Hey guys! Here's the third chapter. I thank all of you for reviewing and hope you continue to.
I am not good at writing Harems, so this is going to be a single pairing for Naruto. I am sure you can guess who it is?
I am introducing a new villain for Naruto as he is OP and the villains in FT cannot even hold a candle to him. I don't know much about Achnologia, so I won't consider him.
Gray takes up a major role in this chapter, so don't hate me for that.
It is still going to have Naruto as the main lead. He will be like the Good Samaritan in Light while the new villain I'll be introducing will be like the King of the dark guilds.
There was a figure walking in the desert followed by his footsteps. He left behind a Konoha vest which was half burned. The raven haired teen was wearing a brown poncho covering his whole dress. His poncho was floating in the air because of the desert breeze.
The avenger noticed a lightning spark behind him which then again disappeared the moment he turned back to see what it was. The minute the Indra reincarnate turned back, a portal appeared in front of him sucking his body. The portal looked the exact same way as the one which sucked his friend in.
A huge explosion first occurred as he summoned the rib cage and protected himself from the blast. Then a bright light came from the portal drowning the shadows itself. He raised his hands to shield his eyes, the rib cage disappearing in the process. He was then whisked off his feet and was dragged in by some dark purple like substance. He was almost completely in as the portal started to close on him.
The last Uchiha swapped his places with the Konoha vest as soon as the light died down and when the portal was about to close.
He fell on the sand and his body slid down due to the impact but the job was done. Whoever tried to capture him were sure to be left in disappointment as he switched with Sakura's discarded vest at the last minute using his Left eye teleportation technique. He also recorded the Portal's frequency for the future purposes.
'What was that? Is it some gateway to another of Kaguya's dimension.' he thought getting up. He picked up his sheathed sword which had fallen down. 'Whatever it is, I must return to Konoha and warn Naruto and the rest about it. They may try to capture Naruto as they attempted with me.' he thought as he amassed some chakra in his left eye and opened a similar looking portal.
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Six people sat in a round table while most of the chairs were empty.
"Mission to capture Sasuke Uchiha has failed. Contact Tartoras and ask them to go ahead with their plan to create E.S.U" A white haired man said.
"Yes sir!" one of his subordinates replied.
'I would have hoped to avoid that but seems like we have no choice' the white haired figure thought.
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The door burst open and a fierce voice came in "Natsu! Are you causing trouble again?" Erza shouted.
"Erza! you came way too fast from your mission." Natsu freaked out at Erza's sudden arrival.
"Kaasan?"
"Who are you?" Erza questioned Naruto and then turned towards Natsu and asked "And why is the guild empty? Where are everyone?"
'If I look at her more closely she doesn't resemble my mom that much except her long hair. She could easily pull of as an Uzumaki in Konoha though.' Naruto thought.
"And yeah, who are you again?" Erza asked Naruto.
Naruto pulled his left sleeve up and showed his orange guild mark to Erza and said "I am the newest member of the Fairy Tail guild, believe it."
"Don't you think that's a lot of orange." Erza said referring to Naruto's dress, guild mark and particularly everything.
"Well, orange is the mixture of Yellow Flash and Red Hot-blooded Habanero." Naruto said smiling.
"Erza, you are interrupting my fight with Naruto. He is the new guild member and we still don't know what he is capable of. And he even saved Lisanna's life and protected Mira, Elfman in their S-class mission. To say in one word, he's strong and I am going to beat him" Natsu said to Erza.
'What? He protected Mira during their S-class mission. He must be really strong.' Erza thought.
"In that case I must test your power myself. Naruto let's fight!" Erza challenged Naruto for a fight.
"Umm… Okay then." Naruto said not understanding what happened to Erza which made her suddenly challenge him to a duel.
"But not here. Let's fight outside of the guild." Erza said.
The moment Erza, Natsu and Naruto moved outside, all the guild members surrounded them and Makarov started shouting "On who do you place your bet on?"
Where did all these people come from? Naruto wondered as he looked around. They must have been hiding because of her. He thought as he eyed the knight in front of him.
After listening to his master's statement, Naruto sweat dropped and thought 'And What is this about?'
Mira said smirking "I place my bet on Naruto as he saved Lisanna and protected us all in that S-class mission. And there's no way I am placing my bet on that fatty."
After listening to Mira's statement all the guild members were in shock, after all it was Mira who praised Naruto.
"Even I place my bet on Naruto Onii-san as he saved my life." Lisanna said as even she placed her bet on Naruto. Mira chose not to react to Lisanna calling Naruto Onii-san as it would only further add fuel to the flames.
"Naruto is a real man. As a man I place my bet on Naruto." Elfman said as he placed his bet on Naruto as well.
When The Strauss family placed their bets on Naruto, all the other guild members placed their bets on Erza.
"This match looks interesting." Gray said as he stood beside Mira.
Naruto looked at Gray sweat dropping and said "Who are you and more importantly… WHY THE HELL ARE YOU NAKED?"
After listening to Naruto, Gray looked at himself and freaked out "When did this happen?"
Naruto just sweat dropped at Gray's antics.
'I am seriously surrounded between a bunch of weirdos. I hope I don't become one as well.'
"What do you mean you hope you don't become one? You are already a weirdo!" Kurama said in Naruto's inner mindscape.
"Shut up Kurama!" Naruto yelled waving his hands in air and returned back to the fight-
"Now, let's begin the fight." Wakaba shouted as they started the fight.
"Reequip: Flame Empress Armor"
So I guess her magic is changing her armor and swords Naruto thought as he analyzed her.
"I see… Erza isn't holding back at all" Macao said voicing majority's opinion.
Erza turned into her Flame Empress Armor and rushed at Naruto, her sword held out in front of her. Jumping high up into the air, she swung down at Naruto with fire. Naruto easily side stepped her, dodging with ease.
She immediately charged at him as soon as he landed, swinging the sword randomly hoping to land at least a single blow. But Naruto dodged each and every attack with ease.
"I can tell that he is pretty quick if he is able to dodge Erza's attacks" Cana said. Mira having heard Cana's statement, turned back to watching the match. Erza is no weakling. He is just toying with her… Just how strong is he?
It had been going on for a while, with Naruto using his taijutsu occasionally landing few blows while Erza dodging few of them.
"Wow! They both look evenly matched" Loke said.
Evenly matched my ass! He is toying with her Laxus thought.
The same thing was running through Erza's mind as well. She was exhausted from the continuous strikes but her opponent looked like he just warmed himself up.
Just then Naruto looked up, what is this? Something just fell from the sky.
Erza seizing the opportunity reequipped into her black wing armor, I will put all of my remaining energy into this attack She thought as she sped past the distracted Naruto, slicing him in the process. All the guild members let out a sigh of relief,
"This was expected… after all it was Erza" Gray said. But before they all could congratulate Erza, Naruto's body disappeared with a puff of smoke.
'W-What? W-Where the hell is he?'
"Behind you." Naruto said when he pointed a sharp kunai near Erza's neck while he was standing behind Erza. Erza tried to move her sword a little despite the situation but halted as the kunai was further pressed against her neck.
"I wouldn't do that if I were you!" he warned her in a low voice.
Erza sweated as she felt an immense aura Naruto released when he gave that warning, "I give up." She said as she fell on her knees when Naruto let go of her.
"The match's over. Naruto's the winner." Makarov shouted declaring Naruto the winner.
It took some time for the guild members to register the result in their minds. They were silent at first, then suddenly erupted into cheers and gathered around Naruto to congratulate him.
"Wow! You are so awesome. Fight me" Natsu shouted.
"Aye sir!" Happy chipped in.
"He just defeated Erza. What chance do you think you have Natsu?" Macao said.
"Whatever," Natsu brushed it off but continued to stare at Naruto with his eyes filled with stars. "I am sure you haven't even started using your strength in that fight and you successfully protected them in their mission. I want to protect those that I hold dear to me! So, please teach me how to become strong."
"Y-yeah sure!" Naruto said as he observed Natsu's eyes indicating that he was not joking.
Gray saw his rival's face having determination and was sure Natsu would go past him if he trained under Naruto. He just needed to ask Naruto himself but he was currently having ego issues and other problems.
'What the heck? Erza lost. I hate to admit this but Erza's as strong as me. This guy is pretty strong if he managed to defeat her with ease and he didn't even use any magic.' Mira thought tensed.
Gray and Erza were having mixed emotions, Erza's hair covered her eyes as she hung her head down, tears accumulating in them.
"I am definitely going to defeat you next time. You hear me!" she shouted as a tear rolled down her left cheek and ran away from there.
Naruto stared at her retreating end with a confused expression, "Did I do something wrong?" he tilted his head in confusion.
"No, you didn't!" Mira said. "I think she was just upset that you managed to force her into submission so easily" she said as she watched her rival's retreating end.
Naruto looked at her face with a teasing expression, "Despite being rude to everyone, you care about them, don't you?"
"S-shut up b-baka! Who cares about that fat pig" she yelled as her cheeks went red with embarrassment and hit him on the head and turned away from him.
"M-mira chan!" Naruto whined.
Gray seeing Erza's sudden outburst, took it the hard way unlike Natsu. To him Erza was invincible, but seeing her be defeated so easily by a new recruit who was the same age as her and him pissed him. 'How can she be defeated so easily? That too by a guy who is no older than her and me' he gritted his teeth. "Forget about Erza! I'll become strong and defeat him myself" he declared before he too stormed off.
Naruto observing Erza and Gray, sighed to himself, I thought not showing my abilities would help me mingle with them easily but looks like I made myself a target or a motivation if you can say so. Well, that isn't bad either. That will help them grow strong. This Natsu and Gray remind me of how we used to be back then.
At Magnolia Street,
'Damn it. Just how was Erza defeated so easily?' Gray thought kicking a stone while walking in a Magnolia street keeping his hands in his pocket. When Gray was walking he remembered the fight between Erza and Naruto. Whenever Naruto's image crossed his mind he gritted his teeth in anger. 'What if someone as strong as him were to attack the guild, then all I can do is just stand and watch helplessly like back then.'
Just then Gray heard few people talking about how they saw a monster in the Magnolia forest. That monster was an S-class which had escaped from another place and was taking refuge in the mountains.
'A monster. Should I go and inform the Master… No I will go and defeat that monster all by myself.' Gray thought and he headed towards magnolia forest. 'If I cannot even face the monster, then how can I expect to be able to beat him.'
In forest behind the mountain,
Gray was walking around the forest in search of the Monster. That's when he found a Konoha's vest which was half burned.
'What is this? Maybe somebody dropped it. I'll check the pockets to see whether I can get any information about who this thing belongs to.' Gray thought and he started checking the pockets of the vest whether he could find any information about the vest's owner.
He then found a photo in one of the pockets. The photo was half burned. In that photo there was a blonde, a raven haired guy and a white haired man. Their faces were burned and it was not clear. Gray could only see their hair. Apart from those three people there was even a pink haired girl with a wide forehead. Only her face was not burned in that photo.
'Well, whatever.' Gray thought as he kept that photo in his pocket and continued his search for the monster.
After some time, Gray heard footsteps of a monster and looked around to find the monster. After a while, he found a huge monster near a cave. It was a huge gorilla looking kind of monster.
"I am pissed today. So, at least be sure to put up a fight" Gray said as he brought his two hands together. HE had confirmed it as the monster he had been searching for as it matched the description.
"Ice Make Floor" he pressed his hands against the floor. The floor beneath him froze instantly, 'Good! Now I should have the advantage'
He brought his hands together again, "Ice Make Lance" Multiple lances hit the target. "That should do the trick. Now-" he noticed that the monster wasn't even budged.
"Was that supposed to be an attack?" the beast talked.
Gray took a step back. He was shaking but immediately found the courage and brought his hands again "Ice Make Saucer"
As soon as the Saucer hit him, he brought his hands together again, "Ice Make Hammer" A huge hammer made of ice formed in his hands. He brought and hit the beast while the smoke was still present.
He stood at some distance panting. He swiped the sweat from his forehead but his eyes widened again.
"Oh I see! You were trying to attack me, huh!?" The beast said as it jumped near Gray in an instant. Gray took a step back, "Ice Ma-"
"Too late" the beast said as it smacked Gray with its arm. He crashed against a tree and fell on all fours. He coughed up some blood as he glared at the beast which slowly approached him.
"Kid! You aren't even an S-class, are you? And you dare tried to fight me… actually this is good. I was thinking on how to get my meal for today but you have solved that problem for me. I would prefer a warm meal but the cold meat from your body's got to do" It laughed as it approached him.
Gray's consciousness was slowly fading as his stomach hit the floor. He still managed to keep his head up to look at the enemy. 'Is this the end?'
"This is weird. I never expected life forms to be present in any of Kaguya's dimension" he heard a male voice as the beast turned back.
"Today is my lucky day! I am going to feast on you tw- Argg" the beast let out a groan before it dropped dead.
All Gray managed to see was a hooded figure flickering and reappearing in front of him as the monster dropped dead as soon as he did. He could observe the figure slowly sheathing a katana before unconsciousness took over him. The last words he heard were "Hn. Today just isn't my day!"
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Evening,
Strauss Residency,
"I am worried about Erza and Gray. They still haven't returned," Naruto said looking up from his bowl of Ramen.
Mira just brushed it off, "Erza can be stubborn some times. I am sure she'll be back to herself by tomorrow"
"Yeah! And Gray is the same as well. He can act cold like an ice princess sometimes but he will open up to you sooner than you think" Natsu said as he finished a bowl of ramen and took another one.
"Aye!" Happy said.
"Why are you here Natsu?" Mira asked.
They were all having a meal at Strauss residency. Mira had invited Naruto over as he had no place to live yet. So, he took up the offer. But she was disappointed as Natsu decided to tag along, saying that he wouldn't leave Naruto alone.
"Don't be so rude, Mira-nee. I invited him over, I mean you invited Naruto and I didn't say anything against that. No offense Naruto Onii-san!" Lisanna said.
"None taken!" Naruto said as he was busy having a bowl eating competition with Natsu.
Lisanna noticed the uncomfortableness in Mira's face when Natsu was present there. 'I think she wants to spend some time alone with Naruto Onii-san.'
"Natsu, let's go to my room. Okay?" Lisanna said.
"Huh? Why so suddenly?" Natsu asked Lisanna.
"My room's pretty messed up you know. So, I want somebody to help me clean my room." Lisanna said.
"But Why me?" Natsu asked.
"Just stop asking questions and come with me already. And happy you come too." Lisanna dragged Natsu to her room.
"Aye sir!" Happy said as he followed Lisanna.
"They sure are good friends. Aren't they?" Naruto said.
"Ya, they are."
After that a weird silence filled between them both not knowing what to talk.
This silence is killing me… "I heard that you and your siblings were pretty good at take-over. What is it anyway?"
"A take over is essentially when you can capture a soul of a creature and can use its abilities to your use" she explained.
"So, that's just like a jinchuriki, huh? Why didn't you say so" Naruto said grinning before realization hit him.
"Jinchuuriki? What's that?" She asked.
Crap. Looks like I have no choice, might as well tell her "It's what we call people who can use takeover on powerful creatures, which are capable of destroying entire continents. I was one of them. A jinchuriki was treated as a weapon from where I came" he finished.
"What did you mean by that? You were a weapon?" Mira asked Naruto.
"You know there is a tailed beast in me, one of those powerful creatures I mentioned. Because of which I was hated by everyone in my village. I was always alone. But I was saved thanks to Iruka-sensei and him." Naruto said to Mira remembering his friend.
"You know your past actually resembles mine." Mira said.
"Huh?!"
"When I used my take over magic for the first time I had a demon inside me. All my villagers hated me. But unlike you; we were forced to leave our village. That's when I joined Fairy Tail. Fairy Tail is a family which is dear to me and which accepted me as I am." Mira said.
"It was same to me with Iruka-sensei, first accepting me. He was like a father I never had. My hatred for the villagers went away when I met Iruka-sensei" he said as if understanding her.
"And If it weren't for the old man the third, I would have been forced to leave and I don't think I would have been lucky like you in finding a new home. I would most probably have given in to despair" he said as he looked down sadly.
"Who knows… you might have ended up here and met me way back then. We might have been good friends" She said as she tried to cheer him up. It seemed to have worked as Naruto smiled at her causing her to blush.
"All that's in the past. I actually changed the way things worked in my country, so in the end, it ended well. Even the tailed beast is my friend. I'll let you meet him sometime, maybe tomorrow." Naruto grinned as Mira cleared the table.
"That's good then. In the end, we both got what we needed, a family" she smiled as she left to the kitchen. Naruto was actually caught off guard by that smile, because it wasn't the usual Mean Mira smile.
Naruto followed up to the kitchen, "It is as I thought. I like this side of you. It would be nice if you were this good towards everyone… Then they all could see how kind you are. I mean then you could easily become most likable person in the guild, heck even I would be head over heels for you" he said as Mira just froze.
The tray started shaking up, "You think so?"
"I know so"
She looked down, "I'll try by first being nice towards you"
"Sounds good!" Naruto said as he moved to the couch he was offered for the night.
"Good night Naruto!" she smiled at him.
Damn, she did it again... "G-good night Mira-chan!"
"Just Mira."
"Mira, I want to talk to you about something important tomorrow. The furball's been killing me to talk about it," Naruto said as he lied down.
"Furrball?!"
"I mean the tailed beast inside me I told you earlier, his name is Kurama. He is the furball. He wants to talk to you, but I shrugged him off saying we were tired!"
"Okay, then. Guess I'll go and drive Natsu away from Lisanna's room"
"Be gentle with him. Remember being nice and all that..." he said.
"I'll try" she fake smiled leaving him.
'Oh no you don't! Be brave Natsu' he prayed for the salamander as he saw through her fake smile. All thanks to Sai. He then turned off the lamp after he heard few screams and went to sleep.
With Mirajane after driving Natsu and Happy,
She went to her room and lay on her bed. She kept staring at the ceiling in silence as she looked at her right hand. 'Though we were similar, he suffered more than I have. I at least had my siblings while he had been alone for twelve years'
She never met anyone as awesome as Naruto. She would have probably gone insane or get some revenge on the village if she was in his place. But she wondered what motivated him to stay in the village and try to earn others acknowledgement despite the suppression and abuses thrown towards him. Now that she thought about it, she could spot some loneliness in his eyes despite the bright smile he puts in front of everyone. Despite solving the problems, he still had to feel lonely as he can go only so far calling his friends his family. 'Maybe I will be nice towards him from now on. I won't care what others think.'
Her sister was observing Mira from the door before she nodded to herself and went back to her room. 'Naruto Onii-san! you probably didn't notice but you had already become a special person to Mira-nee.' she thought as she smiled to herself. 'Alright! Full throttle from tomorrow.'
And cut!
I decided to cut Sasuke some slack despite the crazy things he did now that he's good and all in Boruto the movie. I liked Sasuke's character in Boruto movie. So, yeah! I'll be having that Sasuke take a role. He'll be necessary for the plot. So think before you decide to discontinue the story just because Sasuke is a part of it.