto said a little far from them while still reading his book.

"See?" Luxus asked.

"He probably trained it on his previous life." Mira answered cryptically which confused Levy and Juvia but Luxus got the message.

"We're here!" Naruto announced. They hurried towards him and they jumped down the cliff towards the campsite.

"It's already been cleaned up." Luxus said.

"Yeah, cleaned it up yesterday. Mira could Zatana feel Levantine's presence?" Naruto asked.

"Wait a minute, she's still trying to locate him." Mira answered.

"I'm sorry, his magic residue might have been erased a couple of nights ago…" Zatana said to which Mira relayed the message to them.

"Well let's split up and search the perimeter. Be careful and if you see something is amiss, seek for help immediately. I will be in the center and I will expand my sensor so I could cover most of the area and immediately know if one of you is in trouble. If you found something, just talk to the nearest magic pillar you will see." Naruto ordered as they split up.

Naruto closed his eyes and his magic started to flood the area. The whole area was starting to be mapped inside his mind as his magic stationed some magic pillars to act as a scout for him on that area. Sweat started to form at his forehead as he exerted more of his magic around the area.

"Luxus…" Luxus heard.

"Wa? Naruto?" Luxus asked.

"Yes, I could talk to anyone when they are beside the pillar I have stationed." Naruto answered.

"That's a neat magic you have. Is that ancient magic too?" Luxus asked.

"I based it on an ancient magic but I made this magic on my own." Naruto answered.

"Cool, so what do you need?" Luxus asked.

"Last night, I couldn't say something to you since Mira was listening. Right now, no one is near so I could warn you about something."

"About what?"

"Ivan… He is desperate for the lacryma inside you."

"Well, I already know of that…"

"Luxus whatever happens, never let him take it from you."

"Well yeah, dying isn't on my list of what to do yet."

"Not just that… A friend of mine said that Ivan has a bunch of lightning lacrymas similar to the one implanted on you that is why we are confused on why he is hell-bent on taking yours."

"Guess he didn't want to waste jewels."

"No, Ivan wouldn't care if he loses a couple of it. He said that the one inside you is special. Why special, we don't know but how special, well let's just say that he is willing to kill his own son and spend so much time and money just to get it back. Be careful Luxus, it will be trouble for everyone if he got a hold of that. In the meantime, we are still trying to understand what's so special about your lacryma." Naruto explained.

"How'd you know so much about this?" Luxus asked.

"I have a friend working as a spy for me to Ivan. In a few week, we will be joining Fairy tail as a double spy so the master could track Ivan and Ivan get false information." Naruto answered.

"You sure about your friend? And why do you have a spy on Ivan on the first place?"

"Ivan has something dangerous that shouldn't be in the clutches of a human especially someone with the likes of him. I trust my friend with my life, no need to worry about it."

"Alright, I'll also try to figure it out. Thank you…" Luxus answered as he walked away from the pillar.

"Naruto-nii… Juvia smells something." Juvia said as she walked to the nearest pillar.

"What is it, Juvia?" Naruto said.

"Juvia found a faint scent of Droy-san. Good thing it hasn't rained here or the scent would have been washed away." Juvia answered.

"Will you be able to follow that scent?"

"Yes, it's faint but Juvia could follow it." Juvia answered.

"Very well, stay there and I will bring everyone." Naruto said.

"Juvia has found a trace… Go to the nearest magic pillar and brace yourself." Naruto announced.

"WTF is brace yourself?" Luxus said as he goes to the magic pillar. Levy and Mira were also confused but obeyed. Once Naruto felt that they were all inside a magic pillar, he located Juvia's magic pillar and then activated a spell that enclosed them inside pillar and it shot towards the one in Juvia's location.

They didn't have time to brace themselves as they felt like they had just rode a moving bullet without warning. All the pillars shot out towards the pillar Naruto picked and they merged into one big pillar then it shot out the human passengers inside except Naruto who stayed inside the pillar. Mira and Levy run towards a nearby bush and emptied their stomachs.

"Well, it seems one of you has a strong stomach." Naruto commented while still inside the pillar.

"Meh, it has the same feeling as my lightning jump. What the hell is that magic anyway?" Luxus asked as they were joined again by Mira and Levy.

"I am so not riding that magic again." Mira said to which Levy agreed.

"Sorry, this was a magic I developed a long time ago. When I was still learning the Arc of Force, I needed to learn how to detect the forces around me so I could properly control them but as time goes by, Valandil and I realized that I have a special gift. I'm a sensor and I could easily detect magic around me. And by that, it meant to the smallest things like the trees and insects or even residues. Valandil helped me to hone this ability but I had felt that the sensing range wasn't adequate enough, so I tried to improve it. As years passed by, I integrated the uses and theories of my previous abilities to my current magic…" Naruto stopped himself remembering that he almost told them he was previously a ninja.

Levy and Juvia were confused but didn't say anything about it but Mira and Luxus got the message.

"I felt that if there is a max range for sensing objects just like how our sense of sight, smell and hearing has a max range, then what I needed to do was to make myself present at the area outside my range."

"Like placing a watch tower huh?" Luxus asked.

"Yes, watch towers that are connected to me. And then, I pumped magic into that tower so it could make another one when the area is outside its range."

"So you're like placing a clone of you everytime the range is maxed out." Levy deduced.

"Yes but as you can see, the longer the range, the more magic it consumes." Naruto said as they saw him visibly winded.

"That doesn't answer how you were able to transport us here using the pillars." Mira replied.

"You forget that my Arc of Force controls the direction and magnitude of forces such as magic. This pillars, even if they are a part of me is still magic. I can send them all towards a point that I wanted and since there is a pillar beside Juvia, I was able to easier locate where to send them. When you stepped inside them, I used the force of that magic to send you here. You just rode a bullet train." Naruto grinned.

"So, why are you still inside and why hasn't it dispersed?" Juvia asked.

"These aren't normal magic, it contains some of my consciousness so it won't disperse just easily but instead, I am absorbing it back to my body. That way, I can get the information it gathered and get back the energy I spent. But of course, it won't give back a hundred percent of it since I couldn't bring back anymore the magic I used to set this pillars up or the magic I used to send them to this place." Naruto finished as the pillar was completely absorbed by his body.

"So what do you call that magic?" Mira asked.

"Nothing… I never felt naming the magic I made. All I know is that my magic is the Arc of Force, Ancient magic and Magic Sensory…"

"Well you had a name for Shockwave guillotine and Crunch pulsar…" Juvia said.

"Well I wasn't the one who name them… it was my big sister who gave them that name, saying that I should give a nice name for my nice abilities. Unfortunately, she couldn't come up with a name for this one and since I almost never use this because Valandil was a good magic sensor himself…" Naruto said thoughtfully.

"Naruto-nii had a big sister?" Juvia asked.

"Yes, a long time ago…" Naruto answered sadly.

They dropped the subject thinking that his sister might have died some time ago before he became a mercenary since they don't think Naruto would leave his sister behind.

"Well Juvia, lead the way." Naruto said as they followed Juvia.

A few miles away from them, a man with a fish tail for a hairstyle and carrying a sword walked towards his destination.

"Yes, I could smell it. The sky element's scent, I could smell it just ahead. Just you wait… I'll kill those legacies of the myth. I'll start with the youngest and weakest of them all." The man said with a malicious grin on his face.

END OF CHAPTER 14

AN: So how was it? Kinda boring if you ask me XD . It's more of a character development and introducing another pairing. My apologies to the readers hoping for a Naruto x Levy x Mira... I had other plans... I believe that Luxus is a cool guy with a great magic, he is actually one of my favorite characters in Fairy tail together with another one whom you will know soon :D. Next chapter will be action packed... I think? haha and I hope you like my rendition on how Elemental Nations are connected to Earthland. Oh and before everything else, yeah Levantine's defeat was kinda lame but I needed to portray him as a mindless dragon XD of course that doesn't apply now. Umm were you guys able to guess who was Naruto's agent on Ivan? Have you guessed what the elements and Myth mean? :D. Oh and about the poll, it's still open and I'm still thinking about it and looking into it if it would really fit the plotline. Oh and a shout out to my friend, Kate who would probably read this... Thanks for helping me out on the mushy/lovey-dovey scenes :D Please Read and Review... Good or Bad it helps me a lot.