Demon Lacrima
Chapter 11: The Tournament Begins
by DeathGodSlayer
"So this is Dawn? I've never been to this town before." Roshi looked around at the pearly white, yet rustic scenery of the town. Dawn was a town in the south of Fiore, directly south of Era, the town where the Magic Council was based. The town had been designed similar to Era, a sophisticated, clean environment, however at this time the streets were flooded with people, most likely here to watch the tournament. "Remember, until the tournament starts it's only really the Guild Master's that speak to each other, so don't be surprised or insulted if no one wants to speak to you." Roshi turned to his team, addressing them on the possibility of things to come.
"Roshi! You came!" Everyone turned to the sound of the cheery voice, an old, small man wearing a silly orange striped hat approached them, a large grin plastered on his face. He took Roshi's had and shook it quickly. "I'm glad you got the invitation ."
"Makarov." Roshi smiled himself, before turning to his group of mages. "Team, this is the legendary Makarov, Third guild master of Fairy Tail." Roshi introduced the old man to his team, who all looked at the man, with surprised, judging faces. "Makarov this is the team I have selected with Dofuwa to participate. I trust you remember all of their faces."
"Yes yes, there's young Alaric, Jio, Cross, Ponzu, Spika, Kaito and young Ball." Makarov looked to the two new faces, before re-counting the names he just mentioned. "Er Roshi, the maximum was Eight participants, yet you've brought nine?"
"Yes, Ball will not be participation, his attendance was in case one of my fighters was injured on the road here. These are Naruto Namikaze and Midnight, and they will be participating in the tournament." Roshi spoke, gesturing his hand to Naruto and Midnight, who still looked surprised at one of the supposedly strongest mages in the world wearing such a stupid get up.
"Naruto and Midnight." Makarov smiled, nodding his head welcomingly towards both of them. "Now Roshi allow me to introduce my team!" Makarov grinned, gesturing Roshi and his group to follow him. He led them through the streets and eventually towards a small pond, where a group of teens sat around a bench, save for one. Who leaned against a tree facing away from the group.
"This is my Fairy Tail team! First we have Natsu Dragneel!" Makarov pointed to a boy of average height with a lean built covered by tan skin. On the top of his head was spiky rose coloured hair and his black eyes gleamed with humour and confidence. Around his neck he wore a scarf that is detailed with white scales. His red Fairy Tail member's stamp was located at the top of his right arm, just below his shoulder. His outfit consisted of a black waistcoat with gold trimmings over his chest with no shirt underneath, short white trousers that go down to his knees, a wide black wristband on his left wrist and sandals along with his scarf. The boy grinned at them mischievously, as if already begging for a fight.
"Next to him is Gray Fullbuster!" Makarov pointed to a boy with similarly spiky hair to the first, yet his was a deep shape of black to make his dark blue eyes stand out. A black shirt and long white coat covered his muscular frame. On his legs he wore a moss green pair of combat pants, with black boots poking out at the bottom. Around his neck was a silver necklace with an ornamental shape of a sword with a stone attached to it. On his legs was a metal chain attached to his pants and a similar metal bracelet on his right wrist. The boy nodded his head to them at the mention of his name, but took no further interest.
"Then we have Erza Scarlet, I trust you remember her, Roshi!" Makarov grinned, pointing to his newest S-Class Mage, a young woman who has long scarlet hair and brown eyes. The top of her slender, yet curvaceous frame was covered in a Knight's armour, with the Fairy Tail insignia on the left side under a gold cross. Her legs, however were scarcely covered by a blue skirt, and black boots. Her Fairy Tail stamp could just be seen as blue and located on the middle of her left upper arm under her armour. The girl smiled calmly and confidently before turning away.
"And we have Mirajane, who has also just become a S-Class Mage!" Makarov pointed to the white haired girl with evil, yet light blue eyes. She was staring intensely at the blond Naruto with disbelief, rage forming around the corners of her mouth. Dressed in a punk gothic style, she wore a revealing black spaghetti-strapped shirt, and wore a purple bow in her hair.
'Mirajane...' Naruto stared at the girl, he remembered the name. The girl who claimed to be a demon, but he couldn't remind himself of her appearance. Had he really be been so uninterested with what she looked like and was focusing solely on if that rumour of her demon status was true or not.
"You!" She finally spat out, pointing accusingly towards the blond. "You're that guy, the one that choked me in that town a couple of months ago! Getting all pissed because I wasn't a proper demon or something!"
Roshi turned to looked at Naruto. 'Naruto... what have you done?' His eyes narrowed towards the blond. He had mentioned that he and Midnight would travel away from their village, but to attack another mage over the Demon Lacrima...
"I apologise, I was angry that day." Naruto replied in a bored, yet apologetic tone. He lifted his hands and spread his arms wide. "Here, have your revenge for my assault on you..."
Naruto waited for the strike, but the girl never delivered one, instead she chose to just gritted her teeth, letting out a low growl. "I can't attack someone who won't put up a fight back. I just hope you and me face each other in the tournament." She growled out before walking away, sitting back down next to the red haired Erza.
Makarov coughed out an awkward cough. "Right, er... anyway then we have Loke." Makarov pointed to a boy with dark orange short spiky hair. His attire consisted of a green jacket with a fluffy white collar, a light red Hawaiian-like shirt and black trousers. He was currently winikg at Ponzu and Spika, before his name being mention caught his attention, after which he gave a two fingered salute and small smile.
"Then we have Mira's younger brother Elfman." He pointed to the physically largest in the group, a tall muscular man with his white hair straight and neat, falling around his head. Wearing a formal blue suit with a red bow tie on it. The man timidly waved towards the group of Ozaru members, before shyly looking away.
"Then we have Sarusuke, but he likes to call himself Jet now." Makarov now pointed to a young, slim man with orange hair. He grinned widely, revealing some slightly misshapen teeth. A small, protruding, triangular-shaped molar, upper left molar, along with a chipped portion on the lower row corresponding it. He wore a brown coat with cottony necklines that fall down to his thighs, a violet shirt underneath, and dark pants that are tucked inside tight, black boots. The top of his head was tipped with a fancy hat.
"And finally we have my own grandson, Laxus." Makarov pointed to the lone figure leaning against the tree away from the group. He had blonde spiked up hair, his eyes were currently closed, not paying attention to anything the two guilds were say. Over his ears were large headphones with spikes, and a long lightning bolt shaped scar ran down his right eye. He wore a dirty yellow shirt over a long sleeved black shirt with a pair of black pants to match.
"Enough of these introductions!" The pink haired Natsu screamed, jumping out of his seat and punching the air. "I declare the pre-tournament fight between Ozaru and Fairy Tail under way! I'm looking so forward to all these fights I can't wait another second!"
"And neither can Quatro Cerberus." A voice called out, standing to the left was a man with a blue shirt, black pants and a red spike dog collar around his neck. His hair was blond and shoulder length, the top of his head covered by a black hat with a similar red spiked pattern as his collar. His eyes were also covered by a pair of black shades. Standing behind him were five younger people. "So you finally made it, Roshi and Ozaru. I was beginning to worry, you're the second to last to show up. All we got to do now is wait for Phantom Lord."
"Goldmine? You've entered as well?" Roshi spoke with slight surprise, looking at the young man, well young from his perspective. Roshi stood a good few years older than Goldmine.
"Of course. Got me some major talent in Quatro Cerberus. My last three fighters are busy preparing, but these are my main fight force; The Wise Monkey Brethren." He waved his hand in front of four similar looking people who were standing behind him.
"The eldest and leader of the group, Mizaru Kashikoi, he's 20 years old." Goldmine pointed to the physically tallest and muscular of the group, with wild spiky black hair, tan skin and brown eyes. Wearing a simple sleeveless red shirt with baggy sweatpants like leggings, and black sports shoes. Bandages were wrapped around his wrists and shins, tying the bottom of his pants to his leg. The man's face was calm, but he also appeared reserved, as if he didn't want to be in this place at the time.
"Next we have the second eldest, at 18 years old, Kikazaru Kashikoi." Goldmine pointed to the one even more muscular that the eldest, just shorter in stature. This brother had shorter spiky black hair than his older brother, but had the same tan skin and brown eyes, yet his eyes held more aggression to them. This brother wore a brown track suit, the track suit top open revealing a black shirt underneath, fancy shoes were on his feet, like white sneakers.
"Then we have the third eldest, and only female of the group, Iwazaru Kashikoi, she's 17." He pointed to the girl who replied with a soft smile. She wore black heeled boots, with slender fitting jeans. A blue shirt and a very neutral navy coloured jacket covering her upper body. Unlike her two older brothers, her hair was long, wavy and a dark brown shade. Her skin was a fade peach colour, but her eye's remained brown like her brothers, yet held an aura of innocence around them.
"And finally the youngest of the tea. Shizaru Kashikoi, at age 15." The shortest of the group grinned wildly. Spiky yet curly black locks were visible out the end of his pulled up hood. His eyes were a green colour, different to his older siblings. His skin was a peach colour like his sister, but held a darker tone. He wore a dark green shirt with long sleeves with a green hoodie over it, the hood being pulled up over his head. His legs were covered with black shorts reaching just below his shins.
"And this is Druz Rakshasas, not a member of their team, but he will be participating nonetheless and is one of my prime members at Quatro Cerberus. He's 21 and has been one of my most loyal mages for many years." Goldmine pointed to the largest man, taller than Mizaru. With shaggy blond hair falling around his hair and yellow eyes to match. He wore a tight red jumpsuit, with bandages underneath, visible around his neck and chest. He wore two metal bracelets on his right wrist and black grieve like paddings around his shins. On his chest was a single striped flak jacket. He stood behind Goldmine with his hands crossed behind his back, as if waiting for Goldmine's orders. "My other three fighters are away preparing as I mentioned earlier." Goldmine added after introducing Druz.
"Goldmine, who else has entered into this tournament?" Roshi curiously asked, he did not doubt the strength of his team. But Goldmine was a surprising addition even if he had suspected Quatro Cerberus to enter.
"Blue Pegasus has entered, as well as Lamia Scale and Phantom Lord. Other than you Roshi, there's another new guild, their called White Snake. And apparently they've got a few promising members." Goldmine replied, tapping his chin as he remembered the names.
"And the final Guild?" Roshi pointed out, Goldmine had only mentioned four guilds, counting Ozaru, Fairy Tail and Quatro Cerberus, one guild was still missing.
"Titan Nose." Goldmine replied, looking towards Roshi again. "Although no one is expecting big things from them, it's surprising how they even managed to secure a place in the first place. They've really fallen out of the public's favour after the incident with Bora of Prominence."
"Goldmine, do not undermine your fellow light guilds so easily. They may surprise you yet." A old, bald man wearing what appeared to be make up floated over to them on tiny wings on his back, his voice attempted to be as feminine as possible. He wore a pink spaghetti shirt with a necklace with circle patterns on it being revealed around his neck and pink and purple vertical-striped shorts. Slowly walking towards them were another group of five mages.
"Sorry Bob." Goldmine sighed out the most fake apology he could muster. "That your team?" He nodded to the group of five mages.
"Correct, although three of them are setting up our accommodation for the duration of the tournament, all my strongest mages are here, well the ones available anyway. You remember my right hand, Hibiki Laytis." Bob gestured to the rather tall young man with a slim build sporting long spiky blonde hair framing his head. His facial features were handsome, but appeared saddened, even depressed, lifeless. He was wearing a black blazer with a pinstriped shirt underneath, and dark pants. His attire had the Blue Pegasus insignia located over the side of his left shoulder, and also had a pair of white stripes around the wrists and ankles. For footwear, he wore high-quality black dress shoes.
Upon the mention of his name and seeing the man, Fairy Tail's Loke seemed to go into shock. Excusing himself, he left in a rushed, panicked way. "What's up with him?" Natsu asked aloud curiously, watched Loke run away.
"I'm sorry Master Bob, but I can't be here at this moment." Hibiki spoke lifelessly, shoving his hands into his pockets he walked away solemnly.
"I'm sorry," Bob sighed sadly as Hibiki walked away with a black cloud looming over his head. "Please do not mistake Hibiki's actions for rudeness. His lover has recently passed away. I just hope he can get out of this trance before he has to fight." He sighed again, before turning to the rest of the guilds. "Allow me to introduce the rest of my group. I sure you remember Ichiya Wanderlei Kotobuki and Ren Akatsuki."
The first of the two was in a lack of better words ugly. His orange hair was prefectly spiked and styled, yet his face was almost distorted, his eyes were small and his nose was large, as his face lower to the chin it seemed to widen. The man was also of a short stature, and wore a white tuxedo with an orange shirt underneath and red bow tie. A blue flower pinned to his blazer and a belt holding vials tied around his waist.
The second, younger man was a lot better to look at physically. A tall young man with slim body, short black hair with a ponytail with perfectly tanned skin. Like Hibiki, this man wore a black blazer with a yellow shirt underneath, unbuttoned at the top to reveal a gold necklace and dark pants. His attire has the Blue Pegasus insignia located over the side of his left shoulder in a yellow colour.
"And this is one of my oldest members. Makarov, you might remember Shuichi Konjou." Bob hovered around a man possessing relatively spiky, shoulder-length light red hair that frames his features, highlighting his fair skin. His violet iris' eyes held an aura of seriousness about them. He dressed in a plain dark orange open buttoned shirt with long sleeves, with a pair of black dress pants and dress boots to go with them. His member stamp sat on the back of his left hand. While his right hand was stuck in his pocket.
"And one of my newer members. Fayne Lelni." Bob now hovered around a young looking female, around Naruto's age if not a few years older. With creamy dark skin with a curvy figure which she accented with clothing. Wearing dark green short shorts and a fishnet covering over her midsection leading to a red sleeveless, strapless bra like top, bandages covered her from the chest up to her neck and along her arms. Her eyes were a confident black and her long purple her was brushed over to the right side, revealing her plump red lips and small black dots along the right side of her face.
"Master..." Alaric coughed, before continuing in a hushed tone. "Perhaps it's best if we register before you continue speaking to your friends and introducing their teams. Just to inform the officials that we are here."
"You're right." Roshi replied with a whisper. "I'm sorry, but I must register my team before we can continue. Where can I meet you later?" Roshi asked.
"The registration booth is just down this street. And meet us in the guild master's observation box when you're done, we can see what the tournament ring looks like." Makarov grinned pointing down the street. Roshi nodded in appreciation, before following Makarov's finger. His mages following close behind.
"What do you mean I can't enter!" The Ozaru group heard as they approached the registry counter. The man at the desk sweated lightly, fumbling up his words as he was being shouted out. "Just because I'm not a member of one of these stupid Guilds! I'm a Mage! I have a right to enter for a chance of winning!"
On the other side of the desk screaming at the man was a boy around Naruto's age, with raven black hair, styled to spike at the back with two long bangs framing his face, shorter bangs went across his fringe, covering his forehead. A long dark red scarf, tattered at the ends was tied loosely around his neck, the ends hanging behind him. He was dressed in a sleevless, open torso shirt with a white sleeveless shirt underneath. A red belt held the black shirt together, covering the top of his baggy black pants, which were tied into bandages around his shins. He feet were adorned with a type of black sandals. On his arms were tight, fingerless long black gloves, that extended past his elbows. His attire was finished with a sheathed long sword strapped to his lower back by means of the belt and a silver chain necklace around his neck.
"B-B-But that's the rules, this tournament is specifically for Guilds!" The man at the table stammered out in response to the boy's shouting. "E-E-Each one of them is bringing eight mages to fill up the sixty-four slots. There isn't any space for anyone else! You may have to speak to the Tournament officials about this, but one of them is the Magic Council head, Uranai Hoshi."
"That may not be the case." Everyone turned to the sound a a quiet, clown like chuckle, as if on queue with the eerie voice it began to rain heavily, citizens ran for shelter from the heavy rain, leaving only mages outside. The registry box was well covered for this event. A man dressed in a purple cloak with black bat like wings on it over a white shirt on orange pants approached. His hair was black but held a red tint to it, but it was covered by a purple witch's hat. His face held a mocking smile, accenting by a thin long moustache matching the colour of his hair. Behind him was a group of seven mages.
"M-Master Jose of Phantom Lord!" The man gave the others identity to all. The man, Jose smiled, before walking towards the registry counter, signing in his mages.
"I have only brought seven mages to participate, because that's all I need. I was going to give my final slot to another guild. But I realise that would give them an unfair advantage against all of the other guilds. So how about I give my last slot to this boy, then everyone's happy." Jose suggested, looking to the boy for approval. "How about it, for a short while whilst this tournament is commencing, you may call yourself a Phantom Lord Mage."
"I am no guild's mage." The boy replied bluntly, his eyes narrowing towards the comical looking Guild Master.
"True. But all participating mages must be signed in under the name of a Guild. If you do not enter under Phantom Lord, then you can not enter at all." Jose snickered, looking to the boy again.
Said boy frowned in contempt, not moving for a few seconds. "Fine. But I am not your mage, remember that."
"Of course, my boy. Now I will need your name?" Jose laughed lightly again, waiting for the name to be said.
"Sasuke Uchiha." The boy revealed his name, watching Jose scribble his name down in the Phantom Lord entry sheet. "Just don't get in my way." He spoke loudly as he walked away.
He walked towards Ozaru Guild, passing straight passed them and down the street. But not before his eyes lock with Naruto's, they stared at each other as he walked passed, Naruto's head following him after his shoulder. His eyes held rage, power, contempt, they were just like his own.
"Ah Roshi! Even you have secured a place this year." Jose called out, looking down their way, probably watching the boy leave as well. He approached the older red haired man, with his team of mages behind him. He observed each of Roshi's mages individually. "A fine selection you have got here, maybe they will be enough to best my Phantom Mages.
Jose pointed towards his seven mages. "Sol!" A man of average height wearing a monocle waved at them. He has a a tiny moustache and green hair done upward. He wore a brown thorny suit with what seemed to be a small cape just about his elbows. Oddly, his feet were no where to be seen, as if they had melted into the ground.
"Juvia Lockser!" A young woman with blue hair and a curvaceous figure stood motionlessly under a pink umbrella with hearts on it. Her long blue hair was curled on the outside, and she wore a navy blue coat, a fur shawl with the Teru teru bōzu attached to it as well as a Cossack hat at the top of her head.
"Totomaru!" A young man garbed in a ninja-like attire smirked cockily at them. Comprising of a red Gi with a furred collar and fishnets on his forearms as well as to the sides of his garb. He sports long, two-toned hair of black and white that is tied up into a japanese-style top knot, with the black portion overlaying the front and left side of his head, leaving the white portion small and concentrated on the left, the top knot also has the two separate colours correspondingly. And on his face, Totomaru sports a tattoo consisting of three horizontal bars tattooed across the ridge of his nose and both cheeks in a linear formation, with the one in the middle being the longest. He also carried a katana strapped on his left hip.
"Sue!" Another woman remained unmoving. She had brown skin with greenish hair and a small emerald green jewel on her forehead and a red stud in her earlobe. Her shirt was a dark sea blue with the sleeves ripped off. On her head was a purple jester like hat with the Phantom Lord insignia printed in a light yellow on the front.
"Bozo!" He was a tall man with brown skin. Completely bald and wearing sunglasses, which had two different lenses, the right one being dark-tinted in a purple shade, while the left was transparent, like an ordinary lens. He sported a red violet shirt and a jacket with a furry blue collar.
"Gajeel Redfox!" Jose said his name with a bit more excitement than the rest, as if he was waiting to name him. Gajeel was a tall and muscular man with long, spiky black hair, red eyes with slitted dark pupils and no visible eyebrows. He wore a wing-like sleeve on his right shoulder right above the spot where his Phantom Lord tattoo was located) and various piercings throughout his whole body, usually in sets of three or five, with the most visible ones being those on his face, including sets of three replacing his eyebrows and down the bridge of his nose, two under his lower lip and three in each ear. His usual outfit consists of a shabby black sleeveless tunic with studded edges and a studded belt around his waist, loose white pants tucked inside studded black boots, and a pair of studded brown gloves paired with similarly studded wristbands next to sets of massive scars on his arms.
"And finally Lyn!" Jose pointed to a boy who appeared surprisingly out of keep with the guild's dark look as the rest of the members portrayed. He was smiling widely, his eyes were a deep blue and his hair spiky in a very light green shade. A long green headband was tied around his forehead, with a pair of red goggles on top of them. His clothing consisted of a green base colour with red edges, with the exception of the brown, fingerless gloves on his hands.
Roshi nodded too all over them. "A very good mix, Jose. But if you'll excuse me, I have to register my team." Roshi bowed respectfully before walking passed a smiling Jose.
As soon as Ozaru had passed and they were out of earshot Jose's smile turned to a dark frown. "Pathetic small guild." He muttered scornfully, how Phantom Lord had to associate with such petty guilds disgusted him. "My Phantoms, go and prepare for this tournament." He ordered his mages, they all nodded, going to leave. "Lyn, stay a while." He ordered the light green haired boy before he could leave.
Jose turned with his usual friendly smile, approached the confused boy. "Lyn, this tournament is the perfect opportunity for you. Prove yourself in this tournament, prove yourself to me. And their might be a fifth spot in my team of elementals after all." Jose smiled, he knew how Lyn longed to be made a member of the elemental four, despite him not being a fire, water, wind or earth mage.
Lyn's eyes widened up in excitement, before they darkened considerably. "Then I will not fail you, Master Jose. I'll shock this entire tournament..."
Ozaru found their tent for the duration of the tournament. The tents were set on a small field just near the edge of the town, but close enough to the tournament stadium, the tents were small and a pale colour, perhaps a two man tent, yet it was the only one issued. Naruto wondered how they were to all fit in there?
Looking around he noticed how most of the guild tents were put together. They had walked passed two other Guild's participating. Lamia Scale and another small guild known as White Snake.
They had only seen and were introduced to four members of Lamia Scale, they were sat outside the tent on the grass. One was named Sherry Blendi. A girl with blue eyes, pink hair tied in a ponytail with ribbons and wearing a choker tied into a ribbon. For upper body clothing purple and pink short spaghetti dress with light pink trimmings, black leggings, and high-heeled sandals. Her dress appeared to have long and thin wings.
Another was a boy named Yuka Suzuki. Yuka was somewhat of a petite man with blue hair that stands upwards. He also seems to be wearing a long, green one-tail coat. His face was adorned with freakishly large, thick blue eyebrows.
A third fighter was a man simply known as Toby. Toby was a muscular man, with a dog-like face. He has large ears that sit above his head. Toby wears a black belt and blue jeans. He has a tattoo on the left side of his shoulder and surprisingly long nails on his fingers..
The final member of Lamia Scale they met was a man named Joey De Graff. He had a bit of chub on him making his cheeks puff out easily. His hands were littered with many scars, just visible poking out of a pair of some tan gloves. His hair is is an incredibly dirty blond that seemed right in the middle of yellow and brown. His eyes were an earth brown, but were covered by highly reflective goggles most of the time, he only lifting the goggles up once when he first was introduced. His nose is a bit point and he had two moles on either side of it. He was dressed in a dirt brown shirt and a pair of tan overalls and on his feet area a pair of dirt brown boots. His body appeared to have muscle to balance out his fat but his fat was more visible.
However from White Snake they met a lot more of the members, totalling six fighters and their slithery Guild Master. He was named Orochimaru, and despite being a light guild, he held a sinister air around him. Orochimaru slithered over to them to introduce himself and his guild, inspecting each of the fighters. Orochimaru appeared as an extremely pale-skinned human with waist-length black hair. He had amber eyes with slits in his pupils and purple markings around his eyes accenting his snake-like nature. He wore plain grey garbs with black polo neck under it and black pants and a thick purple rope belt tied in a large knot behind his back and blue tomoe-shaped earrings.
They met their physically largest combatant, Jirobo a massive boy with a shaved head save for three lines of orange hair situated at the top and sides of his head. He wore tan tunic, black pants cut off around mid-calf, bandages wrapped around his ankles, black sandals, and a purple, rope-like belt tied in an inverted bow around his waist.
The only female fighter from White Snake that they came into contact with was the confident, cocky Tayuya. Tayuya's most distinctive feature was her long, untamed, red hair. She also wore a black hat with bandages. She wears a tan tunic, the same as Jirobo's and two other members they had met, with black shorts and standard black sandals.
They also met Kidomaru, a boy with tan skin who spoke to them as if initiating a game with them, naming them as players and establishing levels of difficulty. He also wore a tan tunic, black pants cut off around mid-calf, bandages wrapped around his ankles, black sandals, and a purple, rope-like belt tied in an inverted bow around his waist like Jirobo and Tayuya.
They met Sakon. A boy that had dark bluish-grey hair with a long bang that covered one eye, also sporting turquoise lipstick, and brown eye-liner, making him appear more feminine. He wore a tan brown tunic with long black wristbands, black skin-tight shorts, and purple ropes tied around their waists. Sakon wore a dark-red, beaded necklace around his neck.
Then they met Jin. A member not wearing the same attire as the rest of the fighters. H wore white baggy pants leading into tied shin high boots. Two straps of cloth crossed over his chest. His eyes were a deep blue, surrounded by a mess of spiky bright red hair. Oddly, in the centre of his head was a small bone horn as well as his ears being pointed. Jin said nothing, entering the tent after being introduced by Orochimaru
Finally the one Orochimaru seemed most eager to introduce Kimimaro Kaguya, similar to how Jose had introduced Gajeel. Kimimaro was characterized by his pale skin, vivid green eyes and masculine facial features. Two red dots on his forehead replaced his eyebrows and shoulder-length white hair, which he wore divided down the middle on his head by an atypical 'zigzag' hair parting with two separate partings on either side of his face with two red, tube-like hair ornaments; one on either side of his head, securing the two locks of his silvery-white hair. Unlike the others his attire was consisting of a light lavender, loose-fitting, long-sleeved, zip-up shirt, black pants cut off around mid-calf, bandages wrapped around his ankles, black sandals, and a purple, rope-like belt tied in an inverted bow around his waist.
Naruto noticed the power residing in Kimimaro's eyes, but chose to ignore it for now, he seemed to be the only member worth fighting out of White Snake. He walked into the small tent, revealing a sudden size change once he had entered. Inside the tent was huge, styled as a luxurious nine-room hotel suite.
"Me and Midnight will share a room, so Ball can take one of ours." Naruto offered to which Roshi accepted, Naruto smirked in return, better to keep his mission partner close to him. They entered the room and quietly closed the door before speaking.
"Did you manage to perform Scan on the other participants?" Naruto spoke quietly to Midnight, who had sat on the bed to readjust his boot.
"It was impossible." Midnight replied apathetically, looking back to Naruto with heavy lidded eyes. "There was so much information at once from each of the members it was impossible to comprehend."
"It was the same for me..." Naruto drifted off from the sentence, he also tried to Scan all the members of each guild, but his mind was flooded with so much information it was almost painful, he had to cancel the technique before he did any damage to himself. "We'll have to do it individually against each of the people we come up against."
Midnight nodded in agreement. "I think the opening ceremony is starting soon, it will say who we are fighting first."
"Then lets go." Naruto turned to face the door. "I hope I don't come up against you too early. I'd hate to knock you out of this tournament before it even begins..."
"This tournament, since it's creation, has always been about bringing people together!" The official for the tournament called out, the 64 participating mages stood in front of him and the crowd in rows, each row represent a Guild participating. The crowd all sat in silence to allow the official to be heard. "It has always been about bringing mages of light together so they may know each other's strengths, even from other guild's, so they know exactly who their comrades are!"
"The tournament will be set out in a series of rounds; four rounds, then the semifinal and final. The tournament has been set into two brackets, the West Bracket and the East Bracket. Each time you defeat your opponent you move to the next round. Finally the strongest from the East Bracket will meet the strongest in the West Bracket in the final match. Mages will be put into each bracket randomly, meaning all your first matches will be chosen randomly, after that you will face the winner of the round with the closest number to you, 1 and 2, 3 and 4, 15 and 16 for example. Before the matches are picked remember this, strength is not power alone, but combination of power, intellect, will and determination. Now let the matches be chosen!" The official spoke loudly to the cheers of the crowd, he raised his hand to the massive Lacrima powered television. The tournament layout appeared, with sixty four spaces on the west side. Names suddenly lit up in those spaces, before scrambling rapidly. It went of for several seconds, which seemed like minutes. Everyone eagerly anticipating to see the match ups.
The names stopped, revealing who was fighting who in the first round. Mumbles began off the mages, trying to find their name on the massive board.
West Bracket
(Blue Pegasus) Ichiya Wanderlei Kotobuki
VS
(Phantom Lord) Lyn
(Ozaru) Alaric Kaizer
VS
(Quatro Cerberus) Rufio Gear
(White Snake) Kidomaru
VS
(Ozaru) Jio Freed
(Titan Nose) Sin Rabal
VS
(Quatro Cerberus) Kikazaru Kashikoi
(Phantom Lord) Totomaru
VS
(Quatro Cerberus) Mizaru Kashikoi
(Quatro Cerberus) Jackal Incend
VS
(Titan Nose) Indigo Starseeker
(Lamia Scale) Razak Marrow
VS
(Fairy Tail) Loki
(Lamia Scale) Iklah Seance
VS
(Fairy Tail) Elfman
(Fairy Tail) Natsu Dragneel
VS
(Quatro Cerberus) Shizaru Kashikoi
(Ozaru) Naruto Namikaze
VS
(Fairy Tail) Erza Scarlet
(White Snake)Jin
VS
(Blue Pegasus) Shuichi Konjou
(Lamia Scale) Joey De Graff
VS
(Titan Nose) Yator Bones
(White Snake) Sakon
VS
(Quatro Cerberus) Enjin
(Phantom Lord) Bozo
VS
(Titan Nose) Rez Hatakata
(Ozaru) Midnight
VS
(Phantom Lord) Sue
(Blue Pegasus) Laysa Botokatou
VS
(Blue Pegasus) Fayne Lelni
East Bracket
(Phantom Lord) Gajeel Redfox
VS
(Blue Pegasus) Ren Akatsuki
(Titan Nose) Tower
VS
(Lamia Scale) Barain Geaso
(Quatro Cerberus) Iwazaru Kashikoi
VS
(Blue Pegasus) Violet Starshine
(Ozaru) Cross Biancina
VS
(Fairy Tail) Mirajane
(Ozaru) Ponzu Lilith
VS
(Blue Pegasus) Godo Dotakobo
(Ozaru) Spika Futomomotarou
VS
(White Snake) Kin Tsuchi
(White Snake) Jirobo
VS
(Titan Nose) Rush
(Phantom Lord) Sasuke Uchiha
VS
(Phantom Lord) Sol
(Ozaru) Kaito Yuria
VS
(Fairy Tail) Gray Fullbuster
(Blue Pegasus) Hibiki Laytis
VS
(Titan Nose) Hebi Kiba
(Phantom Lord) Juvia Lockser
VS
(Titan Nose) Mieshao Tai-ling
(White Snake) Kimimaro Kaguya
VS
(Fairy Tail) Jet
(Lamia Scale) Yuka Suzuki
VS
(White Snake) Zaku Abumi
(Fairy Tail) Laxus Dreyar
VS
(Lamia Scale) Toby
(White Snake) Tayuya
VS
(Lamia Scale) Sherri Blendi
(Quatro Cerberus) Druz Rakshasas
VS
(Lamia Scale) Eaon Westwater
They all looked at the massive screens, finding their names and first opponents. 'Both Midnight and I are in the West Bracket, so the East Bracket couldn't concern me less. I'll just have to wait for the final to find out who I am fight.' Naruto though, skipped past the East Bracket when he found his name in the tenth match.
"Would Ichiya from Blue Pegasus and Lyn from Phantom Lord please remain on the tournament stage. Every other Mage please return to your tents and await the call of your name." The official spoke out again.
Walking slowly every other member of the guilds retreated to their tents, glimpses the eyes of their guild masters from a observation box above. Leaving Lyn and Ichiya to begin fighting.
The bell rang, indicating for them to begin. "You have a good smell, but unfortunately for you my smell is stronger!" Ichiya called out, reached for one of his vials at his waist. "Power Perfume!" Ichiya cried loudly, sprinkling the contents on the vial on himself. Suddenly the small man doubled in height, every muscle bulged out, he flexed the muscles briefly before getting ready for Lyn to make his move.
"I pity you..." Lyn replied with a kind smile, causing Ichiya's eyes to widen at his soft words and smile. "I pity you because of your bad luck of getting me as your first opponent."
Suddenly Lyn disappeared, Ichiya jumped in circles on the spot trying to locate the green haired boy. "Dynamo Entry!" Lyn suddenly appeared in front of him, mid air. His leg swung around quickly, spark of lighting covering his red boot. The boot collided with Ichiya's face, launching him into the nearby wall.
"This is my magic." Lyn smiled as he landed. "Static Pulse. I can generate electricity within my body, speeding up my reactions and boosting my strength and speed, I can then use that Lightning externally to deliver powerful attacks." Lyn smiled, before realising he was speaking to an unconscious Ichiya, who had shrunk down to his usual size. He laid there groaning in pain, but motionlessly.
"With one hit and your down?" Lyn spoke in surprise, before turning around heading towards the exit of the stadium. "How pathetic."
"That Lyn is quite a strong contender Jose, you've found yourself quite the lightning mage." Goldmine spoke, looking down at the light green haired boy as he left, his name moving up on the board and easily cruising into the second round.
Jose himself only smiled as Lyn left. So Lyn had some strength after all, perhaps he should including into his team of elementals?
"Yes, but let's see how he does against other contenders. Ichiya has always bruised too easily." Bob spoke lightly, looking as the unconscious Ichiya was moved out of the stadium.
"What the hell is this?" Rufio screamed in frustration, smacking his hand off the ground. He growled loudly in anger before roaring loudly, picking himself up quickly and charging towards Alaric, who had not made a single move yet.
Yet once again when he was getting closer to Alaric, Rufio was blown back, literally stopped in his tracks. It was like an invisible wall had been set up around Alaric, nothing could break through it.
"Do you understand now?" Alaric spoke with a small smile. "I admire your determination, Rufio. But I must go through to the next round. However, you have fought valiantly. So I'll tell you my magic." Alaric spoke, waving his hand through the air, his action confusing Rufio. Rufio slowly stood back up, panting. He was going to continue this fight no matter what.
"Mr. Mime, that is my magic." Alaric spoke to Rufio's shock. "The power of pantomime, I can create anything of my will and manifest it as an invisible force."
"Watch." Alaric spoke, lifting his right hand over his shoulder. "I pull an arrow from it's quill." He spoke mysteriously, his hand slowly coming back over his shoulder. "And load it into my bow." He held up both arms, mimicking an archer's stance, as if tightly pulling on the string in a bow, an arrow loaded on it. "And then..." His back hand released.
Rufio's eyes widened in shock, he coughed once. Pain enveloped his right shoulder. Fearing to look down, he gently touched the area where the pain was originating from, it was sticky and wet, with what felt like a hole in his shoulder. He had actually been shot by an arrow, yet there was no weapon. No arrow lodged in his shoulder. Rufio smirked, the pain was beginning to mess with his senses. He felt sleepy. "Amazing..." He mumbled quietly, falling backwards onto the ground.
Alaric watched the judges approve of the match, deciding he had one, he saw his name move one level up into the second round. The screen read that in the next round he would be fighting Lyn. Nodding in understanding Alaric left the stadium, medics rushed passed him, gathering around the fallen, bloody Rufio.
"So you are Magic Eater Jio." Kidomaru smirked happily. "Finally an opponent with a level 5 difficulty level. I may need a strong strategy to defeat this boss."
"This is not a game. So just get on with it already." Jio spoke with annoyance. Waiting for the boy to begin his assault.
"Very well, I'll show you to of my magics." Kidomaru smirked before his cheeks puffed out, he inhaled deeply. "Sticky Gold: Spider Net!" He quickly spit out a glob of gold, which expanded to form a gold spider web, aiming to trap Jio within it.
Jio raised his hand towards the net. When it touched his hand the spider web was suddenly sucked into his bod through his hand to Kidomaru's confusion. "This is the first stage of Magic Eater." Jio spoke again. "In the first stage, I can suck an opponent's magic into my body, no matter how deadly it nullifies within my body through my left hand."
"An interesting magic young Jio has there..." Orochimaru chuckled, watching the fight between the two boys. "So it appears the question that will be on Kidomaru is how to hit an opponent with magic when magic is useless?"
"No, Jio can not use the first stage of Magic Eater too much, just the same as the second stage. It may nullify the magic's affect, but the entry of another person's magic hurts him internally. Jio just naturally has an extreme tolerance for pain."
"I guess I gotta take this to the next level if I'm gonna win!" Kidomaru shouted out, gaining everyone's attention. He placed the palms together. "Take Over: Arachnophobia!" Kidomaru shouted, on cue, four extra arms burst out of his body, a third eye formed in the centre of his fore head. His skin turned a dark red colour and his hair grew long and white, finally two horns grew on the edges of his forehead. "Now lets begin!" Kidomaru grinned, revealing incredibly sharp, jagged teeth.
Kikazaru stood bored in the centre of the tournament ring. Sin bounced around him with a flurry of the weakest attacks that could ever be delivered, Sin must have figured if he could delivered multiple strikes from all directions he might weaken the taller mage quicker.
Kikazaru didn't even need his Earth Armour, the attacks were feeble and weak. "This fight is boring me now." Kikazaru sighed loudly, he caught the speedy Sin easily with one hand, lifting him off the ground with ease.
He threw Sin across the stadium ring, Sin landed face first against the stone walls of the crowd spectator seats, he slowly slid down the wall, stopping and remaining unmoving when he reached the bottom.
Medics ran over, confirming that Sin was still indeed alive. With the nod of the head Kikazaru was named the winner, coasting through to the next round with little trouble. Kikazaru smirked victoriously, looking at Sin's unconscious body humouredly one last time before walking away.
"I see, so that's how it is..." Mizaru calmly spoke, wiping the mark from his face. He stood back up, turning to face the smirking Totomaru. "Your a flame manipulator, not only can you create fire, but you can control fire as well, even other peoples."
"Exactly, so as a fire mage yourself, your pretty much screwed." Totomaru smiled, chuckling lightly. "However, that is an interesting fire you have there. I'm going to have to take it." Totomaru fists clenched hard, black shadowy flames enveloped his hands. "These are the Absorbing Black Flames, they consume everything. Even fire itself, I use this to absorb the flames of others and add them to my arsenal."
Mizaru's own hands enveloped in light blue flames, the heat clearly being see escaping from them. "And these are the Searing Blue Flames, there are no flames hotter than these." Mizaru suddenly dispelled the flames to Totomaru's surprise.
Mizaru suddenly charged at Totomaru, The black/white haired fire mage prepared himself. He swung at Mizaru with the black flames once he was in range. Mizaru ducked underneath the blow, "Here! Try them for yourself!" Mizaru delivered a strong uppercut to the other fire mage, blue flames exploding around his fist moments before it collided with Totomaru's chin.
Totomaru crashed hard onto the ground, grumbling as he rubbed his jaw sorely, he had been struck by flames! "How was that possible?" He almost screamed in perplexity.
"I simply waited for the very last moment before impact before I conjured the flames. There simply wasn't enough time for you to gain control over them, you weren't expecting it." Mizaru smirked, cracking his knuckles confidently. "And it seems doing that also boosts my strength even further than usual. Thanks for the tip."
"Karyū no Hōkō!" Natsu roared, a stream of fire exploding from his mouth. Launching towards the smaller green clad boy.
Shizaru raised his hands in the air, wind and air began attracted towards him until a sort of dish was creating between him and Natsu's fire. The flames collided with the wind barrier, twisting around and launching back at Natsu.
It was something Natsu didn't expect, the flames hit him dead on, knocking him backwards and onto the ground. "The wind is my ally, my protector. You will do no evil against me!" Shizaru spoke out timidly. Preparing a second barrier of wind.
Natsu grinned, wiping his mouth. "That's cool!" He yelled excitedly. "I'm getting fired up!" He quickly shot himself back up, charging towards the smaller Shizaru. "Karyū no Tekken!"
Naruto sat patiently back stage in Ozaru's tent. Both Alaric and Jio had made it through to the second round. He would keep the train going. He would beat whoever he came up against in this round. This girl, Erza Scarlet. She will fall against him.
Suddenly the screen in Ozaru's tent lounge lit up, reading only five words. It was the only time the screen came on, mages were forbidden to watch the other fights.
(Ozaru) Naruto Namikaze
VS
(Fairy Tail) Erza Scarlet
'Looks like its me.' Naruto stood up, the other members of Ozaru smiling confidently at him. Naruto nodded back once.
"Go kick some ass, Naruto!" Ball shouted excitedly, he and the other members of Ozaru watching Naruto leave the tent.
(Ozaru) Naruto Namikaze
VS
(Fairy Tail) Erza Scarlet
"It's time." The red haired Erza spoke, adjusting the gauntlets on her arms one last time. She looked around to the other members of Fairy Tail and nodded with a confident smile. "I will not fail Fairy Tail." She spoke, causing the other members to cheer. Smiling Erza left Fairy Tail's tent and turned left, the direction of the stadium.
"Erza, wait!" Erza stopped, turning around to see it was Mirajane who had called her. "I have something to tell you."
"Well make it quick Mira." Erza replied rudely with an annoyed scowl on her face.
"As much as I dislike you, I don't want to see a member of Fairy Tail to be hurt." Mira continued in an equally rude voice. "This boy, the one your fighting. He's not natural, when I returned from the job a few weeks ago and I had to go to the hospital ward for a few days. That was from a single strangle and slam into the ground from him, all with one hand. Be careful of him, Erza. You don't know what he can do?"
Erza's hand rested comfortingly on Mira's shoulder. "Don't worry, Mira." She spoke in a sweeter voice before turning around, continuing to walk towards the stadium. "Whatever his strength, my sword and I will overcome it, that is the will of Fairy Tail..."
A/N: Hey there! DGS saying thanks for reading the new chapter, I know it was long and not that interesting, mainly just introducing guild members and fighters.
Well the tournie begins, and that's 63 fights, yes 63 fights, 32, then 16, then 8, then 4, then 2 and the final makes 63. Now I do not have the energy to write 63 fights in full, just like I doubt you guys have the patience to read through 63 full fights, as well as wait for me to write them. So I think I will do it how I've done it in this chapter, brief summaries detailing a key part of each fight, such as the beginning, a key turning point or the finish. I will write Naruto and Midnights fights in full as well as one or two others. I have skipped a few fights, such as a few fairy tail fights because we know what they can do and superfluous OCs that are literally just names I have made up to fill slots in the tournaments first round.
Sasuke has debuted! *waits for the cheering that will never come* nah I don't mind Sasuke. He's got some good magics in this and I will give credit to the creators of those magics when they are revealed.
Speaking of credit, I would like to thank everyone who has suggested Ocs for this tournament, it is very much appreciated, so you guys deserve credit for their creation. So...
Credit for Lyn (which I believe is Norwiegan or Danish or something for lightning) and Alaric goes to myself
Credit for Mizaru, Kikazaru, Iwazaru and Shizaru Kashikoi goes to Drakedruid for their concept, design and magic abilities, and me for their names. I based their names off the three wise monkeys, See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil. There is occasionally a fourth one, Do no Evil. The names are the japanese names for those monkeys in that order (Mi-See, Kika-Hear, Iwa-Speak, Shi-Do) and their last name i believe is Japanese for 'wise'
Druz Rakshasas and Fayne Lelni go to Master of the RedSand, they haven't really been seen yet but they will have some good parts and they have some cool magics.
Joey De Graff goes to deltabeta26 for his creation, he's got a very interesting pair of magics that i can't wait for you guys to see.
The whole idea of having Orochimaru's White Snake Guild goes to Crossovernaru, he's also responsible for creating some of Sasuke's magic, but again I will credit him when they have debuted.
reven228 is responsible for suggesting Jin to be a mage, Jin is also in a manga i don't know which one so really credit for his creation goes to the guy that made that made, all I know is that their is another guy in that manga called Yuushi
Shuichi Konjou goes to Outkast000, he's really cool and got some good magic which we will see soon.
I don't think I've missed any out, if I have and I've forgot to credit you I apologise, just let me know and I'll change it immidiately, otherwise all the OC names their that you don't recognise belong to me, but the names are free for anyone to use in their fics, I literally just made them up to fill spaces.
Nest chapter...phew, I don't even want to think about it, I guess it'll continue with the tournament, as well as Naruto's first full fight against Erza. Motives will be revealed in the tournament and I can let you know that their is one confirmed death during the tournament, I won't say who it is, but it's not Erza so stop worrying.
Anyways I'm gone, see ya next time! :D
D.G.S