A/N: Hey everybody, seeing as the preview chapter was so well received I worked extra fast to change it to a full fledge fic! So here's chapter two, ready and waiting, and it was a lot of fun to write. There's a few things that have come up in reviews that I'd like to address.

Naruto's other magic - it is imperative that Naruto learns other magic, if I have explained it well it should be easy to understand, Storm God Slayer is a definate, it is hinted at in this chapter, but for a second one I'm deciding between Light and Darkness magic or something else. Legend of the Kyuubi suggested a fantastic magic called cataclysm, read his review for details, I have found a way to integrate it into the story effectively. without it being one of the two magics Naruto will learn.

ArashiRendan23 also suggested a very cool magic, which has been hinted at in this chapter as well. This will be Naruto's preimplantation ability, which has been cut off for now. All will be explained in future chapters. So I'd like to give a big thanks to Legend of the Kyuubi, ArashiRendan23, Agurra of the Darkness and Rinne-Kami for all their ideas and suggestions.

Pairings - I honestly have not considered pairings at all, well the only pairing I have thought of will be NarutoXUltear, but it would be very light. Seeing Naruto will be disturbed by her obsession with Zeref. I only ask that no one suggests Erza, I HATE Erza, i know, i know everyone loves the sword wielding chick. But honestly, she's made out to be some super bad chick, and all she does is cry. And her magic, swapping armours instantly, yeah compared to Makarov who can grow enormous, the dragon slayers who can eat uneatable things, and Ultear who can restore destroyed objects, that's some super powerful ability...NOT! I just don't like her. My favourite FT girl is Juvia by the way. Now she is amazingly hot, a little depressing at the beginning, but she's really sweet.

I've been doing a lot of thinking for what I want out of the Demon Lacrima, and I;ve been thinking of their powers. Like what makes them so special. We'll see exactly what that is as soon as i finish ironing out all the creases for them.

Well, I can't think of anything else to say now. So I'll see you in a bit.

Demon Lacrima

Chapter 2: Awakening?

by DeathGodSlayer

"The boy has yet to awaken." Caprico stared down at the blond boy's sleeping form with Hades, after the implant Caprico had moved him to one of the upper class rooms, the room was heavily lavished, a large bed in the centre of a room with purple walls, black drapes hung around the bed. The boy laid under the white sheets, his head buried in pillows. "It has been three weeks."

"I know." Hades stared down at the boy,the scene was bloody, but the boy had survived, and for the past few weeks had continued to do so, he was surviving the coma. He was confident the boy would recover. "He will wake, I guarantee it." Hades turned to leave the boy alone, Caprico following behind him. He led Caprico back to his throne in the main hall, where he comfortably sat down on it, melting into his chair.

"I plan to begin training him in harnessing the Lacrima's power as soon as he awakes." He told Caprico. "But what can I do to help him harness it?" He wondered. "Caprico, what did you learn on your mission?"

It was true, the tall goat man had recently returned from a mission, he was to find all knowledge available on Demon Lacrima. Hades himself had hunted tirelessly for information, but could find none, however Caprico was different, if needed be he could have an eternity to search.

"I travelled the continent, even travelling to distant ones on my Jetpack..." Caprico admitted, staring at his Guild Master through his shades. "I went to every library, heard every piece of gossip, but I could find nothing. There was nothing written in any text books, literature, history books. It only appeared in lore, and the only things I learned repeatedly, was 'catastrophic', they would go into no further detail."

Hades stroked his chin in thought. 'Were the crystals hidden for a reason, did those of the past try to erase their knowledge from history?' Hades sighed loudly, he had been left with nothing.

"However..." Hades head snapped up to Caprico's continuation. "I came across a tablet, locked deep with a ruin of an ancient civilisation. The tablet was enormous, too big to carry back. I apologise Master Hades."

"And what did this tablet say?" Hades leaned forward in anticipation, could this be it?

Caprico was as stoic as ever, gently he pushed his shades back up his nose. "The tablet describe the Crystals in excruciating detail." Hades grew a wide smile on his face at that. "The tablet spoke of the Crystals being older than Zeref himself."

"And Zeref is over 400 years old." Hades commented in a whisper, he knew the crystals were old, but he never imagined that.

"Yes, and there is also the belief that Zeref mastered all nine of them."

Hades' head snapped up again in shock, staring at Caprico for his statement. "What else Caprico?" He spoke slowly, his body overrunning in excitement.

"The Demon Lacrima were used as tools of war, nations sought after them to better their forces. But they lacked the control to use the Lacrima effectively." Caprico spoke bluntly.

"And did you discover how this control can be gathered?" Hades continued bombarding him with questions.

Caprico gave a short nod. "I have. Control over the Demon Lacrima comes from Knowledge... and Magic."

"In detail Caprico!" Hades anger grew slightly, he couldn't afford to have any cryptic answers.

"The user of Demon Lacrima must be well adept in Magic in order to control it, they must be able to understand magic. The tablet recorded that the last user of the one codenamed 'Seven-Tails' had to master over 35 magics before he could use the Lacrima to it's full affect." Caprico informed, watching Hades sink back into his chair. "Father, these Crystals, throughout history have been sought after for war. The wielders of them, they gained extraordinary abilities... magic capable of turning the tides in wars."

Hades stood up from his throne, stepping slowly down the stairs leading to it. "Caprico, if the one wielding 'Seven-Tails' had to master 35 magic, how much would you say Naruto, the wielder of 'Nine-Tails' would have to master in order to gain complete control over it?"

"I do not know." Caprico answered dully, Hades could hear the regret in his voice. "But I learned that the older the magic, the more potent the magic, the faster control over the Lacrima can be gained."

Hades took in this newest piece of knowledge. 'Older magic...' He mused this thought in his head over and over. 'The boy mentioned that he already possessed a magic, I could have him master that, as well as teach him...'

"Caprico..." He called. "Were I to teach the boy a magic that was handed down from a God, as opposed to numerous smaller, insignificant magic, would that be a fair trade? Would that have any substantial affect on the rate the boy quickens his mastery over the Lacrima?"

"I believe so, Father." Caprico replied. "The tablet did not make any recordings of the magic that the 'Seven-Tails' wielder had possessed, but mentions of God Slayer magic were frequently mentioned inside the ruins, I believe there may be some connection."

"And what if I were to give him two lost magics. Perhaps not two God Slayer magics, but another Lost Magic?" Hades quizzed, a smile growing on his elderly face.

Caprico took a step back in shock. "Y-You can't be serious? The boy can't be older than 11!"

"Why not?" Hades smirked, returning to his throne. "Azuma is but 16, and he has mastered two Lost magics. I myself have mastered ten. And with you, Caprico, you're Human Subordination can keep him under control."

Caprico had looked towards the ground upon that, unable to look Hades in the eye no longer. "What is it, Caprico?"

"The tablet stressed that Human Subordination would not work." Caprico admitted, he remembered reading over it one hundred times, a human that he could not make his subordinate. "It explained that those who have had Demon Lacrima implanted into their bodies are not affected by Human Subordination because..."

"They are no longer human..." Hades finished quietly, he should have guessed such a setback. "They are, in essence, a demon. The Lacrima must provide a sort of mutation to the magic stores of its wielder, helping them adapt to its power."

'So how do I keep Naruto under my control.' Hades pondered, the boy had no ties to this world, no material possessions but the clothes on his back, discarded from the one place that could be even remotely considered to be his home, the boy didn't even have a family.

Hades mind mentally clicked. The result was his lips forming a smirk. "I believe I have just thought of how to keep the boy under control."

Naruto's eyes fluttered open. He couldn't remember anything, he remembered Hades and Ultear and getting on an airship, but everything after was a blur.

He looked down at himself, he was in a large bed, removing the sheets quickly, he found himself in a dark shirt and dark three-quarter length pants. His body felt heavy, but he lifted himself out the bed, staring around the room around him, he found a window. Shuffling towards it, he gazed out the window.

He was amazed, he was soaring above the clouds, birds flying were under him. Moving back away from the window he found a door on the other side of the room. He opened it quickly, peaking his head through he found it to be one room out of a long corridor. 'Where the hell am I anyway?' Naruto thought stepping out of the room, he opened a few doors, every room was empty, no signs of anyone ever being in them. 'How can an airship fit all this in it?'

Naruto roamed through the corridors, every turn was the direction he was heading, but the entire way around the airship he never encountered a single other person. 'Where is everybody?' He remembered Hades' words, how the guild was full of people, yet he had not seen a single other person.

He continued following the corridors, until he came across a grand door, he remembered walking through one similar before, 'Could it be the same?' He slowly opened the doors. He found himself in a large room, windows for the walls and ceilings, overlooking the world ahead.

"This observation room's great, huh Meredy."

Naruto turned, sitting on the floor staring out to the night was a boy with ashy black hair set in a spiky hairstyle longer than Naruto's own, the spikes themselves curved more than Naruto's. His eyes were a bright red, with an extra concentric circle in his iris, he stared up happily at the stars.

Next to him was a younger girl, almost snuggled up next to him. Her bright pink hair was short and her brighter green eyes stared with no emotion up at the sky. She appeared to be wrapped inside an enormous blanket, while the boy sat on the outside.

Naruto walked slowly into the room, but his presence did not go unnoticed, both the unknown boy and girl looked at him surprised, the boy slightly more vocal.

"Who the hell are you?" He screamed, standing to his feet. "And why are you in my Guild?"

"I...I..." Naruto was unsure to answer, he couldn't remember why he was here.

"Smart mouth, eh!" The boy grew black flames, surrounding his arms. "Well I'll burn your mouth shut!"

Naruto threw up his arms in defence. 'I need to get out of here!' He thought fearfully, he could feel the power radiating from those flames, it was frightening.

He remembered back in his village, how he could get around everywhere easily. 'My magic. I need to use it!'

He could make it so he can send himself anywhere, he used it before for pranks. He thought they would make everyone laugh, but they just made people angry.'He looked to the Earth below him, far below this ship. 'I want to be there!' It was how he believe it to work, he thought of where he wanted to be and he was sent there. 'Send me!' He activated his magic.

And his body froze, his breath became hitched in his throat. Pain. Pain resonated through his body, it had never hurt like this before.

He clutched his head in pain, trembling under its influence, completely unaware that the boy had dropped his magic. The emotionless girl now cowering behind him.

"Zancrow, what's wrong with his eyes?" She asked timidly, staring at the pain stricken boy.

"Don't know what you're talking about." The boy admitted, until the blonde kid looked up, his eyes that were once fearful blue had turned to a blood red, redder than his own eyes, the pupils slitted like a fox. The blood vessels in his eyes expanded, his eyes widening to a dramatic size.

Smoke began leaking out of the boy's mouth, even for Zancrow, who breathed fire, still scared him. The boy dropped to his knees, still clutching his head in pain.

Before his neck and back snapped backwards, he roared ferociously into the air, louder and more evil than anything Zancrow had ever heard before.

Meredy clutched onto his shirt, hiding her face from the scene before her. 'Meredy got the right idea, this ain't right.' Zancrow watched the boy roar into the heavens, this couldn't end well.

"So you plan to teach him those two?" Caprico confirmed what Hades had just said.

"Yes, they will provide him with abundant control over his own magic. It will give him the boost he needs to control the Demon Lacrima. From there, we will see how much more magic styles he needs." Hades replied, a smirk forming on his face.

"Caprico, do you remember where that tablet is?" He asked the goat man, who gave a sharp nod in return. "Excellent, I have one last request from you."

"Anything, Father." Caprico replied confidently, standing to attention.

"I want you to go to this tablet and destroy it. I want you to take Ultear with you back to it, have her restore the ruins back to their original form, learn all you can from it, then destroy it, destroy the tablet aswell, leave nothing left." Hades ordered.

"But why?" Caprico asked quizzically.

"I can't afford to have anyone else know that knowledge. After locating Zeref and the keys to his release. We will be locating the other Eight Demon Lacrima, or the people in possession of them."

Caprico stood silent for a few moments, before nodding. "Very well."

Suddenly one of Caprico's underlings burst through the door in a panic, running towards Caprico and Hades he slipped , falling to his knees. "Caprico! The boy, the one you asked us to watch, he's missing!"

"WHAT!" Caprico screamed in a rage, what he had given was a simple order, watch the boy. "FIND HIM IMMEDIATELY!"

"No..." Hades stood from his throne, his eyes wide. He approached Caprico, placing his hands on his shoulders. "Don't you see what this means?" He asked, a wide smile growing on his face. "The boy is awake! Naruto is awake!"

He took a few steps back, looking up to the starry night sky he laughed victoriously. Naruto survived after all. He hurried out of the room, before an explosion occurred, shaking the entire ship, using a wall as support Hades looked into the sky, a stream of magma was shooting out of the top of his ship. 'From the observation from!'

"Caprico!" He called to the goat man behind him. "Go and get Ultear now! Her magic may be needed!"

Caprico nodded, turning around and sprinting in the opposite direction. Hades turned and ran towards the observation room, he prayed he wasn't too late.

Hades smashed through the doors to the observation room, finding Zancrow staring fearfully, Meredy cowering behind him, crying profusely.

"Zancrow! What happened?" He ordered the boy, approaching him quickly.

"I don't know!" Zancrow shouted in return. "This blond kid turns up out of nowhere, I ask who is he is, then all of a sudden he goes psycho, his eyes turned slitted red and then this blood red bubbling cloak just goes all over his body, next thing I know he's blowing Lava out his mouth!" Zancrow pointed towards it.

Hades turned to face what Zancrow was pointing at, instantly he was astounded, mesmerized by what he was seeing.

There was Naruto, awake as expected. His body shrouded in a red cloak, forming the shape of long pointy ears and a swinging tail behind him, burning wind wisped around his form, the boy stared forward, teeth snarling, growling deeply, evilly, demoniacally.

'The cloak...' Hades stared in wonder at it. 'I can feel it...Raw magic is shrouding him, but what is its purpose? What advantage does having that shroud provide?'

The boy roared again, the ground cracking underneath him, windows smashing around his presence, and it was all from a roar. 'Is this the true power of a Demon...'

The boy suddenly charged all of them, Zancrow and Meredy cowered in fear as the boy approached quickly, almost running on all fours, Hades got ready for the attack, the boy had immense power, but he was not to it, he hadn't been able to grasp it yet.

Or did that make him all the more dangerous?

But the attack never came, Naruto flew into the small gap between them, the force of his speed pushing them back. With one, quick, powerful jump, he thrust himself through the window, flying high into the sky.

'No! I won't lose it!' Hades thought, he threw his chain magic towards the boy, hooking them around his shoulders.

Hades heaved on the hooks, but it wasn't enough. He felt himself fly into the air, crashing into the metal that once held the windows, before being pulled through them, following Naruto on his decent to the Earth below.

Caprico entered the room with Ultear at that moment, watching Hades fly out of the airship. Falling to the Earth below.

"Ultear, use your magic to fix the ship!" Caprico shouted at the girl. Hades may have made her eldest of the 7 kin, but he was still second in command of Grimoire Heart.

"Yes." Ultear nodded, her eyes light up, staring at the room, glass grew from glass, metal unbent itself and reconnected to each other. Windows replaced vacate spots, even the enormous hole and melted areas of the ship's ceiling completely restored themselves to their original form.

"Now we land the ship!" Caprico ordered his subordinates, saluting they ran to the control room. Caprico ran towards the window, pressing his face against it to find Hades on his decent downwards, Ultear, Zancrow and Meredy performing a similar position. "We are going after Master Hades."

Hades prepared himself for the landing, Naruto had made no attempt to alter his position for landing, his feet crashed into the ground, instead of the boy splattering, the ground mould itself around him, an enormous crater was created upon the boys landing, boulders cracked and loosened themselves, flying upwards into the air.

'Such incredible raw power!' Hades marvelled the sight, the boy had landed unscathed. 'This is the power of Demon Lacrima!'

Hades pulled on the chains, moving his body, so his feet landed first, the pulling force also acted as a resistor to his fall, slowing him down slightly. The boy had proven himself to be a surprising anchor, yet the boy was still pulled backwards, crashing into the ground.

Hades landed safely, unharmed by the fall. Naruto was instantly back on his feet, he began fighting against the chains, trying with all him power to escape them.

"Calm down Naruto!" Hades shouted, Naruto pushed forwards, pulling Hades' feet across the ground. Hades dug his feet in, halting his movements, he swung the chains around, flipping Naruto overhead. He crashed into the ground again, another smaller crater being formed upon his landing.

Hades retracted the chains, pulling Naruto closer, his body spinning so their eyes met. "Calm down...my son." He spoke quietly.

Naruto's body froze, all resistance made previously vanished, confusion was set in his face. "Son."

Hades nodded, "Yes...my son." Hades could see blue fighting back into the boy's eyes, pupils returning to a normal circular form. The red cloak sizzled away, seeping back through the boy's skin.

The boy's once furious eyes became filled with sleep, the boy could no longer hold himself up, collapsing into Hades' arms.

Hades stared down at the boy, a smiling forming on his face, Caprico and Ultear were approaching, but he continued to stare at the boy's sleeping features. 'Yes...my eighth child.'

A/N: So how was it. Remember to R.E.R, Read, Enjoy, Review. How was the explanation of the control over Demon Lacrima, I know it sounds like I'm going to over power Naruto, but I'm not, trust me.

Er...the Demon Cloak, I really wanted to add it, and I couldn't think of a functional reason. Now that I read it over the cloak seems superfluous, I'm going to try and think of a reason why it is needed, but if you guys have any ideas, please let me know. :)

I can't think of anything else, if you have any questions just put it in a review or PM me and I'll do my best to answer it fully. Other than that, I will move on to the topic of next chapters.

They will be spacious gaps over March, why. I am helping Rinne-Kami, who is taking a Hiatus in March to work on a one-shot spin off to Fairy Tail Utopia, I won't disclose any other details than it is dedicated to Itachi. I am really excited to be a part of it. He is taking a Hiatus because he has six fics, and he wants to keep his Author's Law. But seeing as I only have one I don't have as amny obligations, so I'll continue updating as well. But they won't be as close together as these two updates.

Thanks for reading, and thanks again to all those who have given me ideas.

See ya!

D.G.S