A/N: Hey everybody, taking a break from writing the Fairy Tail spin off. So I thought I would update. I'm surprised this reached 3000 words, I didn't really plan out this chapter, I mean I knew how it was gonna go, but still I'm surprised.
Well, I couldn't think of anymore ideas to place an 11 year old Naruto in. He could only really be training and fics that just have chapter after chapter after chapter of the main character's training but in slightly different ways just get dull. So have time skipped 5 years, Naruto is now currently 16. Not the age when Grimoire Heart attacks Fairy Tail, there's still some time before then. I really need ideas on what jobs Naruto can do for the guild aswell.
Well, I won't waste anymore of your time...
Demon Lacrima
Chapter 4: Life
by DeathGodSlayer
"Enjin no Dogō!" Zancrow roared loudly, a massive black fireball shot from his mouth, exploding outwards to create more damage.
'Shit!' Naruto cursed inwardly, speeding towards the closest wall, he jumped up, using it as support, jumped up high over the fireball.
Naruto's eyes widened further when Zancrow suddenly was directly in front of him, the sadistic grin he knew all too well was spread across his face "Surprise! Enjin no Tenohira!" Zancrow thrust his open hand into Naruto's chest. A stream of black fire erupted from his arm, propelling Naruto into the closest wall, engulfing him in flame.
Zancrow landed comfortably, staring maniacally at the destruction that he created in front of him. He threw his arms out wide, throwing his head back, he cackled loudly and maniacally. "Come on, Naruto! Who you trying to fool? Fight me seriously!" He scream aloud.
The fire whipped away, like being flushed down a drain, disappearing into nothing. Naruto stood in the centre, covered in the slightest of burns and a prominent smirk on his face. He slapped the palms of his hands together. "Chaos: Dark Lighthouse!"
Zancrow squinted his eyes, throwing his arm up as an extra defence. A shining light radiated from Naruto, but it was black in colour, Zancrow could never imagine black to be so light.
Zancrow looked down, Naruto was crouched underneath his raised arm. He received a string of powerful blows to his stomach, each one propelling slightly higher into the air.
Naruto continued his chain of punches, both floating high into the air, before Naruto grabbed Zancrow by the shoulders, flipping them over. "Chaos: Eclipse Fists!"
Naruto's arm shone the same black light. He punched Zancrow directly in the chest, another beam of black light extended out and hit Zancrow close to the original attack. More beams shot out, all directing themselves towards Zancrow, each one powerfully thrusting him back to the ground.
Zancrow collided with the ground, smoke and debris rose around him. Cracks spread across the floor from where Zancrow landed.
Naruto landed above Zancrow, his fisted still shining in the black light, he cocked his fist back threateningly, glaring wide eyed at Zancrow.
Zancrow stared back in shock, before a small smile grew on his face, which quickly became full blown laughter. "Alright, alright, you win Naruto!" He laughed, offering his hand upwards towards the blonde.
Naruto continued to glare at Zancrow, before a smile of his own grew on his face, lowering his arm to meet Zancrow,s, he hoisted him back to his feet.
"Man, that makes you seven victories up now." Zancrow groaned while dusting himself off. "You've been such a nuisance since you learned Chaos, but I'll make you use Storm God Slayer again. Maybe I can even make you have to use the Demon Lacrima!" Zancrow laughed loudly, poking Naruto in his stomach.
Naruto returned with a laugh of his own. "I wouldn't bet on it." Naruto spoke cockily, smiling victoriously. "Besides, why don't you pick up a second Lost Magic already? You and Ultear are the only ones who haven't."
Zancrow blinked a few times at the question, before shrugging his shoulders lazily. "Haven't found one that interests me. Flame God Slayer's pretty hard to top." He spoke honestly. "Now that's enough training for today. Lets go!" Zancrow through his arm around Naruto's shoulders, pulling him in the direction he was headed.
They both headed for the training hall entrance, when it opened itself. In walked a black haired girl with a very voluptuous body, which was very noticeable due to the low cut stripy dress that just attracted attention.
Next to her was a tall muscular man with a harsh, stern glare, directed specifically at Naruto. With long brown, leathery strips of hair that wisped upwards on his head, bouncing with every step he took, as well as having a small goatee and sideburns. His clothes were in a Renaissance-style that displays his muscular abdominals underneath, with two large black shoulder guards on his shoulders. Two prominent features of the man were his crescent shaped earrings on each ear and a long dark scar running straight down his left side of his forehead to mid-cheek.
The girl looked around at the training hall, before sighing in annoyance. "As usual when Naruto and Zancrow get together for training." She huffed out.
The room had been reduced to rubble. The stands on the sides had been completely demolished, craters were scattered across the floor, smoke still rising from some of them, large cracks also were spread across the floor. Even the impenetrable steel walls had extremely large dents in them.
Naruto smiled as he approached them stopping just in front of them. "Sorry. But it's so easy for you to fix, isn't it, Ultear-chan." He spoke with a smile on his face, a teasing tone to his voice.
The girl's eyes widened, a small blush appearing on her face, unable to look at him anymore. "S-Shut the hell up." She stammered out.
Zancrow let out one single loud laugh. "Don't like it when the shoe's on the other foot, huh?" He yelled loudly, before laughing himself into hysterics.
"Ultear. Fix the hall immediately." Azuma spoke next to her sternly. "I'd like to begin my training with you as soon as possible."
"Who are you to speak to the leader of the 8 Kin like that?" Naruto spoke in annoyance, he and Azuma never did see eye to eye. Azuma constantly acted as if he had been denied something by Naruto. Naruto could only assume that Azuma was the main contender for 'Nine-Tails', and he could only assume that Azuma wanted it badly.
"Do not speak to me like that." Azuma replied in anger. "You are lower than me, you are trash."
"I'm trash?" Naruto scoffed. "If I'm lower than you how did I beat the crap out of you, huh?" Naruto asked, standing directly in front of Azuma. "How about I scar the other side of your face this time." He ran his finger down the scar on Azuma's face, all the while grinning sadistically.
Azuma growled in rage. He slapped Naruto's hand away, and in the other, creating multiple small explosions, creating a small ball of explosions in his hand threateningly.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa." Zancrow moved inbetween the two, pushing them away from each other with his arms. "Now's not the time for that. Your next scheduled spar is in too days. Save it for then." He tried to persuade them, Azuma deactivated his explosions, before Zancrow turned to Naruto. "Come on, let's go to the observation room." He pulled on Naruto, who put up a small fight, insisting on staying to stare out Azuma.
He eventually managed to pull Naruto away, dragging him towards the door. Azuma stared at the disappearing blond angrily. "Fix the hall now, Ultear!" He yelled in anger.
"I'm still saying, Naruto.." Zancrow spoke loudly, his loud voice echoing across the empty observation room. "You should have grown your hair longer like mine. Not stopping at that length."
Naruto looked up at his hair, it had grown much longer over the past 5 years. But he had kept it at a reasonable length. His blonde spikes at the back reached to his shoulders, while even more long blond hair completely covered the sides of his head, long spikes even jutted upwards on the top of his head, his fringe was slightly short, but it appeared as it had been caught in one small updraught, floating out of the way of his eyes and to the side. "Its fine." Naruto smiled in return.
They both sat in silence, staring out as the crossed over the world through the clouds. "Do you realise how long its been since the day we met?" Naruto asked, not taking his eyes of the ground below.
"Five years." Zancrow answered slowly. "And honestly, I'm glad you came. Before you there was only Meredy I really got along with." He confessed honestly.
"Here you are, Zancrow, Naru-nii." They turned to see who called them. A short-statured girl with short, light-colored pink hair and bright, deep-set green eyes walked towards them. She was nearly entirely covered by a black cape. Also on her head were wing-like headgear around her ears. Underneath the cape, a tight suit with long boots up to her thigh were visible.
"Meredy!" Zancrow smiled widely at the girl as she approached them. "We are always here."
Meredy sat down next to Naruto, so close she was almost snuggling up against him. "So what are two always doing here?" She asked.
"Just talking..." Naruto replied coolly, still not removing his eyes from the ground below the giant airship. "That's what friends do."
"Yeah, but I thought brothers always fight." Meredy looked across to the both of them.
Zancrow laughed loudly. "We do that too!" He shouted, punching Naruto playfully in the arm.
Meredy gave off a small giggle, which instantly shut up Naruto and Zancrow, who had begun talking madly to each other. "What?" She asked curiously.
"Y-You laughed..." Zancrow pointed at her, his eyes widen in a mix of horror and surprise.
"You've never done that before." Naruto finished off for him, having the same look on his face as Zancrow.
The girl blinked, before blushing madly. "Hades says that the day has finally arrived. The eight kin of purgatory are to become an official team, and receive the mark of Grimoire Heart." She quickly changed the subject.
"Finally!" Zancrow shot up ecstatically. Clenching his fists in joy. "We've done enough jobs for the guild to receive the mark!"
Meredy nodded. "Hades said he also has something else of high importance to tell us." She quickly grabbed Naruto by the hand, pulling him to his feet then out the room. "Follow me, brother! I'll lead the way!"
All eight kin were on one knee in front of Hades, who was perched on his throne. The entire room had gone through a décor change. Two massive horns now curled around the sides of Hades' throne and two strips of jagged rocks were lined down the edges of the rooms, in all, the room seemed a lot more darker.
"You're training is complete. All of you." Hades looked around to each one individually, standing up from his throne, he descended slowly down them. One step at a time. "Now you are ready to come together under Grimoire Heart, together as the Eight Kin of Purgatory."
He moved closer to the group, taking out a stamp. "Rise, and claim the mark of Grimoire Heart. The Lustful leader, Ultear..."
Ultear shot up quickly, thanking Hades. Turning around, Hades pressed the stamp into the lower half of her back, thorns in the shape of a heart were tattooed onto her back in a light red colour."
"The Vain Rustyrose." Like Naruto and Zancrow, Rustyrose had grown his hair out longer as well, however he kept his in a sleek back pompadour style, his eyes were covered by a pair of spectacles. He wore a dark jacket with a flipped up collar, complete with fur trimming and a shirt underneath matching in colour. His robe like attire he wore years ago had been completely substituted by the long black pants he wore along with the jacket. He approached Hades, taking out a black armband from his pocket, creating a stark difference to the white gloves he wore. Hades stamped the Grimoire Heart insignia on the band, Rustyrose placing the armband on his left arm.
"The Envious Caprico." Caprico stood up calmly, gently making his way across to Hades, Naruto noted that in the five years that he had known Caprico, he hadn't aged a day. Caprico went and shook hands with Hades, before opening his blazer, the Grimoire Heart insignia going over the left side of his chest, he quickly fastened his blazer back up and moved to stand next to Ultear and Rustyrose.
"The Gluttonous Kain." Kain slipped to the floor, earning a sigh from most people present, he quickly stumbled back to his feet, taking big strides to make up for the time he lost. Similar to Caprico, Kain had not changed over the past five years, if anything, he had only grown larger. He placed out his right hand, getting the member stamp placed on its palm.
"The Prideful Azuma." Azuma stood up quickly and walked over to Hades, quickly having the Grimoire Heart insignia embedded on his two large shoulder pads, moved on towards the stand members with uttering a single word.
"The Wrathful Zancrow." Grinning, Zancrow stood up. He had undergone his own attire change as well. Wearing a skirt like armour with one big shoulder pad covering his left shoulder. While almost the entire right half of his chest was exposed. He had his stamp go over his exposed shoulder, with one half at the front and the other at the back, circling around his shoulder.
"The Greedy Meredy." Meredy calmly approached Hades, undergoing one of her personality switches. She had two smaller versions of the Grimoire Heart insignia placed on the shoulders of her long black cloak.
"The Slothful Naruto."
Instantly Zancrow snorted his way into loud hysterics, balling up on the floor in a fit of laughter. Even small giggles came from both Ultear and Meredy.
"Why am I the Sloth?" Naruto exclaimed loudly in annoyance, staring down Hades questioningly.
"You are consistently making excuses to avoid doing hard work." Hades reprimanded him, glaring down Naruto in return. "If I had not trained you myself, I would doubt your abilities as a mage."
"What?" Naruto shouted in surprise. "When have I ever made an excuse to get out of doing any work?"
"You frequently say that the other Seven Kin of Purgatory are strong enough without your help." Zancrow butted in from where the rest of the kin stood. "All the time on jobs its; 'You strong enough to handle this by yourself, Zancrow.'"
"There was the time when you took a nap behind a tree and left me to destroy the Tower of Dingir by myself." Rustyrose recalled, sighing as he spoke.
"During an infiltration mission with me. We were supposed to enter a maximum security prison to bust out Zancrow, you said that you would 'just wait by the front door.'" Ultear added, remembering the event all to well.
"And most recently, you only entered the fight against Tartaros' Four Horsemen tight at the very last moment, claiming you were saving your energy in the off chance they managed to beat the rest of us." Meredy added, she remembered their fight with them. Tartaros sure surprised her that day.
"Those aren't excuses, those are the truth." Naruto retaliated, looking to all of them. "You guys are already strong enough without me. Perhaps even the strongest people I know...well maybe behind the Four Horsemen, if they were strong enough to hold their own against all seven of you, but they are a lot older and experienced." Naruto began mumbling to himself.
"Enough!" Hades roared, recapturing all their attentions. "That matters not. Tartaros agreed to the Balam Alliance. Now come and become a member of Grimoire Heart." He spoke to Naruto.
Naruto rose, turning around he requested the insignia be placed on the upper part of the back of his sleeveless open torso black shirt, along with this he wore black pants that were tucked into his skin tight boots that exposed his toes at the end. A dark grey cloth was hanging around his waist, being held up by a black rope. On his wrists were bandages, going up to almost the elbows.
Naruto moved over to the other members of Purgatory, ignoring a high five from Zancrow out of spit for being grassed up by him and the others.
"And now the second reason I have brought us all together..." Hades stood in front of them, staring at each one. "Tartaros has accepted the Balam Alliance, however Raven Tail did not. As unfortunate as it is to not have all four of the strongest Dark Guilds acting together, we will press on to the final candidate, Oracion Seis."
The eight kin stood slightly more to attention, staring back at Hades. "I have already spoken to their guild master, and we will be expecting to meet them in two days." Hades continued. "All of the members of Oracion Seis will be attending, and I expect all eight members of the Kin of Purgatory to be there as well." His gaze fixed slightly on Naruto, who it did not go by unnoticed.
"Wait!" Zancrow interrupted. "Doesn't Oracion Seis only have six members?"
"Yes, and that is why they are dangerous. Each one of them is powerful in their own right. And they are not tied down by many members, they can move fluidly and quickly." Hades turned quickly, head towards the exit of the room.
"I will not risk the chance of losing the final potential member of the Balam Alliance. So I want all of you to prepare yourselves for a fight. Should things come to it.
A/N: Well how was it? Remember to R.E.R, Read, Enjoy, Review. I'd like to reach 75 reviews, a very reasonable goal, not too small, but not large enough so if i didn't achieve it I'd lose the will to write this thing. Naruto's clothing at the minute is basically what Sasuke wears during his fight with Itachi in shuppuden, just different colours. I still have time for a clothing change for Naruto. I have a pic of Zancrow, Meredy and Naruto's hair on my profile, credit goes to the people who made them, not me.
I don't like how I ended the chapter, but I couldn't think of what else to write. Next chapter will be Oracion Seis as well as Mira's debut. Gonna be fun.
Run down of Magic
Enjin no Dogō - Flame God's Bellow
Enjin no Tenohira - Flame God's Palm (hopefully)
Chaos, the mixture of Light and Darkness, credit for idea goes to Agurra of the Darkness. Naruto can split it up as well, using only Light Based Attacks and Darkness based attacks. But it's easier, and more effective to keep the to combined.
Chaos: Dark Lighthouse - Is a blinding spell, a shining black light blind's the target's vision temporarily, and can be maintained even as the user moves.
Chaos: Eclipse Fists - An offensive chain spell. A barrage of fists made from the Dark Light pound into the target