This is now the fourth chapter of our story. I say "our" because you guys are the reason I'm still going on with this story. I got the idea for a Terrorist organization by reading Titania and The Hunter by Master Attlon. That's my favorite Naruto/Fairy Tail crossover. I love being able to answer your questions so ask away.
avidnarutofan: he will use hand to hand combat, he just uses his sword for people he respects as formidable opponents. I'm using Fuyu-san as a constant for Naruto to receive a steady flow of money. Plus, I thought'd be funny for Cana to see how much working with Naruto would get her paid. I had to have Naruto react that way with Natsu because he wanted to keep him in line instead of being so loud. Yeah, I'll keep Naruto and Laxus friends until the Phantom Lord arc. Laxus is going to become mainly angry at Makarov, but Naruto will talk him through it.
I've always wanted Naruto to have some headphones like Laxus but I wanted them to like something like Neku's. If you don't know who Neku is, he has a game called The World Ends With You.
Cerulean Knight: it's powered by lacrima. They last a long time. He would need to refill them with magic after they run out but they pretty much run on his light magic.
I made a mistake earlier when I explained how he powered his photon magic was powered. I realized it would make much more sense if he just assimilated the pure eternano in the air.
Sorry I took wayyyyyy too long to post this but I've been making a lot of edits and I have too many ideas I need to put into one chapter.
Now that that's settled, let's get on with the story.
Disclaimer: I own neither Naruto nor Fairy Tail
Cana walked up to the two-story warehouse and gawked. 'With as much money as he has, he could definitely afford a much better place. So why a warehouse apartment?' Entering the apartment, she walked up to the landlord staring around. It was a very artistic establishment.
"These are very nice pictures, did you make them?" Cana asked the landlord.
"Oh no, that would be Naruto-san's doing. He loves painting." She answered back, smiling.
'Well she's certainly nicer than our landlord at Fairy Hills.' Cana sweatdropped, remembering the cranky old woman that owns the female dorms.
"Could you tell me where I could find him?" Cana asked nicely.
"Well, he lives in the loft, but if he's not there then you'll find him in the basement sweetie." She replied.
"The basement? Why would he be down there of all places?"
"Oh well, he's renovating it. Turned it into a dojo of sorts."
"A dojo? Wow, that's impressive." Cana said surprised.
The landlord nodded and pointed upstairs, "I believe he's in the loft right now if you wanna check."
"Thank you Miss-"
"Just call me Ayame dear" She smiled kindly.
"Oh well, thank you Ayame-san"
"Anytime dear, just promise me you won't have too much fun now" she winked at the girl.
Cana blushed and walked up the stairwell. She reached a hall with two doors, one on each side. She walked to the one with the dark blue metal door and rung the bell. She waited a few seconds before she heard a loud click and the metal door slid open sideways to reveal Naruto without a shirt on. His golden hair flowing down to his shoulders. He was wearing a pair of green cargo shorts that reached below his knees. His hands were covered in bandages and his necklace was clinging to his sweating body. All this was too much for Cana as her face turned bright red.
"Naruto what happened to you? You're sweating like crazy."
Naruto laughed, "Sorry Cana, I'm just training."
"Training? Who trains at this time of the morning?" She asked incredulously.
"I never went to sleep" He laughed again.
"What do you mean you didn't go to sleep? By the time you took me home last night, it was already 11:00! What kind of training could you possibly be doing?"
"Come in and I'll show you" He said, sliding his door open enough that she could walk into the apartment. She entered and gawked at the giant mat that was placed in the middle of the floor. The mat itself wasn't what surprised her. It was the fact that 9 swords were balanced upon each other, a wooden plank also balanced atop of these. Naruto then backflipped onto the wooden plank and stood upon it with one hand on the board. He then began to do one-handed push-ups.
"Impressive right?" Naruto asked grinning.
"I've seen better" Cana said smugly. To which Naruto facefaulted, effectively making the swords and the plank fall along with Naruto. Cana broke out laughing at the betrayed look on Naruto's face.
Naruto then got up, grumbling. "Yeah yeah, laugh it up now. I'll get you back for that."
"I'm sure you will baby" she said as she kissed his cheek.
"I don't have much in the way of food. Just a lot of ramen." Naruto laughed, rubbing the back of his head sheepishly.
"That stuff you got Laxus hooked on? It's not good just to eat noodles Naru-kun."
"I know, but it's addictive. Besides, there's something else I can eat right?" He said sliding up to her.
"My god, I make ONE joke about eating me out and you never let it go." She cried exasperatedly.
Naruto blinked. "Well that's not what I was talking about but hey-" He was cut off as Cana attempted to punch him. He sidestepped and caught her when she tripped. He then picked her up bridal style and stared into her eyes. She wrapped her arms around his neck and leaned up. He leaned forward and their lips locked in a passionate embrace. Their eyes slowly closed as the kiss became more heated. After a few minutes, Cana licked his bottom lip, silently asking for entrance. He obliged and opened his mouth. It soon became a battle for dominance with both tongues sliding around each other's mouths. Naruto won and they broke apart for air soon after. They were breathing heavily staring into each other's eyes, their foreheads pressed together.
"We could stay like this ya know?" Cana whispered to him.
"We both know that's not possible Cana-chan." He whispered back.
"I know" She looked down sadly, "But it's a nice thought."
"Hey now, you won't be getting rid of me that easily" He said placing his hand under chin, making her look up at him.
"Oh well that's a shame." She said grinning.
"oh whatever " he said rolling his eyes and setting her back down on the ground.
Cana smiled mischievously before her eyes widened and looked down at the ground.
"Hm? What's wrong Cana?" Naruto asked frantically.
"That was my first kiss..." She answered quietly.
"How was it?" Naruto asked.
"..."
"..."
"..."
"Cana?"
"I-it was amazing okay!" She yelled at him, her face entirely red.
He smirked at her. "I'll break you out of that shell soon enough. But thank you."
"Thanks for what?" She asked.
"The kiss, it was my first too."
Cana's jaw dropped. "Are you serious?"
"Yeah"
"But that was...wow..." She blinked before grinning again, "Looks like I got a good one then huh baby?"
"I could say the same thing Cana-chan" he said pulling her into another kiss.
She pushed him off and decided to take a look around the loft. She entered the kitchen first and looked in the cabinets where, true to his word, were filled with hundreds of packets of ramen. Shaking her head she grabbed a soda from the fridge and moved on the living room. There were three bean bag chairs, a sofa, and a flatscreen against the wall. Leading outside to the deck there were two deck chairs facing the sea behind the guild. Walking down the hall she passed the bathroom and the hall closet. She then walked into his bedroom. The bed sheets were dark blue with orange flames lining the bottom. There were three posters on the walls, one above the door depicting a white lotus tile; the one above the bed was a picture of Amaterasu; and the last one, across from the bed, was that of a sound wave. Next to his bed was a stand with a bamboo lamp shade which wasn't lit at the moment. Below the poster of the sound wave was a dresser, on top of which was his jian and a lacrima in front of it
"You like it?" Naruto asked, stepping into the room.
"It's quaint, not what I expected of someone with as much money as you, but I like it." Cana said.
"Thank you that's what I was going for. Besides, I'm not into fancy or extravagant furniture or buildings. Relatively simple is better for me." Cana grinned at him."Well I guess 'simple' wouldn't be the right way to describe it now would it?" Cana shook her head in the negative.
"I'm afraid not"
"Ah well the basement at least is clearly not a simple space."
"I'll be the judge of that"
Naruto smirked before leading her to the lacrima-powered elevator. He pulled up the gate and led her inside.
"Ladies first"
She shook her head at his antics. He lowered the gate and flipped the switch inside the elevator causing it to go down.
"Why is there only one switch?" Cana asked.
"I'm the only one who uses the basement" he said smiling at her. Cana nodded and then looked past him. They had finally reached the basement and when he lifted the gate again she gawked. The basement was almost as big as the warehouse itself; lining the walls were various weapons, exercise bars, posters, and runes. On one side of the room was a training mat with a matagama design. Across the room, a mat with the same design had a training bag hanging above it along with weights scattered all throughout the room. On the wall directly across from the elevator was a lacrima case with four swords of varying size. A Short sword; a Long sword; a Broadsword; and a Great sword. There a few burn marks around the room but they weren't as noticeable.
"Wow Naruto...this is incredible."
"Thank you. I've been using this area as a place to give train Natsu and give him a definitive fighting style. As of yet he doesn't have one. He's way too stubborn for his own good."
"I'm surprised the place hasn't burned down yet. That means you must be doing something right." Cana said crossing her arms underneath her shapely C-cup breasts.
"He's mostly just building up his muscles. It's actually quite irritating." Naruto stated, rubbing his temples.
"You ever train anyone else?"
"Well Elfman and Gray have been asking me to."
"Are you gonna let them train with you?"
"Oh I don't know...Natsu by himself is a headache. Elfman's starting to go through some sort of phase and Gray is too moody for a kid his age."
Cana smirked at him. "So that's a yes then."
"You know me so well already Cana-chan" Naruto said looking up at the ceiling. They looked at each other and started laughing.
Time skip: 7 months later/S-class trials
"Natsu you have to at least bite your food" a worried Lisanna said tiredly.
"Forget it Lisanna, garbage breath here will never listen if it interrupts his alone time."
Natsu stopped inhaling his ramen and glared at Gray, pressing his forehead against Gray's.
"What did you say icicle dick?"
Gray pushed Natsu back "You heard me flamebrain"
"Oi, you two" a voice called out.
Both boys froze and turned around slowly. They started shuddering when they noticed the angry look on Naruto's face.
"I thought I told you to be training bright and early"
"S-sorry Naruto-sensei "
"W-we'll be leaving now"
They then turned around and ran out of the guild, leaving a trail of dust behind them.
"You know that neither of them made it this year Naruto, why push them so hard?" a voice asked from behind.
Naruto turned to look at Gildarts and sighed, "If they even want to think about becoming S-class, then they have to be completely serious. They need to be ready for when Kuro Yoake decides to make their next move. I won't take inexperienced and immature mages with me on the jobs I take." Gildarts noticed a hint of vengeance in his voice and sighed.
'So you're still looking for him huh Naruto?' Gildarts said looking at Naruto sadly.
"Well we certainly won't be taking anyone who isn't qualified to be S-class today now will we?" He said trying to lighten the mood.
Naruto looked up at him and grinned. "Of course not old man, now let's head out."
Gray looked back to see Naruto and Gildarts walking out of the guild. He chose not to ask them where they were going in fear that Naruto still might be angry. Natsu, of course, wasn't that smart and chose to shout to the both of them "FIGHT ME!"
Gray shook his head as Naruto and Gildarts looked at each other, nodded and stood back to back. They looked at Natsu and made a 'come hither' motion with their hands. Natsu grinned in victory and launched at them shouting,
"FIRE DRAGON'S IRON FIS-"
Naruto and Gildarts each cocked their arm back and launched a punch at Natsu knocking him out immediately.
Gray walked up to the fallen Natsu and dragged him back to the guild, not caring about the growing bruises on the dragon slayer's body.
"I swear those two are gonna give me a lot of migraines in the future, in fact I feel one coming on now" Naruto said rubbing his temples. 'Woah, I get the feeling I've heard that before...'
Ryukoshi sneezed. 'Someone's thinking about me.' He then grinned pervertedly, 'I hope it's Grandine hmhmhmhm.' He shuddered with excitement as he walked down the scale-walled hallway.
"Oi master, where are we even going?" One very irritated Mirajane asked to the guild master who was sitting in a lawn chair on the top deck.
"You'll know when we get there now quit whining and leave me to my tanning" an irate guild master said, grumbling.
"You said that over an hour ago and it doesn't even look like we've moved at all!" Cana shouted at the guild master as well.
Makarov then got up, frustrated that his tanning was interrupted but grinned perversely down at the sweating girls on the ship's deck. He then pointed out at the horizon and said, "There is where we're going you spoiled brats. Welcome to Tenroujima!"
Erza, Mirajane, and Cana turn around and stare in awe of the giant island they were rapidly approaching. The large tree was a menacing sight, but it also gave off a comforting feeling to the fairies as well.
"I will now explain the rules of this first section of the exam. There are three passageways, each of which has an S-class mage waiting at the end of their tunnels. Upon reaching these mages, they will challenge you to a duel of their choice. If you pass their test you will be given a map where you will only have 7 minutes to reach the next destination. If you do not reach the destination in the allotted time frame, or you do not pass the mage's test, you will be disqualified. Do you understand the rules as I have stated them to you?" Makarov said stoically to the three girls.
Each girl nodded in response and took on a took on a fighting stance.
"At the end of these tunnels are Gildarts, Laxus and Naruto. Not necessarily in that order. You may reach the island in anyway you deem necessary. Now are you ready?...BEGIN!"
At the sound of Makarov's shout, the three girls leapt off the ship, each using their respective magics to get to the island. Mirajane reached the island first, ignoring the master's warning about which mage was where, and traveled through the center tunnel. This caused the tunnel to close.
'Now I can payback that bastard Laxus for calling me weak before.' Was Mirajane's only thought flying through the tunnel in her satan soul form. Erza was the next one to get to the island, deciding to go through the first tunnel.
'If what Master says is true then it's possible I might be fighting Gildarts.' At this she shuddered and continued moving. 'Not a happy thought but I'll try my best anyway.'
Cana was the last one to get the island therefore went through the tunnel to the right. 'I have a bad feeling about this tunnel, but I can't give up now.'
Mira landed at the entrance to the cave, kneeling. She stood up grinning at the immense amount of power emanating from inside.
"Well I was expecting Laxus, but this turned out to be much better." Mirajane said looking down from the cave entrance at a grinning Naruto.
"You say that now, but you know there's no way I'm going down as easily as you might think." Naruto called up to Mirajane as she was standing on her platform.
It was then that she grinned from ear to ear and dispelled her Satan Soul. "I've been preparing for this moment since you beat me that last time. This won't go the same way. I've got a new trump card and it will beat you for sure!" She yelled at him.
"Oh?" Naruto asked showing his elongated fangs. "Then does that mean you're gonna go all out this time?"
"You bet your ass I am and you better do the same now let's get this party started baby!" She called out getting into a fighting stance.
Naruto raised an eyebrow. "What did you just call me?"
Mira's eyes widened as she realized her slip up. "S-shut up damn you. Let's go SATAN SOUL: SITRI!"
As she yelled this she was enveloped in a bright light and smoke. When the smoke cleared Mirajane stood there but instead of her regular demon Take-over, she was silver with dark blue markings lining the sides of her body. Two large horns protruded from the sides of her head and curved downwards to frame her face. A large high-collared cloak was wrapped around her as if it was her skin. Her body also took on the form of Mirajane had she been much older. Naruto's nose bled a little before he wiped it away quickly so as Mira wouldn't catch him.
"Well, I certainly wasn't expecting that, but will it be enough to make me use my Dragon Slayer magic?" He grinned taking off his jacket and sealed his sword away with a few runes. To which Mira received a much bigger nosebleed.
"You can damn well bet your sexy ass it can!"
"Mira you're doing it again..." Naruto called out.
"DAMMIT!"
She flew at him, ready to tear him apart but he merely sidestepped and jabbed her ribcage. She fell to her knees and attempted to get back up but Naruto swept her legs from underneath her. He landed on top of her and aimed a punch at her face but she blocked it and managed to blast him off of her with a well-aimed beam of silver magic.
She got up sightly panting from exertion. "That spell was meant for long-range but it worked out just fine." She stood up holding her left forearm as she stared into the mist. When it cleared she realized he wasn't there.
"You rely too much on your eyes Mira-chan." He said from behind her.
"Shit!" She yelled jumping out of the way.
"Too late." He extended his arm and began charging a spell. A magic circle appeared in front of his hand before exerting a blast of light blue energy "Dragon Spear".
The sharp spear of magic energy shot straight towards Mira, her eyes widening as it got closer.
"Dammit, SOUL EXTINCTION !" She shouted, hoping that her spell would intercept his. It did so but only some of the attack was negated. One spark of energy made it past and struck Mira as she tried to jump out of the way of the shockwave. She cried out in pain and made to fly away but Naruto appeared right next to her and roundhouse kicked her in her side. He then grabbed her by her arm and swung her over his shoulder onto the ground. She groaned as he lifted her up as to look in her eyes.
"I'm impressed you made it this far Mirajane. You lasted longer than our last fight, but you still have much to learn." He spoke softly into her ear. He then let her down on the ground slowly.
"Damn you Naruto" She spat out. "I'm not so weak that I'd lose to a punk like you!"
"Oh yeah? Then PROVE IT!" He shouted throwing her in front of him. She grunted and got up, staring at him furiously.
"Don't you dare belittle me Naruto. Fight me with your all dammit."
Naruto looked at her serenely.
"You aren't going to say anything?" She asked, silently preparing a spell.
"I don't need to. Show me you aren't weak Mirajane. With this last attack we will finish it."
"Tch. You got it, punk." She grinned, putting her arms in front of her. Putting all of her strength into the spell, she yelled "SHINIGAMI'S WRATH!"
A large violet and skeletal scythe raced towards Naruto, his eyes widening as he felt the immense amount of power flowing off the demonic blade.
'S-she summoned the Shinigami's scythe?! I don't believe it. It looks Like I don't have a choice but to use that.
As the scythe came closer, Naruto took a deep breath and shouted out his spell.
"GRAND PHOTON DISRUPTION!" Pushing a ton of power into his negating spell, he was surprised when it didn't work, as the scythe cut through his attack and, if possible, came towards him much faster.
"Shit" Was all he could say as he grabbed the scythe with his sword arm, heavily damaging the cells inside his arm, but successfully destroying the deadly spell. The heat from the spell negating creating a mist to form around him.
"What the hell? How did you stop my attack?!" Mirajane shouted.
The mist cleared and her eyes widened. For Naruto had his arm held out...covered in cracked scales.
'It seems my scales weren't strong enough. Damn, Porlyusica is gonna be pissed.' Naruto sighed.
"Perks of being a dragon Mira. I'll give you credit, that spell was strong enough to break though my dragon scales."
'Hell yeah!' Mira thought. A chibi version of herself in her mind was laughing evilly.
"However..."
"Huh?" Mira looked up.
"I don't want you to use that spell unless as an absolute last resort." Naruto continued.
"What? Why the hell not?" Mira shouted, trying to get up but cringed and stood on one knee.
"That's why, right there. You can barely control this new form, and carelessly pushing all your energy into an attack that you also can't completely control might kill you. That or the demon might try to take you over. I want you to understand that you need to be careful alright?" He said while getting down to his knees to look her in the eyes.
Mira looked down, his words hit home. She knew she couldn't control her inner demon all the time but...
"In fact.."
Mira looked up, tears forming in her eyes.
"I want you to practice your control over these. Don't look at this as an obstacle, see it as an opportunity to get stronger."
Mira nodded. "Thank you...Naruto-kun..."
Naruto grinned and stood up and began walking back to the entrance of the cave, then he looked over his shoulder and saw Mirajane still sitting there.
"Oh and Mira-chan?"
"Yeah, what is it?"
He grinned again, this time so that his eyes closed.
"You passed."
Mira blinked. "Huh?"
Meanwhile
A blast of lightning made it's way towards Erza. She requiped to her speed armor, enabling her to dodge the lightning bolt.
"Lucky shot Scarlet, but that armor won't help you for long." Laxus stated cockily.
"You want to try out that theory Laxus?" Erza said, requipping a different sword. She then held it backhanded and crouched. "It seems that I should end this fight now, it has been dragging on for some time now."
Laxus's eyes widened, 'That stance...'
"He's been training you too hasn't he Erza..." He growled out.
"No actually, I learned this style by watching him train when we were on a job together." She then squatted down and launched herself at Laxus, spinning midair and creating a tornado around her. "Cyclone!"
Laxus brought up his arms to defend. There was a flash of light.
"It looks like I'm the only one here Naruto-kun" Mira said as Naruto set her down on a rock. Makarov appeared in a flash a second later.
"I see you passed Mira-chan." Mira nodded.
"The others should be coming in a few seconds." Makarov continued.
Mira stared at him "How do you know that?"
Naruto and Makarov looked at each other then showed her the small earpiece in Makarov's ear and the small mic attached to Naruto's headphones.
"We've been communicating with these since we got on the island." Naruto said to her as she looked at the small earpiece.
"Oi! Jiji I'm back."
All heads turned to see Gildarts walking towards them with Cana on his shoulder and Laxus and Erza by his side,
"Eh?" Was all that came from Gildarts next as he suddenly found himself pinned against the wall, a blade pointed directly at his face.
"Oi Gildarts what the hell did you do to Cana? You were supposed to just test her." Naruto growled out, killing intent leaking across the field.
Gildarts sweatdropped nervously and raised one of hs hands to defend his neck. "Hold on now Naruto she's just passed out I didn't kill her."
He then placed her on the ground, sitting up against a rock. Naruto looked at her and placed his hand near her forehead. He sent a pulse of magic to her and walked back over to Makarov.
"She'll wake up soon but it seems she passed out from magic exertion" he said to the short guild master. Makarov nodded and turned to Erza.
"Congratulations on passing this time Erza, I hear you used a new technique against him. Very well thought out." he said with approval.
Erza blushed and smiled "t-thank you Master."
Mira looked over and saw Naruto snickering at Laxus who was grumbling about cheating armor girls.
"Oi you loser, how come you had to use a last minute attack to get one over on Laxus? Maybe you aren't as skilled as you thought." Mira grinned at Erza.
"What was that you goth bitch?" Erza shouted slamming her forehead against Mira's.
"You must be deaf too bitch" Mira glared at Erza. Sparks forming between their eyes.
"Knock it off you two" Naruto said pushing them apart.
Naruto turned and walked over to the group of S-class mages.
As soon as he turned his back however, Mira and Erza started fighting again.
"You think of a challenge for them yet old man?" Laxus said..
"How many times have I told you not to call me that?!" The short guild master shouted. Fuming, he turned around with his back facing the other three mages.
"Four hundred something times I believe" Naruto said nonchalantly.
Makarov grumbled about disobedient teenagers and started stroking his mustache. "Yes I did actually come up with a challenge, but there was no need to."
"What do you mean?" Naruto asked.
"Look, Cana-chan there can barely stand and even if Mira denies it, she's exhausted her mana." Makarov answered.
Naruto and Laxus looked over at Mira who, on closer inspection was indeed breathing rather harshly. She glared one more time at Erza then, as she tried to take a step towards her, she fell on one knee.
"MIRA!" Erza shouted catching her before she could fall over. "Master what's wrong with her?"
"I'm fine" Mira said glaring at Erza.
Makarov stared at her. " My dear I mu-"
"Stand up Mira." Naruto said cutting him off.
Mira grinned and stood up shakily. "See? I can still fight!"
"Photon Dragon's Iron Fist" Naruto said plunging his magic coated fist into Mira's stomach.
She keeled over and held onto her stomach wide-eyed and glaring daggers at Naruto.
"You can barely stand my weakest attack Mirajane. I'm not going to have you risk your life over some stupid pride. You made it this far, be glad about that. But this is as far as you go." Naruto said looking down at her.
"Hey hey don't you think you're being a bit rough Naruto?" Erza asked angrily.
"I can still fight dammit, something like that isn't gonna kill me."
Laxus snorted. "Yeah right you can't even stand up."
"Listen to Naruto, Mira."
"You too Gildarts?" Mira said defeated.
"It's rough, but he has your best interests at heart. I'm afraid you'll have to try again next year after you heal." Makarov answered.
Mira looked between everyone standing around her and finally gave in sighing in spite of herself.
"I'll win next year for sure"
"WHAT?!"
"I told you already Natsu, Erza was the only one to make it to S-class this year." Naruto said for what felt like the hundredth time. "You really need to pay attention."
"You know he won't Naruto, it's useless to persuade him." Gray commented dodging an attack from Elfman.
"BEAST SOU-"
"No magic Elfman, this exercise is meant for you to train your physical capabilities. Do it again." Naruto called out from the stands.
Elfman nodded and jumped back. He closed his eyes and sat in the lotus position.
"Breathe slowly and listen to the Earth. What is she telling you?" Naruto said, making his voice sound like he was right next to Elfman.
Natsu and Gray looked at each other and moved in circles around the Take-over mage. Gray slid to his left and launched in the air, bringing his foot down onto Elfman. The white haired youth then lifted his arm to block and shouted,
"ABOVE!"
"Good" Naruto nodded. "Listen again, she's not done talking yet."
Natsu looked at Naruto. He noddd and Natsu flew head-on at Elfman. The mage grinned and began yelling as he punched the ground where Elfman was only a few seconds ago. He had jumped out of the way, only for Natsu to give away his intention before he reached him.
"Natsu!" Naruto called out, "You gave away your position, you're supposed to attack silently. Switch places with Elfman."
"AWWWWWWWW" Natsu whined loudly.
"Quit your whining flamebrain and get in position."
As Natsu stomped over to the middle of the field, Gildarts appeared next to Naruto.
Neither said a word, but chose to instead watch as Natsu failed to predict when Gray and Elfman would attack him over and over again. With each time, Naruto calling out for Natsu to do it again. Finally Gildarts spoke after about 20 minutes.
"They're getting better, but what's the point of having them listen to the sounds, they won't have time to do that during a real fight?"
"Two reasons actually. One, because they're quiet for once." Gildarts chuckled. "And two, because their hearing is heightened for a short period of time. If one can master waiting patiently and listening to the sounds of the Earth, they'd realize that all living things are connected. The Earth tells many things, if you're willing to listen." Naruto said sagely.
Gildarts blinked. "Sometimes I forget you're just a teenager Namekian."
"It's Namikaze" He corrected. "Namekians are a powerful species of green aliens that can stretch and regenerate."
"Huh?"
"It's nothing, forget about it."
Planet Namek
Piccolo sneezed. 'Someone must be talking about me...'
"DIE FRIEZA!" The shout from the Saiyan prince brought Piccolo back to the fight at hand.
"Pitiful monkey, you cannot hope to defeat me."
"Alright Natsu, that's enough!" Naruto called out, seeing Natsu finally block a punch without taking off his blindfold.
"YOSH! I'm the best dragon slayer ever!"
"Is that a challenge squirt?"
Natsu sweatdropped.
"I-I can beat you Naruto-nii!" he shouted.
"Please, you can't even beat me lizardlungs, how do you expect to beat the second strongest mage in the guild?" Gray sneered.
"Put your clothes back on Gray" The blonde dragon slayer said sweatdropping at his student.
"NARUTO IS A REAL MAN!" Came Elfman's shout.
Naruto sweatdropped again.
"Alright guys, go back inside, we're done with this exercise today."
Natsu cheered and ran back inside with Gray and Elfman following closely behind.
Naruto sighed and laid down on the grass.
'It's almost time for Mystogan to be back haha. Then the three of us can finally go on a mission again. It's been too long.'
He lifted his headphones to his ears and turned them on.
Pompeii starts playing
Eheu eh-o eheu eh-o [x8]
I was left to my own devices
Many days fell away with nothing to show
And the walls kept tumbling down
In the city that we love
Great clouds roll over the hills
Bringing darkness from above
Naruto smiled lifting a golden ball of magic in his hands.
But if you close your eyes,
Does it almost feel like
Nothing changed at all?
And if you close your eyes,
Does it almost feel like
You've been here before?
How am I gonna be an optimist about this?
How am I gonna be an optimist about this?
He laid his hand back down and closed his eyes.
We were caught up and lost in all of our vices
In your pose as the dust settled around us
And the walls kept tumbling down
In the city that we love
Great clouds roll over the hills
Bringing darkness from above
But if you close your eyes,
Does it almost feel like
Nothing changed at all?
And if you close your eyes,
Does it almost feel like
You've been here before?
How am I gonna be an optimist about this?
How am I gonna be an optimist about this?
Eheu eh-o eheu eh-o [x4]
Oh where do we begin?
The rubble or our sins?
Oh oh where do we begin?
The rubble or our sins?
Cana walked out of the guild to see Naruto laying down on the grass listening to his headphones.
She smiled and laid down next to him and watched the clouds also listening to his music.
It was quite loud.
And the walls kept tumbling down (oh where do we begin?)
In the city that we love (the rubble or our sins?)
Great clouds roll over the hills (oh where do we begin?)
Bringing darkness from above (the rubble or our sins?)
But if you close your eyes,
Does it almost feel like
Nothing changed at all?
And if you close your eyes,
Does it almost feel like
You've been here before?
How am I gonna be an optimist about this?
How am I gonna be an optimist about this?
If you close your eyes, does it almost feel like nothing changed at all?
Eheu eh-o eheu eh-o [x8]
The song ended and Naruto opened his eyes. He turned his head and smiled at Cana.
"Hey Cana-chan"
"How was training?" She asked.
"They're getting better, but Natsu needs to work on being silent. Igneel raised him too brashly." Naruto said with a sigh.
"It's Natsu, what did you expect?" she laughed.
"I'm going to make him S-class one day. But for now, it's almost time for me to go on my job." Naruto said determined.
Cana frowned. "What was it again?"
"We're taking down a dark guild that has ties to Kuro Yoake. The magic council sent this to my team specifically."
"That sounds dangerous. Are you sure you're going to be able to keep it together for this job?" She said looking straight into his eyes.
"I'm not sure, but I have to do this Cana-chan."
"Can you promise me something then?"
"What's that?" He said pulling her on top of him.
"Come back safe"
Naruto smiled.
"I'll always come back dattebayo"
"What's on your mind Naruto-kun?"
Naruto looked up from his ramen to see the guild master looking at him from his seat on the bar counter.
"Just thinking about the job."
Makarov nodded. "I see"
"Actually master, I want Ivan to come with us on this mission."
"And why is that exactly?" Came the drawling voice of Ivan Dreyar from behind the counter.
"I get the feeling our team won't be enough for this job, and we're going to need someone who has a lot of experience dealing with dark guilds. You were the most likely choice." Naruto said without looking up.
"Clearly."
Laxus appeared in the seat next to Naruto.
"Mystogan's back."
"Yeah I felt it a while ago." The dragon prince replied.
One by one, mages began to fall asleep in the guild, with Erza and Mira being the last ones to fall.
"You could just walk in like a normal person, no one's gonna try and remove your mask ya know." Naruto sighed.
"I can't take that chance." The cloaked man answered.
"Whatever, you just like a big entrance Mysty" Laxus said sneering.
"Here's your ticket, be at the train station at 7:30 tomorrow morning. It's gonna take a few days to get to Ochiba no Machi." Naruto said, handing Mystogan his ticket. He began to turn around when Naruto stopped him.
"Why don't you stick around for a while, you don't have anywhere else to go right?"
"I can't be se-"
"Stay in the top floor then. No one but the S-class mages are allowed up there." Laxus replied.
Mystogan thought for a second before walking upstairs. A few seconds after he was well hidden, everyone in the guild began to wake up.
"Mystogan came didn't he?" Erza asked.
"Yeah but he's gone now." Naruto said.
"Dammit why does he have to put us to sleep every time?!" Mira shouted.
"When you get stronger you can ask him" Laxus sneered.
Mira grit her teeth. "Wanna try saying that again punk?"
Suddenly the front doors to the guild burst open.
"LOOK EVERYONE I FOUND A DRAGON EGG!" the pink haired dragon slayer yelled at the top of his lungs.
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...
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"Huh?"
As everyone began laughing and smiling watching the little blue cat now named Happy, fly around Natsu's head, Cana slid into the seat next to Naruto.
"I've changed my mind Naruto-kun"
"About what?"
She turned her head and looked him dead in his eyes.
"I'm going with you"
Thank you everyone for being so patient with me. I know I've taken way too long to update this and I wasn't expecting to take this long either actually but ya know, stuff happens. I'm actually quite happy with this chapter and I hope you guys are too.
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Ochiba no Machi: town of the falling leaves
