Well, now that you've met Dae, I hope you guys weren't disappointed. I've already said it before, but she's the one who will write all the lemon for the stories. She's also working on a fiction of her own, based on the anime Sora no Otoshimono, or Heaven's Lost Property. She hasn't told me if she's going to post it or not, but if she does, it will definitely be worth reading. I think she said it was supposed to be a harem fic, but I don't remember. Lastly, we're almost to the part of the story I've been dying to do. Only a few more chapters until then, but I can't wait! Well, Here's chapter 13. I'm pretty sure this is the longest chapter yet. Enjoy!
Chapter 13- New power
"Aww man," Natsu groans, sitting up. Taking a second to look around, he sees Mira and Wendy still on the floor, the former snoring , he grabs a blanket, throwing it on the two unclothed girls. Moving carefully, so as not to step on Mira and Wendy, he walks over to the window, looking out. Seeing it's still dark, he sighs, realizing he had only been asleep for about an hour. "Not even sleep, really. More like a quick nap," he says, putting on his vest and some pants, noting that his scarf hadn't fallen off whilst he slept.
Fully dressed, Natsu kneels next to Wendy and Mira, the elder mage up first and putting her to bed in the room shared by her and Lucy. On his way out of the room, he feels a gentle tug on the back of his vest. Looking back, he sees Mira standing behind him. "Sorry, did I wake you up?" he asks, handing her a dress from the closet. She giggles, accepting the garment. "No, I've been awake for a couple minutes, but it was fun having you carry me," she says, giving him one of her cute smiles. Natsu chuckles. "I thought it was weird, hearing you snore. It didn't sound real." He turns back to the door. "Anyway, we should probably get ready. Naruto and Sakura, the students Wendy and I are training, are supposed to stop by soon to discuss training."
Frowning, Mira walks over to the pink haired dragonslayer. "Natsu, is something wrong?" Natsu shakes his head. "No, it's nothing," he says, his back still turned towards her. Pushing gently, she turns him around. "No, Natsu. I can tell it's more than nothing. I can tell something's bothering you. What's the matter?"she asks.
Natsu looks down. "It's just, earlier, I feel kind of guilty about being so close to someone other than Wendy, since we consider ourselves dating. I guess I feel like I let her down, even though she went along with it."
Mira moves her hand under Natsu's chin. "Natsu, look at me," she says, moving his head up to a position where he couldn't help but look her in the eyes. Leaning forward, Mira plants a kiss on the fire mage's lips, using her tongue to force entrance into his mouth. After about thirty seconds, she pulls away, dropping her hand from his face. "You know why I did that, Natsu?"
He shakes his head, in shock that she just full on kissed him. Mira smiles. "I did it because Wendy told me I could," she says, wrapping her arms around a trembling Natsu. "Mira," he says, trying to keep his body from shaking. "Is this true?" "Yes, it is," comes a voice from behind them.
The two look to see a fully dressed Wendy, standing in the doorway. Mira gives the girl a big grin. "Hi Wendy!" "Hey Mira," the sky maiden says, returning the older girl's grin. Wendy stops in front of Natsu. "Natsu," she begins. "You know how much I love you. If you thought I didn't care, then you wouldn't be in this kind of state, feeling the way you do now." The boy's downcast stare moves up to Wendy's eyes. Slowly, he nods. Wendy continues. "I also know how much you love me." Natsu continues staring, gaze shifting from Mira's azure eyes to Wendy's warm, brown ones, with tears forming in his own. The sky maiden runs forward, wrapping him in a hug. "Well, Mira loves us both, and we both love her, so there's no reason we can't all be together."
At the mention of her name, Mira also joins in the hug, all three of them falling backwards onto the bed. Natsu, unable to control himself, finally lets his feelings out in the tears rolling down his cheeks. "Th-thank you, Wendy, Mira."
The takeover mage laughs, giving both Natsu and Wendy a peck on the lips. "Don't mention it, silly," she says, holding both of them in her arms.
Sitting back up, Natus wipes his face with his arms. "Well, we better get ready. Naruto and Sakura are probably already on their way." Wendy gasps. "Oh, no, I completely forgot they were coming over!" she exclaims, also standing up. Mira laughs. "Don't worry about it. I'll make some more tea, and you guys clean the big room up a bit." Humming, she stands up, pulling the bottom of her dress from underneath Natsu's leg. With one last tug, she frees the dress, falling backwards in the process. As she falls, the bottom of her dress flies up, revealing her nether region.
"Mira," Wendy begins with a low tone, as if disappointed with the takeover mage. "Why aren't you wearing panties?" she asks as the silver haired woman stands up. "Hmmph," Mira breaths, crossing her arms. "You didn't seem to care earlier, when we had our little play date," she pouts.
"Hey, guys," Natsu calls throughout the house twenty minutes later. "They're here!"
Mirajane giggles gleefully. "Great! I can't wait to meet them. The tea's ready to drink too!" She grabs the kettle, setting it on the table in the middle of the room, and five saucers with tea cups around the kettle. "Alright. Everything looks perfect." After a moment's thought, she goes to the room shared by her and Lucy, deciding to wear a different dress.
A knock at the door brings Wendy and Natsu into the main room. "It's open, come in!" Natsu says, but is surprised when Sakura walks in, dragging an unconscious Naruto by the leg. "Sorry it took so long. He wouldn't stop talking so I kind of knocked him out." She again attempts to pull Naruto through, and, in the process, accidentally smacking his head on the side of the wall. She gives the group a sheepish smile. "Oops."
Natsu laughs, grabbing Naruto's other leg to help pull him through. "Don't worry about it." He looks down to the still unconscious Naruto. "I guess we should wake him up, huh?" Natsu asks, but before anyone can do anything, Mira joins them. "Oh my, he doesn't look too good, does he?" she asks. Without hesitation, she gets on her knees, one leg on either side of Naruto's chest. "Mira, what are you doing?" Natsu asks as the half demon grabs the young ninja by the collar of his tracksuit.
"Wake up, Naruto!" she yells, shaking him like a crazed lunatic. "Stop sleeping and wake up, Naruto!"
Wendy and Natsu stare in morbid fascination at the sight before them, while Sakura takes the opportunity to laugh her ass off at seeing the most annoying person in her life getting his brains scrambled inside his skull. "Wow, Mira. Where were you all those years I had to put up with him?" she asks. The silver haired maiden gives her a sideways smile, still shaking Naruto senseless. "I'm here now, right?"
Slowly, Naruto opens his eyes. The sight before him absolutely terrified him. Here he was, getting shaken by some girl he didn't even know, with Natsu and Wendy starring with their eyes wide and mouths open, and Sakura was bent over, laughing like a maniac. "Yay!" Mira exclaims, leaning down to give the grounded boy a tight hug and, in the processes, smothering him between her breasts. Natsu and Wendy automatically run forward, pulling the poor, suffocating ninja from between Mira's boobs. "Geez, Mira, you trying to kill him?" Wendy asks, using her healing magic on the large bump that formed when Naruto's head hit the wall.
"What's going on, here?"the boy asks, scratching his head. "The last thing I remember was walking by Sakura, and then everything went black." Hearing his explanation, the pink haired kunoichi stops laughing. "My bad. You just wouldn't shut up." Naruto gives her a look that pretty much read What the hell are you talking about? Changing the subject, she gestures to the room around them. "Forget about it. We're here now."
After everyone is seated, Natsu begins. "The four of us," he says, gesturing to him, Wendy, and the two ninja, "already know each other. This is Mirajane, or Mira for short."
Mira gives a slight bow, continuing to pour them tea. "Yep! I'm the one Lady Tsunade put in charge of training Chouji, Kiba, and Akamaru." Sakura gasps. "So you're that Mirajane? It's a pleasure to meet you," she says, shaking the takeover mage's hand. Mira giggles, "No, the pleasure's all mine."
Natsu continues. "Mira, you probably already know, but the ninja we brought in unconscious was Naruto, and his friend, Sakura, is the one who knocked him out." Naruto, finally understanding, scoots a little further away from Sakura. "I told them to stop by so we could discuss their training." He turns to look at the two students. "We'll need to get going soon, but for now, go ahead and drink your tea," he says, taking a sip of his own. "Trust me, you'll need it, but I'll leave it to Mira to explain why."
The takeover mage nods, giving everyone a radiant smile. "The tea I made for you guys, isn't normal tea. The leaves I used to make it, were infused with a small amount of magic particles. Natsu and Wendy told me it would be the perfect way to open your bodies to magic, without overloading it."
"Wait," Naruto says, picking his cup up again. "So we're drinking magic tea?" he asks, a look surpassing surprise, plastered to his face. Mira nods. "How is it? I hope it's good?" she asks, giving them a hopeful look. Sakura nods. "It's great! I don't think I've ever had tea this good!" Mira gives the girl a delighted smile. "I'm so glad to hear it. If you want, there's extra leaves in the kitchen. I'll let you guys take them home with you." Sakura beams. "Really? Thanks! I'd love to," replies Sakura, finishing her cup off.
About ten minutes later, Wendy stands up. "Well, if you guys are ready, we should go ahead and go before it gets too late. Lady Tsunade called a conference for tomorrow. All the members from Fairy Tail, and the ninja we're training have to be there." She pauses as Natsu suddenly looks up, followed by Mirajane. "Natsu, Mira, what's going on?" Wendy asks, feeling concerned. "Already? Alright. I'll tell her later. Thanks."
"Did you two hit your heads?" Wendy questions, getting her healing magic ready. Mira laughs. "No. Natsu'll tell you about it later." Wendy gives them both a cautious glance. "Alright."
She looks back at Naruto and Sakura. "Like I said, we should get going. Come on, Natsu." As they leave, Naruto gives Sakura a questioning look. "Where are we going?" Sakura shakes her head. "I don't know," she says, following Wendy and Natsu. Before she gets out the doorway, she feels a hand on her shoulder. "Turning around, she sees mira, holding out a drawstring pouch, about the size of her head. "Wow..." she says, taking the bag. "That's a lot of tea."
Mira giggles. "I know, but I have lots and lots of it still in my cupboard. That bag won't even make a dent. Besides, Wendy can always just make more leaves on the trees." "O-Kay," Sakura says, not understanding, but not questioning either. "After some thought, Mira takes out a glass bottle, about five inches long, and an inch wide, filled with a dark green liquid. "Here. Take this too," she says, putting the bottle in Sakura's other hand. Sakura takes it, unsure of what to do.
Mira gives another giggle. "Don't worry. It's not poison or anything. I took a bunch of tea leaves I had and added even more magic particles. A lot more. Drinking this, a little every day will increase your magic energy tenfold. Drinking too much, though, will boost your magic energy by a hundred times it's original strength. The downside of that though, is that it will put serious strain on your body. It won't kill you, but you'll be paralyzed for exactly three by tomorrow after the conference, and I'll tell you what you need to know to make that stuff on your own."
Sakura takes the bottle, putting it inside the bag. "I can't thank you enough," she says, giving the takeover mage a hug. Mira smiles. "It will be thanks enough, knowing that your village safe."
"Where are we going, Naruto asks for about the fifth time. For about the fifth time, Natsu answers "You'll see when we get there." As they walk, each member of the group look around, making sure they can remember the way back. Ten more minutes pass as they continue their journey. "Where are we-" "Shut the hell up, Naruto." Sakura says, cutting the other ninja off. "It's alright, Sakura," Natsu says. We're here."
Without knowing it, Sakura and Naruto had followed Natsu and Wendy into a large, grassy space. "What's that?" Naruto asks, pointing to a small hut in the middle of the field. "It's a hut, obviously." Sakura answers. Looking away, she whispers, "Dumbass."
She had to admit, though, she didn't know how much longer she could deny that she had some feelings for the spiky haired ninja. For as long as she'd known, he had always kept his feelings for her out in the open. Either that, or he was doing a terrible job of trying to hide them. True, she still liked Sasuke, but only as a friend. He had made it pretty clear that he wanted absolutely nothing to do with her. "That dick," she spat, trying to hate him, but knowing she couldn't.
Naruto stops walking. "Seriously, Sakura. Do you really have to keep calling me names? I can hear you, you know."
Sakura slows to a stop as well, but only long enough to whisper, "I wasn't talking about you."
Natsu, not paying attention to the two, goes up and opens the door. "Hey, are you guys in there?" he says, stepping inside. Wendy gasps. "He's insane! He doesn't know if anyone lives there or not!" After a second's hesitation, she runs up, only to see him fly back, tackled by a flying blue ball of fuzz. A blue ball of fuzz that had some how managed to call his name as it flew at him.
She stops moving, only a few feet away from the hut. "Hap-?" she begins, but never gets the chance to finish. Another ball, this one leaving a blazing white trail behind it, flies crashes into her own body, sending them both to the ground. "Charle! When did you get here?" she asks, delighted to see her Exceed again. The white wraps the girl's neck in a tight hug. "Just a couple hours ago. I missed you Wendy!" she says, still not letting go.
Natsu walks over to Naruto and Sakura, Happy clinging to his arm. "Guys, I want you to meet Happy and Charle." Sakura gasps, covering her mouth. "They're so cute!" she exclaims, not hesitating to run a hand through Charle's fur. Natsu looks at Happy. "Are they in there too?" he asks, peeling his partner from his arm. Happy nods. "They came with us. Shai and Shiro. But they're still asleep." "Ok. We'll let them rest for now."
"Ok, before we start training, you should know about the different types of dragonslayers. First of all, you have Wendy, Gajeel, and I, who are the first generation dragonslayers. Long story short, the three of us were raised by dragons. After that, you have people like the lightning dragonslayer, Laxus. Him and Cobra, a poison dragonslayer at home that you really don't wanna meet, are second generation dragonslayers. They weren't raised by dragons, but had a dragonslayer lacrima put in 'em."
"How do you put a lacrima in someone?" Naruto asks, dumbfounded. Natsu smiles. "No idea, but I'm guessing it hurt a lot. There are also third dragonslayers, like Sting and Rogue, who were raised by dragons and had dragonslayer lacrima put in their bodies." He looks up to see Naruto raising his hand. "Yes, Naruto?" The ninja puts his hand down. "If you were already raised by a dragon, then why would you need a lacrima too?" he asks, tweaking his headband. Natsu sighs. "You really don't, but they thought it would give them more power." He stops to look at Naruto and Sakura.
"That's the current list of dragonslayers, but if it works, you guys will be the first of an entire new generation. You'll be fourth generation, or dragonslayers taught and trained by other dragonslayers, and no, you won't be getting lacrima put in you." He nods to Wendy. She whispers something to Sakura, and the two walk off. "What'd you tell her, Natsu-sensei?" Naruto asks, surprised that the two (or three, counting Charle) would just walk off like that. Natsu grins. "I just told her that I needed to tell you something privately." he says, sitting on a tree stump.
"Naruto, you like Sakura, don't you?" Nats asks, still trying to get Happy off his arm. Naruto's eyes go wide. "Um, I uh, how did-?" he stutters, trying to find the words to use. Happy takes his head off Natsu's arm. "He loooves her," he says, looking straight at Natsu. The fire mage laughs. "I thought so. Listen close. What I'm going to show you, is the basic technique for someone learning fire magic, and if you put practice into it, I'm sure it will impress her at least a little." The spiky haired ninja, red faced from embarrassment, nods his head up and down like a five-year-old offered free reign in a candy store.
"Watch carefully," Natsu says, holding out his hand. Instantly, a spark forms in the fire mage's hand. Slowly, Natsu wills more sparks, letting them flow freely around his palm. Quickly after, the sparks stop as a flame takes their place. Natsu, deciding to take that flame to another level, closes his eyes, concentrating. About a minute later, he opens his eyes, showing Naruto his hand. Standing up on his palm, is a perfect replica of the Fairy Tail guild symbol.
As Naruto watches, the flame shoots into the sky. Reaching its apex, the flame quickly expands, making fireworks the shape of the guild symbol. Naruto watches in awe at the fireworks. When all is finished, Natsu looks at Naruto. "Now you try it. Feel your chakra, and imagine it heating up, then think about an image, and make it real."
Naruto closes his eyes, concentrating on his chakra's flow. Slowly, he imagines his chakra heating up, burning inside his body. Holding out his hand, he imagines the symbol of their village, the sign of the leaf. After a minute, he opens his eyes. In his hand, is a perfect replica of the leaf's symbol, burning in the night.
Natsu claps his hands, grinning. "Awesome. The next part takes practice, but try to shoot it into the sky. Just feel it flying up and exploding." Suddenly, the symbol blows up, scattering flames on both teacher and student. "Ow! ow! ow! ow! ow! ow!," Naruto chants, patting himself down to put the various flames on his clothes out. Natsu laughs. "Naruto, you can't even feel the fire!" he says, trying to keep himself from further embarrassing the boy.
Stopping, Naruto thinks for a moment. "Hey, you're right." Natsu keeps laughing. "From the very first moment someone uses fire magic, they become immune to most kinds of fire." To prove his point, Natsu makes a fireball and throws it at Naruto, who throws his arms up as if to block. Amazingly, as soon as the fire touches him, it fizzles out. Natsu gives the ninja a grin. "Pretty cool, right?"
"So, Sakura, when you start healing someone, where do you start?" Wendy asks the kunoichi. Sakura thinks for a moment. "It's kind of hard to explain it, but I can try. I usually have to find my chakra flow first. From there, I pretty much just imagine that person healing. Because of Tsunade's training, I pretty much know where the most common injuries on people take place, so they're not really hard to find."
Wendy nods. "Can you heal anything other than a human?" she asks. Sakura shakes her head. "I healed a fish once, but that's as far as I've gotten." "What about something without a brain?" Sakura gives Wendy a sideways look. "What do you mean? How can something without a brain even live?" she asks. The blue haired maiden laughs. "Try looking a little further," she says, taking a leaf from a tree. Peeling it in half, she sets both halves down on a tree stump. "This leaf didn't have a brain, but it was still alive. While the brain monitors and controls most functions of the body, not all living things need one to survive. Watch." she says, placing her hands a few inches above each half of the leaf.
As Sakura watched, Wendy began to work. Slowly, a blue-green aura began to shine around her hands as her magic took effect. The leaf, originally only one but torn to two, was beginning to heal, beyond anything Sakura had expected. Not only was Wendy healing the original, the other half was being healed too. After a few moments, there were not only one, but two identical leaves laying on the tree stump. Amazed, Sakura shook her head. "I don't even know how that's possible."
Wendy laughs. "It's not really all that complicated. You see, if you have two halves of one whole, it's only a matter of focus and practice to make two halves into two wholes." She stops to look at the pouch enhanced tea leaves Mira gave Sakura. "Those leaves Mira gave you, were all made from one leaf." Sakura gasps, realizing the true power of the sky dragonslayer. She shakes her head. "You really are amazing, Wendy-sensei."
"Wendy, Sakura," Natsu yells. Hearing their names called, the two girls run over to Natsu and Naruto. "Wendy, I think it's time for them to choose." Natsu says, looking the sky maiden in the eyes. Wendy nods. "Yeah, you're right."
"Naruto, Sakura, there's something we need to tell you. Even though the tea gave you a few magic particles, they won't be enough for future battles. That little bit of magic won't even be enough for you guys to make a wind or fire clone." Naruto looks down. "If that's so, why even tell us this stuff. What's the point in learning something you can't use?"
"That's where you're wrong, Naruto," Natsu says, placing his hand on the shinobi's shoulder. "I'm not saying it won't help you, I'm saying that what you have in your bodies, won't grow unless you spend years training it." At this, Naruto brushes Natsu's hand off. "You know we don't have that much time!" He looks at Natsu, his eyes on the brink of tears. "We don't have years to train! People have already died, so you can't even ask us to- to wait years!"
"I know," Natsu says. "That's why I took you two out here. Now that you have at least a small amount of magic energy, there's a way to increase it."
Hearing this, Naruto and Sakura look up. "Increase it?" Naruto asks. "How?" Natsu breaths, preparing himself. "The only way I know of increasing your magic energy, is for Wendy and I to flood your bodies with our own magic energy. Within five minutes, we should be able to bring you up to the point where your power would rival that of even your hokage's."
Sakura gasps. "As strong as Lady Tsunade?" she asks, mentally questioning the possibility. The fire mage nods. "Yeah, there's a catch. Because we would be forcing so much energy into your body, the pain of you adjusting to so much power would be insane. That's where you have to make your choice. Stay as you are now and train for years to increase your energy, or spend five minutes in hell to be strong enough to help save your village?"
Naruto stands straighter. "Honestly, Natsu-sensei, do you really have to ask?" He looks his teacher in the eyes, making sure he made his point. "I wish you had said something earlier, so I wouldn't have to wait this long. When it comes to the choice of my personal feelings or the lives of our friends and family in the village, you better believe I'm gonna choose the village."
Sakura looks at the boy in front of her. "Naruto," she whispers, her heart filling with strength to see the annoying little kid Naruto used to be, completely disappear in her eyes. Is this really the same Naruto, she asks herself. There was no way do deny it anymore. She did have feelings for him, feelings even beyond those she'd had in the past for Sasuke. Is this really love? Am I in love with Naruto?
"I'll say it again, Natsu-sensei, I'll spend ten years in hell if that means my village be safe." Sakura nods. "Naruto's right. There isn't anything we won't give up for our village. Whatever you're going to do, let's go ahead and get it over with."
Natsu grins. "Alright, under one condition." Both ninja look at him with surprise. "What condition, Natsu-sensei?" Naruto asks. Natsu looks them both in the eyes. "No more of that sensei stuff. We're all equal here." Naruto and Sakura nod, grinning. "By the way," Wendy says with a sheepish smile. "You and Sakura might want to hold hands."
Both ninja's faces glow a fluorescent pink. "H-hold hands?" Sakura asks. Natsu nods. "I know it's a bit embarrassing, but once we start, you're going to want something to hold on to. Besides, your future training will take some physical contact, so you might as well start with this." Looking away, Sakura nods her hands out for Naruto, who, after some hesitation, does so.
"Alright," Natsu says, cracking his knuckles. "Let's get this started. Happy, I need you too keep time for five minutes, no more, no less. Tell me our time after every minute." Happy nods. "Aye, Sir!" he says, ready to help. As Naruto and Sakura face each other, holding hands, Natsu places his hands on Naruto's back, motioning for Wendy to do the same to Sakura. "Ready, go!" Natsu yells.
Immediately, Naruto and Sakura grimace, not willing to cry out at the pain of the magic energy being forced into their bodies. "Stay with me, guys," Natsu says, keeping the flow steady. "Four minutes to go," Happy calls out, still on Natsu's arm. At hearing this, Natsu and Wendy both increase the flow. Naruto and Sakura inhale sharply as the pain grows to an almost unbearable level.
"Three minutes!" Natsu and Wendy double the flow again. "Just a little, longer, Sakura!" Naruto yells, fire burning in his veins. "Two minutes!" Again the flow doubles, causing Naruto and Sakura to scream out in agony, bodies writhing in time to the pulses of magic entering their bodies. "One minute!" For the last time, the flow of magic increase, this time, not doubling, but tripling.
Sakura screams again, falling to her knees, followed by Naruto. Seeing the girl he loves, crying out in pain, Naruto loses control of his body. Lunging forward, he releases Sakura's hands, only to grab her by the back of the head. Without hesitation, Naruto pulls the pink haired kunoichi into a kiss, the shock making her forget about the agony they were going through. Naruto pulls away, smiling through the pain. "Don't worry." he says, resting her chin between his thumb and index finger and using his other hand to wipe her face. "Let me do the hurting for both of us."
"Time!" yells Happy. Immediately, Natsu and Wendy cut off the flow of magic, all four collapse, Natsu grabbing Wendy and rolling so he fell under her, cushioning her fall. Naruto does the same for Sakura, wrapping his hands around her back. "Na-ru-to," Sakura breaths, leaning into his embrace as the world around them, fades to black.