Sup y'all, It's KingTeen ay, this is just a small one this time. I've got quite the bit of stories coming up ahead, already starting with a few more. I think I'll put this one on hold after this update.
Pairing:
Naruto Uzumaki and Erza Scarlet
Title:
"Hello again…"
Naruto Uzumaki was standing over the tournament arena.
Naruto officially became an S-rank wizard on Tenrou Island while fighting against his beloved Erza. At that point he was 17 and now he was 24.
Naruto wore a black muscle shirt along with gauntlets on his wrists. For pants he wore burnt orange baggy trousers with straps tied at the bottom of the cuffs that kept them calf length with few bandages around his feet, he also had several bandages covering his mouth. He had a red popped collar cloak with black flames licking the bottom. And messy blonde hair that was tied in a low ponytail with semi-long strands falling over his forehead.
'Naruto, now that they've returned; what are you planning on doing?' The tailed beast inside Naruto asked his friend. Naruto sighed and ran his hand through his spiky blonde hair.
"I don't know, buddy. I might just scare them for a bit." Naruto grinned, his prankster side coming to the surface to entice his family.
'You're gonna fight one of them, aren't you?' Kurama guessed with a deadpan. Naruto stopped midway in step when that thought crossed his mind.
"Nooo, but now I will. Thanks, bud'!" Naruto grinned. He concentrated on the contestants board, he saw someone he knew and swapped his name out with his; he used the knowledge and power of Kurama to learn skills he didn't know in his original world.
A puff of smoke obstructed the board of contestants and when the smoke wavered, revealing a new name. Naruto crouched down, so he could watch someone that intrigued him.
Jellal Fernandes…
'That punk!' Naruto thought, he cracked his neck by leaning his chin on his palm and pushing it upwards, he repeated this action on the other side before unsheathing his sword.
There was a quick puff of smoke on his shoulder, it showed a small Kurama.
"Don't do it, kid… I don't think Erza-chan would take it kindly that you're beating her friend's ass." Kurama said with a hidden smirk. Judging from last night's events, Naruto must be pissed.
XxX~ ( Fairy Tail ) ~XxX
The capital of Fiore Kingdom, the Flower Blooming Capital, Crocas. And right now also the host of the Grand Magic Tournament. A Tournament which will decide who is the strongest in Fiore. Guilds from around the world come together to prove their strength and try to reach the top of the magic world. But one guild is different, Fairy Tail. After 7 years the main core of Fairy Tail has finally returned and they seek recognition they once had. Their goal is an all-out victory. Failure is not an option. They owe it to their friends who waited and waited for 7 years, enduring all the hate, humiliation. But not anymore. It is time to show the world that Fairy Tail has returned and is here to stay.
Despite their overwhelming desire to win, Fairy Tail didn't have the best of starts. Despite having two teams in the competition, after a couple of rounds they were ranked the bottom two. And now came the battle portion between Elfman from Fairy Tail Team A and Quatro Cerberus Bachus. A chance to strike back but the enemy is tough, probably one of the strongest in the tournament.
A man said to possess strength equal to Titania Erza.
"Can the contestants please come to the stage?" Elfman looked a bit nervous but some encouragement from his team and the rest of Fairy Tail gave him the confidence he needed to put up a great fight.
"Go forth, only victory is ahead. Have no fear!" Came the encouragement from Erza. Natsu grinned like a madman while Gray gave him a nod of recognition. Elfman sighed and made his way to the tunnel that led to the competition area.
"Can he win?" Asked a nervous Gray.
"I really don't know. That man is… different from the rest." The answer from Erza. Gray turned ahead but he was looking a bit nervous now.
Meanwhile, Elfman was walking down the dark tunnel that leads to the stage. His mind was racing a hundred miles an hour.
He knew who he was facing and knew how powerful the man was. Despite his gruesome training he doubted he could win, but he will give it his all for the guild and his family.
He looked on ahead but another figure blocked his way. The man was hooded and Elfman couldn't really see who he was but the way the man stood and the way the power just oozed off of him, it felt familiar to him.
"Who are you?" Asked Elfman, readying himself for a dirty tactic by Raven Tail or Quatro Cerberus.
The figure pulled his hood off, revealing blonde locks.
Elfman's eyes widened to large proportions, he hugged the man in front of him and sank to his knees.
"Naruto!.. You're a true man!" Elfman cried tears of joy. Naruto just patted his head.
"Come now, Efly. It's not like I disappeared for 7 years or anything." Naruto said humorlessly. He did know why that'd vanished off the face of the earth.
"Hey Elfman, can you do me a favor?" Naruto asked, he leaned up to Elfman's ear and whispered in it.
"A-are you sure? I heard this guy is powerful, even stronger than Erza!" Elfman cried out, Naruto remained calm, he needed to vent out some pent up frustration from the other night.
"Please, I'm way-yyyy stronger than this clown and everyone in the tournament. Just watch!" Naruto said confidently. "And besides, it's not against the rules, because I swapped our names out." The blonde grinned.
Elfman nodded and turned back while Naruto continued his way out to the arena.
XxX~ ( Arena ) ~XxX
After a couple of minutes there was still no sign of Elfman. The crowd was getting restless and started to 'boo' Elfman and Fairy Tail. The members of Fairy Tail were starting to get worried for Elfman. They knew he wouldn't chicken out of a fight so that meant only one thing, something happened to him.
"Where is Elfman?" Natsu asked Lisanna, one of his best friends.
"I don't know, it's not like big-brother to miss out on his match." Lisanna said. Laxus wasn't really paying attention, he saw a cloaked figure walk into the arena and looked at the leaderboard. He did notice a key difference from when he first looked at the board.
Elfman's name was up there…
But now it's not..
Laxus' eyes held suspicion over this predicament and he made it vocal.
"Now that's a bit strange..?" Laxus' suspicious outward thought got the attention of the rest of the Fairy Tail guild.
Erza was the first to answer. With squinted eyes, she replied:
"Yes, it is quite suspicious that Elfman hasn't entered the ring yet." Erza's statement made Laxus shake his head and forced him to lean on the wall.
"No, Elfman's name isn't on the contestants board anymore." Laxus' statement made people face the board with confusion and shock.
"Hey, you're right. Some bastard switched his name with anothers!" Natsu Dragneel called out. Gray Fullbuster continued his fiery friends' cry.
"Who would do that?!" The stripping mage shouted. He shrieked before covering his indecent parts of his body.
"I have a theory on who." Makarov said, he sat cross-legged on the ledge of the competitors box. Once he laid his eyes upon the competitors name, he had a clue on who the culprit was.
Mavis Vermillion looked at her descendant of the guildmaster title with confusion.
"Makarov, what do you mean by; 'I have a theory on who', that's quite strange to say." Mavis said after doing a crude impression of Makarov Dreyar. The old looking master was tempted to growl at his predecessor for the bad impersonation.
"Oh, I know that name." Makarov said, pointing at the name. Everyone present looked to where he was pointing. Most were confused with others being none the wiser. But one stood out like a sore thumb.
A trembling lip…
…Of Erza Scarlet…
Erza Scarlet, one of the fiercest S-Ranked female mages in Fiore, had an expression of distraught, pain, happiness, anger, and sorrow all in one expression. She vaguely remembered the silhouette of a spiky-haired figure.
XxX~ ( Night Before ) ~XxX
"You are not the same Jellal from before. Not the one who struggled to survive!" Erza screamed at the top of her lungs. Her and Jellal Fernandes were standing on the top of a hill.
"Maybe you are right." Said Jellal, in a defeated tone. He lowered his head. Erza growled and held him by the collar of his neck.
"You jerk!" Somehow, she managed to trip herself over a rock and both of them were sent tumbling down a cliff. When they landed, Jellal was on top of Erza and they were dangerously close to each other.
"You're always right, Erza." Jellal said gently. He brushed his forehead against hers slightly.
"No, that's not true." Said Erza, a tinge of reed on her cheeks when Jellal's forehead brushed against hers.
"Erza…" Their faces slowly inched closer and closer until they could feel each other's breath on their lips. Memories of their childhood resurfaced, the origin of Erza's last name, the feelings that started that day.
Their lips met.
Erza remembered the Jellal she used to know, the kind, the loving one. The man that she loved.
She then pushed him off her, he was taken aback before Erza lunged for him, grabbing his head and smashing her lips on his. He fought back with vigor and much passion that was reciprocated by the redheaded goddess before him.
She ran her hands through his blue locks and scrunched it in her hand. Her eyes opened and stared into
But then another memory came to mind but it wasn't a memory of Jellal. It was of a man with wild blonde hair and a tanned face with three whisker marks on each cheek, grinning foxily at her, the man that saved her from her past.
'As long as my heart beats, I'll always come back for you Erza-chan. That's a promise of a life-time, believe it.' The blonde in her thoughts promised her while pressing a thumb into his chest.
Erza's eyes shot open and she pushed away Jellal who was surprised by the sudden action.
Erza clutched her heart. "I'm sorry, I can not do this… while you'll always hold a place in my heart as the boy that saved me from darkness, there's no room in my heart for more." Erza said, her words cut deep into the blue-haired man's life muscle. Jellal managed to smile despite his hurting, beating heart.
"You love him, don't you…" Said Jellal vaguely.
Erza shied away from his gaze. "I don't know…"
Jellal stood up. "He is one lucky man. I hope he returns soon. I can see he makes you happy, I see that now and I saw that 7 years ago. Don't let that happiness go, Erza."
Erza looked up at the man she thought she loved. "Thank you Jellal, and I'm sorry." She said sadly, not meaning to hurt her friends feelings.
He waved her off. "It's okay. I had my shot and I blew it. It's time for me to go now. Be careful in the Tournament."
Erza nodded. " I will, you too. I'll see you soon." She bid her friend a farewell. With that Jellal disappeared. Erza stayed for a few moments, gathering her thoughts. She didn't know why that man suddenly reappeared in her mind. She hasn't seen him ever since they came back from their hibernation so why now. Does she really love him?
XxX~ ( Back To Reality ) ~XxX
A hand came to the red haired beauty's cheek, rubbing it reminiscently to the blonde fool's touch.
The pumpkin that acted as the judge of the fight spoke. "Elfman from Fairy Tail has one more minute to appear otherwise he is disqualified. I repeat, ONE MINUTE!"
The Pumpkin started the countdown. "15 seconds remain."
With each passing second, Fairy Tail was looking more and more anxious and concerned.
"5 seconds… 4…3…2… Wait, I see movement!" There was nothing but silence in the stadium. Everyone's gaze was glued to the tunnel.
Soft footsteps could be heard and the stadium gulped with excitement.
A moment later, a man stepped out. But it wasn't the one who was supposed to compete.
"Who are you?" The pumpkin judge asked the stranger who kept walking to the judge.
"It's my match." The man said, the judge looked back to the contestant board with confusion, he became shocked at the name in place.
Kurama of Fairy Tail VS Bachus of Quatro Cerberus!
The pumpkin head coughed in his hand embarrassingly.
'YOU INSUFFERABLE BRAT! HOW DARE YOU USE MY NAME WITHOUT MY PERMISSION!' Kurama screamed at the top of his lungs in Naruto's head. The blonde shinobi now turned wizard covered his ears.
'Oi, shithead! Shut your mouth. I'm tryna put on a show, not trying to become deaf.' Naruto said with a growl at the end that made Kurama proud.
'Fine, but I'm only letting you use my name because I allowed it.' Kurama said, Naruto rolled his eyes at the profound words his tailed beast was spouting.
"Ahhh, yes! How could I have forgotten!" The man turned to the crowd with his microphone in hand.
"Ladies and gentlemen! It seems that I have made a mix up with the matches. May I announce Kurama of Fairy Tail and Bachus of Quatro Cerberus to the ring!"
XxX~ ( Fairy Tail's Booth ) ~XxX
Erza's world slowly crumbled away, she heard that voice, she knows that name from her past. She knew that name from when her blonde idiot revealed the origin behind it.
"It belongs to my best-friend."
"Who is he?"
"Just a friend, a life-long friend."
She grabbed her arm with her guild mark on it.
"Erza, do you know who he is?" Asked Gray while Natsu leaned in to hear the answer. She shook out of her surprised state.
"N-no, sadly not. He is hiding his energy signature which makes it impossible to figure out who he is." Erza lied through her teeth, of course she knew who this was.
"I'm more worried about Elfman. He could be hurt." Lisanna said worriedly.
"I'm fine." Came the answer from behind. The trio turned around and saw Elfman perfectly unharmed and not even winded.
"What happened?" Asked Gray.
"Just watch. You are gonna love this." Smirked Elfman.
XxX~ ( Stadium ) ~XxX
The hooded man started walking towards Bachus who was lying down on the floor, looking all smug and possibly also drunk or that could just be how he normally looks like.
The man stopped a few meters in front of Bachus. Bachus raised an eyebrow. "And who might you be, huh? I was hoping to fight that Elf-boy. Would you mind revealing yourself?" Bachus asked politely.
"Why not."
He raised his hand to his bandages and slowly, very slowly pulled them back. The people in the stadium were at the edge of their seats, wondering just what kind of surprise was in store for them. The Fairy Tail teams weren't faring any better or any other guild for that matter.
A second later, the wraps were off and on the floor, a loud gasp could be heard throughout the stadium. The gasp of recognition.
The Fairy Tail were pale as a ghost. They all recognized the man. How couldn't they? He was one of them, a Fairy. But they never found him after their hibernation and they thought he didn't survive Acnologia's attack. He was fighting the dragon alone when the rest of the Fairy Tail finally showed up but as soon as they arrived he was engulfed in Acnologia's roar. Some still hoped that he was alive, people like Erza, Natsu, Gray and the people that were in the team with him.
At the balcony where the Fairy Tail A was at, both Natsu and Gray were stunned beyond recognition but they both grinned a moment later.
He is finally back!
Erza was shaking and she brought her hands to her face. She was actually on the verge of tears. She looked away. She didn't want to face him not after that….
Back down on the floor, Bachus also recognized the man. "Oh, this is a nice surprise. You were reported dead 7 years ago but it seems those rumors were false. Wonderful!" Bachus jumped to his feet before lowering into a crouch.
"You know, Kurama. I was a big fan of your work." Bachus grinned.
"What's this supposed to mean, you want an autograph or something?" Naruto asked, and grinned to the world, showing off his pearly whites and large canines.
"Nah, just something I want you to know before I beat you." Bachus said with a sinister grin.
"You seem to be cocky after not seeing me for seven years." Naruto said. He then disappeared.
Bachus looked from left to right, he heard the sounds of steps all over the ring.
'Goddammit, I really hate being sober!' Bachus growled.
Naruto reappeared to his left before flashing out of the way of a backhand and kicked him from the right. Bachus' body was sent sailing across the stadium.
"Impressive. You are fast!" Bachus shouted from the wall. Naruto blocked a punch.
"Can't say the same about you." The blonde said before throwing him away. He blitzed him, he threw two fast kicks before sealing it with a 540 kick to the rips. He raised his palm upwards.
"I'll show you the true meaning of speed." Naruto said seriously.
XxX~ ( Booth ) ~XxX
Fairy Tail were shell shocked by the growth and development of one of their own. It was shocking. Here they were, unlocking their origins and Naruto hadn't even unlocked his. This was just pure hard work stacked on top of grief.
"How is blondie able to keep up with Bachus? I thought he was stronger than you, Erza?" Gray Fullbuster said, Erza crossed her arms, gazing at her blonde down in the arena, jumping over Bachus and kicking him around with ease.
"I… do not know about this development. It seems that Naruto has improved that much." Erza said.
XxX~ ( Arena ) ~XxX
Naruto flipped back to evade a sweeping kick to the face and leaned all the way back to evade a tackle from Bachus. Naruto disappeared from sight, but people however heard footsteps of some kind.
In and out…
Out and in…
In and out…
Out and in…
Naruto reappeared in front of Bachus, wiggling his tongue in his face, freaking him out and giving Naruto the opening to attack. Naruto hit him with a straight right to his face, throwing him back before he appeared underneath Bachus' body, shadowing him. He then elevated his speed to over take the alcoholic wizard and kicked him upwards into the sky.
"Looks like Kurama of Fairy Tail has taken the fight to the sky!" The pumpkin announcer announced.
Naruto body-flickered above Bachus and sledgehammered him down before another Naruto punched him away when he reached the ground.
"WOAH! It appears that there is not one, but TWO Kurama's! What an exciting match!"
Both Naruto's disappeared in a puff of smoke before the real Naruto came walking into the arena wiping his hands with his cloak.
"Sorry about that, I was… in the bathroom?" Naruto said, he then got the memories of his clones and sighed. "They never leave me any fun!" He growled before coming to the center, throwing his cloak off.
"Sorry everyone, I was in the bathroom. Please, shall we?" Naruto asked, looking at the crater Bachus was in. But no one was there.
"Behind you." Bachus whispered and went to swipe at the blonde's head but he leaned back and sent a back kick to Bachus' midsection. Skidding to a stop, Bachus patted his stomach with a grin. "Wow! You've grown stronger!"
"Yeah, my power splits evenly amongst my clones, so yeah." Naruto said before putting his guard up.
Bachus and Naruto blitz on another, meeting in the middle. They both exchanged blows several times before both throwing an uncountable amount of punches.
"For someone that was said to be the Fairy-King I'm rather disappointed!" Bachus said, throwing punches.
"What of it?"
"That title doesn't seem to fit you! I should be the Fairy-king, alongside my Fairy-queen, Erza Scarlet-" Bachus' sentence was cut off when Naruto caught both fists and headbutted him. He walked him down.
Bachus tried attacking him with hand-to-hand combat but Naruto nullified it with his own and would destroy his defence.
He remained impassive and emotionless…
'What's with this guy?!' Bachus asked, pulling out a gourd of booze. He took a swig. A few more. Then placed the almost empty bottle away, he had a few more bottles in his back for safe measures. A blush became on his face and a shit-eating grin appeared.
"I can't be beaten now! Give up!" Bachus shouted while grinning. Naruto didn't care however. He sped to Bachus and slammed a fist into his gut, a gust of wind blowing out his back. Bachus tried throwing a punch, but Naruto appeared behind him before faking him out with a right and reappeared in front of him with another gut punch.
"How!? I'm almost fully drunk!" Bachus asked, Naruto nodded.
"As you are, but I've already fought this style, but his was more refined in a sense." Naruto said, he ducked low to evade an overseeing kick and backhanded him away.
Naruto left his arms down and just evaded each of Bachus' attacks with ease, not getting touched at all.
He then saw a huge opening.
He slugged him in the face before uppercutting him, lifting him off the ground and smashed his shoulder into his chest, sending him sailing. Naruto dodged a flying kick from Bachus before catching his follow-up kick and swinging him away. Bachus caught himself and engaged him in another taijutsu bout, Bachus kicked his midsection, Naruto blocked the attack before bringing his hand up to block the strike to his head. He twirled around to evade a punch from Bachus and kicked his midsection, hard.
Naruto pulled out a large sword with a hole and a half hole in the blade, he then hurled the huge blade at Bachus who jumped over it, leaving himself open for an attack. Naruto appeared above him and kicked him down to the stadium before Substituting with his cloak.
Bachus came flying to Naruto with anger intent on his face. Naruto just punched his face, throwing him back to the wall. The blonde held his hand out and his sword came back into his hand, he twirled it a couple times before throwing it into his pocket dimension with a puff of smoke.
"Come. I'll show you the true meaning of strength." Naruto said, facing his palm up to intimidate his opponent. Bachus blurred out of sight and Naruto punched his gut when he appeared in front of him, freaking the audience out who couldn't see him coming.
Naruto put his fists up in a standard boxing stance. Naruto parried Bachus' 1-2 combination and threw a straight right of his own that had Bachus stumbling. He then blitzed him before kicking him from behind.
"DAMN IT NARUTO, STOP MESSING AROUND! FINISH THIS ALREADY!" Natsu shouted, Naruto glared at him in the stands, he put a hand to his lips and shushed him. Bachus was suddenly in front of him with a calm expression on his drunk face. He punched Naruto into the wall. Taking out his bottles of booze, he tipped it all down his throat, his stomach slightly bloating before turning into solid abs once more.
He stumbled over slightly, his shoulders started to shake.
"Now... I can't be defeated... I am all powerful and all drunk." Bachus said with a laugh.
Naruto rushed him but Bachus side-stepped him and grabbed onto the back of his shirt before twirling him around into a kick, causing him to skid back. Bachus blitzed him and threw him into the wall before destroying the wall Naruto previously was.
"Huh? I could've sworn he was right there? Hm... strange." Bachus said rubbing the back on his head. He walked back to the center of the arena and leaned his head back when Naruto popped out of the ground for an uppercut, he palm struck his chest, throwing him onto his back. Bachus dodged each of Naruto's attacks effortlessly, as if they were mere accidents. Naruto started getting annoyed and picked up the pace but it didn't change the outcome.
Jumping back, Naruto created four Shadow clones and they all engaged in a fight with Bachus grinned. He jumped over a low kick before superman punching another clone and slipped underneath anothers punch before landing a nasty body shot, he didn't see the first clone sit in a meditation position.
"This is starting to get boring. Put some magic into it, damn!" Bachus groaned out loud. Naruto tried landing a body-shot but Bachus swerved out of the way. Suddenly the clone behind him popped out of existence and orange pigmentation appeared around Naruto's eyes with his pupils becoming horizontal bars while his iris' turned gold.
"You wanted magic. You got it." Naruto threw a punch to Bachus' face.
'So his speed is all that increased?' Bachus said in his mind, smirking to himself. His attitude went from confident to shock as his cheek felt as if it had been hit. 'What?- I thought I dodged it!' "So you got a new trick? Whatever." Bachus said before wiping his nose, finding blood on his wrist.
"It's a little thing called Sage Mode. I suggest you don't dodge." Naruto said grinning. He sped to Bachus, leaving a trail of dust in his wake. He punched Bachus in the face and he was hit by the invisible force once more. Bachus began blocking Naruto's attacks, but due to his increase in strength and speed, his blows always made him stumble or sent sailing away. With his increased perception, Naruto dodged each of the wizard of Quatro Cerberus easily and punched between his guard.
Naruto caught Bachus' palm inches away from his chest and kicked his leg from underneath him before placing his foot on the wizard's chest and used it as a surface to kick off, performing mid-air flips, Naruto blew a huge Fireball Jutsu, Bachus jumped out of the way. Creating several more Shadow clones, the blonde sent the clones to attack the drunken fighter.
"Wow! Kurama is finally using magic! And it seems that he's a fire-based wizard! Amazing!" The pumpkin head announcer shouted. Running through a few hand signs, he sent a torrent of water to Bachus' body before a clone of his electrified the water with a lightning based jutsu, Bachus' body spasms before it stops and his body falls to his knees.
"Oh my god! Kurama of Fairy Tail has surprised many people in the audience, but this takes the cake! He has not one, not two, but THREE MAGIC TYPES! ASTOUNDING!"
Naruto appeared in front of him.
"Man… all this for that Erza chick. Why?" Asked Bachus, looking down, his alcoholic state fully subsided.
Leaning down, Naruto said: "Because, she's my love. My precious person." Naruto said, the girls in the crowd gushed about how Naruto phrased his words. "Rasengan..." Naruto created a low-powered rasengan before thrashing it into Bachus' chest, blowing the alcoholic away and slamming him into the wall..
"The victor is KURAMA OF FAIRY TAIL!" The crowd applauded the performance of both members of their respective guilds and cheered for the victor. They somehow were overshadowed by Fairy Tail's cheers.
They screamed:
"Good to see you, blondie!" That came from Gildarts.
"We missed you!" That came from Lisanna and Mirajane.
"About time you showed up!" That was Gray.
"ALL RIGHT! I'M FIRED UP NOW!" Natsu screamed.
A lot of cheers were thrown his way from his guild. Naruto looked at them with a smile, before remembering the event seven years ago, involving Acnologia.
XxX~ ( Flashback - 7 Years Ago - Tenrou Island ) ~XxX
There were attacks conjured up by magic circles flying all over the island. Erza was in her Heaven's Wheel Armor, spamming knives to the Dragon-king, Acnologia. Makarov was in his titan form, holding the dragon still while his children fired attacks at its exposed areas, deliberately ignoring his wishes.
"NO! I order you to stop attacking and get off this island! NOW!" Makarov shouted, breaking his focus away from Acnologia. The dragon took its opportunity to strike and the dark dragon did. It pushed the titanous man off its body and blasted him back with a dragon's breath. From behind his head, a large blue sphere, about the same size a beach ball smashed into the back of the dragons head, causing it to tumble over. Begrudgingly, Fairy Tail retreated.
"Giant rasengan!" A shout came from behind the man. Turning to the voice, Acnologia saw several hundred men clad in orange and black clothes with giant balls of energy in their palms, quickly advancing. Taking a deep breath in, the dragon roared, sending a massive wave to the clones, destroying all of them and creating smoke. Using its wings, it cleared the smoke and was greeted to the sight of a young man holding a rapidly spinning windmill with a sphere in the center.
"Rasen-shuriken!" The blonde screamed, slamming the attack into the dragon's snout. Quickly falling to the ground, Naruto thrust his fist up in victory, thinking he landed a critical shot. "All right!" Naruto cheered, grinning from ear-to-ear. 'Kakuzu couldn't even withstand that shit, and he's practically immortal!' Naruto thought, completely forgetting that Kakashi destroyed one of his hearts while Hidan indirectly destroyed the other.
When the smoke cleared, Acnologia's pure white eyes bored into Naruto's blue that showed no fear. A shout was heard from below him, looking down, Acnologia saw Gildarts Clive, S-Rank wizard of Fairy-Tail holding his hand back before shouting:
"All-Crush!" Gildarts sent a blast of his magical power to the jaw of Acnologia before Lucy used her lasso to catch Naruto mid-air and pull him to safety.
"So what's the plan, Erza?" Naruto asked once he was out of Acnologia's line of sight. Makarov and Gildarts were keeping him company, drawing his attention away from the group of young wizards. Naruto was 5'7 with unruly blonde hair, azure blue eyes and three whisker-marks on each cheek. He wore a tattered orange and black jacket that left open, along with black cargo pants and steel-capped boots.
"We get to the ship and leave. That's what Master-Makarov would want us to do. And we can't disobey him." Erza said. Naruto however didn't like the plan, leaving his comrades behind wasn't his style, order or not. Standing up, he gained the attention of his guildmates. He shed his jacket and put it around his waist before walking in the direction of Acnologia. Erza grabbed his arm, halting him in place.
"Let go of me, Erza." Naruto ordered, his hair shadowing his eyes. Erza didn't let go, she tightened her grip.
"I won't. I'm not gonna let you get yourself killed." Erza firmly muttered, the world felt so slow, with the two of them moving at lightspeed. Naruto detached himself from her grasp and advanced forward. She stopped again, hugging him, her body flushed against his. "You will die if you try to fight that monster..." Erza whispered into his back, tears coming out of her left eye.
"I'd rather die than leave my comrades to die knowing I can do something. Please, I have to do this." Naruto said.
"What about your dream to one day go back to your home. You can't do that if you're dead." Erza said, her arms falling to her side, Naruto turned around.
"I should've told you this a long time ago. But, my universe, it's already been destroyed." Naruto said, he showed her both of his palms, his right hand having a sun seal and his left have a blacked-out half moon seal. "This seal on my left hand belonged to my friend. We got these powers from a force greater than any other to defeat a god. And if one of us died, the other would get the seal to finish the job." Naruto said, Erza covered her mouth with her hand.
"You mean..." Erza didn't want to say the question on her mind.
"Yes, my friend died along with everyone else in my home-universe. I couldn't stop it then and I'm not gonna let it happen again, not to this universe." Naruto said firmly. Erza nodded slowly, unable to stop him even if she wanted. Naruto ruffled her hair before going.
"Promise me one thing." Erza called out, Naruto turned around to see her teary-eyed face. "Come back to us, your family." Erza said, Naruto nodded and pointed at his heart with his thumb.
"As long as my heart beats, I'll always come back for you Erza-chan. That's a promise of a life-time, believe it." Naruto said before disappearing.
XxX~ ( Flashback end ) ~XxX
Naruto smiled at his friends and waved at them. After that he disappeared into the tunnel.
XxX~ ( Tunnel ) ~XxX
"Erza." Said Naruto calmly.
"Naruto." Responded Erza, looking him straight into his eyes. 'Here goes.' Thought Erza, managing to find her courage to apologize to him.
"I'm…" She didn't get to finish her sentence when her lips were suddenly assaulted. Eyes wide, she didn't know what to do. She was prepared to fight for him, for his affection, for his forgiveness but now she doesn't know what to do.
Just when she was about to return the kiss with her own, Naruto broke it off with a small smile. "It's okay. I forgive you." Naruto said with so much care in his voice it drowned Erza.
Tears poured from her eyes, tears of joy, tears that should have been shed a long time ago but her fear and cowardice wouldn't obey her feelings.
She crashed her body against his and cried into his chest, soaking his shirt, but he did not mind in the slightest. He smiled and returned the hug while rubbing comforting circles on her back. "I missed you." Naruto said into her red locks.
She cried from both eyes surprisingly. "I missed you too. Don't you dare leave me again!"
Naruto chuckled. He let go of her and raised her chin so that he could look her in the eyes. "Never again. I promise." He gave her the most passionate kiss ever to make sure she remembers that forever.
Erza was in heaven. Despite her mistakes, failures, losses, and self-doubt, she finally found someone that truly understands her and accepts her for who she is.
Now that she has him in her grasp she'll never let him go. Naruto Uzumaki belonged to her, and she would fight to the death to never let him go, friend or enemy may that be.
There, done. If you didn't notice by the pasting, it took some inspiration from another story, called 'Yearnings and Consequences'. It's basically the same story as this, but this is my own little spin off. For more clarification, I gave Kurama more of a role.
So, tell me what you think of the story, don't hold back, I can take the flames and good reviews, even if they're hurtful sometimes when I'm referred to as unoriginal in all of my stories. I did put some additional details in there that aren't canon to the show, as in Naruto. I don't know if Sasuke died, would his moon seal have gone to Naruto, we'll never know because he survived Kaguya's assault.
Word Count: 6,277
Rate this on a scale of 1 - 10. Sadly there won't be another update to this story like Naruto X Anko, this is strictly a one-shot. I might write my own story featuring Naruto and Erza as the main and only pairing.
Adios amigos.