A/N: Hey there! First off I want to apologise for not updating for a while, I hit a big writer's block that I just couldn't overcome, and I don't think I will for another couple of months, I'll still try to update though. Secondly I'd like to apologise for such a short chapter. But it should pick up next chapter.

I can show you the current line up for the poll results, I'm not taking it down yet:

Erza - 21 (32%)
Gildarts - 16 (25%)
Mistgun - 7 (10%)
Laxus - 5 (7%)
Luvia - 4 (6%)
Jellal - 4 (6%)
Natsu - 3 (4%)
Gray - 2 (3%)
Gajeel - 1 (1%)
Siegrain - 1 (1%)
Hibiki - 0 (0%)
Doranbolt - 0 (0%)
Rahal - 0 (0%)

I just have one problem with this: If you have voted for Erza to appear because you're hoping for an NarutoxErza pairing. You really wasted your vote, sorry to sound so blunt and rude about it, but it's the truth, I FUCKING HATE ERZA! I'm considering taking her off the poll, because if she did appear in my story (and she will have to eventually) I'd probably just kill her straight off. Will those people who have voted for her lose their vote or will they be able to vote again, that's my only concern.

Well I can't think of anyhing more to say now, so on with the new chapter.

Demon Lacrima

Chapter 8: Ozaru

by DeathGodSlayer

The crashing sound of the waterfall behind him pounded against his back. The river of the water fall ran through the middle of his guild hall. He planned multiple bridges across the small river and the front of the entrance splitting to either side. He spent years developing his guild, at the moment it was small, secluded in the mountain tops, but it was new, the numbers in his guild could only grow. He had recruited a good few strong members, including a Magic Eater.

His thoughts were always on his guild, even when he meditated under the rushing water, thoughts on how to preserve, protect and strengthen his own guild ran through his mind, other thoughts passed by was in a while. But it was always about his guild.

His eyes flicked open as the front doors to his guild creaked open, it was far too late for any of his mages to be returning from jobs. 'Yon, prepare yourself.' He thought inwardly.

Two boys entered, battered, bruised and covered in burn marks, supporting each other as they limped and stumbled into his guild hall. One had blond hair with fierce blue eyes, the other with black spiky hair mixed with straight white hair and a pair of red eyes to go with him, his hair style and eye colour left him feeling a wave of familiarity.

"H-Help." The blond one spoke out weakly, Roshi moved forwards from his sitting position, he began rushing when both boys collapsed to the floor in a heap.

Roshi's saw the boys eyes flutter open slowly, their rest of their bodies remained unmoving. 'One day? After such injuries?' Roshi was in alarm, he hadn't expected either of them to awaken for another couple of days, for both to awaken now and at the same time.

"What happened to you to for you to receive such injuries?" Roshi asked immediately to either of them.

"Our village..." The blonde haired one replied weakly. "It was attacked...by a mage...he burned it to the ground...killed everyone...except us two..."

"What village was this?" Roshi asked, it could have been one where one of his mages were stationed at.

"Konoha..." The blond haired boy replied with a heavy cough.

"Konoha." Roshi knew the village, it was small and recluse, never being heard of by the public, many only stumbled across it by accident, whoever attacked it must have only done it out of evil in their own hearts. "And how did you two manage to survive?"

"We were away when he attacked, when we returned the village was in flames, we tried to save people, but we were too late." The blond boy answered again, a tear forming in his eye. 'There should be awards for this level of acting.'

"We knew that Ozaru Guild was close by, and figured if anyone was going to offer us refuge, it would be a guild, mages like ourselves." The blond continued. "So we came here for a place to stay, and for training."

"We will get our vengeance on that mage, we will become powerful and find him, and we will destroy him." The black haired boy spoke for the first time, he didn't sound weak, he didn't even sound as if he was in pain.

"Yes, we will get our revenge, but we need your help. Surely a guild master will be incredibly strong. We need strength like, so please train us." The blond nodded in agreement.

"I can not help you on the path of revenge," Roshi replied sternly. "But I can offer help on the pain of overcoming your loss, beginning with offering you both places in Ozaru. For now, all I ask in return is your names."

"Naruto Namikaze." The blond one replied first. Inwardly Naruto smirked, he and Midnight were the most reclusive, unknown members of their guilds, they didn't need to give fake names because more than likely Roshi had never heard of either of them.

"My name is Midnight." The black haired one answered now.

"Glad to see you both do not dawdle with injury. It had taken a week for you both to recover." Roshi leaned against the door frame of the medical wing. Both of these new boys stood up proudly, readjusting their old clothing back on, Roshi had taken the time to have their belongings renewed and restored from any burns or cuts. "You wish to join my Ozaru Guild. Then it is time for you to meet the other members."

Roshi was straight to the point, moving back out the room. Naruto and Midnight followed silently behind him, being lead through the mysterious stone corridors of the guild, moving towards what they felt to be the centre.

They arrived at a familiar setting, Ozaru's Guild Hall. Members were scattered across the guild, taking part in board games, meditation and other pass times. The guild seemed very serious, but at the same time relaxed, harmonic.

"Yo Master, are these newbies?" A man perhaps only a few years older than them approached them. Wearing a sleeveless, shiny black spandex like clothing with green trimmings to match the colour of his eyes. His hair was a deep brown and spiky, two scars were present on his face, one one his right cheek and a cross shaped one on his forehead. On his right hand only was a metal glove with a red orb like centre on the top of his hand. "Shuri just left on a solo mission, so he won't be able to meet them yet." He smiled at the old man, before turning to face Naruto and Midnight. "The name's Kaito Yuria, I'm 18 years old, and you'll see my magic when you need to see it."

"New members, eh? Then I'll have to introduce myself. The name's Ball Entotsu, 16 years old and I happen to be the super awesome ace of Ozaru, yo!" A boy with black dreadlocks pushed back by a bandanna gave a thumbs up, Naruto was disturbed at how eerily similar he looked to Azuma when he was younger, even the clothing was similar, purple jumpsuit in colour with a orang design on the front.

"You're the ace?" Midnight scoffed disbelievingly.

"Yo! My magic is unbeatable yo! I can control the Magnetism of things!" Ball shouted in self defense of his skills.

"But that won't work on us, we're not made of anything magnetic." Naruto replied, also sceptical of this Ball's boast.

"Really?" Ball smirked cockily, raising his hand towards Naruto, Naruto felt his whole body tighten, as Ball raised his hand, Naruto felt his body being lifted off the ground. "You're body's got iron in it, yo. I can control the iron in your blood. Don't underestimate me." Ball gave a smirk that even resembled how Azuma smirked.

"Let him down, Ball. They are right for underestimating you, but you are not the ace to begin with." An effeminate voice called out.

"Hey Cross man, why do you have to rain on my parade yo!" Ball called out in annoyance as he lowered Naruto back to the ground. Clicking the stiffness from the control metal in his neck Naruto turned around. Another boy, with light white-blue hair, spiky on the top and framing his face, with one small braid of longer hair hanging loosely over his left shoulder. His eyes were a light blue and sparkling affectionately. He wore black clothing, revealing the tops of his shoulders with a yellow cross on the front of the clothing, the cloak dropped to around his feet, which were encased in steel capped black boots extending up to his knees.

"I apologise Ball." The boy replied sadly, before looking towards Naruto and Midnight. "My name is Cross Biancina, I am 16 years old and I use Seidhr Magic: Element Possession as my main means of attack. Ruby and Tsubame are also away on a mission, so it appears you still have some more faces to meet."

"That doesn't matter, as long as they stay out of my way." A man loomed over both of them, with blood red spiky hair and wore a simple black collared shirt and pants. His eyes were piercing and fierce. Made worse by the ring in his eye brow, ring through his lower lip and large loops in his ear lobes. "Prove yourselves worthy of joining Ozaru, or I'll kill you myself." Was all he added to his previous statement, he left the guild almost immediately, going off on what could only be assumed as a mission.

"That's Wise Yuri, yo." Ball explained. "Absolutely insane and unstable, but he's crazy strong. He uses a magic called Brothers. Really hard to explain, but it's deadly."

"I must apologise, Wise is not the most welcoming of people." Cross continued from Ball.

"I agree with Wise." Everyone turned, it was then that Naruto noticed a large stain glass window looming over the massive door of the guild, designed to resemble a bright midnight hour, the full moon basking in the centre. Perching on the windowsill staring out the window was a boy, with spiky hair set into two shades, the right half of his hair was a canvas white, the left was a deep black. Tied loosely around his neck was a tattered red scarf. Like his hair the rest of his clothing was split into two colours, the right half being black in colour, however his right show was white with red straps, while the left was white, with two chains on the cloth covering his leg, but this shoe was pure black, and his left shin was tied in bandages. He leaped effortlessly from the windowsill, landing in front of Naruto and Midnight, his face was relaxed, but stern. He had two markings under his eyes, a black triangle one under his right and a white triangle mark under his left, surprisingly his eyes were also odd. The right having a black sclera while the left had a red sclera. "Just stay out of my way." He added, barging past Naruto and walking into the corridors of the guild.

"That's Jio Freed, the real ace of Ozaru." Kaito commented, watching the odd boy leave.

"But he can't be older than us." Naruto sounded surprised, the boy held himself up with power, unafraid of everything around him.

"He's 16, yo, just like me. Jio is Ozaru's Antimage. His gained the nickname Magic Eater Jio for his magic." Ball explained.

"And his magic is?" Midnight asked, seeing a potential combatant in Jio now.

"Just by touching you he can suck out your magic, strengthening his own stores at the same time and use your magic back against you, yo. Jio's pretty cool and laid back, just don't get on his bad side, yo." Ball answered lazily.

'A draining magic, not unlike Kain's.' Naruto noted, aside from Ushi no Koku Mairi, Kain had another magic, allowing him to suck the magic out of objects and into himself, restoring his own magic stores in an instant. 'Still, I wonder which is more dangerous. Kain is not able to use the magic he sucks out, but he doesn't have to be touching his opponent in order for his magic to work.'

"I won't allow you to undertake missions yet." Roshi spoke to the both of them. "Come to learn your companions and surroundings first." He gave a quick nod before leaving the two. "Explore the guild. That is all for today." He called over his shoulder, leaving the two alone.

Roshi had returned to his mediating, he would also perform meditation at night, basking under the soothing light of the moon, the sun would burn, but the moon would cool off any negative emotions.

"Roshi." Roshi opened his eyes upon being called, the blond Naruto stood in front of him, his fists clenched in anticipation. "There is another reason why we chose to come to this guild." His breath was hitched.

"And what is that?" Roshi himself clenched his fist in anticipation, the boy was a stranger, who knew what he was capable of doing.

"They say that you are a Demon Lacrima wielder, that makes you just like me. Is it true?" The boy asked bluntly, surprising Roshi.

"Another one?" Roshi sounded more surprised than fearful.

"What do you mean by that?" Naruto's voice rose in surprise. "Do you know where the others are, have you met other wielders?"

"Yes, years ago I trained the wielder of the 'Five-Tails' to harness the power of his Lacrima, and but a few months ago, the one holding 'One-Tail' left my guild after believing he had learned everything he could about controlling the Lacrima and went for the experience of harnessing it's power, wanting to do the rest in his own." Roshi explained.

"And what are their names? I'd like to meet them one day." Naruto smiled widely at the prospect of meeting other Demon Lacrima wielders.

"The one in control of 'Five-Tails' name is Han, while the one with 'One-Tail' is named Gaara." Roshi gave their names. "I will tell you nothing else of their appearance or abilities."

"Will you train me in the same way as you trained them, I'd like to learn how to be in control of myself entirely." Naruto asked sadly, he hoped that Roshi would say yes.

Smirking, Roshi rose to his feet, walking over to Naruto, he extended his hand to him. Naruto smiled and grasped it, shaking his hand. Suddenly a light enveloped around their hands, like a miniature sun.

'What's going on?' Naruto thought in alarm, the light was blinding him badly.

'I hope you don't mind Naruto, but I'm going to take over from here.' He heard Kyu speak in his mind. 'I know what's going on right now, plus I'd like to see Yon again. I'll let you know everything that happens...'

"This is interesting." Kyu smiled as he walked down the corridors, they were a very formal design, white in colour with wooden beams going vertically and horizontally across it in a perfect chequered pattern. "Naruto's mind is so compact and murky and silent, yet here it is wide open, at ease. It must come with age." Kyu noted to himself.

Looking ahead he find a closed door. As he approached it he could hear an easy breathing. Kyu took no time, he slid the door open quickly.

"You know, Kyu it's polite to knock first." Laying on a large bed, the only furniture in the room was a young man, perhaps Naruto's age, laying on his side rest his head in the palm of his right hand, scratching his stomach with his left. His black hair was pulled back into a spiky ponytail. His clothing was similar to Roshi's but was a pure canvas white colour.

"Yon? Is this the new you?" Kyu chuckled lightly at the sight of the person in front of him sprawled across the bed.

"Roshi's doing this to make sure that Naruto's telling the truth. But I could sense you coming a mile away, Kyu." Yon yawned out lazily, looking back to the red head in front of him with droopy sleep filled eyes.

"So tell me what it's like," Kyu replied, moving onto a new subject. "Having a perfect host, or more importantly, tell me why you're still alive and not completely integrated into Roshi's power now?"

Yon sighed in annoyance. "You always have loved this form haven't you, Kyu. The things you are able to do with it. I understand your love for it, but not your previous actions in-"

"Speak nothing more of that," Kyu interrupted quickly, glaring angrily at Yon in front of him. "I have abandoned that idea, it is impossible to complete. This is a new me."

"Who the hell do you think you're interrupting!" Instantly Yon was in front of Kyu face, pressing his forehead against Kyu's, his bleak droopy black eyes had replaced with intense yellow ones, without pupils or iris, just a consistent furious yellow boreing into Kyu's eyes.

A wide grin grew on Kyu's own face, he tightened his fist in anticipation. They continued like this, staring each other out right in each other's face. Out of nowhere Yon relaxed, his eyes returning to a black colour, he yawned loudly, tiredly making his way back to the bed. "Roshi and I have come to an agreement if you really must know." Yon spoke in an annoyed tone as he laid back down. "We have halted the infecter process entirely."

"But that doesn't explain why you still have form, a conscience," Kyu pointed out, the smile completely fading from his face as he stared in confusion.

"Roshi has willingly and knowingly given me the parts of his personality he himself despises to occupy. To keep there thoughts from entering his mind." Yon return to his previous position, scratching his stomach again.

"Interesting, so what did you get?" The cocky smile began growing on Kyu's face in fascination of the subject.

"Roshi's sheer laziness, indetermination and temper. Roshi is a patient man, but he doesn't like to be doing nothing, he likes setting himself new goals. That's why whether your Naruto was telling the truth or not, he was planning to accept him and his friend into the guild and train them." Yon answered with a long yawn. "Now get out, I'm bored of talking to you. And you better make sure that this host is strong enough to support you, Roshi is very powerful, because of that and my power together, he could be one of the strongest mages on the planet, he will be able to stop any of your plans."

"I told you those ideas are long forgotten. Naruto has given me life, and I intend to live it for as long as possible." Kyu flashed his cocky smirk before leaving immediately, shutting the sliding door behind him.

Their hands flew apart, like similar ends of a magnetic pole. Roshi panted heavily as his gaze switched from his own hand to the blond before repeatedly. Comprehending what had just transpired in the connection world of their minds.

'It's true. He is a holder of one of the Demon Lacrima...' Roshi thought in amazement. This was such a rare opportunity for any one person. To meet three wielders of the Demon Lacrima, other than himself. 'First Han, then Gaara, and now this boy. I must keep him from going down the wrong path and using his powers for their natural malicious use.'

"This will not be easily." Roshi stood back up to attention. "I have never worked with one of the Demon Lacrima passed the 'Five-Tails'. But I will do my best."

Naruto's eyes lit up in surprise, staring at the aged man in front of him. "Does that mean..."

Roshi nodded affirmatively. "I will train you."

A/N: Well that's it, Naruto's training begins next chapter. All of the Ozaru guild members are based off characters from the Manga 666 Satan (or O-Parts Hunter), and what they can do will be revealed shortly. Pics of them are on my profile.

I hit a rut with this story because I suddenly realised I had know idea where I was taking it, I mean I knew that I wanted Naruto to abandon Grimoire Heart and why he does, but what about the things leading up to it, and what about after he leave, what then. So I just blanked out and couldn't write this fic anymore.

Onto the topic of Kyu. I wanted him to be more than someone who just helps Naruto to preserve himself, I want him to have his own ulterior motives and actions. And I think his plans will really go well with the conclusion of the fic, a really good way to end it, but that's a long way away.

Over the next few chapters Naruto and Midnight will learn a new magic, a tournament of Mages for a pass time while they are at Ozaru and Midnight's character will be developed. So I have that much figured out.

D.G.S