I Don't Own Naruto or Fairy Tail!

Prophecy Rebirth - Chapter 12

It has been two weeks since the defeat of Phantom Lord, and the new guild hall of Fairy Tail was complete. It would have taken much longer, but Naruto had been creating hundreds of clones to speed up the rebuilding process, so they completed the building in record time. The new building was much bigger than the previous guild hall. The guild hall was now three stories high, and like resembled a castle more so than a Magic Guild.

The guild now had a grand souvenir shop located just outside of the guild's entrance, and its products included various action figures of famous Fairy Tail Mages, t-shirts, mugs, and flags of the Fairy Tail Symbol, and even Fairy Tail Chocolates. Many civilians of Magnolia have stopped by the store to purchase their objects of desire, and in a few days the guild had made the equivalent amount of money that ten A-Class Requests would have made.

Naruto's name became a common topic among the people of Magnolia, and his action figures sold out within the first day of sale. It was not every day that a boy no older than fourteen would be able to defeat the elites and Master of Phantom Lord, and his young handsome charms made him the most desired young man for the young females of the town. Many girls had tried to approach Naruto when he was out with his friends around town, but the boy had no idea why the girls were all crowding around him, and the girl didn't ever get the chance to explain since Erza would threaten to make them into pin cushions with they didn't leave Naruto alone.

"Come on Naruto, we have to go now." said Erza with a smile on her face and a huge wagon of luggage behind her.

Naruto smiled back with a pack of his own and nodded. "I'm ready, let's go!"

As it turns out, Loke was actually a Stellar Spirit who was condemned to the human world, but when his energy was running low, Lucy came along to save him from eternal purgatory. The Heartfilia Celestial Mage had changed the mind of the King of Stellar Spirits, and managed to get Loke another chance to go back to the spirit world once again as a member of the Twelve Zodiac. Loke immediately and gladly offered Lucy his Key so that she would be his owner, and with that Lucy gained another powerful Golden Key.

Loke was very grateful for Lucy, and gave her team tickets to go to the world renowned resort; Akane Resort. It was located at the edge of Fiore where a beautiful hotel and amusement park were built. The beach it was built on was the largest in Fiore, and many people considered it as an unforgettable experience.

"Naruto, Erza!" greeted Lucy happily as she met up with her two friends at Fairy Hills.

Naruto smiled and quickly walked up to Lucy, who was with Natsu, Happy and Gray. "Hey guys!" greeted the young man with a bright smile on his face, he was looking forward to having some fun with his friends.

Erza stood next to Naruto with a smile on her face. "Okay, everyone is ready so we should head out now."

Natsu smirked as he placed his hands on his hips. "Yosh!" exclaimed the Dragon Slayer. "Let's go!" Natsu had been a little annoyed at Loke seeing that he was being a little to flirty to Lucy, but seeing that the playboy gave them some Akane Tickets, he was willing to let it slide for now. The Dragon Slayer had become much more protective of Lucy in the past two weeks, and he was finding it harder and harder to ignore the people who would hit on Lucy.

Gray looked down at his watch and smirked. "We can take our time, the train leaves in half an hour." said the Ice Mage not noticing a blue haired girl hiding behind a large tree directly behind him. "But we should head over there now." The group nodded and made their way to the train station; making casual small talk as they walked.

The train trip from Magnolia to Akane would take about five hours, so the group would arrive at the resort sometime in the afternoon. Natsu, for one was not looking forward to the long train ride because of his severe motion sickness, but he had no choice in the matter. Per usual, the Magnolia Train Station was bustling with activity. Many merchants, mages, and normal travelers came and went in the large magic town, and the Fairy Tail group was just a few in the festering swarm of people.

Erza had booked a full six-person cart on the train, so they could have their own privacy, and seeing how they only had five people and one cat, it was quite spacious. Erza had to leave her luggage in another cart entirely because of there were so much, and the others just placed their bags on the railings provided in the cart. Natsu, Gray and Lucy were on one side of the cart, while Erza, Naruto and Happy were on the other.

Lucy had a giddy look on her face as she held a pamphlet of Akane Resort. "Wow, there are so many things to do!" chirped the blonde happily. "The Amusement Park looks awesome!"

The train started to move and Natsu immediately fell onto Lucy's lap. Normally the others would expect Lucy to shove Natsu off, but given their recent advances, they were not surprised to see Lucy actually smile at the dizzy Natsu. The Dragon Slayer was groaning and turning on Lucy's lap, and the girl just held his head still and ran her fingers through his hair. Natsu slowly began to calm as Lucy continued to massage his scalp, it seems that it was some help to his motion sickness. Happy took the opportunity to take a nap of Natsu's back, which was rather still and motionless because of Lucy's skilled fingers.

Gray smirked and leaned his head on the window. "Well I'll be...I don't think I've ever seen Natsu so calm on a train before."

Happy chuckled as he found a good place to curl up on Natsu's lap. "Natsu didn't have his girlfriend with him then~"

The others in the cart laughed as Lucy started to blush a dark red and continued to run her fingers through Natsu's pink hair. Erza sighed with a smile on her face seeing how Natsu had seemed to have a girlfriend in Lucy. She was happy that Natsu was finally able to move on and accept Lucy as his girlfriend after the death of Lisanna. Natsu wasn't exactly dating Mirajane's sister back then, but they were still very close and did have obvious feelings for each other. In Erza's opinion, Natsu made a better couple with Lucy than with Lisanna...

Naruto had a book in his hand as he sat in between Gray and Erza. The book was called "The Legend of the Shinobi", and it was the adult version of his favorite book as a child. Lucy had given him a copy of the mature version after his growth spurt because of how much he enjoyed the children's version. Naruto was only a few chapters into the lengthy book, but he liked it already. It showed a much more developed and mature side to the story that the children's copy didn't, and the idea of the Shinobi World caught Naruto's attention like no other.

Erza rested her head on Naruto's shoulder with a smile on her face. "Don't stare at the book for too long, look out the window every once in a while..." said the young woman softly. "You'll get dizzy if you focus too hard on the book."

Naruto smiled back and nodded. "Okay..."

Erza and Naruto had once again gotten much closer during the last two weeks. It took Erza very little time to get used to the teenaged Naruto living with her, and she quickly banished all dubious thoughts about him. At first Erza was afraid that things would change between them as Naruto got older, but she was wrong. Naruto had grown much more mature and considerate than before, but he was just as passionate and loving when it came to Erza.

They both still share a bed at night despite Naruto being a teenager already. It may seem a little awkward to other people, but to Naruto and Erza it felt right and natural. They tried sleeping in separate beds initially, but it was no good. Naruto felt weird without having Erza's red hair in sight as he tried to sleep, and Erza really missed the warmth that Naruto's embrace provided whenever they would cuddle in bed. So after two nights, they decided to share one bed, and they both had to admit that they slept much better when they were together.

Gray looked around him and saw a scene that made him feel a little out of place. Natsu, Lucy, and Happy looked like a happy family going on a trip together by how they looked, and Naruto and Erza looked quite nice together too seeing how they were essentially cuddling together reading the same book...

'Maybe I should get a girlfriend soon...'

All the while Gray once again missed the blue haired girl than had been staring at him for the past ten minutes in the cart behind them...

After a few hours of fun on the beach, the Fairy Tail group agreed that the rumors of Akane's Resort's greatness were true; the entire atmosphere was amazing. The sun was not too scorching, and the tide was just perfect. There was a little bit of wind that made the palm trees wave in a pattern that made relaxing even better. Erza and Lucy both enjoyed a nice session of sun-bathing while the boys and cat had a blast with the water activities.

The boys shared a race in the water, saying that whoever won would get a free snack from the snack bar. The race was quite close between the three young men, but near the end Naruto sort of cheated by actually running on the water instead of swimming. Nonetheless, it wasn't against the rules to run across the water, so Natsu and Gray treated the younger man to a few bowls of ramen. After a nice meal the males joined their companions on the sand, and Gray enjoyed a sand bath that Happy shaped into a woman.

The highlight of the day would be when Lucy asked Natsu to lotion her back. The Dragon Slayer was blushing too badly that the other actually thought that he would pass out from blood rush. By the time Natsu was finished with the lotion, he had to jump in the water to calm himself down...

It was getting late, so the group decided to check into the hotel and continue playing indoors. Loke's ticket gave the group two nice adjoining rooms with two beds in each. Each room had a nice balcony that displayed a panoramic view of the beautiful ocean, which was presently shining a warm shade of orange because of the setting sun...

'Today was really fun...' thought Erza as she rested beach chair on the balcony, the orange glow of the setting sun making her beautiful body even more radiant than normal. 'Naruto was sure having fun with Natsu and Gray...in only a few months he has become a member for our family.'

There was a soft smile on Erza's face as she thought about Naruto. Her feelings toward the blond young man had been constantly changing since she met him, and she didn't really know where they were going, but she knew that there might be a chance that she would fall for him when he fully reverted to normal. Naruto was just so sweet and loving to Erza that she couldn't help but develop feelings for him...

Without knowing it, Erza drifted off into a light nap. Suddenly, her peaceful and happy thoughts turned to the other side, and her mind was filled with a scene that came straight out of her worst nightmare. It was a tall tower-like structure, and Erza could see people-slaves being forced to mine hour after hour. Their hands and feet were bleeding and swollen after being worked constantly, and their cries were on deaf ears as they pleaded to masked men that dictated them.

Erza felt a growing surge of fear forming in her gut, and when she looked down at her own hands she saw a pairing of cuffs that locked on her wrists. That was enough to send Erza straight back to reality, where her body shot up from her beach chair out of breath...

Erza stood up and walked back into the room still wearing her sexy black bikini. The S-Class mage had a troubled look on her face as she stared at her own image in a large mirror. It has been eight years since Erza had left the clutches of her old life, but it was still haunting her. Erza had tried very hard to forget all that she knew before she arrived at Fairy Tail, but it was much easier said than done. Erza sighed as she gave a soft smile at her reflection...

She frowned a little before she requiped back into her normal Hearts Kreuz Armor. 'I still feel safer wearing my armor...'

Unknown to Erza, Naruto was watching her for a moment outside of the room, and he noticed her changing expressions. "Erza-chan?" spoke Naruto as he walked into the room with a smile on his face. The young man was dressed in a nice white blazer over a black silk shirt, a pair of black slacks, and a pair of dress shoes. "Lucy-nee and the others are downstairs already; we are going to the casino." Apparently, the legal age in Fiore for gambling is only fifteen, the same with drinking.

Erza smiled at Naruto and nodded. "Okay..." said the young woman as she requiped into an elegant purple dress. The tight fabric did little to hide Erza's voluptuous figure, and she looked like an angel in Naruto's eyes. Ever since he grew older, Naruto had found Erza to be the most attractive and captivating woman he had ever seen, and his love for her grew every time he thought so. The young man had no idea what his feelings for Erza meant, but it felt good.

Naruto smiled and walked up to the beauty. "You look beautiful, Erza-chan."

Erza smiled back and patted Naruto's chest. "You look great too, Naruto." said the woman as she led Naruto out of the room. "Now let's go have some fun!"

The Casino had much more than just gambling tables, it also had a small indoor Roller-Coaster, as well as a big arcade for kids to play in. There were many families in the Casino, and almost everyone had big smiles on their faces. Lucy and Erza headed over to a poker table further into the large building, and Naruto decided to hang around the arcade along with Natsu. Gray had run into some girl that used to be in Phantom Lord and was chatting with her, so they went off to some place to talk.

"Come on!" cried Natsu as he stared up at a giant lacrima of spinning numbers. "17, 17, 17!"

Happy was standing on Natsu's shoulder as they both watched the numbers fly around on the screen, and just when they thought that the marker showed "17", it moved and went to "16". As expected, Natsu threw a tantrum and started to pound at the buttons on the machine, trying to get the marker back to "17".

"Hitting it won't help, Natsu!" exclaimed Naruto as people started to look over at their direction.

Natsu gave the blond a look and pointed a finger at him. "How come you can win every single time and I can't even win once!" cried the Dragon Slayer as he flailed his arms around in the air.

Naruto smirked and placed his arms on his hips; he had been winning on every single machine so far, and he had earned enough tickets to redeem a rather nice prize at the counter. Natsu on the other hand, had rather crappy luck, and had been losing pretty much everywhere.

"It's not your night, Natsu." said the young blond as he leaned back against a wall. "Let's just find the others and see how they are doing?"

Natsu puffed his chest and turned back to the machine. "Hell no!" cried the Dragon Slayer loudly. "I'm not stopping until I win this thing; I want to get Lucy one of those giant teddy bears!"

Before Naruto could say anything else, a rather aristocratic voice spoke up from behind them. "Hey there, boy..." Natsu and Naruto turned back to see one of the most weird person they have ever seen in their lives. The man had...corners. His whole body consisted of geometric shapes which resembled blocks. He had thick lips and a rather conspicuous chin. The man was also wearing a blue suit that was also rather edgy, over all he was just plain weird. "Casinos are meant for mature people, so you must be dandy..."

"Blocky!" exclaimed Natsu and Happy in unison.

"There are only two paths men can take..." Parts of the man's body started to glow before blocks came out of his body and trapped both Natsu and Naruto's arms. The blocks pushed the two Fairy Tail Mages back and embedded them into the lacrima game behind them. "They can either be dandy..." said the man as his arm transformed into some kind of rifle. "Or stop and face his end!" A red aiming laser pointed at Natsu's forehead as the man smirked.

Natsu growled. "What the hell are you doing?!"

Naruto wasn't interested in debating with the man who just attacked them out of nowhere, so he unsealed his Hiraishin Kunai from his arm and dropped it to the floor. Seeing that the men still didn't look over at him, Naruto teleported out of the man's clutches and appeared down on the ground holding his Kunai. The man then looked down in shock at Naruto, but it was too late. Naruto rushed forward and elbowed the man right in the block that was supposed to be the man's nose, and sent him crashing into a Blackjack Table.

Happy cheered happily. "Yeah, get him Naruto!"

With several flicks of his wrist and Kunai, Naruto sent two small blades of wind to cut Natsu free of the blocks, and the Dragon Slayer joined him with a few seconds. "Thanks Naruto, now let's beat the crap out of blockhead!" Naruto smirked and just nodded, the block guy was annoying him as well.

The man stood up from the broken table he crashed into and brushed off the dust on his suit. "You two are more annoying that I originally thought..." muttered the man clearly agitated. "I will leave the two of you alone; just tell me where Erza Scarlet is!"

Before Natsu could cry out in anger, Naruto narrowed his eyes at the man and spoke up. "Who are you and what do you want with Erza-chan?!"

The man tilted his hat a little with smirked. "I am Wally Buchanan, and what we want with Erza does not concern you." Suddenly, the whole area they were standing in was covered in darkness, as if someone had turned off the lights. But soon, Natsu and Naruto realized that all light was covered, they were clouded by complete darkness. "Too bad, I thought we could have negotiated a deal, but it seems that my partner has different plans..." The man started to chuckle and it pissed Naruto and Natsu off even more. "Goodbye...boys!"

The man once again points his gun at the two young men, but this time he focused on Naruto's instead...

"Any last words?"

Naruto smirked from where he stood and opened his eyes. "Not today!" Wally stared on in shock as Naruto looked right into his eyes with a pair of crimson red eyes with three tomoes in each. Naruto appeared in front of Wally in a split-second and kneed him in the stomach. Seeing that the man doubled over, Naruto lifted his other leg to knee the man under his chin, sending him back up. The blond light pushed Wally's shoulder back a little, and then kicked him right in the chest, sending him into another pile of debris.

Wally was groaning in pain as he forced himself to look up at the blond teenager. "H-How can you see me?"

Naruto smiled and shook his head. "I don't see you; all I see is your energy..." Even in the darkness, Naruto's Sharingan can see the colors of people's energy, so he could see Wally as clearly as he could in broad daylight. Naruto walked up to Wally and punched him once again in the face, knocking him out cold. "Natsu, this guy is down for now; I'm going to look for Erza-chan!"

Natsu nodded in the darkness, still not able to see anything. "Okay, check on Lucy for me too!"

Naruto smiled and nodded back despite Natsu not seeing. "Got it!"

It was ironic for Erza that right after she had a dream about her past life, she would run into one of her old friends from way back. Out of nowhere, Sho appeared before her as one of the dealers for the Casino. Erza really didn't know what to think at that moment, her whole body began to shake from panic. Erza had never thought that she would ever see anyone from the tower again; she thought they died from being worked to the ground.

When Erza was still in a daze, a sudden shroud of darkness covered the whole room. Then everything was silent, as if everyone next to them suddenly vanished into the thin air. The only person Erza could still hear was Lucy, who was trying to look around to see if there was anything she could see...

"Sho!" shouted Erza. "What is going on here?"

The lights suddenly shown again and the rush of light forced Lucy and Erza to close their eyes. Erza looked around when she opened her eyes to see where Sho was, and she found him standing behind her and Lucy with a bunch of cards in his hands. The two Fairy Tail Mages looked around and saw that the crowded room was suddenly empty; there were no one in sight except for them. Sho smirked as he started to drop the cards to the ground...

Lucy gasped as she saw the pictures on the cards move. "A-Are those people in those cards?!"

Erza stared at Sho with a little shock. "You can use Magic?"

Sho smirked as he stepped on one of the cards. "Yes, you didn't expect it did you?"

"Nyaa!" cried a high pitched voice from behind as an orange rope snaked itself around Lucy's body. The blonde cried out in fright and pain as she was forced to the ground with her back being forced to bed backwards. The rope was very strong, and no matter how much Lucy tried to force her way out, it didn't budge even a little.

Erza's eyes widened when she saw a very familiar face. "M-Millianna!?" stuttered out the Titania in shock. "Y-You can use Magic too!?"

The cat-like girl sat herself on the table with a grin on her face. "Long time no see, Er-chan!"

Then a large shadow started to emerge behind Sho, soon a large man wearing a white cloth on his head, and a strange frame hiding his jawline. A heavily wounded Wally was leaning against his shoulder as he had no strength to stand, Naruto done a considerable amount of the damage to him.

Erza shook again. "Simon...Wally!"

Millianna and Sho looked at Wally in shock and quickly ran to his side. "Wally!" cried Sho loudly. "What happened to you?!"

Wally groaned in pain and looked up at his friend. "I underestimated one of them, and he got me."

Lucy grunted in pain as the rope tightened up a little. "Erza!" cried the girl as she looked up at Erza. "Who are these people, why are they doing this to us?!"

Erza looked down to the ground and sighed. "I know them from when I was younger...before I joined Fairy Tail." said the red haired beauty as she looked at her group of childhood friends. "Why are you all here?!"

Millianna smiled. "We are here to bring you back!"

Erza bit her lips as she noticed how Lucy's pain seemed to be increasing. "Please, release Lucy first and we can talk about this."

Sho smirked. "How about we just forget about her and you come with us, Nee-san."

Wally smirked as he continued to rest on Simon. "It would be wise for you to listen to what we say..." said the angled man as his good arm shifted into a rifle again and pointed it at Lucy's forehead. "Or I will blow her head to pieces." Erza was about to step forward and try to persuade Wally, but the former's arm suddenly glowed and disappeared. A shot of energy suddenly struck Erza's back and she quickly lost her strength and fell to the ground.

Lucy's eyes widened. "Erza!"

Simon looked down at Wally emotionlessly. "Did you do it right?"

Wally nodded. "Hai, it was a tranquilizer shot." replied the man. "We are good to go."

Just as the group was about to turn around to leave, a tri-pronged kunai suddenly embedded itself in front of them. Wally's eyes widened and quickly tightened his grasp on Simon's arm. "Look ou-" The man was interrupted when Naruto suddenly appeared in front of them and quickly landed a kick on Wally's face. The injured man was sent flying away from Simon and into one of the wall of the room, coughing out some blood from his broken jaw.

"Wally!" cried Millianna in shock.

"Naruto!" cried Lucy in relief.

Sho growled at the enemy in anger and threw several of his Magic Cards at him. "Stop bothering us!"

Naruto requiped his blade and easily sliced through all of Sho's cards with it. "Give Erza-chan back!" cried the blond as he punched Sho right in his nose, sending him flailing to the ground. Just as Naruto was about to continue his attack, an orange rope snaked itself around his wrist and kept him from moving his blade. Naruto glared at Millianna with his Sharingan and sliced through the rope with a burst of his wind power. "Daitopa!" A wall of wind blasted towards the cat-like girl and forced her back into the large poker table.

Simon was the only one left and he was the one holding Erza...

Naruto glared at the tall man as his power flared dangerously. "Let go of Erza-chan now, or I will destroy all of you!" shouted the young man as a blue aura surrounded his body and surged to incredible heights. Naruto's anger was amplifying his power, and the ground was beginning to shake because of the waves that were forced out of Naruto's body. The killer intent of Naruto was almost palpable, and he will actually kill the enemies if they were to harm Erza.

Sho looked at Naruto in shock as his body buckled under the pressure of Naruto's power. "W-What powerful aura..."

Simon nodded a little as he stared down at Naruto. "This is Uzumaki Naruto, the one who defeated Jose Porla a few weeks ago..." said the tall man as his comrades stared on in shock; they knew that they couldn't beat someone who defeated one of the Ten Magic Saints. "I didn't know you will be here as well..."

Naruto growled as a Rasengan formed in his hand. "I said...let go of Erza-chan!"

"No!" cried Millianna as she stood despite all the pain in her body. "You let us leave right now, or I will break her spine!" Naruto looked back and was in shock when he saw Millianna holding one end of the rope that tied up Lucy.

Lucy cried out in pain as the roped tightened again. "N-Naruto!"

"You damn cowards, you are all just pathetic!" Naruto was shaking in rage, but he knew that he had no choice. From the looks of it, Lucy's back was close to breaking and if the girl were to actually tighten the rope even more, Lucy will die. "Fine..." muttered the young blond as his Rasengan dispersed from his hand. Naruto was beating himself up inwardly; he should have released Lucy before he tried to take back Erza.

Millianna carried Lucy along as she walked back next to Simon, and the other two injured members soon followed...

As the group was leaving the area, Naruto maintained his glare on them. "Let me say this now..." started the young man as the group looked back a little to look at him. "I will be coming for you, and if anything happens to Erza I will make sure all of you die..." Millianna and Sho couldn't help it and started to sweat a little from the threat, they knew that Naruto would able to defeat them. "The Salamander would be coming after you as well..."

Simon looked at Naruto through the corner of his eyes. "Do not follow us...if you leave this room within the next ten minutes I will kill this girl." With that, the group left the room, and Naruto had no choice but to listen to them.

The End!

The next chapter will be out soon, so look out for it!

PS - NARUTO DOESN'T KNOW HOW TO LEAVE HIS HIRAISHIN JUTSU SHIKI YET!

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