I'm SO SO SORRY that I haven't updated this story in a VERY LONG time. I was so busy the past couple of months with sports, school, outside of school activities, and so forth. Please forgive me :c Anyway, I was finally able to finish writing and editing this of Naruto in Fairy Tail land during this month so I hope you enjoy.
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or Fairy Tail
`tsuginomai
"So this is Shadow Claw..." Lucy muttered.
The group stood there in both awe and fright as they gazed upon the tall, dull-colored looking dark guild that was right before them. Even Naruto, who witnessed more frightening images like this, was shaking a bit. He continued to stand there stiff until he took notice on how Natsu began tensing up. Naruto slightly laughed before placing a hand on his shoulder, his own hand a bit shaky. "There's no need to be afraid Natsu."
"Me? Afraid? Nonsense! I'm not afraid. I'm just tensing up for how exciting this is going to be," he affirmed, removing Naruto's hand off his shoulder.
Naruto laughed. "Heh. Yeah, right. I can totally see how you tensing up means that you're excited."
"Why you..." While both Naruto and Natsu began to argue with each other, Erza was discussing with the others what their plan was to retrieve the mission item back.
"Alright. Is everyone ready?"
After hearing Erza's voice, Naruto and Natsu stopped their arguing and faced towards her.
"What?"
"I've just discussed what the plan was. Are you two all set?"
The two just shook their heads in response.
Erza sighed, "Goodness you two." After explaining everything all over again, Naruto and Natsu finally knew what exactly their plan was and what each of them are supposed to do.
"So basically all we have to do is retrieve the stolen item… which is some pure golden vase, correct?" Naruto repeated.
"Yes… But don't worry. You won't need to take part of any action on this mission since we just invited you to come," Erza mentioned.
"Yeah. So just leave everything to us alright," Natsu stated, forming a fist with one hand. After everyone was all settled, both Gray and Lucy nodded at Erza before slipping away from the group and quietly sneaking inside the dark guild. They both entered through one of the closest outdoor windows. After waiting for not very long, Lucy came back, signaling them that it was clear to come in. As Natsu was making his way inside the window, Erza turned to Naruto before making her own way through.
"You know, you don't have to come with us. You can stay out here if you'd like."
Naruto gave a look at the desert they were in before he responded. "It's alright. I'd rather go with you guys," he replied.
Nodding, Erza then went in through the window with Naruto following from behind. When Naruto climbed through the window and into the guild, he noticed how different the inside of the dark guild looked compared to the outside. The inside of the guild had much brighter colors; but of course, not a lot. He was mostly astonished at how roomy the room he was in was. Compared to Natsu and the others guild, this guild was probably much bigger... Guessing it was because of how there was more members in this guild that they would need more space. That was only his assumption though. Yet; even though the guild was so large and somehow coated with some bright colors, it was also very dark. The whole room was so dim, it made it almost impossible for anyone to see.
"Man it's dark in here," Natsu complained, "Heh. Glad I have a good sense of smell."
"Smell?" Naruto questioned.
"Yes, smell," Natsu repeated, sniffing around the surrounding area. Naruto just watched dumfounded as Natsu snooped around the room.
"Any traces of the guild members, Natsu?" Erza asked.
Natsu took one last whiff before replying. "Nope."
"Hmm. I see. Let's go then." After scouting the room they were currently in, Erza began making her way down the aisle that was on the left side wall which Naruto didn't even notice was there. Natsu followed from behind.
Where did Lucy and Gray go anyway? Naruto thought as he continued to stand inside of the room. He suddenly realized that Lucy and Gray disappeared when the three entered through the window. When he finally realized how the distance between him, Natsu and Erza was spreading out, Naruto ran as quickly as he could to catch up to them.
While the three were trotting down the long aisle corridor, Naruto began hearing the sounds of what it seemed like people fighting in a room close by to where they were. "Did you hear that?" he pointed out, stopping for a moment to get a better listen of the noises. Erza and Natsu stopped to listen to the noises as well.
"It's coming from over there," Natsu confirmed, pointing to two large doors that were down the aisle on the right side of the hallway. Hurriedly, the three ran over to the large doors. They each took a deep breath before kicking down the doors open without even giving a second thought.
Gray? Lucy?...
All three watched as both Gray and Lucy were inside of the room, battling a somewhat large amount of Guild members like it was no big deal. Naruto was totally surprised at the moment though.
What kind of powers are they using? Naruto thought as he watched Gray and Lucy fight; Gray shooting ice from his hands and Lucy seeming like she was using some sort of magical keys as her powers. How are they doing that? Naruto continued to watch in awe at the sight of the battle between the dark guild members until they were no longer capable of fighting and just lying on the floor, seeming like they were all dead. They... defeated them all? Just the both of them?
"Nice!" Lucy exclaimed after her and Gray's triumphant victory.
"Yeah," Gray said, crossing both his arms.
"What's wrong Naruto? You seem surprised about something," Erza asked, taking notice of the surprised look on his face, "Do you not remember how I mentioned that I wanted Gray and Lucy to scout the building before us?"
Naruto stood up tall. "W-What? Oh, of course I remember you saying that… and it's nothing," he replied, turning his head slightly away from her. It would probably be best if I refrain from using any of ninjutsu around them. Their powers seem to be in a completely different universe than mine. He turned his head back around so he can catch a glimpse of both Erza and the group. He already had a feeling that these people were WAY different than the ninjas back at Konoha. Why was he so surprised at the way they each fought then?
"Naruto. Hello?" Lucy began to wave both her hands in front of Naruto's face. He really didn't notice Lucy suddenly appear before him.
"W-What?"
"Eh. It just seemed like you spaced out there for a moment."
"Oh, um yeah. Guess I did..." Remembering how he had a desire to find out about each of their powers, Naruto figured that this is the perfect opportunity to ask. "So Lucy, I see you use keys for your... powers."
"Powers? Well that's an interesting name to represent magic," Lucy remarked,
M-Magic? So they type of skills they use is magic? Who would of thought... Naruto thought.
"I'm a Celestial Spirit Mage. These keys here are keys to open gates to the celestial spirit world. Almost all of my keys are made up of the twelve zodiac signs. Like Aquarius and Aries and so forth."
"Oh, I see," Naruto nodded even though he had no idea what she was talking about.
"Well besides that, what kind of magic do you use?" she asked him.
"Um…"
"As you can see, everyone here has different types of magic. Gray has ice magic. Natsu has dragon slayer magic."
"Well you see..."
"What might the two of you be talking about? We're already heading into the next room," Erza implied.
"Oh, right." Sneakily slipping away from his conversation Lucy, he went over to where Erza was standing which was right in front of the door to the next room they were about to head into.
"We don't know who or what we might face in the next room so just be prepared alright?" Erza warned.
"Now that you mention it, I can't wait to see who we might face. Let's go!" Natsu exclaimed. As soon as everyone was all set, they all gathered together in one big group. Slowly, they began to approach the door that would lead them to the next room.
Remember. Don't use any ninjutsu. Don't use any ninjutsu. Don't use any ninjutsu...
"Ready?" Erza asked once more.
"Like hell we are!" Natsu exclaimed. After they all opened the doors wide open, they were surprised to find that no one was even in the room. The room of course was still very dim and roomy like the other rooms they were previously in.
"Well that's weird. I was expecting at least a few people to be in here," Lucy mentioned,
"Yeah, same here," Gray agreed. Looking around the room, Naruto found to this room to be a bit unkempt compared to the other rooms as you might say. It seems that no one has been inside this room for quite a while. Continuing to look around, a pure golden vase that was sitting on top of a white stool that was right in the center of the room caught his attention.
"Hey guys. Is that the item we're looking for?" Naruto asked, pointing a finger at the vase. Everyone turned around at the mentioning of the vase they were trying to look for.
"Alright. Looks like you found it Naruto. Nice!" Natsu exclaimed, dashing over to where the vase was standing to retrieve it.
"Wait! Natsu!" Erza shouted, "This could be a trap."
Natsu stopped right in front of the vase to look back at Erza. "Now that you mention it..."
"I knew you Fairies were here to retrieve the vase," a husky voice coming from somewhere in the room stated.
"What? Who's there?"
All of a sudden, a tall, built man jumped down from above. He had the mark of the guild on his right arm which was a black tiger with its claws looking like it was slashing something in front of it. The man looked like someone that really shouldn't be messed with at all.
"That old geezer (Man who requested the mission) who owns the vase must of sent you Faeries huh?" the man spat, "Well I'm afraid that you Fairies won't be retrieving this vase back today."
"What did you say?" Natsu roared, flames beginning to emanate from both his fists. Erza put a hand on Natsu's shoulder, showing that he needed to calm down. She looked at the man standing a distance away from them all as she tried to figure out what she should do now that one of the guild members appeared before they were even able to snatch the vase away.
"Oh ho ho. Look who we have here. If it isn't Titania." The man lifted a fist up at her. "Come. Why don't we fight?"
"Don't worry Erza. I can handle this punk," Natsu told her. Before Natsu was even able to take a step forward towards the man, Erza held him back.
"No. I'll go fight him. You stay back." Taking her hand off of his shoulder, she raised that hand up. A sword then magically appeared in her hand. She pointed the sword towards the man, extending her whole arm out. "Kansou!" Erza's clothes miraculously changed into red sweat-looking pants with her top changed into bandages wrapping around her upper body. Another sword appeared in her other hand. "Let's go!" In an instance, she jumped herself over to the guy, about to slash an attack at him.
"Why is she going armor less?" Lucy wondered, "Erza should've at least worn some type of armor against this man!"
"Heh. Is that that all you got Titania?" the man scoffed, blowing a fist at her. The punch seemed like it was pretty deep due to how she was then sent flying back all the way across the room. Regaining her balance after being sent flying against a wall, she got back in her fighting position as she wondered what the man might do next.
What was that? How could he have punched her so hard that she would be sent flying? Naruto thought. Taking a look at the man's fist, he noticed that it was seeping with some sort of magic.
"How is he doing that? Is it even possible for magic to flow through a persons hand like that?" Gray wondered, probably noticing the man's fist as well.
"If we just knew what kind of magic that guy uses, then Erza can just requip to the armor that would defeat his magic style... Now I see why she changed into her armor less outfit. If she changed into one of her armors, it probably will just put her at risk," Lucy mentioned.
"...But the problem is, we don't know what type of magic he evens uses," Gray finished.
"Does it matter!? Even though we don't know this guy's magic type, she should at least wear some armor. Look at what's happening to her!" Natsu argued.
Paying close attention to the dark guild member, watching his fighting style seemed to remind him of Bushy Brows way of fighting: All just fists and kicks. The difference between him and Rock Lee's though was that the man seemed to be much more physically stronger and he had magic to help back himself up with his blows.
"Tch." Erza got up from the grouch after being blown away by another one of his attacks. "This is going nowhere. I guess I have no choice..." Lifting her sword up into the air, the clothing she wore suddenly got replaced with this teal-colored armor that had a lightning look to it.
"Erza's Lightning Empress Armor…" Lucy mumbled.
"Heh, wrong choice," the man smirked. When Erza suddenly unleashed a lightning beam attack on him after she was done requipping, he was quick counterattacked. Pounding his fists on the ground, a bunch of boulders suddenly appeared in front of him. The boulders seemed to create a barricade shielding out the beam that she just let out.
"He uses ground magic huh. I need to change into my Sea Empress Armor right away," Erza muttered to herself, trying to requip to her other armor that can deal with the ground element as fast as possible. It was too late though. Erza was able to requip to her other armor but before she was even able to unleash an attack on him, one of the boulders was thrown right at her. "Ahhh!" Erza moaned in pain as she was lashed by the boulder. She fell down on the ground backwards, losing a bit of her consciousness after that.
"Erza!" Both Natsu and Naruto exclaimed. They gave each other a funny look before they regained focus on the fight that was still going on.
"We need to help her," Gray suggested, looking at Lucy and Natsu. The two nodded in agreement. Before they were able to dash over to where Erza was, a few more members of the dark guild suddenly appeared from the above floor, creating a big hole in the floor above.
"Well you guys are late," the man who just finished off Erza complained.
"Well now we're here," a guy with a scar on his face scoffed. The other three members of the dark guild faced towards Natsu and the others. Out of nowhere, the members of the guild suddenly unleashed an attack of some sort on all three of them, sending each of them flying backwards.
"These guys seriously piss me off," Natsu remarked as he got back up from the ground, still able to fight even though he just got sent flying back. It looked as if Lucy and Gray got already knocked out.
His fists were flowing with fire as he approached the dark guild members. Naruto was practically amazing at how Natsu's fists didn't seem to catch on fire at all or anything. When Natsu tried attacking at least one of them, that one man barely caught him on the arm. Naruto watched as Natsu began to squirm around in the man's grip.
Who would've imagined. These guys are strong... Naruto thought, wanting to go out and help Natsu and the others. But then he remembered; he had refrain from using any magic around them, or else he'll get caught. He continued to stay still, his body starting to tremble as the man holding Natsu in his grip began to choke him. Naruto, standing there still, had no idea what to do. Natsu was still in the man's grip, Lucy and Gray almost at their limit in fighting the other three guys after regaining back consciousness, and Erza already unconscious, Naruto had to something. He just couldn't though. Erza... Looking at Erza lying on the ground made him feel real uneasy for some reason. Taking a look at Lucy, Natsu, and Gray as well did not make Naruto any happier. Unable to control the rage that was in him any longer, Naruto formed a hand sign. "Kage Bunshin no Jutsu." Suddenly, about a dozen clones of himself appeared. Naruto readied himself and his clones before three of the clones went and attacked the same guy, including himself.
"What...What's going on?" Natsu wondered, his mind blown when a bunch of Naruto clones appeared, "What is with this magic?"
After Erza regained back her consciousness after being knocked out, her eyes widened at the sight she was witnessing. "What… What is this magic? It's not like any magic I've ever seen before..."
As the Narutos continued to attack the enemies, he noticed he wasn't really making any sort of progress at all. The clones stopped their punches and kicks for a moment and began to form some kind of large ball of air in the palm of each other's hands. When they were all done, about half of the clones with the large ball of air attacked each one of the enemies at the same time. "Giant Rasengan!" The dark guild members all then flew back to the other side of the room, only two out of the four of them surviving the blow. "Now it's just those two..." Naruto muttered, facing toward the two men that were still up and able. The two men began to twitch at the sight of Naruto and the many Narutos behind him.
"Heh. D-Don't let yourself be afraid by a bunch of images of one guy. We can definitely finish this guy off!" one of the men exclaimed.
When both of the men seemed like they were about to use something involving their magic, Naruto quickly reacted by bringing two of his shadow clones next to him, each forming something in the actual Naruto's hand. When it was all finished, the large ball of air was still there. The only difference is that a large shuriken looking thing made of air was spinning around it. "Rasen Shuriken!" With that, Naruto threw the shuriken-wind-ball-looking thing at the two men, sending them back against the wall. "Looks like I did it…" Naruto muttered, making sure the two men were completely down by taking a look at them. He went over to where Erza was lying, noticing her eyes were a bit open. "Erza. You alright?" After she heard his voice, her eyes immediately turned huge, scooting a distance away from Naruto.
"You…"
"W-What?" Naruto wondered, starting to feel a bit nervous.
"You're not from here are you?"
His eyes widened as well. "How can you say that?"
"Yeah. Exactly who are you Naruto? I'll have to admit. You got yourself some pretty awesome moves… but the skills you just used didn't look like magic at all," Natsu mentioned.
Naruto looked around the room and noticed everyone's eyes were directly focused on him. He sighed. Guess I have no other choice but to tell them…
"I'm-..."
"A ninja?" a girl with long, wavy brown hair finished for him.
A brown haired girl. I wonder who that might be... Well anyway, I hope you enjoyed reading. Again, I'm sorry I haven't updated in so long. Well, I hope all of you will stay tune for this story and... yeah :)
`tsuginomai