The strongest team

"people talking"

'people thinking'

"dragon/demon talking"

'dragon/demon thinking'

Flashback

Crimson lotus exploding flame blade

On the streets of Mongolia two wizards were making their way back to fairy tail after completing a job. The duo was none other than Naruto Namikaze and Erza Scarlet, it's been seven years since Naruto joined fairy tail and he's been Erza's partner for almost as long.

A few thing have changed in those seven long years. First would be that both are now S-class wizards, Naruto passing the trials a year after Laxus and Erza following the year after. Naruto's appearance pretty much remained the same wearing his black haori over a black sleeveless shirt, his necklace he got from his parents and his sword Azrael gave him as well as his customary black pants and boots.

Naruto turning to his partner gave her a smile "We're almost home Erza, can't wait to get to the guild and get me some ramen". While a lot of things have changed over the years Naruto's love for ramen wasn't one of them.

Erza rolled her eyes and gave Naruto a smile then averted her gaze back to road. Teaming with Naruto for what felt alot longer than seven years brought the two of them closer than Erza would like to admit. Although no matter how bad she wanted to, Erza couldn't bring herself to tell Naruto about her past and the worst part was she wanted to, more than anything. Their wasn't a soul that she trusted more than Naruto but she couldn't, she wouldn't drag him into her problems.

It's been hours since their mission was completed and something's been bothering Naruto so he decided to finally voice his confusion "Erza can I ask you something".

"What is it Naruto" Erza asked turning towards Naruto with a smile.

"Well it was your idea to take this giant horn with you as a trophy so why am I carrying it" Naruto asked.

"Naruto Namikaze what would your mother think if she found out you expected a lady like myself to carry something so heavy" Erza replied without batting an eye.

"Lady my ass" Naruto mumbled under his breath though Erza still heard him.

"What was that Naruto" Erza asked with a raised eyebrow daring him to repeat it.

Looking over at Erza, Naruto knew what would happen if he repeated himself so he did the smart thing, Naruto lied "I said why don't you just place it in your pocket dimension".

"Oh well where's the fun in that" Erza smirked playfully as the guild came into view.

Lucy the newest member of fairy tail was chatting with Mirajane Strauss former S-class mage when Loke fairy tails resident ladies man came bursting through the guild doors.

"Guys we have a problem Naruto and Erza are back" Loke yelled causing everyone to panic.

"What's the big deal they're apart of fairy tail right" Lucy asked worried with the sudden change in the atmosphere.

"Yes two of our strongest actually, everyone's afraid of getting scolded by Erza" Mira said.

"Just Erza, what about this Naruto guy" Lucy asked.

Mira smiled "Naruto's a lot more easy going, he'll just order some ramen and relax" Mira said smiling as the duo in question entered the guild.

Finally reaching the guild Naruto slammed the horn he was carrying on the ground. "Alright..I'm taking...a break...you slave….driver" Naruto panted as he dragged himself over to the bar "Mira ramen" Naruto finished before collapsing in his seat.

Erza rolled her eyes at Naruto "quit being over dramatic" Erza said but realized she was being ignored shaking her head Erza decided she would deal with him later.

Naruto was enjoying his ramen when some blonde he didn't recognize approached him. "So Naruto right" the blonde asked. Getting a nod she continued "my name is Lucy I joined a few days ago it's nice to meet you" Lucy Introduced herself.

"Lucy huh, so who brought you here or did you stumble into the guild on your own" Naruto asked.

"Natsu brought me here after we meet in Hargeon" Lucy said with a bright smile.

Once Erza was done scolding everyone she decided to get down to business. "Mira where is master Minato". That's another thing that changed, a few years ago Makarov stepped down as guild master and choose Minato as his successor, Makarov now acts as an advisor to Minato if he needs it.

"He's in Clovertown attending the guild master's meeting" Mira said cleaning a mug.

"I see well that makes things more difficult I was hoping to consult with father before doing anything but if he's in clover" Naruto said taking a drink from his mug.

Nodding Erza scanned the room "Natsu, Gray you two are the strongest wizards here we need your help meet us at the train station in the morning" Erza said.

"Naruto, Erza, Natsu and Gray working together, this could be the strongest team fairy tail's ever seen" Mira said while Lucy wondered how strong Natsu and the others really were.

"Alright, well I'm going home I'll see you guys in the morning" Naruto said as he started walking off.

"Naruto" Erza called out getting the blond's attention.

Naruto turned around wondering what Erza wanted. "What is it now red" Naruto asked causing Erza to blush slightly because of the nickname he gave her. Forcing the blush down Erza pointed across the guild hall. Turning around Naruto noticed she was pointing towards the horn she made him carry. Turning back around Naruto was going to argue but the glare he received changed his mind. Sulking Naruto walked over to Erza's trophy and picked it up and started walking out the door grumbling on the way out with Erza following with a smile on her face.

"Mira are Naruto and Erza an item, I mean they seem rather close" Lucy asked.

Mira smiled "they might as well be, everyone else see's it but no there not an item" Mira said.

"Oh well they just seem like a couple is all, never mind then" Lucy said.

"Well they've been partners for over six years so they're going to be close. Besides if you ask me I think they do have feelings for each other they're just too stubborn to admit it" Mira said getting a nod from Lucy.

The next morning Lucy found herself at the train station with Happy sitting next to her while Natsu and Gray got into another argument.

"So why are you here anyways Lucy" Happy asked.

"Mira said I should tag along and keep those two from fighting on the mission" Lucy said.

"Not doing a very good job are you" Happy stated pointing to Natsu and Gray who were in another fight.

"It's useless, stopping those two from fighting is a waste of time if you ask me" Naruto said approaching the group. "So we're just waiting on Erza then" Naruto took a seat next to Happy.

"Looks that way" Lucy said stealing a glance at Naruto she had to admit Naruto was definitely a looker. Lucy was brought out of her revelry when she noticed Erza approaching.

"Alright it looks like we're all here it's time to move out" Erza said approaching the others as Naruto and Lucy stood up from their seats as they all boarded the train.

Once they found an empty compartment Gray, Natsu and Happy sat on one side while Naruto, Erza and Lucy sat on the other side. Naruto smirked as he glanced at the fire dragonslayer "you okay over there Natsu".

"Shut up I can't help it" Natsu wheezed out.

"Natsu come over here and sit by me" Erza patted the seat on her right.

'I guess that means she wants me to move' Lucy got out of her seat to swap places with Natsu.

When Natsu sat down Erza drove her fist into the dragonslayers stomach knocking him out cold then laid his head in her lap. Gray had no reaction while Lucy and Happy had terrified expressions on their faces, Naruto simply smirked. "You know Erza people are going to start thinking something's going on between you and Natsu if they find out you let him lay his head in your lap".

Erza blushed "It's not like that, you know Natsu gets motion sickness, I'm just doing this for his benifit".

"Alright you guys I think it's time you told us what we're doing here" Gray stated changing the subject.

"Your right, while we were on our way home a few days ago we stopped by a diner to get something to eat. Some patrons there were talking about unsealing something called lullaby. At first we thought they were doing a simple unsealing job until one of them mentioned the name Erigor" Erza said.

"Lullaby" Gray and Lucy asked in unison.

"Yes, why have you heard of it before" Erza questioned.

"Some guys we ran into a few days ago mentioned it, don't even know if they are apart of Eisenwald or not" Gray stated.

"Deserters maybe, probably didn't want to get mixed up in what Esienwald's plotting" Naruto interjected. "Erigor the reaper ace of Eisenwald, if he's involved something major is going down. Whatever Lullaby is we can't let them use it, we're storming the Eisenwald guild" Naruto finished getting nods from everyone except Natsu seeing as he was out cold.

After the train made its first stop Lucy decided to ask the group something she's been dying to know "so what type of magic do you guys use if you don't mind me asking".

"Erza's magic is pretty she makes people bleed" Happy said freaking Lucy out.

"I think Gray's magic is much more beautiful than mine" Erza stated.

"You mean this" Gray asked making a fairy tail symbol out of ice.

"No wonder you and Natsu fight, he's fire and your ice" Lucy said.

" I never thought about it like that" Erza had a thoughtful expression on her face.

"No I just hate his guts" Gray said as Lucy turned her attention to Naruto.

"What about you Naruto, I bet it's really cool right" Lucy asked.

Before answering The compartment was buffeted by intense winds. "I use wind magic and I also have a wind dragon lacrima implanted inside my body" Naruto said once he stopped the wind flow.

"Wait you mean you're a dragon slayer like Natsu" Lucy asked while fixing her hair.

Shaking his head" technically yes while we both have similar abilities I wasn't raised by a dragon, a deceased dragons lacrima was implanted in my body allowing me to use its magic" Naruto said getting an understanding nod from Lucy.

"Naruto how many times have I asked you not to do that, my hairs a mess now" Erza complained as she fixed her hair glaring at the blond.

"Oh come on Erza it's not that bad, besides you still look as beautiful as ever" Naruto said with sincerity not realizing the effect his words had on the redhead.

Blushing Erza stared out the window in hopes that no one would notice. This time however Lucy caught it and smiled as she stared out the window as well 'So Mira was right Erza does like Naruto, wait until she hears about this' Lucy thought mischievously.

Once the train reached Onibus station and the group disembarked the train they started to look for some form of transportation. "You know I feel like we're missing something but I don't know what it is" Gray said.

"I bet it's Natsu" Happy said as he watched the train depart.

"How could I be so foolish everyone knows Natsu hates all forms of transportation" Erza scolded herself.

"Especially since you're the one that knocked him out cold" Naruto said with a smirk but shut up once Erza glared at him.

"Quickly we have to help Natsu" Erza said as she walked off while the others looked for some transportation.

"Gray, Lucy I found some transportation where's Erza" Naruto asked scanning the area.

"Lady what do you think you're doing, you can't do that" Naruto overheard someone yell and noticed the person was talking to Erza.

"It's an emergency our friend is in trouble" Erza said pulling the emergency brake.

Before the man could continue Naruto got Erza's attention "Erza we got some transportation come on let's go".

When they got over to the magic four wheeler Erza jumped in the driver's seat and took off barely giving Naruto and Lucy enough time to get in the back, Gray had to hitch a ride on top or be left behind.

Once they caught up with the train Naruto was trying to find away to get Natsu out of this predicament when said dragon slayer dove out the window colliding with Gray as both mages fell off the magic four wheeler hitting the ground hard. Erza slammed the brakes bringing the magic four wheeler to a stop.

"Dammit Natsu, why don't you watch where you're going" Gray yelled as he massaged his forehead

"It's not my fault, why did you guys leave without me" Natsu massaging his head as well.

"Natsu are you alright" Erza asked as she approached the two.

"Yeah" Natsu started as Erza slammed his head into her armored chest "I'm fine!".

"Natsu what happened on the train" Naruto asked as he joined the group.

"This guy from Eisenwald ambushed me, he had this freaky looking flute that had a skull with three eyes on top" Natsu said before Erza slapped him across the face.

"You idiot that's exactly who we're looking for how could you let him get away" Erza yelled.

"This Is the first I'm hearing about it" Natsu defended himself nursing his jaw.

"I told everyone about it on the train, you need to pay attention" Erza told him.

"Erza did you forget about knocking Natsu out early" Naruto asked with a raised eyebrow.

Realizing Naruto was speaking the truth Erza bowed her head "my apologies please hit me".

"You know Erza not that it's unattractive but I never thought you would be one of those types of girls" Naruto said waiting for her reaction and wasn't disappointed.

"What, it's not like that at all" Erza defended Blushing madly with certain images running through her mind that included herself and Naruto.

While this was going on Lucy was thinking about what Natsu said when it clicked "that's it".

"What's it Lucy" Gray asked confused with Lucy's sudden outburst.

"Lullaby, it's a cursed flute, it's death magic" Lucy said.

"Lucy are you sure" Erza asked hoping the blonde was wrong.

"I'm positive, it's said that the life force is drained from those who hear its tune" Lucy told the group.

"Quickly we have to get to kunugi station" Erza ordered jumping into the driver's seat of the magic four wheeler disappearing in the horizon.

"Erza you need to slow down or you're going to burn out the SE-plug" Gray said.

"I know but we can't let Eisenwald use Lullaby" Erza channeled even more magic through the SE-plug.

"Erza if you keep it up you'll use up all your magic" Gray argued.

"Then I'll have to rely on you, Natsu and Naruto to deal with Erigor and Eisenwald then won't I" Erza said silencing Gray.

Naruto agreed with Gray but also knew how stubborn Erza could be so he kept silent.

Meanwhile in Clovertown the guild masters were having their annual meeting. The guild masters of Fairy Tail, Blue Pegasus and Quatro Cerburus were currently chatting about the young wizards of their guild.

"I've got to say Minato, you've got a lot of lovely wizards in your guild" Bob the master of blue pegasus said.

"Yeah and they're quite the destructive bunch too, the council's worried they're going to destroy a town or something one of these days." Goldmine master of quatro cerburus joked.

"It's true, they are a destructive bunch of kids but I wouldn't have it any other way" Minato told them taking a drink from his mug.

"Master Minato, a letter for master Minato" a bird called as Minato waved it over to him.

"I wonder what could be so important to send me a letter during this meeting" Minato asked himself as he opened the letter.

After opening the letter a projection of Mirajane pipped up. "Oh look at that cutie" Bob exclaimed.

Minato smiled "that's Mirajane fairy tails centerfold".

"Master I have wonderful news, Naruto and Erza returned to the guild today and formed a team with Natsu and Gray" Mira's projection said vanishing shortly afterwards.

"Naruto, Erza, Natsu and Gray on a team, they might actually destroy a town especially since Naruto's inherited his mother's temper" Minato said sweating profusely.

Once they arrive at kunugi station Naruto and the others discovered that Esienwald's taken over the train and are currently on the way to oshibana station. "What could they possibly gain from hijacking the train" Erza asked herself.

"Did you hear, the army is being mobilized to intercept Eisenwald" Naruto overheard one of the officials talking.

"Guys we're wasting time here we have to reach oshibana station, hopefully we can head off Eisenwald there" Naruto said getting the groups attention.

"Right, let's get going" Erza said as she went to get back into the driver seat only to be stopped by Naruto.

"Not this time Erza, you rest and I'll take over" Naruto ordered.

"Naruto I'm fine…." Erza started.

"Red I'm not going to tell you again" Naruto said tapping her on the forehead. Nodding Erza climbed in the back with the others as Naruto climbed into the driver's seat and took off towards oshibana station.

"I feel like I'm forgetting to tell you something Lucy" Happy said out of the blue.

"That was random, well what is it" Lucy asked.

"I can't remember" Happy answered plainly.

"Then why did you bring it up" Lucy retorted shaking her head. The rest of the ride to oshibana was silent for the most part with an ill Natsu hanging out the window.

Once they arrived at oshibana the group noticed a large crowd had gathered in front of the station. "we need to find out what's going on" Naruto said as Erza marched forwards.

"What's Erza doing you guys" Lucy questioned.

Sighing Naruto decided to answer the blonde "She's interrogating witnesses" Naruto said shaking his head.

Not understanding what Naruto meant Lucy decided to watch and see what Erza did herself. It became apparent what Naruto meant by interrogating witnesses. The knight mage would ask one of the officials what was going on and knock them out before they could answer and kept this process up until one of them was able to answer quickly enough terrified of the red haired beauty.

Once they regrouped with Erza Naruto decided to tease her a bit. "You know Erza next time you ask someone a question give them a bit more time to answer and it might save some time" Naruto smirked.

Getting what Naruto meant Erza huffed "well they should have answered quicker" Erza said with a huff as she turned to the others "Come on we have to stop Eisenwald, they're inside the station and the army already went in after them" Erza finished as they headed to the entrance with Lucy and Natsu trailing behind considering no one else offered to help Natsu who was still suffering from his motion sickness.

Once inside they all noticed the army that chased after Eisenwald was already incapacitated. "this can't be happening, how did they manage to defeat the entire army" Lucy asked fearfully.

"It's not surprising considering they went up against an entire guild of wizards" Erza told the blonde.

"Guys come on we don't have time to waste. We have to find Erigor and the rest of Eisenwald" Naruto ordered as they raced through the station.

When they made it to the end of the passage they were greeted by they're target. "About time you made it fairy tail flies, I was getting tired of waiting" a man with gray hair wielding a scythe said with a malicious smirk on his face.

"Erigor the reaper" Naruto muttered as the wind started to whip around him violently.

Known spells

Wind vortex- releases a wave of wind

Gale force blast- unleashes an invisible wall of Hurricane force wind

Wind sphere - fires a ball of condensed wind at the opponent

Wind barrier - the user surrounds themselves in a wall of wind capable of negating most attacks

Wind body- user turns their body into wind

Wind blade storm- fires dozens of boomerang shaped blades of wind

Sacred wind sword of transcendence- using their life force the user generates a massive sword of wind