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…three months…three freaking months…
Hey everybody, Pixel here. Back with another chapter of Fox Among Fairies, this chapter honestly kicked my ass. I didn't like writing it, I hated writing it since the episode itself, while impactful in the main cannon timeline, didn't give me much to work with in terms of the story. Hell, a few more dudes and I were talking about it on several separate occasions on what the hell to do with this chapter, hell, originally, I was going to skip it but someone said that I shouldn't skip too many episodes and try and work a way in including the ones that don't have action in them, since I skipped the exam episode for good reason too. But next time, I will be skipping episodes that have no impact on the story, and don't talk me out of it unless you want to wait another two months for the chapter…
Alright, enough of my suffering, I have some news at the end for you all. It regards the poll and you need to hear what I have to say.
Okay, enough has been said. Enjoy this chapter and I'll talk in the author's end notes.
Disclaimer: Winx Club and its characters are respectively owned by Rainbow S.R.L. and Nickelodeon and was created by Iginio Straffi
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[Universe 21458: Magic Universe-Magix]
[Location: Lounge: Winx's dorm-Alfea, Magix]
[Date: 8 December: Wednesday.]
[Time: 8:30 pm, Night]
We kick this chapter off, just a few hours after the events of the last chapter as we see the Winx sitting in their lounge while they were staring at Tecna, who they found sitting on the couch waiting for them, with a dazed expression.
"Okay Tecna, you called us here to talk about something. What is it that was so urgent?" Stella asks, looking at Tecna who was still in her dazed phase as the others were getting worried, they had never seen her like this ever. "Uh, Tecna, are you okay?" The princess of the group asks the Tech-savvy fairy who is still non-responsive and looks a bit out of it. "Tecna?" She calls out to Tecna once more and it looks like it worked as Tecna blinks a bit, perhaps adjusting to her surroundings as she speaks
"Girls…I think…I learned something about Naruto's past…" Tecna says, catching the girls' attention
"Really?" Musa asks, surprised by this as she and the others see Tecna nod slightly. "How did you find out?" She asks, wanting to know just how she was able to make this discovery and so were the others as they wait for Tecna to say how.
"I made a device that could allow two people to establish a mental link and enter a mind for their choice." Tecna says. This makes the girls look at her with surprised looks when they hear she finished her device
"Oh, the device you were working on, the Mind Walker right? You finished it and it works?" Bloom asks as Tecna nods
"Yes…it did. I was able to complete it and I went to Naruto so we could use the device and look into his subconscious, once we had established a link, I started looking around his subconscious, looking for anything that was a lost memory and using it to maybe jumpstart his mind and restore his memories. But…" Tecna stops talking and goes silent as the girls look at her in confusion
"But what?" Musa asks
"I found a memory, one that looked lost, it was for some rural village and a building of people and children outside, I think it was a school of some sort since the children there were mostly young to teenagers while the people there were adults, the children's parents. I saw then Naruto, sitting on a swing hanging under a tree branch, looking at the children and parents with a look of depression. And…" Tenca pauses for a moment before continuing to explain. "I could hear whispers…whispers from the adults saying things like saying that he didn't pass some exam and that were glad he failed since they didn't want him as a ninja." She says, with the other girls raising their eyebrows at the last thing she said
"Ninja? Naruto wanted to be a ninja?" Stella asks as Tecna just shrugs her shoulders
"Yes, they did say ninja. Which confused me. But they said that he should have left the village since they did want demons in the village which again confused me. But that, the memory faded away and before I could even go look for another one or think about what I saw…something happened…" Tecna says but stops and the others look at her
"What happened?" Bloom asks as Tecna just holds herself and starts to shiver, this catches the others' attention
"There…there was something in Naruto's memories. Something that felt…unnatural…" Tecna just utters, as her shivering just intensifies as the girls look at her in mild surprise, since Tecna hardly shows any emotional expressions
"What was it?" Flora asks and Tecna just turns to them and they see her expression change
"It was…some creature, a red-orange colored fox-like being that had black lines around its red eyes that stretched up to its ears. It was there, looking at me with its red eyes, and…it made me freeze in fear from it, it felt so…sinister and rageful…it was like I was being choked from its glare alone but…I felt like I felt the rage it had before. I just can't figure out where I've felt it." Tecna says as she remembers the feeling she had when she came face to face with that…thing she saw inside Naruto's mind. This causes Bloom to start thinking about something, something that she feels like she known
"Wait, Tecna. You said that this creature you saw had red eyes, correct?" Bloom asks as she sees Tecna nod "And these red eyes, were the pupils slit?" She asks and sees Tecna nod again, which confirms her theory. "I think I know where you've felt that before. We all have." The red-haired says as everyone turns to her
"Where?" Stella asks as Bloom looks at them
"That weird red energy Naruto used back at the night of the party and attack from the Trix. And just recently with that Dream monster and the Trix again. It's that red thing he goes into whenever he's really angry." Bloom says and everyone thinks about what she said and realizes she was right
"You're right. That would make sense since it did have that same rageful feeling Naruto had when he went into the red energy mode." Tecna says, snapping her fingers in realization while berating herself on how stupid she was for not realizing this sooner
"Okay, let's make and compare notes on the things we know about Naruto, just so we can make some sense of this mystery since this is getting too much for me to process." Stella says and everyone can't help but agree. So, the girls stood up from their seats and went to their rooms to get notebooks, pencils, and pens, they returned to the lounge and took their seats with their notebooks and pens/pencils in hand as they started listing off the information they had about the blonde
[Insert OST: Self-Analysis from Boku No Hero Academia]
"Okay, so, first off, we all know that he has amnesia and the only memories he has are for his name, that's it. That's all he remembers." Bloom says
"And we know that he's from some unknown dimension that speaks an ancient language that only a handful of the people in my home dimension understand. Since I can sort of hear him whenever he says something from that language." Musa says as the other wrote that down
"There's also that time he was standing on water back at the lake." Tecna says. "He looked like he did subconsciously and he instantly fell into the water when we pointed that out like his feet realized that he wasn't on solid ground." She says
"And there's the fact he's a lot stronger than the average Red Fountain Specialist." Flora says with everyone turning to her. "Back in the forest, after Mirta got cursed, he reacted badly and punched craters into the ground, with only 6 strikes before his knuckles started to bleed from the hits." She says as everyone remembered she was right since he came to their dorm the day after that incident with his hands completely healed. They took note of that
"Also, he heals quickly. Back at the attack from the Whip the Trix created, he was rag-tossed all over the place before he was tossed to the side. And moments later, he's back on his feet, with that red energy around him, and had little to no injuries on him from the Whip." Bloom says as Musa flinches and winces
"Don't remind me of that night. It's too soon to talk about it." Musa says as she holds her chest from the phantom pains and memories of that night. The others notice this and are reminded of what else happened that night
"Sorry." Bloom says, feeling bad for bringing that up as Musa just smiles at her, a way to tell her that it was okay.
"But you are right about he can heal faster than anyone I've seen. And from what we know, Miss Faragonda did say that he has this large reserve of energy in him but can't use it due to his amnesia." Stella says
"Two, don't forget she said he has two in him. One is his own and the other one is something else and bigger than his own." Flora remains them for the second large pool of energy Naruto has, and this makes them think
"Maybe, it'd make some sense since for one, there's been about two times he's used that red energy, and that thing I saw, could be a manifestation of it or…the red energy comes from that thing." Tecna says as she ponders on this for a bit
"Like whatever that thing was that Tecna saw, could have been sealed in him?" Stella asks
"Maybe…" Musa says, shrugging her shoulders as she is uncertain about that, while Bloom is confused by what was said
"Sealed in him? Is that a thing here?" Bloom asks and the others turn to her and nod
"Yeah, it's a thing. It's ancient magic though and not a lot of people know how to do that anymore. It's where you take something powerful, say a magical artifact, and place a magical chant onto yourself and on the item in question and seal it within your body. At most times, this is done as a last resort to hide something from others." Flora explains while Bloom nods, understanding things clearer now. Stella then lets out a long sigh
"Man, just when we think we have some understanding of Naruto, something comes up and throws a wrench and changes everything we know about him. I wish things could be easier to find out just who he is." Stella says, feeling like the universe was laughing at them every time they got some understanding for their wayward blonde companion. Bloom suddenly gains an idea and turns to Tecna
"Tecna, you said that your device is finished right?" Bloom asks, as Tecna looks at her and nods "Can't we just use it again to look for the answers?" She asks and the others look at them, hoping that this will help but Tecna shakes her head
"We can't. The Mind-Walker short-circuited just after we disconnected. The motherboard's fired and the power unit is shot. We can't use it until I get the right parts that can withstand another overload that could occur." Tecna says as she slouches back onto the couch, now feeling that she'd spent some long nights on the device…again. Stella sighs again and too slouches back into her seat
"Great, just great. What are we doing to do now?" Stella asks as Flora looks at her
"We do what we've been doing this whole time." Flora says as Stella turns to her
"Which is?" Stella asks, with a raised eyebrow
"We wait and see what happens and go from there." Flora says
"So, it's the long game then." Stella says and she sees Flora nod as she sighs again and looks up at the ceiling before she nods. "Okay, I can deal with that…" She says
"At least we have some clues to go with from here. In the beginning, we had nothing." Bloom says as she shows the others her notebook which had a drawing of Naruto on it, with multiple links around him with facts and clues they had about or on him
"Yep, and we've got some understanding on some things now." Musa says. And the other agreed with that statement. "For now, I think we should think up ways to at least try and jump-start Naruto's memories." She says as the others nod and begin discussing other ways to help Naruto regain his memories.
While they were discussing these ways, they completely forgot that someone else was in the lounge with them, on the table, and was awake to hear all they were saying and had discussed.
'What are they talking about? Naruto has amnesia?' Mirta thought, as her Pumpkin form had a curious expression, looking at the Winx as they talked
[End OST]
Fox Among Fairies
Chapter 18: Chaos at The Red Fountain Exhibition
[Location: Lounge: Winx's dorm-Alfea, Magix]
[Date: 17 December: Friday.]
[Time: 09:05 am, Morning]
A week passed and things were back to normal for the most part at Alfea. We see the girls at their dorm, by their lounge during various tasks
"Are you sure that this stuff works?" Bloom asks Stella while holding a brush in her hand, with the brush having some green concoction. She was Stella with her hair.
"Yeah, it's a hair conditioner that Flora concocted. And I fully trust our Fairy Flower-Child. Right Flora?" Stella says, turning to Flora who was by the table, looking at Pumpkin Mirta while she was wearing her glasses, she was more comfortable wearing them with the others around. She was busy with Mirta, trying to lift the curse set on her as she turned to Stella when she called to her and nods
"Yeah, it will rejuvenate and add color to your hair in no time." Flora says with a smile before she turns back to Mirta. Stella then looks at Bloom with a smile
"See, there's nothing to worry about." Stella says as Bloom just shrugs her shoulders
"Okay then." Bloom says before she starts applying the conditioner to the princess's hair
Musa was busy practicing her guitar skills by just strumming a calm melody while Tecna was by the couch, typing on her laptop as she was busy programming some software she was developing
-Knock, Knock-
Just then, the girls hear a knock coming from their tunnel door and the door opens with Naruto popping out of it
"Morning ladies!" Naruto chirpy greets the girls as he climbs into the room.
"Naruto. Hi." The girls greeted back as they were surprised to see him arrive in their dorm
"Naruto, I thought you were at work today." Bloom says as Naruto looks at her
"I would be at work if it wasn't that I got a day off today from my boss. He closed up shop since he said he had to go for something important today happening over at Red Fountain." Naruto says as he walks over to the sleeping Kiko and rubs the bunny's head, with the bunny smiling at the feeling
"Really?" The girls ask and see Naruto nod. "What's going over there?" Flora asks
"He said he was going to watch the Red Fountain Exhibition." Naruto says as Stella looks at him in shock
"Wait, there's happening today?!" Stella asks as Naruto grins and nods
"Yep!" Naruto says as the girls look intrigued by this while Bloom is confused
"Excuse me for asking, but what is the Red Fountain Exhibition?" Bloom asks
"It's a showcase over at Red Fountain, it's to show the attendees and parents the future of their Knights and Wizards(1). It's pretty much to show what the school has to offer and it's something you really can't miss if you're in Magix." Naruto says
"Wow, that sounds interesting to watch." Bloom says, now intrigued by the exhibition
"Yep, which is why I'm going." Naruto says as the girls look at him
"Huh?" Tecna utters, with a raised eyebrow. "Do you have an invitation to it?" She asks and sees Naruto shake his head
"Nope!" Naruto proudly declares as the girls were confused by this
"Then just how are you going to go to watch?" Flora asks
"Oh, that's easy. I'm sneaking into Red Fountain and going to watch the exhibition." Naruto says, this causes the girls to drop everything as they look at him with their jaws dropped
"Eh!?" The girls yell, looking at the blonde as if he was insane as he looks at them with a raised eyebrow
"What?" Naruto asks, confused about their reaction
"Are you insane?! You want to sneak into practically one of the most guarded schools in Magix, on the day that Royal families and Diplomats are coming to said school. You don't think that the guards for said Royal families won't be there!?"
"Girls, girls. Calm down, you're forgetting you're talking to someone who's successfully broken into all three schools on several occasions, I'm practically an expert on this." Naruto says as the girls look at him, uncertain about this
"Okay, Mr. Expert. Tell us, just how are you going to get into Red Fountain, without being seen by any of the guards there?" Musa asks, crossing her arms
"That's easy. I'll just use the ancient escape tunnels from here to Red Fountain, it will lead me just outside, on the side of the school, and from there, I'll climb a tall tree and jump from it and land on a balcony, climb over it and sneak around the campus until I reach the stands and lay low there." Naruto says, while putting his arms behind his head and grins. The girls looked at him and felt uncertain about his plan
"Naruto, I don't think-" Bloom was saying but Naruto cut her off
"Before any of you say anything or say "This is a bad idea.", let me remind you that I've snuck into Red Fountains before, snuck into it to do various pranks there, and got away with it. I've got this since I know what I'm doing." Naruto says, ensuring to the girls that this is fine. The girls look at him before looking at one another and stare at each other as if they were having a mental conversation before they nod and turn back to him
"Fine, we'll believe but we want you to do one thing for us." Bloom says with Naruto shrugging his shoulders and looks at them
"Sure, what is it?" Naruto asks
"We want to come along." Musa says, and this makes Naruto do a double take as he looks at them
"What?" Naruto asks, surprised by this request as he looks at the girls. "Why?" He asks, wanting to know why did they want to come
"Oh c'mon, you said it yourself, it's something you can't miss if you're in Magix. So, we're coming along to watch it with you." Tecna explains with the other girls agreeing to that by nodding along. Naruto stops for a moment and thinks it over, with his hand on his chin and eyes closed while squinting them
"I don't know…" Naruto says as he thinks about their request, it wasn't the first time that he and the girls snuck into another school for something but the last time they did, they were caught and punished for it. So, it was more of a 50/50 risk for him to take should he let the girls along. He thinks about it a bit more before he shrugs his shoulders. "Ah, what the heck, it'll be more fun if we're together instead of going alone. Let's do it!" he shouts, with the girls smiling at this
"Yes!" The girls shout, ecstatic about going to see the Exhibition. Naruto calms down and looks at the girls with a serious look
"Let's go and get ready and meet me at the tunnels in 30 minutes so we can go to Red Fountain, it's going to take us an hour to get there if we're fast." Naruto says with the girls nodding, understanding him. He nods back before he walks over to the tunnel door and opens it. "Alright, I'll see you in a bit." He says before he hops down into through the door as it closes behind him.
"See you." The girls as he leaves. Boom then turns to the others. "Alright girls, you heard the man, let's go and get ready." She says as she and the others get up and go to their rooms to get ready for the exhibition
[Location: Arena: Red Fountain, Magix]
[Time: 10:03 am, Morning]
Over at Red Fountain, people were beginning to arrive, watching the young men of the school showcase their skills to their parents and representatives for their home dimensions as the arena was beginning to fill with said spectators. And over at the VIP sections of the arena, we see Faragonda sitting, as she waits for the opening of the exhibition to start. She feels a familiar magical presence appearing on her as she turns and sees Cloud Tower's Head Mistress, Griffin arriving at the VIP section and walking toward her
"Morning, Griffin." Faragonda greets the Elder witch, with a sense of respect as Griffin nods to her as she takes a seat next to the elder fairy.
"Morning Faragonda." Griffin greets Faragonda, with Faragonda returning a nod to her. The two sat in silence for a bit before Faragonda decided to speak something that was on her mind
"I understand you've expelled those three young witches who've caused trouble at my school." Faragonda says. She was thinking about the Trix and how they've been terrorizing her students and Grandson for the past months and their last attack on the Winx had pushed her to the edge to contact Griffin and discuss a suitable punishment for the three. Expulsion.
"Yes, I have. A severe but necessary punishment." Griffin says
"I see." Faragonda says, feeling a bit better that the three witches were punished but she felt it wasn't enough. No one messes with her students and gets away with it…
"Although, while I am saddened in losing such talented students, I feel it was a need, for I sense a disturbing aura around them every time I'm close to them." Griffin says, and this makes Faragonda turn to her
"You've felt that as well?" Faragonda asks as Griffin nods
"Yes, I have. Their magical presences are…dark…darker than mine is or could ever be. It…suffocating, as if their presences drain the light for all around them." Griffin says and this makes Faragonda frown, in concern
"This is most disturbing, for being so young, they're already mastering the dark arts. That makes them dangerous." Faragonda says, concerned for the safety of the people of Magix and the students for their school
"Agreed." Griffin says, nodding along
"Someone should keep a close eye on them." Faragonda says and Griffin just sighs
"That would be difficult, since the night I expelled them, they've disappeared. There's been no sight of them for some time now. The last sighting for them was in Magix but that trail has gone cold."
"I see. In that case, we must keep tabs around Magix, should they appear in the city again. We can't let them roam away for much longer than they have already. Who knows what they could be planning right now." Faragonda says as Griffin agrees with her. Letting those three plot would be a terrible thing for them
"Indeed." Griffin says as they turn back to the field, waiting for the opening of the Exhibition to begin as more people arrive at the VIP section and the normal sections of the arena
[Timeskip: 20 minutes later]
[Time: 10:27 am]
On the other side of the campus, by a bush, a pair of blue eyes appear inside of the bush before they start scanning the area around them, for anyone. And seeing that there was no one near them, gave the owner of the eyes a sense of safety.
"Okay, looks like the coast is clear, we can come out now." The person in the bush says before 5 more pairs of eyes appear in the bush with them as Naruto and the Winx climb out for the bush and dust themselves off the leaves and dirt from the bush.
"Next time, let's not climb out of a bush when we sneak into another place." Stella says, patting her hair for anything that could be in it as Naruto just chuckles while rubbing the head of his head.
"Sorry Stella, but that's the only way that we could take without altering the alarms inside the building." Naruto says, as Stella just huffs
"At least we're here. And it looks like the exhibition hasn't started yet. Means we've got time to sneak in."
"Yeah, so what's next Mr. Expert?" Tecna asks Naruto who looks around the area they were in
"Let's look for a way in. A door, or a balcony with a tree near it." Naruto says. Following that logic, the Winx start walking around the area, trying to find a way into the school and from there, to the arena so they could watch the exhibition. While they walked, Musa spotted a door to their left.
"Hey, there's a door over there." Musa says as she points to the door and the others follow where she was pointing. "You think it could get us in?" She asks, looking at Naruto who just shrugs
"Maybe. Never really tried any door here before. I always used the balcony." Naruto says. He goes over to the door and grabs it to open it but it wasn't moving. "Nope, it's locked…" He says as he lets go of the door
"Maybe we'll find one that's open if we keep looking." Flora says, the others thought about that and thought it could work if they did do that. So they were going to go around and look for a door to go through but before they could…
"HEY!" The group stops when they hear someone shout at them. They turn around and see a Red Fountain student standing behind them with crossed arms "Just what are you doing here? This area is restricted!" The student yells at them which causes the teens to panic and be sheepish as they nervously giggle/chuckle
"Hahaha…w-well…" Bloom was going to explain when Naruto placed his hand on her shoulder, which stopped her from speaking
"Please Bloom, allow me to handle this like a gentleman." Naruto says as he steps forward and looks at the student in the face. "Hey dude, listen we were just hanging out, looking around and we just got lost and-RUN!" He shouts as he turns and starts running with the girls quickly follows suit and runs away with Naruto as the Red Fountain student looked momentarily shocked by this action
"Hey! Get back here!" The Red Fountain student yells before he gives chase to the Winx
"Really?! That was your plan?! Running away!?" Musa shouts at Naruto as he looks over his shoulder and at her
"Hey! I'd like to see you think of something else we could do to get away from this guy!" Naruto shouts at her as the others weren't having it now for all time
"Let's not do this now while we're running away from that guy!" Tecna yells, making the two bickering teens shut up and continue running. Stella looks behind them and sees the student still chasing after them
"What are we going to do!? He's still on us!" Stella yells as Naruto starts thinking about a way for them to escape. And one such way comes to mind
"Split up! We go separate ways and confuse him, he won't know who to follow!" Naruto yells, the girls hear him and think it was a good idea but there was just an issue they saw with the idea
"But how will we find each other should we get away!?" Flora asks
"Hide and wait for me in one of the halls! I'll track you guys down by sensing you. Trust me on this! I will find you guys!" Naruto yells, the girls think about it for a bit before turning to Naruto and nod
"Okay. We trust you! Good luck Naruto!" The girls yell as Naruto nods back to them
"Thanks! You too!" Naruto yells. The group reach a bush and the girls jump into it and hide while Naruto continues to run with the student still chasing him
"Hey! Get back here!" The student yells as he runs past the bush and chases Naruto. Once the student was out of sight, the girls emerged from the bush and saw that the coast was clear.
"Ok. C'mon, let's find a way into the building." Bloom says with the others nodding as they run in the opposite direction, in search of a way inside.
Naruto continues to run away from the student, with his speed being much greater than the student chasing him as he reaches the other side of the campus, he spots a tree near him and sees it was close to an open balcony, so he rushes for it and with the speed he was going on, jumps up and grabs onto one of the branches and using the momentum from the leap and swings off the branch and lands onto the balcony where he hides as the student who was chasing him finally
"W-W-What? Where did he go?!" The student yells as he looks around for Naruto before running off, in a direction he thinks Naruto ran. Once he hears the student running off, Naruto peeks over the ledge and sees the student was gone. And he lets out a sigh of relief
"-Phew- That was too close for my comfort." Naruto says, happy that he was safe. He gets up and dusts himself as he looks around at just where he was. "Now, where am I?" He asks himself seeing he is in an unfamiliar place of Red Fountain. Knowing he was on a time limit before the Exhibition would start, Naruto started walking in a direction he felt was the right one.
Once he started walking down a hallway, he started noticing what was around him as he walks down the hallway
[Insert OST: Piston Cups from Pixar's Cars (Original Score)]
"Whoa, whoa whoa way. Look at this place. These weapons and armor." Naruto says, in awe at all the different weapons and armor that were around him, on display and in glass cases. He looks around the area and spots something. "Wait, this is the King's Axe from the battle of Solaria. Yeah, I know this axe, I read about it." He says as he spots something else in the room "And this is one of the shields that were used in the War of Golden Kingdom." He says before realization strikes him as he realizes what type of room he is currently in. "This place, this is an archive of the weapons and armor for all the kingdoms in the Magic Dimension. Wow, Hank would freak out if he learned about this place." He says as he runs his hand through his hair, in awe at the sight of all the weapons around him. He looks around a bit before he spots a small case, something that catches his attention. He heads over to the case to get a closer look at what was inside it and once he reaches it, he sees an old rusted black dagger with a handle wrapped in old, worn-out bandages with a ring-like pommel at the bottom of the handle. He inspects the blade of the dagger and sees it had dents in it, a clear indication of the battles it had been it, but the thing that had his curiosity with there was an engraving on the blade. The engraving was a moon in its waning crescent stage with a sun-like circle next to it. and it was in white while the crescent was in black. Naruto narrows his eyes, as he looks at the dagger
"What is this?" Naruto asks, as he frowns, unaware to himself, his eyes shifted to red/yellow and orange and his pupils slit momentarily before they shifted back to his blue as he looks at the dagger for a bit before
"Hey, you! Over there! Do not move!" A loud, deep voice shouts behind him, causing Naruto to jump and freeze. "Stay right there young man! And don't think about running." The voice says as Naruto curses himself
[End OST]
'Shit! I got spotted! Guess it was a mistake on just standing here and admiring the place.' Naruto curses himself as he raises his hands and turns around to see who caught him. He sees a burly, gruff man with dark brown hair, slicked back to reveal his bushy eyebrows and widow's peak. He had a goatee that was attached to his sideburns along his jawline.
He wore a dusty, grey shirt that was zipped up the front and had no sleeves, a darker blue belt, khaki-colored pants, blue boots, and silver gauntlets. He was also very muscular.
"You didn't think I'd find you hiding here, now did you?" The man asks as Naruto sighs, knowing that he had no way out, and decided to speak
"Look, sir, I can explain-" Naruto was saying but the man cut him off
"Why are you here when you should be getting ready for the exhibition." The man says as he crosses his arms. This throws Naruto completely in a loop as he looks at the man with a shocked expression
'H-Huh?' Naruto thought
"The exhibition is about to start and you're not in your uniform." The man says before he points toward a hallway behind him. "Go and get changed in the locker room, get your phantom weapons, and report to the arena in 10 minutes! We'll discuss your punishment for attempting to ditch the exhibition." The man says with a strict tone while looking at Naruto with a stern look, one he's only from Aunty and Granny which made him gulp down a lump in his throat
"Y-Yes sir!" Naruto says as he runs past the man and toward the hallway before he stops in realization at something. He turns to the man and asks in a nervous tone. "Q-Question sir, where's the Locker room?" He asks, causing the man to sigh
"*Sigh* Head down the hall, then take your first right, go down that hall, and then turn left when you reach a section of the hall, walk down that hallway for a bit until you've reached two large doors. If you pass a picture of a dragon, you've gone too far, walk back." The man says and Naruto nods
"T-Thank you, sir!" Naruto yells before he starts running down the hall following the directions the man gave him, all while thinking about the situation he was now in 'Well…this was something I wasn't expecting. But…I can work with this.' He thought as he continued to run down the hall
[END OST]
[Timeskip: 10 minutes later]
[Location: Arena: Red Fountain, Magix]
The arena was now packed with spectators and guests across the Magic Dimension, ready to see the young men who would one day become their home dimension's knights/wizards. Over at the VIP section of the arena, more nobles, elites, and royalty of the Magic Dimension had arrived to watch the exhibition and cheer for their son.
One of the people in the VIP section stood up from their seat and walked over to the edge of the balcony as he looked down to the audience in attendance
This person was a short, round, elderly man with thick gray eyebrows and waist-length gray hair. He was clean-shaven as he wore a simple dull tunic/robe while carrying a golden cane that had a dragon head at the top with a purple orb in the mouth.
This elderly man clears his throat, with it echoing throughout the arena as the attendance quiet
"Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen, I am Saladin, grandmaster of Red Fountain, and I welcome you all to the Red Fountain Exhibition. I feel that this year's Exhibition will be one of the ages. And one you all will enjoy." The man, now known as Saladin says with the spectators cheering at that. "So, without further ado, let's welcome the fine young men of Red Fountain by bringing them onto the field with them competing in Wind Rider jousting!" Saladin yells as the spectators cheer. The gates open and the students of Red Fountain shoot out onto the field, on their Wind Riders as they gave the spectators a show of their skills.
One particular rider wasn't on his Wind Rider, instead, he walked onto the field while pushing it onto it as he looked at the arena in awe. He was wearing the standard Red Fountain uniform with orange on.
"Whoa…" This 'rider' utters, awestruck at this. He looks around under his helmet. He looks at the field, seeing the other Red Fountain students displaying their skills on the. Feeling challenged by this, he hops on his Rider, and turns it on, revving it as he smirks under his helmet 'Well, it's one thing to watch the Exhibition, but to be a part of it, is something else entirely.' He thought as he rode onto the field, joining the others to get this jousting going.
[With the Winx]
"Where is he? I'm getting tired of waiting here." Stella says, she and the others were in a hallway, waiting for Naruto to arrive and Stella was losing patience
"I don't know Stella, we can't sense him like he can with us. For all we know, he could be coming over to us and if we move from here and he follows while we're moving, it'll irate him."
"She's right Stella, that'd be rude for us to do to him." Flora says before she frowns as a thought appears in her mind
"Okay, okay I get it. But it's so boring just standing here and wait." Stella says. Just then, the sounds of cheers and fireworks going off were heard not too far from where the girls were, telling them the exhibition was starting
"Sounds like the Exhibition is starting." Musa says
"Well, I can't just wait here any longer since the exhibition is happening outside. I wanna watch it. Stella whines, as she turns and was about to walk in the direction of where the cheers were coming from when she was stopped by Bloom, the red hair placed her hand on the blonde's shoulder
"Stella, you can't just go off and watch the Exhibition. We still need to wait for Naruto." Bloom says as Stella looks at her for a bit before she sighs and stands still. It was then that Flora voiced her thoughts
"You guys don't think he was caught and is being held somewhere?" Flora asks while looking at the girls with a concerned look. This made the others turn to her and see the concerned expression
"You're thinking about that too?" Musa asks as Flora nods. This causes the girls to get concerned about their wayward friend and his safety
"Guys, we've got nothing to worry about. This is Naruto we're talking about. Someone who says that's broken into two of the most prestigious schools in the entire Magic Dimension. That's no way he got caught." Stella says, trying to be optimistic about things and ensure to the others that he was okay
"Yeah, but there's a possibility that he was caught. No one can avoid getting spotted forever…" Tecna says, showing facts here that you can't dodge things forever. The girls fall silent for a bit before Stella snaps her fingers, altering the others as they see her smile and turn to Bloom
"Wait, Bloom. Can't you find him with your soul-reading thing?" Stella asks, and this makes Bloom raise an eyebrow
"Huh?" Bloom utters, confused, but fortunately, someone was getting what Stella was asking
"She means that why don't you use your Aura Reading ability you unlocked during vacation time and use it to locate where Naruto is?" Tecna says, Bloom looked conflicted about it, since the ability did remind her of what she learned back home and there was another reason
"I've…never seen his before. I've seen all of yours and know what yours look like but not his…I don't even know if I can see his…" Bloom says, rubbing her arm nervously since she didn't even know if it'll work
"But it's worth a shot right?" Musa asks, Bloom thinks about it and thinks it's their best option at the moment. So, with a sigh, she nods
"Yeah, okay. Let's try it out." Bloom says before she turns around and takes in a deep breath as her eyes begin to glow slightly and she looks around the area, seeing the various souls/auras of the attendance and guests, but the thing that made her frown, since something caught her sight. "I…got nothing, but I can see anything that looks like Naruto. Nothing. I can see everyone else, a part of a few but that's it. I can't find him anywhere." She says, the others sigh hearing that
"Well…that helps us with nothing." Stella says, but Bloom is still using her ability as she sees something rather…concerning
"But I did see something else." Bloom says, her eyes were narrow as she looks at what she was seeing
"What?" Flora asks
"Two flame-like things in the field, with the other Red Fountain students. One of the flames is deep blue while the other flame is blue, slowly turning into the blue one. Maybe that's Naruto." Bloom says, with the others raising their eyebrows at that until Tecna snaps her fingers in realization
"That would make some sense since we know that he has an energy that's different from everyone else." Tecna says, remembering Naruto's unique situation as the others did so well.
"Oh yeah, you're right. But the question is, how did he get into the field?" Flora asks the question of the hour
"Yeah, when you ask that, how did he?" Musa asks. Bloom continues looking at the field, seeing Naruto and what looked to be Sky and his friends taking out the others with skill and in quick fashion
"Maybe something happened and…oh no…" Bloom utters as her eyes widen, seeing something as the others turn to her
"What? What's wrong Bloom, did something happen to Naruto?" Stella asks, they see Bloom's eyes stop glowing as she turns to the others
"We need to go to the field, now!" Bloom yells before taking off as the others follow after, with confused expressions
"Why Bloom? What's going on?" Flora asks as Bloom turns to them with a frightful expression
"Someone's on the field and they're there to kill Sky!" Bloom yells
[Location: The Arena]
The jousting event was going well as most of the students were taken out but Sky and his friends, Naruto and another student. Leaving them and three others on the field. Naruto was speeding across the field, heading straight toward another student as he was using a phantom blade, which was orange, and a phantom shield the two met in the middle and Naruto dodged under the student's blade while hitting the student in the torso with the flat side of his blade, knocking him off his Wind Rider and onto the ground, eliminating him from the joust as it was now him, Sky's group and two more students.
Naruto rides his Rider for a bit, looking at the cheering crowd, and couldn't help but smile under his helmet.
'This is actually a lot of fun. Why didn't I think for this last year?' Naruto thought as he came to a halt and watched the others duke it out, he saw one student brutally take out another one with a slash to the face but was relieved to see that the victim of the attack was saved by his now destroyed helmet. He turns and sees one Rider cut in between two more Riders, which sends one of the two rides off his bike and rolls across the ground before stopping. He whines since that had to be painful. 'Oh, that had to hurt…' He thought as he took off his helmet, revealing his blonde hair but he had on a black mask covering the lower part of his face to his nose while his eyes were the only part that remained uncovered.
Sky stops his Rider and runs over to the fallen student who gets up from the floor with a bit of pain as he takes off his helmet and reveals himself to be Brandon
"Hey, you okay?" Sky asks, helping Brandon up to his feet who just nods
"Y-Yeah, I'm good. Just a few bruises and scratches. But nothing too serious." Brandon says. The two hear a Wind Rider pull up not too far from them as they look and see the guy who knocked into them and he takes off his helmet to reveal he was Riven, who smirks at them and this makes them angry
"It's payback time Riven." Sky says and Brandon agrees as they walk toward the purplette to have a piece of their minds with him before they were stopped by Timmy
"Guys, now's not the time to go into this. We've still got the exhibition to do." Timmy says, pulling up in front of them. The two glare at Timmy who flinches at their glare but he drives his nerves down and stands his ground as they realize that he was right as they turn to Riven who just smirks at them
"*Tch* Whatever." Riven says before he rides off from them. The three watch him leave
"What an ass." Sky says
"Tell me about." Brandon says before he turns to Timmy. "Timmy, I'm sorry for glaring at you when you were trying to stop us." He says as Sky nods
"Yeah man, sorry." Sky says and Timmy just smiles at them and waves
"It's cool guys, you were in the heat of the moment, no harm done." Timmy says as he hopes off his Rider with it riding off to the garage. He looks around and sees the other two remaining students besides Riven. "Hey, do you guys know who's that?" He asks
"Who?" Brandon asks as Timmy points at someone
"The guy in the orange." Timmy says, pointing at Naruto "I've never seen anyone in Red Fountain dressed in the color orange or with a mask on." He says
"No. Never. But then again he is wearing a mask, covering his face so we can't get a real look at who they are" Sky says
"Maybe he's a third year?" Brandon says
"Maybe…" Timmy says, putting his hand on his chin in thought
"And since we're talking about unknowns, what about that guy?" Brandon says as he points at the other mystery student. "I've never seen him around campus." He says as the others look at this mysterious student and think of Brandon's words
"Same, never seen him before." Sky says. With the others thinking about it. Before anyone of them could further think about it, their attention was drawn by Saladin who was standing by the edge of the ledge
"Alright, we now move on to the dragon show!" Saladin yells with the audience cheering for the show
"C'mon guys, let's get the show rolling." Brandon says as the others nod and go to get their dragons ready. Naruto, on the other hand, was frozen in shock and fear at what he just heard
'Are you kidding me?! Dragons?! How the fuck am I going to deal with this?!' Naruto thought as he started sweat, while he was trying to figure out what to do now
The other student was looking at Brandon with a glint in his eyes, one that held something…sinister
'Soon son of Erendor, soon your father and kingdom will suffer from your death and the throne shall be in the hands of its rightful ruler' This student thought as he looked down to his right hand and saw what he had hidden under his sleeve before turning to his pocket and feels what was in it, his back-up plan should he fail.
As the Specialists and others were getting ready for the dragon show, the Winx finally arrived at the stands as they pant and look around the battlefield
"W-Where is he? Where's Naruto?" Stella asks as Bloom looks at the field again and sees blonde spiky hair on the field who is standing still in the middle of the field
"There he is! With the guys!" Bloom says, pointing to Naruto
"You sure that someone's here to kill Prince Sky?" Tecna asks and Bloom nods
"Positive." Bloom says
"Then who is it?" Musa asks, Bloom uses her Aura Reading as her eyes glow and looks at the field as she spots the aura she saw in the hallway with the killer's intent
"There! That guy over there!" Bloom shouts, pointing to the guy as the others see him slowly move to Sky and his buddies
"He's moving to Sky! We have to warn him!" Flora yells, with no hesitation, the girls run down the stands and to the ledge of the stand, right above the field
"Sky!" The girls yell, gaining the attention of those on the field, everyone in the stands, and those in the VIP section. "That guy over there isn't a student! He's someone who wants to kill you!" They yell, shocking everyone
"What?" Sky asks, confused by that claim
"What?" Naruto utters, he had snapped out of his problem when he heard the girls
"WHAT?!" A few people in the VIP section and the people in the stands yell in shock b that
'What are the girls doing here!?' Faragonda thought, shocked to see the girls when she knew no one from Alfea had an invitation to the exhibition beside her. Suddenly the mysterious student on the field roars, causing everyone to turn to him
"Prince Sky, the throne and kingdom don't belong to your family! Your father shouldn't be king!" The student yells before he charges toward Brandon for some reason, he pulls out a purple dagger from under his sleeve, and just under he was about to reach Brandon to stab him with the dragger, a black blade clashes with the dagger, stopping him from his charge. Confused by what happened, the student looks at the blade and sees who wielded said blade
"Whoa there dude, you can't go around running with a knife. You'll hurt someone with it." Naruto says as the student glares a him
"Move, this has nothing to do with you!" This student hisses at Naruto who frowns
"Sorry but no, not when you're yelling out you killing Sky, that's something I'm not letting you do." Naruto says as the student dangerously narrows his eyes at Naruto
"I command you to move! Now!" The student growls out as he moves his dagger from Naruto and tries to slash at Naruto with his blade but the blonde just ducks and evades the slashes, barely of course as he notices most of the slash attempts were aimed at his vital organs and head
'This guy's trying to kill me just so he can get to Sky!' Naruto thought before ducking under another slash with a bit of his hair getting cut off from the slash. Seeing as this student had his guard unchecked, Naruto quickly reacted to create some space between them. He grabs his sword with both hands as one of the engravings on the blade glows. "Wind Art: Great Gush!" He yells out before slashing at the student who sees the attack coming and takes a step back from getting cut but that's what Naruto wanted as a large gush of wind arches from his blade and hits the student head on and sends him flying back across the field until he hit the ground and rolls a bit before coming to a stop. Naruto's attack was a surprise from the audience and those in the VIP section as they thought that the move Naruto used was new teaching from Red Fountain but two who were there were wide-eyed upon seeing what had happened
'Kid/Naruto!?' Two certain people thought, they were in shock upon realizing who was it down there. The student gets up from the ground with some difficulty as he turns and glares at Naruto
"This has nothing to do with you. Move or else you'll suffer the consequences for your in." The student roars at Naruto, who frowns
"Like hell I am! Why are you driven to kill Sky anyway?" Naruto asks
"It is never of your business. Whatever business I have with Prince Sky is strictly mine and my alone. Besides. He's had this coming to him for so long." The student hisses out, pointing his dagger at Brandon for some reason
"What the hell are you on about?" Naruto asks, confused by why was this guy pointing at Brandon. "I mean, look at him, he's a pretty chill dude. Plus, why are you pointing at Brandon?" He asks
"Not the brunette you fool! The blonde next to him!" The student yells as Sky and Brandon flinch. "He is the true Prince!" He yells. Naruto was confused by this revilement
"Wait, what?" Naruto says, turning to the two behind him. "You're…not Sky?" He asks and Sky lets out a sigh
"N-No…I'm not…I'm Brandon…" Sky well…more like Brandon says before pointing toward now Sky "He is Sky, the real Prince." He says as Sky nods
"Y-Yeah." Sky says before he realizes something. "Wait, how do you know who we are?"
"Because I know who you guys are. I'll tell you another time. Right now, let's focus on what's at hand here." Naruto says, turning back to the student who was watching Sky with a cold, hardened stare
"Once again, I command you to step out of the way from performing my duties." The student says but Naruto shakes his head
"Sorry man, but I can't let you go and kill someone, it isn't right." Naruto says and the student sighs
"Fine, have it your way…" The student says, he moves his hand toward his back. "But I should not fail my duty to my boss. For Lord Yoshinoya!" He yells, pulling out another dagger before he charges toward Sky, to kill him but once again, before he could even get remotely close to the blonde, Naruto intercepts him and blocks the daggers with his sword. The student snarls at this as he starts fighting Naruto with Naruto retaliating, blocking and evading most of the student's attacks while trying to land some of his own onto the student but the attacker was evading his attacks with ease, something Naruto took notice of. This goes on for a bit before the attacker lands a slash on Naruto's face, causing the blonde to jump back.
Fortunately, the slash only cut through his mask and didn't injure him, but unfortunately, his face was now exposed
'Great…there goes the mask…' Naruto thought, eye twitching in annoyance. He looks up and sees the attacker rushing toward him with his daggers in hand, thinking that he was going in for the killing blow. Reacting fast, Naruto grabbed his sword's handle and started spinning the blade in the air while it caught fire, due to the magical engraving on it, the spinning flaming sword started creating a ring of fire around him while the embers were floating in the air, Naruto waited just as the attacker to come near him for him to command the ring of fire around him with the embers in the air and makes them form a twister. "Flame Art: Ember Twister!" He yells, sending the flaming tornado at the attacker as it hits the attacker and sends him up in the air. Seeing this, Naruto lifts his sword while the engraving on the blade starts glowing blue as the winds start to pick up. "Wind Art: Wind Razor Edge!" He yells, slashing downward, as an arch of wind is sent from the slash and at the flaming twister, disrupting it while sending the attacker flying through the air and colliding onto the wall where he slides off and lands onto the ground, covered in burns and cuts from the two attacks Naruto launched. Said blonde walks over to the downed attacker, cautiously with his blade still equipped, and saw he was trying to get back
"Dude, stay down. With those burns and cuts you got, you're not getting back up anytime soon. So, just give up." Naruto says. But the attacker doesn't listen to him and continues to try and get back up, only to fall back onto the floor.
"N…No…never." The attacker grunts out, from the pain he was experiencing and from the strain he was putting himself through. He grits his teeth as he drops one of his daggers and reaches for something in his uniform. "I shall not fail my duties to my Lord…not when things are close to coming true…I will not fail…I SHALL NOT FAIL!" The attacker shouts, pulling out a small bottle of purple sustains inside of the bottle. Naruto sees this and was confused by it and before he could question what was the bottle, he sees the attacker cock open the cork and process downing its contains before him, after finishing the bottle's contains, the attacker drops the bottle with it shattering
Naruto watches on and sees the attacker begin to change in front of him and everyone else. The attacker starts inflating with his skin stretching beyond a normal point as it tears apart to reveal a dark hide underneath, his eyes become red windows and his jaw widens with the bridge of his nose stretched to the edge of his brow.
"What the?" Naruto says, before his senses kick up into hyperdrive, alerting him to get back. He sees the attacker, or, whatever was left of him get back up on its feet and turn to him as it growls, its mouth beginning to glow purple energy, and that was when Naruto senses a big magic surge from it. He turns back to the others on the field with him. "Get back!" He yells before jumping back as the creature that was the attacker roars and fires a beam of purple magic at the boys on the field, they fortunately duck under the beam in time but the beam soars to the stands where the spectators were, forcing them to flee as the beam hits the stands and create a large explosion.
The creature stops firing the beam and turns to the Specialists and Naruto and charges toward them and raises its arms, to smash the boys to the ground. The Specialists hop back from the creature while Naruto just sidesteps out of the way as the creature smashes onto the earth, creating a large crater onto the earth. The creature then roars and starts swinging wild rapid strikes at Naruto, who was forced to duck/dodge all the strikes it sent at him, all while not giving him a chance to retaliate
"Whoa, take it easy there! Are you trying to take my head off!?" Naruto yells before he is forced to duck from a wild slash the creature sent at his head. He gets back up and hops back, creating some distance from the creature. "Guess you are." He deadpans while the creature gives chase
All while this was happening, the citizens in the stands were evacuating, the same was happening over at the V.I.P section, and in their hidden spot, the girls were seeing Naruto having some issues with the creature as it was chasing and trying to smash him
"Oh no, Naruto's in trouble." Flora says, concerned and worried about Naruto as they see he is getting pushed back to a wall
"We've got to go and help him." Bloom says as she prepares to go out and help while the others look at her in shock and surprise
"But Bloom, we can't. Not while Faragonda is around. We'll get into serious trouble if we're seen." Stella says, knowing what could happen to them once they were exposed out there. Bloom turns back to them
"Screw the rules and the fact we could get into trouble. Naruto and the others need our help girls. So, let's go and give them that." Bloom says. The others looked at one another, thinking about doing this, and felt that Bloom was right, since Naruto had helped them out a handful of times, it was time they pay back the favor. So, they nod to one another before turning back to Bloom and nod at her with serious expressions "Good. Let's do this. MAGIC WINX!" The girls yell before a flash went off in their hiding spot
Back in the field, Naruto was punched by the creature and sent flying back and slams into a wall, next to the large door. He slides off the wall and shakes his head before spitting out some blood from his mouth as some of it was trailing down from the right corner of his mouth. He slowly got back to his feet and looks up, only to once again duck and roll away from a punch the creature sent toward him as the attack connected to the spot where Naruto was and made a large hole in it. The blonde rolls a bit more before flipping back to his feet and looking at the creature as it snarls at him
"Hey, can we talk about this?" Naruto asks, holding his hands up as he looks at the creature. "Has anyone told you you've got some nice teeth?" He cracks a joke, but the creature seemed to not understand him or it did and wasn't amused by his joke. It roars before charging at Naruto who sighs and spins his katana to a reverse grip, ready for whatever the creature going to throw at him. Just when the creature reaches him and is about to raise its hands to attack Naruto
"Dragon Shot!" A large ball of fire magic soars through the air and collides with the creature, sending it flying and crashing through a wall. Surprised, Naruto looks at the creature before his senses pick up very familiar magical presences and smiles as he turns and sees the girls in their fairy forms
"Girls! Man, am I glad to see you." Naruto says. Relieved to see them there with him
"Naruto, are you okay?" Flora asks as she and the girls land next to him while he rolls his shoulder, causing some cracks to be heard
"Yeah, I'm fine. Just a bit sore is all." Naruto says before he turns to the creature and sees its mouth beginning to glow and realizes what is about to happen. "Jump!" He yells as the creature lets out a blast out of his mouth, toward them. The Winx jumped/flew off the ground and evaded the blast as it hit the wall behind them, and exploded from the blast connecting onto it while also taking out the door as the dragons from the other side started flying out in a panic and this props the Specialists to go and calm the dragons down.
The Winx flies/lands a bit further from the creature while its attack stops. Naruto lifts his katana in the air and it's engraving on the blade starts glowing brown with the blade starting to shake and vibrate at a high speed "Earth Art: Spike Game!" Naruto yells as he swings his blade down and hits the ground with its tip, the earth shakes before tearing apart as ridged spikes shoot out of the earth and barrel toward the creature. The creature sees this and roars as it slams its fists down to the earth and the shockwave from this collide with Naruto's attack and the two attack nullify with one another.
"Great, that didn't work" Stella says, frowning from seeing the creature was still standing
"Then maybe this will!" Musa yells, lifting her hands and aiming at the creature as magic starts to conjure from them. "Sonic Blast!" She yells, firing soundwave magic blasts at the creature, the attack connects to the creature, causing it to roar out from the blast as it falls to its knees and holds its ears. "There! It's down, do something to keep it down!" She yells while keeping her spell up.
"On it!" Flora yells. She, Stella, and Tecna fly to the creature and surround it while aiming their open hands at it. "Nature's Binds!" She yells, and roots emerge from underneath the creature and start wrapping around its arms and legs, restraining it in place as Stella and Tecna begin doing their spells
"Firewall Dome!" Tecna shouts as she conjures up a dome of magic around the creature, trapping it
"Luna's light!" Stella yells as her magic surrounds Tecna's dome and enhances it as the creature inside is tossing around, hitting the dome. "You guys might wanna do something, we really can't hold this for too long!" She yells, her tone strained as she and the others struggle to keep their spells up and contain the creature. Naruto and Bloom land in front of the dome
"Bloom! Let's do a combo!" Naruto yells, positioning his katana as the blade sparks to flames while Bloom nods
"Right!" Bloom says as her aura begins to form around her. "Dragon…" Fire began to form around Bloom's hands while the flames burning from Naruto's sword began to heat up
"Flame Art: Dragon's Fang…" The flames start forming a shape as Naruto and Bloom aim for the dome
"SHOT/PIERCE!" The two yell as they fire their attacks at the dome. The two attacks soar through the air and before they reach the creature, twist and combine into one large attack changing into the form of a flaming eastern dragon.
The dragon roars as it soars toward the dome and collides into the dome, imploding and taking the creature in a large fiery explosion, screaming from the force while the Winx are blown back from the shockwave and skid on the ground. They groan and sit up to see what had happened to the creature and are shocked to see a large, molten crater where the dome previously was, with the attacker now back to normal, lying in said crater, unconscious and covered in 2nd and 3rd-degree burns in various parts of his body while having tatters for pants.
"W-Whoa…" Musa mutters, shocked at seeing the results of that attack
"D-Didn't expect that…" Bloom says, also shocked by that attack
"Y-Yeah…" Naruto says as he and the others get up from the floor
"Sky!" The Winx heard someone yell and turn to where the yelling was coming from. They see a girl their age who had wavy pale blonde hair, citron orange/amber eyes, and medium to tan skin. They saw she was a fairy like the girls. She wore a dress out of an ivory bodice with a collar connected to it and a red skirt and had on maroon boots, and a red bracelet and hair piece. Her wings were maroon with red tips. She also wore a headband that was decorated with jewels and feathers. This fairy flew past them and rushed toward Sky who finally got the dragons to calm down. He hears someone yell toward him and turns to see who was it but instead, gets tackled down to the floor by whoever tackled him. He looks down and sees this unknown fairy hugging him tightly. He instantly recognized who this fairy was
"D-Diaspro!?" Sky yells, with the fairy, now known to be Diaspro, as she just hugs him close to her
"Sky! Oh, I'm relieved that you're safe. I was worried about you when that person tried to kill you!" Diaspro cries out, putting her head into Sky's chest, and cries while hugging him ever so tightly, afraid that if she was to let go of him, he'd disappear.
"H-Huh?" Stella utters, watching this scene play out in front of them. "What's going on here?" She asks. Naruto turns to them and realizes that they probably weren't around to hear the revealment earlier in the fight
"Oh yeah…he isn't Brandon. He's actually Prince Sky…" Naruto explains, with the girls turning to him, taking that they misheard him but he nods in confirmation to his words. Sky looks at Naruto and finally sees his face
"Naruto? Is that you?" Sky asks and Naruto turns to him
"' Sup dude. Long time no see." Naruto greets, smiling while placing his sword on his shoulder. Diaspro finally moves her head from Sky's now wet chest and looks at the Winx
"Sky, dear. Do you know who these…delinquents are?" Diaspro asks, causing the Winx to frown at what she called them while Sky sighs
"They're my friends. We've run into each other during the year and had helped one another out." Sky explains. Diaspro critically stares at the Winx, especially the girls, looking at them as if they were threats while turning her head to Naruto and thinking nothing of him until she nods
"I see…" Diaspro says, clinging to him
"Yeah…" Sky mutters, knowing it'll take a while to get Diaspro to let go of him. He looks at Naruto and finally asks the question that was on his mind. "Say Naruto, why are you in that uniform?" He asks and Naruto and the girls momentarily flinch but calm themselves down
"It's…a long story…" Naruto says, rubbing the back of his head
Over at the V.I.P section, the headmasters of all three schools were looking down at the field
"Are those your fairies Faragonda?" Saladin asks, seeing the girls in their fairy forms. He hears Faragonda wasn't responding to his question and he turns to her and sees she was looking down, staring at the teens, specifically one of them. "Faragonda?" He calls out to her and she snaps out of her thoughts
"O-Oh. Sorry, I was distracted by something Saladin but yes…they are…" Faragonda sighs out, feeling a headache coming
"I see…" Saladin says before he taps his staff onto the ground. "They've ruined my exhibition!" He yells, angry by this as Griffin smirks
"He, it would appear my students aren't the only ones who are excessive." Griffin says, making Faragonda sigh. Saladin looks down and sees Naruto
"And just who is that boy in my academy's uniform? I've never seen him before." Saladin says, pointing down at, Faragonda and Griffin see where he was pointing toward and sees Naruto. Faragonda freezes in fear while Griffin narrows her eyes at him
"Wait...that child. I've seen him before." Griffin says
"You have?" Saladin asks and Griffin nods
"Yes, he and those girls snuck into my school months prior and caused damage to one of my archives." Griffin says
"I see. Well, he isn't one of my students. So who is he and how did he get a hold of one of my uniforms?" Saladin asks.
"I can explain that." The three turn and see Hank entering the VIP section. The guards stationed there all stand in attention and bow as he passes them while he nods at them until he reaches the three Headmasters
"Oh, Sir Warlock. I wasn't expecting you to be here. It's a pleasure to see you again after all these years." Saladin says, smiling at Hank while bowing with Hank smiling at him
"The pleasure is all mine old friend." Hank says, returning the bow
"You said you could explain just who that ruffian is." Griffin says, pointing down at Naruto as Hank stands back up and looks at her
"Ah yes, that child is my employee at my shop and he's also my apprentice." Hank says and this surprises Saladin and Griffin while Faragonda lets out a sigh of relief
"Really?" Saladin and Griffin say and Hank nods
"Yes." Hank says. Griffin crosses her arms
"I didn't expect someone like you to take on an apprentice Sir Warlock. Especially after all this time since the Great War." Griffin says while giving the old man a look of no convinced. Hank shakes his head while chuckling
"Well, time changes a person you should know this all too well, Griffin. I know I'm not long for this world and need to pass on my teachings to another. Plus, the boy had impressed me with his drive and willingness to learn the arts of swordsmanship." Hank says
"And that strange technique he used in the battle? What was that for I've never seen anything like that before in my lifetime?" Saladin asks
"It's a style of his creation while under my tender. He developed the style while experimenting with runes. He calls this style: Elemental Art." Hank says as Saladin hums in thought
"Interesting…" Saladin says while rubbing his chin. "And do you think he could teach this style to others?" he asks, looking at Hank who just shrugs his shoulders
"That is something I do not know old friend. You must ask him to get that answer." Hank says as Saladin nods and looks down to the field and stares at Naruto with intrigue
"I see." Saladin says
"So, what must we do with the little event crashers?" Griffin asks
"Let me deal with my way-ward apprentice while Faragonda deals with her fairies. In the meantime, you might want to investigate this Saladin." Hank says and Saladin nods
"Indeed. This is an incident that needs to be investigated. This is something we need to look into." Saladin says. Hank discreetly turns to Faragonda and smiles at her while sending her a wink, something she knows as she nods at him
'Thank you, Hank. I own you dearly.' Faragonda thought, relieved that he kept Naruto's true status hidden. Hank walks over to the balcony and looks down at the field
"Boy!" Hank yells, causing Naruto to freeze in place while slowly turning his head toward the balcony and sees Hank, looking down at him "You are in a lot of trouble for this stunt! Be prepared for hell when I get my hands on you!" He yells. Naruto lets out a shiver, now realizing he was screwed since Hank only calls him Boy when he messed up big time
"Oh, man…" Naruto utters, dreading what was to come from Hank
"Girls!" Faragonda yells and the girls all stiffen as they too turn to face her. "We'll have a chat in my office when we get back to school." She says with a stern expression on her face, one that was telling the girls that she wasn't playing around
"Yes ma'am…" The girls say, knowing that they couldn't talk out of this
"Guess you guys have to leave." Sky says, now standing up while Disapro was still holding on to him, and the Winx sigh
"Yeah…we do…" Naruto says
"Ok…guess I'll see you all later…and…good luck…" Sky says, pitying them since he knew that they were in deep
"Thanks…" The Winx say before they start leaving the field, knowing that they are in a lot of trouble for this stunt and can only dread what's to come
To be continued...
Well…looks like things the Winx are once again in trouble but how much trouble are they in, we'll have to wait and see what their new punishment
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