Demon Lacrima

Arc: Tournament of Mages

Chapter 15: Naruto VS Natsu

by DeathGodSlayer

The crowd's roar was deafening, the cheers muting every other sound in the world. "It's been a very interesting second round so far!" The announcer screamed into his microphone, addressing the crowd. "It was no surprise that Alaric Kaizer, the Ace of Ozaru moved into the third round after meeting Lyn of Phantom Lord in the first match of the second round. Lyn put up one impressive fight, however Alaric's Pantomime magic proved too great to beat with his lightning magic!

Then in the second match, Ozaru proved its worth even further, with the S-Class Jio Freed soaring through to the third round after defeating Quatro Cerberus' Kikazaru Kashikoi with little trouble. His Magic Eater proving far too great against the giant Earth Mage!

However, Quatro Cerberus is not down and out yet, with the eldest of the Wise Monkey Brethren, Mizaru Kashikoi defeating Indigo Starseeker from Titan Nose, officially knocking out Titan Nose from the tournament, now only seven teams are able to claim the prize of the Phoenix Soulstone!

And in an unfortunate display, two of Fairy Tail's mages came face to face in the second round. Loki and Elfman showed the power of Fairy Tail with neither forfeiting nor giving up because they faced their comrades. However it was Loki who pushed through to the third round with his Regulus magic!

And now onto the fifth match of the day, and it's sure to be one exciting match! The third Ozaru member fighting today, Naruto Namikaze of Ozaru. This mage displayed shocking skills in the first round! Not only defeated a top contender for overall winner of the tournament, but doing so without even breaking a sweat!"

The crowd roared loudly as the blonde mage entered the tournament ring, cheering his name over and over as he approached the centre. Naruto himself stood uninterested in the cheers of the crowd, standing patiently for his opponent to enter.

"And his opponent! Another member from Fairy Tail, Natsu Dragneel! Can he get revenge for his comrade that fell against Naruto?" The announcer yelled, more cheers were elicited from the crowd as the pink haired mage from Fairy Tail ran into the arena, grinning madly at the fight to come.

"Let's not waste any time! It's sure to be a memorable fight! Begin!" The announcer beckoned quickly starting the match.

In a flash Naruto was in front of Natsu, taking him off guard and delivering a powerful punch to the stomach. "I'll end this quickly." The blond muttered to the rosy haired boy before delivering another punch to the stomach.

He followed with a string of quick, yet extremely powerful punches to the stomach, not giving Natsu a chance counter or even respond. Naruto duck down, spinning on his hand he moved to spring his feet upwards, hitting Natsu directly in the chest and launching him across the arena, crashing him into the wall behind him with such force that the wall cracked and broke from the impact.

Natsu slowly slid down the wall, hitting the floor slowly, where he remained without movement. Naruto looked down at the mage, before a small smile graced the left side of his lips. "You're weaker than the other Fairy Tail mage." He spoke before looking over to the announcer in his seating booth. "This fight is over." He spoke bluntly again, completely turning his back and beginning to walk away.

"Her name is ERZA!" He suddenly heard someone roar, looking over his shoulder, he saw the pink haired mage had stood up, charging an attack. "Karyū no Hōkō!"The boy roared before belching out a stream of intense flame, connecting with Naruto quickly engulfing his body in an inferno.

The crowd went silent at the sight, whilst Natsu grinned madly at the successful hit. "Erza didn't even touch him, yet Natsu landed a direct hit…"Bob spoke in surprise to Makarov, who grinned down at the pink haired Dragon Slayer.

Natsu's grin turned to horror as the flames began to recede; standing amongst them, completely unscathed was Naruto, who glared angrily at Natsu. The crowd gasp in horror in unison, as the blonde haired mage did not move from the flames, yet standing directly within them whilst they burned.

"I don't care what her name was. And, seeing how weak these flames are. I don't care what your name is either. These flames are nothing compared to the Flame God's…" Naruto spoke without anger in his voice, before black light enveloped his fists. "Chaos: Dark Lighthouse!" He spoke launched a beam of dark light energy at Natsu which connected instantly, launching the boy back down.

Yet Natsu stood up again, smiling widely. "Naruto wasted no time, in mere moments he stood before Natsu. His fists engulfed with dark light. "Chaos: Eclipse Fists!" He punched Natsu multiple times with dark light powered attacks, each one connecting with the blond, he finished his continuous assault with a powerful strike to the rose haired mage's right cheek, launching him downwards, bending his body so his head was driven into the ground first.

Naruto grinned down at the boy, he body was dirtied, bruised and beaten, whilst the blond stood in perfect condition. He took a few steps away from the down fire mage. He began standing up slowly and painfully. Naruto chuckled quietly as he saw the mage returning to his feet. "You've got strong willpower. I'm gonna enjoy breaking it." Naruto's grin grew further, clenching and cracking his knuckles. His left hand clenched around his right wrist, his right fist clenched tightly. "Chaos: Starseeker!" A large bullet of dark light fired from his fist, striking the mage and firing Natsu down once again.

Natsu screamed in pain as the attack knocked him down, yet after a few moments he rose back to his feet. Naruto's brow furrowed in anger and annoyance. "This fight is over. You can't continue, so why do you still keep getting back up, wishing to continue?"

"This fight isn't over…" Natsu panted heavily, obviously in agonizing pain. "UNTIL I WIN!" He roared running towards Naruto once again, his fist cocked back ready to strike.

Naruto growled in anger as the pink haired mage neared him. "Stay down or suffer!" He roared out in rage. "Chaos: Light of the Abyss!" A massive ball of black light appeared in front of him, with a pure white epicentre, the white orb began to absorb the darkness surrounding it, compressing it within itself as it didn't grow in size. Once all the blackness was gone Naruto launched the orb at Natsu, which connected, creating a devastating explosion upon contact, surrounding the pink haired mage in a tremendous display.

A large crater was left in the wake of the attack, the pink haired mage lying in the middle of it on his back. Naruto looked down the crater at him, smiling. "Now it's over…" He spoke quietly.

Until he saw the mage's body twitch, hearing his teeth clench as he began to sit back up. Instantly fury covered the blonde's face, he roared in immense fury. Before he suddenly stopped, pain etched across his face. His mouth left agape and his eyes stood as wide as they could possibly go. His hands reached for his head, before he let out an agonizing scream of pain. "What's happening!" He yelled loudly in pain.

'Hehehehe…. It's been so very long since you let your anger boil like this….' A voice resounded, yet no one else seemed surprised at it, was it only him who could hear. 'You haven't dipped into your rage for such a long time. I should thank that kid, he's given me a chance to stretch my legs a bit.'

'Kyu!' Naruto realised who it was who was speaking instantly.

'Don't worry Naruto, this will all be over soon…' He heard Kyu chuckle once again before even more pain engulfed him. A red bubbling liquid began to engulf his body, covering him in a cloak of some sorts.

"Roshi, what's happening!" Makarov asked the Ozaru Guild Master as he looked down with worry at the match.

Roshi himself had stood up, staring down himself with more worry than Makarov. 'Naruto lost control at such a time! I will sacrifice one chance of my guild winning if I have to step in and stop him!'

'I don't need your help to defeat this piece of trash, Kyu!' Naruto argued in his mind against this part of his personality taking over. 'I can defeat him with my own power!'

Everything seemed to stop for Naruto, there was no more pain, and no more need to put up resistance. 'Very well then…. Use your OWN power…' He heard Kyu chuckle, pain inflicted his body once again, he screamed loudly as the cloak began to recede back into his body.

In exchange, the air around Naruto began to spiral in small segments, as if the space around had morphed, tiny worm holes began to appear in every direction, before the same happened around Natsu. "Chaos: Infinite Starseeker!" He spoke as smaller, but a vast number more of his previous attack grew from every part of his body, being fired into the small worm holes, they reappeared instantly around Natsu, but not in the same pattern the fired from Naruto, as if the worm holes did not mirror across both of them, they launched at the pink haired mage from different directions, each one blasting into Natsu causing him to scream out in pain.

The attack did not stop for a few minutes. And when it did Natsu's body slumped to the floor, his eyes open wide but unmoving, his body did not twitch, yet the faint sight of his chest moving was a sign that he was still indeed alive, just unconscious.

"And the winner of the match through knockout: Naruto Namikaze of Ozaru!" The announcer called, to the cheers of the crowd. Naruto looked around in confusion. 'What was that attack, I can conjure anything like that?' He wondered in his mind, as he slowly began to walk out of the arena.

"What in the world was that?" Quatro Cerberus' Guild Master Goldmine asked with confusion as he watched the blond leave he stadium with the other Guild Master's. "It was like Druz's Spatial Manipulation, but on a different level…"

"But what about that red cloak that enveloped him, I've never seen anything like it!" Lamia Scale's Guild Master, Ooba Babasaama. "Clearly your mage is hiding a lot of secrets, Roshi. That's cheating Lamia Scale out of victory!" The old woman screamed loudly.

Roshi remained silent, watching the blond vacate the arena. "Please excuse me." He spoke quietly to the other guild masters, before leaving the Guild Master's booth in a rather hurried pace.

Naruto sat alone in his room, staring aimlessly at his hands. 'That power, I've never used anything like it before, yet it seemed almost familiar to me…' Naruto contemplated the magic he performed during the fight.

His head snapped upwards at the sound of the door closing quietly, Roshi leaned against the wall, he hands crossed across his chest as he stared Naruto down. "Master Roshi-"

"Now do you understand how easy it is to be manipulated by the Lacrima contained within you?" Roshi cut him off before he could speak anymore words. "Do you understand how at risk you constantly are? How others around are constantly at risk because of your power?"

Naruto was left silent at the elderly man's words, he had no rebuttal to them other than a small nod of his head.

However, a small smile graced Roshi's usual serious face. "I am pleased though. You showed incredible self-control over yourself and the Lacrima inside you despite having so little knowledge about how to control. I was moments away from stepping into and stopping you, disqualifying you in the process. However you overcame its influence on your own, a remarkable trait, with it. You will be able to gain control over the Lacrima inside you quickly. I believe your mastery over the Lacrima is more advanced than you realise."

Naruto seemed to smile at his words, as if relieved from what Roshi said to him. "Thank you." He muttered out quietly to the elderly Guild Master.

Roshi nodded back at the blond, before he turned to open the door. "You forgot to mention when you first arrived at my guild that you possessed the lost magic; Arc of Void, perfect spatial manipulation, above even what Quatro Cerberus' Druz Rakshasas has displayed." He said before he left the room, leaving Naruto alone with new thoughts to occupy him.

Naruto was left speechless for a moment, before he returned to looking at his hands, memories flashed through his mind, ones he believed himself to have discarded, from his time in that village and the powers he displayed to escape the pan he suffered at that place.

"I remember…. My magic before gaining 'Nine-Tails'. Arc of Void, so that is its name. Has it finally become available to me once again?" He pondered as he stared at his hand.

A twisted grin grew on his face, his hand tightened into a clenched fist. "Master Hades will be pleased…"

A/N: Hey there! Been a while since I updated this. Apologies for the short chapter, I've lost that writing fighting spark so I understand any complaints made about it. I hope Arc of Void returning was a good enough compensation.

Now to clear up a few things. I wasn't thinking of anything when I made up the Phoenix Soulstones, but I understand people relating it to Dragonball Z. Well inspration has to come from somewhere and I guess I played on it subconsciously :P

Second of all, Naruto does seemed overpowered I'll admit, but that's because he hasn't really met a challenge yet. You'll see later on as he meets stronger opponents that he isn't all powerful.

Uh.. I'm considering skipping the rest of Round 2 and 3, I don't really like the fights in Round 3, and all the best action comes after it. But I'll see how I feel.

Anyways that's about it, I cant put a date on my next update, things are a bit hectic at the moment, what with college, work and a bitch of a slutty ex-girlfriend, but the last one doesn't really matter, if anything I'm using my experience withit for pairings, gonna be lots of fun :) So next chapter... I can't even give you the title of it yet. but a lot of stuff is gonna happen in this arc, I swears, it's not just fighting, there's death and betrayal and resurrection and revelation. So don't miss out.

Again sorry for the crappy short chapter

D.G.S