I Don't Own Naruto or Fairy Tail!

Prophecy Rebirth - Chapter 7

Erza was not having a good week, in fact, it was just down right horrible. A week ago, Natsu, along with Happy and Lucy had stolen a S-Class quest from the second floor request board, which was bad enough. Then Gray, who was sent by the Master to bring the group back to Fairy Tail, ended up becoming an accomplice and joined in on the mission.

Erza, being the only one present and the only one willing, had to go out to bring the group of fools back to the Guild, given that they were still alive. The Galuna Island request had been up in the request board for a while already, but no S-Class mages have taken it yet, and the reason was quite clear. It was a very dangerous mission, and Erza was going to complete it along with Mystogan or Laxus, but she ended up finishing the mission with a trio of idiots.

"We're sorry Erza, but can you please tell me what sort of punishment the Master will give us?!" begged a nervous Lucy as she walked beside Erza heading back to the Guild. "It must be horrible seeing that Gray and Natsu are freaking out!"

Erza smirked and sent Lucy a rather evil look. "I will not tell you...just enjoy the punishment you all deserve."

Natsu was shivering a little and Gray was growing more pale by the second. "I don't want to go through that again..." mumbled the Dragon Slayer as he looked towards the direction of the Guild with utter anguish.

Gray could only nod along with his friend as he mind forced him to replay the punishment he received last time. "Kami...maybe we should run away while we can..."

Erza chuckled and looked back at the catatonic group. "If any of you try to run now, I will carry out the punishment for the Master, and I promise you all that I will be even more cruel and terrifying..."

Lucy and Happy nodded as the other two just look down at the ground. "W-We won't run..." whimpered out a scared Happy.

Erza grunted as turned her sights back to the direction of the Guild. She could still remember how much she wanted to stay in the Guild a week ago, she was enjoying teaching Naruto Swordsmanship and controlling his peculiar magic, but no, she had to go out and save a bunch of idiots from getting killed on a mission that was out of their league. Just thinking about it made Erza made again...

The S-Class mage sighed as she wondered how Naruto was doing. Erza had left the boy in the care of Mirajane, seeing that her best friend was the one Naruto was closest to besides herself. Erza didn't really want to let Mirajane have Naruto for the week seeing that the other S-Class mage always tried to make Naruto like her better, and it would fill Erza with anger.

Erza knew that she was the closest to Naruto out of everyone in the Guild, and a week won't change that, but she didn't like how Mirajane would try to interfere with their lovely relationship. Erza had honestly, never been as close to anyone as she was to Naruto, he had become one of the most important people in her life.

Erza found herself constantly thinking about what will happen when Naruto returns to his original state. 'Will he still be this close to me? Will he still need me so much? Will he still love me?' These questions haunted Erza's mind like a virus, and soon she became nervous about Naruto returning to normal. Erza had lost some of her precious people before, and she didn't want to lose Naruto as well...it would hurt more than even before when she lost old-man Rob, and Jellal.

"Well, we're home..." muttered Lucy as she approached the Guild desperately hoping that the Master was not present at the moment.

Erza was the only one with a smile on her face as the group walked into the Guild; she actually sped up as she got closer to the door; she really wanted to see Naruto sooner...

"ER-CHAN!" cried a loud voice as a blur ran up to Erza and wrapped it's arms around her like a vice grip. "You're back!"

Erza instantly had a smile on her face as she lifted the boy up into her arms and hugged him close to her chest. "Hey Naruto-chan, I missed you." muttered the woman as she made her way further into the guild. The other members of Fairy Tail smiled at the sight of Erza and Naruto. The love and care between them were clear and obvious, it was endearing to see them being so close to each other.

Mirajane walked up to the group with her usual sweet smile. "Welcome home everyone!" greeted the white haired beauty.

Erza smiled at her best friend as she lifted Naruto higher in her arms. "Thank you for looking after Naruto while I was gone, Mira."

The smile on Mirajane became brighter as she waved Erza off. "It was no problem at all, I love having Naru-chan at home with us." said the girl with a light giggle. "Elfman was having quite a bit of fun trying to explain to Naruto what a man is."

Lucy, who momentarily forgot about her impending punishment, smiled at the thought. "How did Naruto-chan take it?" Erza nodded along at the question, silently plotting to beat Elfman to a pulp if he ever managed to infect Naruto with his stupid manly philosophies.

Mirajane giggled and patted Naruto's head. "This little guy pretty much zoned out after the first few minutes of Elfman's lessons," explained the beauty icon of Fairy Tail. "Naruto spent the week practicing his reading, writing, and magic."

Erza smiled proudly at the boy and kissed the top of his head. "Thats good, did he improve much on his magic?"

Mirajane nodded with her hands on her hips. "I'll say!" chirped the bar-maid happily. "Naru-chan can pretty much control his clones now, and could use his Wind Blade whenever he wants!"

Before Erza had left, she had officially given one of her own Katana's to Naruto as a present, and the boy hugged her tightly for that. It was the same Katana Naruto used a few days ago, and he had been training to use it with Mirajane and the Master since Erza had gone on her week-long mission. Both the Master and Mirajane had to admit that Naruto was very talented, and not only because of his latent hidden powers.

The boy seem to be very intelligent academically and magically. The Master would only have to explain to Naruto once on whatever subject, and the boy would understand almost right away. In a week, Naruto had become quite adept at using his Katana, and Mirajane was certain that in a few years growth, Naruto would become one of the strongest members in Fairy Tail.

Natsu grinned as he ruffled Naruto's hair. "Hey Naruto, maybe we should spar later!"

Erza scoffed and turned away so Naruto couldn't see Natsu. "No way...not only do you tend to go overboard in a spar, you still have to receive your punishment from the Master." said the S-Class mage as she turned back to face the group. "And that includes all of you!"

Mirajane giggled. "Actually, the Master just left yesterday for a Guild Master meeting, he won't be back until tomorrow."

"Yes!" cried Natsu and Gray as they high-fived each other.

"Safe for another day!" said Gray much happier than before.

Lucy sighed as she held Happy in her arms. "I still want to know what the punishment will be..."

Naruto wiggled in Erza's arms and looked up at her. "Can we go home, Er-chan?" asked the boy with a small yawn.

Erza smiled and nodded at the boy. "Sure Naruto-chan, lets go home." The red haired beauty still had a lot of luggage to bring back to Fairy Hills, and she wanted to have a nice rest after such a long and arduous mission. "Mira, I'm going to take Naruto-chan home for the day, is that okay?"

Mirajane nodded with her perpetual smile. "Of course it is, I'll drop by later to bring you Naru-chan's things."

Erza smiled. "Thanks."

Erza was the head-girl of Fairy Hills, and she was also the one member who had rented out the most rooms out of the dormitry. Because of Erza's mass amount of armors and weapons, she had to rent five rooms in order to fit them all inside. But since a few weeks ago, Erza had emptied out most things in her own room to make space for Naruto's things. The boy had his own small bed, a space where he would play with his toys, and even his own weapons stand.

The weapons stand only had one Katana in it, but Erza planned to teach Naruto to use all sorts of weapons, so buying the stand was just thinking ahead. Thinking back about Naruto's small bed, it had only been used about three times. Most of the time, Naruto would sleep right beside Erza on her bed. The first few times were Naruto climbing into Erza's bed in to middle of the night, and after that Erza just kept Naruto in her bed since he would just climb in later either way.

"Did you have fun staying with Mira, Naruto-chan?" asked Erza with a happy smile on her face.

Naruto smiled and nodded. "Yep, Mira-nee and Elf-nii are very fun!" chirped the boy happily. "Mira-nee cooked me some good Ramen everyday!"

Erza chuckled at Naruto's ramen addiction. "I'll cook you some ramen later, okay?"

The boy looked up at Erza with his eyes widened. "Okay!"

Erza smiled as she walked into Fairy Hills for the first time in a week, she was happy to finally be home. The S-Class mage had lived in Fairy Hills since she arrived at Fairy Tail, and it had been her home ever since. It was a very clean and cozy place, and the people living in the dorms were also Erza's close friends as well. There were Levi, Bisca, Lucky, living right beside her, and they have all been their since way back. Then Mirajane moved in as well since Elfman had decided to be more of a man and moved out to his own apartment. Though Mirajane would often sleep over at her brother's place, and she stayed ay at his place the whole of last week with Naruto.

Erza had a smile on her face as she walked into her room and let out a sigh of relaxation. "I'm finally home..." muttered the powerful girl as she placed Naruto down on the ground.

Naruto giggled and ran to his own part of the apartment. "Yay!" cried the boy as he grabbed his toy sword and flung it around. Erza had prohibited Naruto from using his real Katana in the house, seeing that his powers would probably destroy the whole building in a few minutes.

Erza giggled at the cute boy as she requipped into her causal clothes instead of her Heart Kreuz Armor and tied her long hair into a ponytail. "Come here Naruto-chan, let Er-chan see you." said the young woman as she sat down on her usual couch and let the boy run into her arms. Naruto had a bright smile on his face as his blue eyes twinkled with joy at seeing his favorite person again. Erza kissed Naruto on the forehead and ruffled his hair. "I missed you a lot, Naruto-chan."

"I missed Er-chan too!" exclaimed the boy waved his arms around in Erza's lap.

Erza smiled and hugged Naruto closer. "Do you like training with your Katana?"

Naruto wrapped his arms around Erza's neck and nodded against her chest. "Yep, it's fun!" chirped the boy as he looked back up. "But I like it more when Er-chan teach me!"

The red haired beauty smiled and nodded. "Well, starting tomorrow I will be teaching you again."

Naruto fiddled around and reached over to for a book that was on a coffee table next to the couch. "Can Er-chan read me this again?..." asked the boy holding his favorite book.

Erza giggled. "Sure, but aren't you tired Naruto-chan, do you want a nap first?"

The blond boy yawned and rubbed his eyes. "No...I want to read." muttered Naruto softly as he laid his head sideways on Erza's shoulder.

The S-Class mage sighed and lifted the boy as she stood up. "We are taking a nap first..."

Erza hummed in relaxation as she laid down on her comfortable bed and held Naruto close to her. The boy instinctively snuggled into Erza and rested his head on her pillow. Erza smiled at the boy as she too, rested down on the pillow. She noticed that Naruto's height was still the same from a week ago, his body was just long enough so that his feet would sometimes tickle her stomach. Erza hugged the boy close to her as she closed her eyes, nuzzling her face in his soft and spiky hair.

Naruto wiggled a little in Erza's arms, half asleep, "I love you, Er-chan..." mumbled the boy as he planted a sloppy kiss on Erza's cheek. "Good night."

Erza's eyes widened at the boy's words and felt a rising surge of happiness from within her heart. "I love you too, Naruto-chan..."

Erza couldn't describe the peculiar feeling in her heart at the moment. All she knew was that she felt incredibly happy and loved. After being separated from Naruto for the whole week, an involuntary desire to see him again built up in Erza's heart, and it had become even greater then she had imagined. The boy had become the most important person in her life in a very short time, and Erza herself couldn't explain why. Naruto was a very cute kid, but that was not enough to make Erza so crazy about him, there was something else that had been pulling Erza closer and closer to Naruto...but she had no idea what.

The S-class mage pondered wildly in her mind, trying to figure out why she loved the boy so much. Erza thought, it was perhaps her motherly instincts, but she quickly scratched that thought, it was certainly not it. Erza had taken care of many kids Naruto's age before, whether it was Romeo or on baby-sitting jobs when she was younger, and none of those kids had ever made her feel so peculiar. Afert a few more minutes of thinking, Erza sighed and shook her head.

'I don't care anymore...all I know is that Naruto-chan is very important to me.'

Naruto mumbled in his sleep and snuggled deeper against Erza's chest. "E-Er-chan..."

Erza giggled and nested Naruto's head in the crook of her neck. "I'm right here..."

The boy continued to wiggle around. "R-Ramen..."

Before Erza could say anymore, several knocks on her door took her attention away from the sleeping boy. 'That must be Mira...' thought the red haired beauty as she slowly, and quietly got out of Naruto's grasp and tip-toed to the door. On the way to the door, Erza could help but turn back to look at the cute boy. Naruto was laying fully on his back with his arms and legs to spreaded out to the side, and had the slightest snoring sound coming from his lips.

With a giggle, Erza opened her door and was delighted to see her best friend standing in front of her. "Hey Mira!" greeted Erza with a hushed tone as she let her friend inside.

Mirajane smiled at the sight of the sleeping Naruto and walked over to Erza's couch. "Naru-chan is tired, huh?" asked the model as she sat down lightly.

Erza smiled and nodded as she sat down beside Mirajane. "Yeah, he didn't want to go to bed, but he was too tired."

The white haired beauty giggled as she lifted a bag she was carrying onto the coffee table. "Here are Naru-chan's stuff, I washed them already this morning."

Erza smiled at her friend's thoughfulness. "Thanks a lot Mira."

Mirajane just waved her best friend off. "No problem at all..." said the girl as she looked over at Naruto. "So, have you noticed it yet?"

The S-Class mage rose an eyebrow in question. "Notice what?"

Mirajane looked surprised and pointed over at the sleeping boy. "Naru-chan's Magical Power...it has gone up a lot since a week ago."

Erza was surprised and quickly looked over to sense the boy's energy. "Yeah..." muttered the young woman. "That is a huge difference compared to a week ago."

The model nodded seriously. "I know, you should see his wind blades now...a boy his age should not have power like that." said Mirajane as Erza looked at her a little worried. "With one swing, Naru-chan can cast a huge blade of wind, and one of them can probably but through several trees at once!"

Erza's eyes widened. "Wow, that's much stronger than before!"

Mirajane sighed. "Yeah, I told him to never use his Katana unless either one of us are with him." Erza immediately agreed with her friend with a nod. "Naru-chan is a smart boy, but he is still only six years old and doesn't have then nessecary knowledge to know how dangerous his attacks would be around people."

The red haired woman sighed and crossed her arms. "If Naruto-chan's wind blades can do so much damage, I wouldn't be surprised if he can already beat some of the members in the guild."

Mirajane shook her head. "Not only that...since Naru-chan's Magical Power had grown so much, I think he will regain a few years again soon." said the girl as Erza looked a little sad. "Porlyusica-san did say that the more power Naru-chan gains back, the more his body with change to adapt it, so he should grow again soon."

Erza looked down a little. "Yeah..."

The bar-maid frowned and wrapped her arms around her best friend. "Erza-chan...what's the matter?"

Erza shook her head and looked up at Mirajane. "I-Its just that...when Naruto-chan regains his true self, what will I be to him?" muttered the normally powerful girl looking fragile. "Naruto-chan has become very important to me, what if he just doesn't need me anymore?..."

Mirajane rubbed Erza's arms tenderly. "Don't be silly Erza-chan, you know that Naru-chan loves you more than anything!" comforted the white haired girl with a smile. "I don't know what is in his old memories, but in his new ones, you are in almost every frame, and you are the one person that is the closest to him."

Erza sighed and nodded. "I know that...but Naruto-chan is going to be our age soon, and he won't need me to take care of him like a child anymore." said the S-Class mage softly. "I'll miss the child Naruto...and I don't know what my relationship will be like with adult Naruto."

Mirajane had honestly never seen Erza in such a vulnerable state, she must have really grown to love Naruto. "No matter what, you will always be a very important person in Naru-chan's heart, that I am sure of!" exclaimed the model with conviction. "I could always tell that what you have with Naruto is something very special...I don't know what it is yet, but I know that no matter what, you two will be together!"

The red haired beauty giggled as she smiled up at her best friend. "You make it sound like that Naruto-chan and I are going to be a couple when he reverts back to his original age."

Mirajane winked with a giggle. "Maybe it I am saying just that!" Erza looked at her friend like she was crazy. "You both love each other, although not romantically yet, but one day it might happen!"

Erza chuckled and shook her head. "I see you have a crazy imagination, just like Lucy."

Mirajane playfully slapped Erza's arm. "You laugh about it now, sooner or later, you'll see that I'm right."

Erza stared at the other S-Class mage like she was crazy. "That's just crazy!"

The Fairy Tail model smirked and crossed her arms. "Put it this way...would you like it if Naruto fell for another girl and no longer needed you?" Erza was silent as Mirajane stood up and walked over to the door. "I'll see you later Erza-chan, you need to gather your thoughts!" With that, the girl left with a wink.

Erza shook her head as she walked back over to her bed. "Damn Mira...such a delusional idiot." muttered the young mage as she lied back down and looked at the sleeping boy. "I don't love Naruto-chan like that..."

Unknown to anyone in Fairy Tail, a lone shadow was lurking in the darkess of Magnolia Town, patiently waiting for sun down. The man had a deranged grin on his face as he stared at Fairy Tail's Guild with pedatory eyes. War was about to be declared on Fairy Tail, and whether the like it or not, they will have to make a choice...

The End!

That was the latest chapter of Propecy Rebirth, and I hope you all liked it.

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