Disclaimer: First Chapter
Some People didn't understand what a Fanalis was, so this chapter will go into deeper explaination.
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"GAAAH! I hate being injuried!" Naruto shouted from the bed he was tied to, and he waved his arms around. Because Wendy knew he was going to try and sneak away, she had asked for chains that would restrict his physical strength. Sapping away at his power so that he couldn't escape. They only left his arms unchained, and they were making sure to punish Naruto by leaving him alone.

The last three days he had made no contact with anybody, and Wendy had gone back to Cait Shelter. Naruto looked at the book on the table that Mickey had gotten for him for saving their lives against the dragon. She told him that she had literally had to beg Levy to part with it, so with a heavy sigh he picked up the book and gazed at the title again.

Hunting Tribes of the Country of Darkness

"Country of Darkness?" Naruto asked himself as he opened the book up to the table of contents, and he started going down the list of the different tribes. Naruto finger traced the first one in the F Section.

Fanalis.

Opening the book to the first page of that chapter, he was surprised to see that each chapter seemed to be written in the native language of the tribe that it spoke of. Even so, he was pleasantly surprised that he could EASILY read what this chapter was talking about.

Fanalis
The Fanalis are known through-out the Country of Darkness as the most powerful of the hunting tribes. They reign supreme among the surpeme, and with strength that can fell the Mightiest of Beasts with a single blow they stand high above humanity as the top species. Even the young of a Fanalis has the raw physical strength to rip apart the sturdiest of stone with their bare hands, and without the slightest of warning can crush the very earth beneath their feet with not but a stray show of anger.

All Fanalis share these common features, much like a pack of animals they closely resemble each other. Their crimson red hair that hides the blood they spill from their enemies, and their deep red eyes that pierce into the hearts of their prey and show them true terror. Once a Fanalis men reaches adulthood they tower over most prey by standing between 6 and 8 feet tall, while the female stand between 5 and 7 feet tall. Most Fanalis that begin puberty start to develop black markings around eyes that sharply jet out at the side, not unlike those of a tiger. To see the eyes of an angry Fanalis had been compared to staring down the face of death.

Those that have see an adult Fanalis have pointed out that many Fanalis seem to have a fondness for white clothing more often than not. Fanalis men also very often gain bodies that are naturally both muscular, yet have a great naturally lean tone as well so as to not sacrfice flexibity. Fanalis females have been described as some of the most beautiful women to have been seen, rivalling that of Royalty. Both genders have a natural royal 'aura' about them that those that are sensative will sense. Even a Fanalis that has been scarred by battle is far more handsome or beautiful than the average human woman.

"I really want to meet one of these girls then." Naruto said with a chuckle to himself. Being short right now, he couldn't wait to become as tall as this book was saying so far. He was going to be the King of Beasts, so naturally he should look like royalty... this book was also explaining soime stuff he had been curious about since he had gotten here.

Despite this fact, it had been noted that despite being genetically different Fanalis and Humans do have the ability to breed, and produce an offspring. These offspring will gain the natural red hair and eyes of the Fanalis, but other features can be gained from the Human parent.

Fanalis have a natural enjoyment for battle, thanks to their heritage as a tribe of hunters they love the feeling they get before they kill. To feel the blood of the slain over their body has never been seen to bother them, nor have they truly appeared to enjoy it either. This shows that either Fanalis have a natural neutrality towards death, or they are trained from a young age to hold back emotion.

Those that have survived an encounter with an angry Fanalis that spoken of how the fighting style of the Fanalis centers around their legs. With lightning fast kicks, they can fell the toughest of animals. Crushing stone and breaking metal is little trouble for them. Only magically enhaced metal has been shown to show any luck in holding them back, and only for a limited time.

Not all things about the Fanalis are perfect though. Because of their incredible bodies, Fanalis have very low resistance to magic. Just the act of channelling the smallest amount of magic through their bodies to increase their power has the potential to put this impressive species to near death, or kill them. Fanalis have shown that they can use magic, but it is rare for them to do so seeing as very few of them are born with high reserves. Any body enchanting magic to increase their physical capabilities has the same effect as channelling magic through the body, so many types of magic would do more damage to them than not. The signs of a Fanalis approaching the cation point with magic is bulging veins, and bleeding from the eyes and mouth. The end result of which will put a Fanalis in a coma, or outright kill them.

"Oh fuck, this could have happened to me." Naruto said in surprise, and he truly considered himself lucky that he hadn't passed the safe level.

Just the act of using magic drains a Fanalis of three times the amount of magic it would take a human, so even small magic types can be lethal.

Fanalis get stronger from pushing themselves, and with their stronger bodies they can take more punishment than humans. This is theorized to be their bodies way of making up for their inability to safely gain strength through the use of magic. With their durable bodies, and high strength they truly are monsters among men.

As if to futher prove a point against their humanity, the Fanalis have senses far surpassing that of human. Even those that have claimed the title of Dragon Slayer can not compete with the sense of smell of a Fanalis, being natural hunters they would naturally have senses that reflect this. They have excellent night vision, and with their advanced ears they have the ability to use a form of Echolocation in conjunction with their Battle Cry.

Note: The Battle Cry of the Fanalis can be identified by it's unique sound. This sound has been described as the mix between a human shout, and a high picthed metalic ringing noise. The Battle Cry projects the agression, and willingness to kill. This in turn makes in a very potent form of offence against those with weak wills, and can kill those that have weak hearts. It has even been shown to block elemental attacks to some degree.

The lifespan of a Fanalis is unknown, but is suspected to be between 200 and 300 years before naturally dying of age. This is only the case in Pure-Blood Fanalis though, while Half-Blood live only as long as humans. The way to tell a Half-Blood from a Pure-Blood is that the Pure-Blood ae much more powerful than Half-Bloods, and have a much more powerful desire to hunt.

"Huh? I guess I am a Pure-Blood then... well I guess a long life would be pretty cool." Naruto said after a moment, before he shrugged.

It had been proven that Fanalis has a Second Form that they can take on, but no human alive has seen one in battle and lived to speak of it. That, or none have been willing to speak of it. A Fanalis though has once agreed to describe what the Second Form is. There are two type of forms that can be described as a Fanalis' true form.

The First is a Humanoid form with beast traits, and their skin changes from human to skin similar to steel. The color of said skin is the same red as their hair, and said hair is said to grow longer and become wild. Their strength, durability, and speed in this form are multiplied in unreal levels. Everything abou the Fanalis is increased, and in this form they can not be mistaken as human like in their 'human' form.

Once at dulthood, it is said that a Fanalis is capable of entering this form at will, even when not at their home land. This causes stress o the body though, because before adulthood a Fanalis can only trasnform while on their home land. Even after reaching full maturity, the Fanalis will have trouble transforming.

Like the First type, the second type has never been seen before, but the interviewed Fanalis refused to comment on it.

Sadly, because of their bodies superiority it has been a common practice in the past and occasionally in the present to try and capture a very young Fanalis and make them a slave. They will be beaten and broken from a young age, and because of their animal qualities they become conditioned with less effort than it would be to break a human slave. Note: This method does not work on teenage and adult Fanalis, only children.

In the end this once led to a war between Mages and Fanalis 300 years ago, with the Fanalis' much smaller numbers and inability to use attacks at a long distance they lost most of their people. This led to eventaul treaty between Humans and Fanalis that states any Human caught in Fanalis territory will be killed, and any Fanalis caught in Human territory must not kill any humans or risk inslavement, deportation, or execution.

"... Oh shit. I can transform?!" Naruto asked himself in shock, before he held his arm out in front of his body and mentally commanded it to transform... and nothing happened. Naruto pouted to himself, before going back to the book.

Fanalis are naturally very swift on their feet, and this was rumored to lead to the rumors that a Fanalis will dance to attract humans to them. Their bodies movements,a dn their looks combined make resisting very hard. It is unknown if this is a mating dance, or a tactic to attract humans together before killing them. The first is the more likely of this, but the second is not ruled out.

"Are you enjoying your book?"

Naruto blushed at not realizing that Erza had walked into the tent with him, before he coughed into his hand and looked away from her. She smiled lightly and sat on the end of his bed, and touched the chains draining his strength from him while he healed. She didn't like doing this, but she knew that if they didn't chain him down he wouold leave before he was fully healed.

"Yeah, this book is pretty cool. Did you know that I can tranform?" Naruto asked with a light grin, and she nodded lightly.

"You know, if you like I could take you to the Country of Darkness. It might be a good experience for us both." Erza pointed out, and Naruto smiled lightly. He would like to go on vacation somewhere with Erza.

"Erza-sensei, you know that Fanalis will kill you on sight... right?" Naruto asked awkwardly, and she blinked. She was not aware of that, but she shook that out of her head and palmed his fist when she remembered something.

"When you are done healing, Master would like to talk to you." Erza said, and Naruto scratched his head before nodding. Erza stood up and left the tent, while Naruto went back to reading the book.

He was really starting get hooked on everything about the Fanalis.

Chapter End.
This chapter was just for those that don't really know what Fanalis is, and a description of their traits. Hey, not every chapter can be filled with amazing excitement. Some times a few slow chapters are just what a story needs. You may not like it, but if everything was exciting you would quickly grow bored with it and start skimming through chapters. I have a reason for this chapter all the same."
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