The war between Alvarez and Ishgar had finally reached the climax it had so desperately been waiting for. Why may you ask, because one of their own had been taken prisoner and was set for execution. But one man had rallied everyone together and went to the king hours after and had him start the building of a set of special ships, knowing they would be held back from saving their friend if they approached. These ships had the ability to shift between being a submersible and an actual ship that sailed the sea. Within a week, they were ready. The members of the Fairy Tail Guild and their four closest allies climbed aboard the four changeling ships and set sail with the rest of a vast fleet behind them to save their friends.

-Meanwhile; Alvarez Prison-

Deep down within the recesses of the Alvarez dungeon, a young man was chained to the wall, he wore only a pair of shorts and a large beaded necklace. The door to his cell opened and a elderly man with a long beard and a magic staff walked in, an impassive look on his face, "Come on, it's time." he said softly. He may not like the wizards of Ishgar, but that didn't mean he couldn't show respect to them in their final moments. This man, was August; the one true biological son of Zeref the Black Wizard. While his wrists still had a magic cuff on them the two guards behind the young man led him up to a set of seemingly endless stairs.

"Climb." one of the men ordered sternly.

With no other choice, he began the climb.

As the young man made the climb to his eventual execution, the world was preparing to end. Everyone around the world was praying that nothing bad would happen, but knew otherwise.

-Giltina-

The continent of Giltena had heard the news and people were panicking. Having heard the news, people began to talk.

"T-three hours? That soon is just asking for trouble." a man whispered.

"I wonder if the Earthshaker arrived yet?" another wondered to himself.

A woman shrugged, "I don't know. But if I had to guess, he'll be there no doubt about it." she whispered.

"I mean, he's a big deal and all, but I heard a rumor he was sick." a man said.

"And you'd believe all that. The Earthshaker is the world's most powerful man for a reason, so don't listen to everything you hear." the woman said.

"I mean, I know it's hearsay and all but..." he couldn't help but shrug,

"I heard how he was around during Acnologia's era, not even that monster would mess with him when he fought." another man said as he took a drink and swallowed some of it.

"Well if he wants to fight, I say let the powers that be handle it." the man responded.

"I agree."

"How could you brats take this so lightly?" a elderly woman asked them, "He simply can't be ignored. It is because he is who he is that the Empire called on their elite forces just in case he shows himself." she commented before she nodded her head, "Yes, it is almost certain that he will appear before them." she said.

"And then what'll happen?"

"How should I know?" she responded.

-Estarossa Isle's; Southern Hemisphere-

"He's a warrior of a different era. Is it even possible for him to challenge the empire to such a battle?" a man asked as he corralled his livestock.

His wife, apparent by the matching ring on her finger, gave him a shrug, "It's not that simple. To challenge the Empire of Alvarez is suicide even for him. And he took most of them out." she said unsure.

"That's not true, thirty guilds worked together to do all that though." her husband responded.

"While that is true, he's been challenging Zeref's forces for far longer though." an older man said drawing their attention, "He's been against that man since he met him and the two have been at odds ever since he created Acnologia." he said.

"Really?" the two asked and he nodded.

"Oh yes, but this time it's going to be far worse. Because now the Empire has the Earthshaker's son and are going to kill him, it's almost certain he's gonna show up and take the fight to them." he said, "And no matter who wins, countless people are going to die in this war." he said as he blew out some smoke from his cigar. Nodding his head he stood up, "It would be best if he didn't appear though, let it be a successful execution and let the world move forward." he stated.

-Liones; Eastern Hemisphere-

The snow-covered country of Liones was practically shut down due to the upcoming battle. One man was standing outside with a canteen of hot coffee as he prepared for the worst. He turned his head when he heard a young man speaks up, "Oi old man, can we get some booze please?" he asked.

The barkeep snorted in astonishment, "Are you seriously asking me to open up on a day like this?!" he exclaimed, "We're expecting a huge war any minute now and you want to drink?" he asked as the man nodded, "Go home. If the world is still here tomorrow, then I'll give you booze." he stated.

The young man gave a whine, "Oh come on. Just sell us a bottle, we feel like we're the ones on the scaffold here." he stated.

"Please, we can't die knowing the world was ended by a monster. Just a bottle will do." his friend begged.

-West Alvarez Empire-

"Is he really that outrageous?" a man asked.

His friend gave a chuckle, "Apparently so." he said before he pointed to some children, "Look, even the kids know it. Their singing as they jump rope." he pointed as they listened to the kids.

'Stronger than the Black Dread, he is the end. Earthshaker is the one, to end the fun. Stronger than Acnologia, and scarier than the devil.' the children sang loudly as they played.

At a church a distance away, a nun was kneeling at a cliff in prayer, "God help us. Will this world end, please don't let it come to that." she pleaded.

-Base 3224569-

At the location for the Alvarez base set for the execution, lies a huge city mainly populated for families for the soldiers of the empire. An evacuation order has been placed for all residents to ensure their safety where at an island nearly 100 miles away, they watch from on Lacrima powered televisions. In fact, the entire world was watching what was happening from their own television. With them are reporters and cameraman from many various places from around the world to report the proceedings of the upcoming conflict.

One reporter sees the large gathering of soldiers and gulps, "So this is the best of the best in the empire." he said.

His colleague nods his head and pulls out a pen and notepad, "I assume that Naruto knows about this?" he asked, "But still, will he venture to be there?" he asked himself.

Every lookout ship the empire had at their disposal had been sunk without even giving so much as a word out, each taken out by underwater explosives allowing his forces to advance forward unhindered. So far there has been no sighting of the great wizard Naruto Newgate or his forces so the tension at the base continues to rise.

Less than three hours before the execution.

At the base itself, the line up was just about finished. Countless men had been called in and were lining the walls with weapons and preparing them for battle. Men were issuing orders out for them to hurry just in case the battle began before they were finished. The empire had even called in twenty of the Giant soldiers to make a secondary line of defense against the great warrior. "Make no mistake, this is the end of an era." one Giant spoke up to the men, "No matter what happens, this execution will only last for three hours." he loudly proclaimed, "Then it's all finished." he cried.

Summoned from all over the land, 250,00 elite troops of the Empires forces lined the earth ahead of the giant, while the crescent shaped bay and the rest of the island are surrounded by 100 of the most powerful warships the empire could call on while an untold number of Magic Cannons lined the bay area. And at the head of all this were seven of the remaining true elites of the empire, the Spriggan 12. Three of them sat in ornate thrones while two women stood a bit lower to watch the proceedings as the last two were discussing strategy. The three who sat down were- in order from left to right, Larcade Dragneel; a practitioner of Light Magic and even used senses of the body, Franklin 'God' Serena; a powerful Dragon Slayer that was once apart of the Ten Wizard Saints of Fiore, and finally Bloodman; the last demon from the books of Zeref.

Every force the empire could muster up imaginable, is now waiting for the arrival of the world's most powerful wizard to arrive with his forces to stop them from rescuing the teen they had in their clutches.

The young teen sighed as he saw the door to the end of the endless stairway. This was almost the end of the line for him. Two large doors that loomed ahead slowly opened to reveal the light of day.

"Oi look over there, Golden Flash has finally been brought out!" a soldier said with wide eyes.

A troop seeing Kozuchi couldn't help but gulp "So, this is the man who may trigger a war that'll shake the world." a different man said nervously.

At the top of the scaffold the young man are led to a spot each where he was told to kneel allowing the chains that held him to be attached to the scaffold. With that done August sighed as he walked to the top of the scaffold as his comrade walked to the rest of the other 12. Ordering the executors to stand aside he motioned for a communication lacrima, "Today is a significant day for the empire." he announced, "As you all know we have captured a child of the world's most powerful man and are set to execute him." he said as he continued, "However this also doubles as a trap for him. We will crush Naruto Newgate and his forces with our even greater force." he said as the men started to cheer, "Tonight we destroy any form of resistance they might have." he stated loudly causing them to cheer louder, "Annihilate!" he crowed loudly, "But do not forget, we also have to contend with a man who can end the world in a solitary blow, so don't get cocky!" he ordered.

Returning the lacrima he stood over the young man and sighed. A few seconds later a soldier walked up and saluted the man, "Sir, news from the lookout ships, he's coming. And he has a massive fleet. However we can't find him on any of the ships we spotted." he announced.

"Keep an eye out, we can't let our guard down. Especially since he got so close without us noticing." he ordered sternly.

The minutes ticked by slowly before a thick fog began to roll in across the island base of the empire. Silence reigned supreme as the tension rose ever higher as they awaited for the inevitable arrival of the enemy. Within the fog, forces of Fiore prepared themselves as one man announced into a Lacrima, "Alright, time to do this." causing the ships to surge forward with immense speed.

A lookout on a tower was scanning the water to see if he would spot Naruto and his forces when suddenly he spotted an immense shadow in the fog that suddenly turned into the shape of an immense fleet of warriors from Ishgar, each ship flying a flag that belonged to the Fairy Tail guild showing they answered the call to arms. He ran over to a bell and begun to ring it loudly, "THEY'RE HERE!" he cried out as everyone prepared for battle.

August actually felt his eyes widen in surprise, "They appeared out of nowhere, but how'd they get so close without us knowing?" he asked himself in surprise.

"It's such a vast fleet, I honestly didn't think he'd muster up this many just to fight us." Larcade commented with a raised eyebrow.

"Wow, he certainly doesn't disappoint does he?" Serena said with a surprised tone.

Bloodman growled, "Well where is Naruto, find him and bring him down." he ordered.

August grabbed a rifle from a soldier and looked through the scope and looked from ship to ship and immediately took notice of those who stood at the head of the ships, "Iron Rock Jura, Ichiya Vandalay Kotobuki, Kagura Mikazuchi, Black Storm Sister's... it's just about all the best of the best from Ishgar and even a few from The New World." he said to himself before he was handed a report, "75 ships in total, and all of them are sworn allies of Fairy Tail." he said with a growl, "And yet there is no sight of him, just what is going on?" he asked.

Jura smiled as he looked towards the island, "Alright Kozuchi, can ya see us?" he asked with a grin, the Obsidian Dragon Slayer was eager for a battle.

"We've got your back Kozuchi." Kagura said seriously as she placed a hand on her sword.

"Men, this smells like the perfume of battle." Ichiya stated with a smile, "But do not fret for we have come to save you, Kozuchi-kun." he spoke.

Brandish, a member of the 12 looked to her friend, "Is that enough proof that we shouldn't fight him?" she asked the blonde next to her.

Dimaria sighed, "Alright, I guess you were right about Naruto-kun. When the time comes we'll leave but don't get ahead of yourself. He hasn't even shown himself to us." she said.

Kozuchi was wide eyed with the sheer number of ships approaching, "I can't believe that they actually came." he whispered to himself.

A man placed a finger to his head and contacted August through telepathy, "August-sama, shall we begin our attack?" he asked him.

August growled, "Not yet, until he shows himself hold your fire." he ordered, "Naruto must be nearby if all his forces are this close to us. He must be up to something big. Keep your eyes open and on the sea and in the air just in case."

God Serena couldn't help but laugh in glee, "Now this is fun, it's making me giddy with excitement. Show yourself Naruto!" he said gleefully.

Meanwhile, underwater within the middle of the bay, four ships moved into formation as they got ready to announce themselves to the world. A large bubble rose up and floated up towards the surface where it came out of the water and exploded with a loud 'POP~' that cause August to widen his eyes in realization, "It's him..." he said to himself. With the news that Naruto's forces having arrived, and yet there was no sight of him, tension was soaring higher than it initially was before the arrival of Naruto's forces.

"Where is he?" a soldier asked nervously.

Dimaria smirked as she leaned over to Brandish, "I think he'll appear somewhere where we least expect it." she whispered.

Brandish nodded her head in agreement, "I know, the empire made the wrong line up." she responded.

As the two women spoke more and more bubbles rose up and begun to pop, and soon the bay was filled with ripples only for the ripples to grow as something began to rise from the depths of the bay, "T-There's a shadow inside the bay!" a soldier cried out.

"N-No way!" another gasped.

August growled, "I get it now, they had something like this up their sleeve and caught us with our pants down. How could I have not planned for such a thing?" he asked himself, "They have submersibles so that they could sneak past the blockade just so they could approach us from underwater." he announced. And just as he finished a large steel vessel rose from the sea where it actually seemed to fly out from the water where it crashed back down with a large splash that showered some of the men at the front lines.

"NARUTO'S HERE!" a soldier cried out in panic.

Coming to a stop a loud mechanical whirring sound was heard as the submersible actually opened up at the top allowing a series of ship sails to rise up as the submersible swiftly changed into a mighty battleship worthy of its crew (For the time being) where it settled in the bay. However, if the soldier's thought that it was just the one submarine, they were sorely mistaken as the sea began to boil as three separate vessels rose up in sequence before transforming into mighty battleships.

"Three more ships have emerged from the bay!" a soldier cried out in shock.

"They've infiltrated the bay!"

One soldier grabbed a set of binoculars and peered through them onto the first ship, "T-That's... Fire Dragon Slayer Natsu Dragneel, a-and next to him is Iron Dragon Gajeel... Lightning Dragon Laxus... t-the strongest wizards of Fairy Tail are all here." he said in shock.

Kozuchi couldn't help but gasp when he saw all of them down in the bay, just waiting to come save him. Suddenly a loud 'CLANK" was heard, however, they didn't stop as the sound continued and soon a rhythm was made.

'CLANK'

'CLANK'

'CLANK'

'CLANK'

'CLANK'

'CLANK'

'CLANK'

'CLANK'

'CLANK'

'CLANK'

'CLANK'

'CLANK'

'CLANK'

'CLANK'

'CLANK'

'CLANK'

'CLANK'

'CLANK'

And soon enough, a giant of a man appeared as he walked up to the front of the vessel. The man was approximately 12 feet tall and had a white Captain's coat hanging from his bare shoulders with a large Fairy Tail Guild Mark stitched onto the back. He also had a large golden mustache shaped like a set of bull horns above his upper lip and on his chest were a set of battle scars from his battle to the death with Acnologia, and in his hand was the source of the clanking sound from before, a massive polearm that was just as large as he was. Stopping he began to chuckle, "Gurararara, well well well, look what we have here." he said casually.

"Naruto." August grunted as his men gasped at the sight of the world's most powerful man alive.

"I take it that my beloved son is still doing well." he stated with another chuckle.

"I can't believe we let them get this close." August berated himself.

Simply ignoring Alvarez's most powerful warrior he looked to his son, "Just give me a sec, Kozuchi." he said kindly.

Unable to hold himself back, Kozuchi sniffled a bit before giving a yell of, "OYAJI!" towards the man.

As if it was a signal of some kind, Naruto stabs his mighty weapon into the deck of the ship and spreads his arms causing his large coat to flutter behind him just as he crosses both his arms across his chest while the wind picks up and causes the coat to flutter wildly as Naruto rises up and lashes out both his arms with a grunt, an ominous crack appearing in the air where it quickly spread around him, shocking everyone who witnessed the sight.

"W-What is that?" a soldier questioned.

"A crack in the air?" another said.

"What did he do?"

"Did he just crack the air?"

And then it began, the sea began to churn and broil just as it also begun to rise where it begun to scare all before him. The soldiers cried out in horror, they hadn't imagined the man to be this powerful! And soon enough the sea itself began to quiver before his might as it rose into the sky by Naruto's unspoken command as the sea began to quake. Dimaria gasped in shock as she took a step back, "Where's that explosion coming from?" she asked in complete shock.

"It's no good, the water level is too high!" Brandish cried out.

"It's like he set off a bomb!" Dimaria said taking a step back.

"That's no ordinary bomb!" Brandish responded

August growled, "A sea-quake! He's turning the ocean waters against us!" he yelled out.

Dimaria actually felt herself take a step back, "I knew he was strong, but not on a scale like this." she said in fright now that she saw the water level.

"THE OTHER SIDE TOO!" a soldier cried out as massive amounts of water, hundreds of millions of gallons slowly rose up into the heavens above.

Naruto held his pose with unwavering conviction as he smiled broadly, his own allies not even phased by what he was doing to his enemies morality. Kozuchi was wide eyed as he saw his father showed the world his power, no he was showing them what he could do and why he was called the Strongest Man Alive. Willing the crack to disappear, the water level returned to normal and the world watched in bated breaths while Naruto simply reached over and plucked his weapon up and grasped it in his hand.

"Is it over?" a soldier asked warily.

"What caused that quake just now?" another asked.

Kozuchi sniffled, "Oyaji, everyone... I'm sorry." he apologized, "I-I ignored you and chased after Boruto even when I knew it was a bad idea." he said, "Why didn't you give up on me? I'm the one who caused all of this so why didn't you?" he demanded.

Naruto shook his head, "No, the fault is mine. I was the one who told you to go after him. Son." he said to his son causing him to gasp.

Kozuchi was barely holding back his tears. He was looking straight at his father while behind him were several of his siblings and even the friends his father had made upon joining Fairy Tail. The gentle and proud smile his father was giving him just made it all the worse as he knew he was taking the fault of his stupidity. Hell, even his own siblings were smiling in agreement with his father. However, in the end, he couldn't stop his emotions, "That's a lie and you know it! Don't try and put the blame on yourself for something I did!" he cried out, "You told me not to go, but I-"I'm the one who told you to go." Naruto interrupted him.

"I was the one who told you to go." he repeated himself, "Isn't that right, Ichigo-kun?" he asked a ginger haired teen roughly the same age as his brother.

Ichigo Terumi Uzumaki nodded his head in agreement with his father, "Yeah, that's what I heard," he said in agreement, "I'm sorry that we put you through so much brother." he said honestly, "Everyone in this world ought to know... ...what will happen to someone who messes with one of our siblings." he said as his brothers and sisters nodded in agreement.

"We won't let anybody who hurt you get away with it Nii-chan!" one of his sister's, Kazumi Nadeshiko Uzumaki, cried out.

"You can count on us! We'll save you!" another sibling with purple hair like her mother Yugao cried out. She had a twin brother around here somewhere.

Naruto nodded as he stepped forward, "Prepare yourself Alvarez... for your time is here!" he yelled as the members of Fairy Tail and her allies cried out alongside Naruto's children.

Larcade simply sighed, "Well, we have nobody to blame but ourselves. We brought this on ourselves." he said.

Bloodman snorted, "It's too late to say such things." he said.

"I wonder what the outcome will be like?" Serena questioned in boredom.

It was here that the water level around the island base begun to quickly recede drawing the attention of several of the soldiers. "Huh, hey!" he exclaimed.

"What's wrong?" one of his allies asked.

"T-The water level... it's receding..." the man said in confusion.

"I guess that must be the reason they went quiet all of a sudden." a man said.

"Are they waiting on Naruto's command or something?" a man questioned.

"I can hardly breathe with all this tension in the air." a young man commented.

Suddenly, the water level began to rise once more gaining the attention of the men from before, "Hey, the water's rising again." he told his friend.

Being the smart person he was, the man lifted a pair of binoculars to his eyes and peered through them, and what he saw was enough to turn his blood to ice, "W-What is that!?" he exclaimed.

-Play; Spawn by Brand X Music-

Suddenly the island began to shake. A set of earrings that Dimaria wore shook on her ears due to this unknown factor causing her to look around. Bloodman for once actually shivered, "What the, that's not right... I can hear the ground rumbling." he said in confusion.

Serena looked around in confusion, "What's with these tremors?" he asked nobody in particular.

Hearing this, Brandish groaned internally, "And here comes the final payoff. That harmless little seaquake that he set off earlier was nothing but a prelude to a massive tsunami." she told herself as he watched the horizon while powerful waves crashed against the island, causing it to shake even more than before.

The shaking in turn caused a multitude of the soldiers to stumble in place as they tried to hold their balance while Serena scowled towards Naruto only to yell, "The Great Dragon King Bahamut turn him into an Earthquake Human, his name is Naruto D. Newgate!" he yelled out.

"WHAT IS THAT!?" a soldier cried out.

"IT'S A TSUNAMI, AND IT'S HUGE!" another yelled out in fright.

"We may have him outnumbered, but don't assume that it guarantees victory... It is possible that we will be the ones to meet our end. That man... HAS THE POWER TO DESTROY THE WORLD!" August yelled out.

"Let's go!" the members of Fairy Tail cheered loudly with pride.

The invader's; a fleet of 70+ ships that were led by Naruto to battle.

The defender's; The greatest show of force the empire of Alvarez has shown ever.

No matter who wins, or who loses, the era will change!

And with that, the twin tsunami's burst open making their wave bodies like demons rising out of hell.

The forces of Alvarez cried out in fear as the twin tsunami's threatened to swallow everything underneath them and end it in one blow. Larcade smirked, "Now that is power, he certainly lives up to the title of a legend." he commented as he watched the waves close in.

Naruto let loose a bellowing, "GURARARARA!" as he watched his enemies cower and shrieked for their mother's in fright at his might. They had challenged him and now they were getting what they had asked for.

When the Tsunami's had crested to their full height and begun to fall, Bloodman snorted in annoyance before he leapt up into the air and shot his arms out while creating a couple of long pieces of ice that connected with the twin tidal waves where the ice began to freeze the both of them, "Primal Reversion" he called out as the waves froze over.

-End; Spawn by Brand X Music-

"Bloodman, ya annoying pest." Naruto growled.

Bloodman snapped the ice connecting him to the frozen tidal waves and pointed his hand at Naruto, "Demon's Lance" he intoned darkly. However, it was easily deflected as Naruto sent a blast at the ice weapons and shattered them causing them to fall into the small bay and completely freeze it over as the demon was sent flying back onto the shore. With the four warships now trapped, the battle could truly begin.

"The entire bay is frozen over." Natsu commented.

"Damn, now our ships can't even move from where they are." Gajeel growled.

A commander stood on the wall and sneered, "We have the Empires true elite with us!" he called out.

"That's right, we don't need to fear some ancient relic. Screw Naruto." another agreed with others cheering in agreement.

"FIRE, SEND THEM TO THEIR GRAVES!" a man yelled out as the cannons began to fire at Naruto and his friends and family.

Meanwhile, Master Makarov looked to his children, "Let's go, we've got a foothold now! Let's show these bastards what we're made of! Naruto, stay here until absolutely necessary!" he yelled as he leapt over the side with the others joining quickly after.

"Fairy Tail has joined the fight! Keep firing!" a soldier yelled.

"Learn how to fight like a real man, and get your asses down here and at least greet us!" Elfman yelled as he jumped out of the way of an explosion.

Erza called upon her Heaven's Wheel armor and began to fight in earnest against any soldier that crossed her path. Naruto's own children from the Elemental Nations had even joined the fray and were literally putting in their own work as they make their way towards their brother. At sea, some of the ships Naruto's allies were commanding were firing at the artillery blockade to try and bring them down.

"Men, it's nice to have ice in the water." Ichiya commented heartily.

"My blood is boiling to get in on the action. Let's get these assholes and show them what we're made of!" Hibiki and Hikari, the Black Storm Sisters commented together.

With another shot towards a ship, the explosive Lacrima was sliced in half causing Hibiki to scowl with her sister, "It's not going to be that easy, but even then we shall not waver in our offensive strike until we can invade the island to save Naruto-kun's son." Hikari said with her arms crossed under her ample chest.

"I'm surprised they actually have soldiers that can do that." Hibiki said with a snort while she placed a hand on her hip.

Jura smirked, "It's so rare to find an enemy who can slice an explosive without killing themselves. However, they are nothing compared to our might." he said with a chuckle.

Leon nodded in agreement, "It's like a cavalry, only without the horses." he said.

Up at the scaffold, a soldier looked to Dimaria and Brandish, "Lady Dimaria, Lady Brandish, you should go to a safe place, it's dangerous here." he said.

"And where would we run too?" Brandish asked, "There is nowhere we can run too that would be safe. Even if we went to the other side of the world... it would just be a matter of time until he got to us." she said.

At the edge of the ice, the ship that had carried the Quatro Cerberus Guild crashed into the ice allowing it to stay put, "Alright, time to get wild hey boy's!" one Bacchus said jovially, "Let's give these guys some help. Bring the rest of the ships to the edge of the ice gorge, and once that's done lay the smack down on these worthless cowards who hide behind the Spriggan 12!" he yelled as the rest of his guild yelled out "LET'S GET WILD! YEAH!" before they jumped to the ice and ran forward.

With a grin of his own, Sting Eucliffe looked to Naruto who stood in place and nodded, "If he's willing to give his life for us, then I'm willing to give up my own to help the man who showed us the way." he said before jumping down and joining his comrades.

August scowled in frustration, "So... it's finally begun." he said as he watched several explosions go off on the ice. The elderly man watched as the Fairy Tail guild and her allies forced their way forward without hesitation causing him to snort as he realized what they were doing, "Those fools. They want to try and break through the front." he commented dryly before he pressed a finger to his head, "Artillery units, focus your fire at the approaching ships and the approaching enemy." he ordered. Without a slight hesitation, the ships began to fire at the allied wizards forcing them to maneuver out of the way lest they be sunk. With another command he spoke up, "Forward units, don't allow them access to this plaza!' he yelled.

With their order's, the units that surrounded the bay began to unleash their payloads at the ice forcing the wizards and children of Naruto to dodge out of the way. Seeing what his older brother was doing, Larcade simply sighed, "Seriously. You want to draw out this battle and kill as many?" he questioned as he stood up, "It would be best if we finished this with minimum damage." he said as he reached the edge of the wall, "So we just have to cut the head off nice and quick." he stated. And with that, the younger son (Read: Adopted son) of Zeref burst into golden particles of light and vanished, only to appear directly above the ice.

"W-What the hell?" Natsu yelled as he covered his eyes.

"W-What is causing this?" Gray asked.

When the light faded away, it showed that it was a smirking Larcade as he used his Telekinesis to hover in the air above Naruto. Crossing his arms he simply said, "Threaded Heavenly Beads" where suddenly thousands of small orbs burst from his fingertips and raced towards Naruto.

The powerful wizard scowled as he watched the orbs close in on him, "Oi oi, that's so bright." he said calmly.

However, as this happened, a streak of golden electricity intercepted the attack and began to swallow the lightning based attack surprising the wizard as Naruto smirked towards the man. Seeing that Larcade's attack was useless at the moment was a surprise to Alvarez forces, "He warded off Larcade-sama's attack?" one questioned.

"What was that?" another asked.

"Oi look over there!" another announced as he pointed to an electricity engulfed Laxus as he stayed airborne, "H-His body is engulfed in lightning." he stated.

Larcade gave an annoyed scowl, "Of course it'd be you, Laxus Dreyar the Lightning Dragon Slayer." he said.

Laxus merely smirked at his opponent, "Well you can't just go straight for the head that easily." he said as he charged at Larcade.

"You Fairy Tail Wizards sure can be scary." Larcade said warily.

Laxus merely smirked before he raced forward with a clap of thunder where he appeared just above Larcade as he swung a foot down, "I know that. So I won't lie about this not going to hurt!" he yelled as he kicked the man away, where Larcade was sent streaking towards the grounds as a flash of light. Crashing through several walls, the Lightning Wizard had to admit; it was a pretty cool explosion.

When the explosion died down it showed that Larcade was practically unharmed, though the area he hit was a different story, "I knew that you Fairy Tail Wizards wouldn't allow me to go for the 'head' so easily." he said to himself. Nodding to himself, he turned to the Giants, "Giant Squadron, keep an eye on the sky for those capable of flight!" he ordered.

With acknowledgement the giants begun to stride forward. Natsu pointed at the large humans and gave a yell, "Attack their feet, it's the only way we can topple them!" as he charged forward.

However, before that could happen, Elfman ran forward with a yell, "Let me take care of those unmanly giants!" as he transformed into his BEAST MODE, "And real men always do the hard work in a combat situation." he cried out as he slammed a fist into the ice causing it to crack where that said crack began to form a circular pattern in the ice, "You guys should back up, and let a real man show you how it's done!" he yelled as the ice finished cracking. Leaning down the transformed Elfman gave a yell as he began to physically drag the ice up and out of it hole. With his muscles straining, Elfman simply gave a yell of, "Try and stop this! MANLY METEOR!" before he threw the large iceberg up and over his head towards his enemy.

August couldn't help but nod his head, "What immense physical strength. I doubt that even I could have lifted something as big as that above my head before throwing it." he commended. It seems the age old saying was true, the new generation will always be stronger than the last one. That boy... he would go far if he lived through the battle.

Still sitting in his chair, God Serena scowled as he watched the large chunk of ice approached as it threatened to crush everything underneath. "Of all things... Those two fools shouldn't have left their posts." he growled, "If all three of us had left this spot, then who would protect the scaffold!" he yelled as his arm burst into flame as it was covered in a scalding lava where it suddenly grew in size, "Magma Dragon: Great Eruption" he yelled loudly as he thrust his arm towards the iceberg that was racing down.

The two opposing elements clashed briefly. However, as the elemental balance went, fire trumps ice and thus the iceberg was quickly destroyed as the magma fist forced its way through the ice. Elfman was wide eyed as he saw his attack had no effect, "N-No way, my manly attack didn't work?" he asked himself.

"That gigantic iceberg just vanished!" Gajeel said in shock. Suddenly, the magma arm that God Serena had created began to bulge causing the Iron Dragon Slayer to gasp in shock at the smell, "No..." he said just a second before they exploded outward to create a bombardment of volcanic rock that rained down, "Get out the way!" Gajeel yelled out as he dodged the falling magma.

Standing still, Naruto growled as he watched his friends tried to dodge them, and then he looked up to see one of the ships he had snuck into the bay get hit by the attack. On the island for the families of soldiers, the attack was seen by all causing a reporter to gasp, "I-it's like watching the end of the world."

"How do you fight a power like that?" a colleague of his asked.

Back with Naruto, the large man looked up to see one of the falling rocks heading towards him and grasped his bisento tightly as he thrust it upwards into the rock, stopping it cold in its tracks, "He lit up the place to brightly." he muttered to himself as he watched Serena end his attack where he then turned and took a deep breath and proceeded to blow out the flaming rock before he surged his power through it causing it to crumble. Looking back to Serena he smirked, "That was good if you were trying to imitate the lighting of some birthday candles, Magma bastard." he said to Serena.

Serena smirked, "Just trying to illuminate the place where you'll die, Naruto." he said as he heard his fellow Dragon Slayer. Looking down to the gunmen he gave a whistle, "There are three more ships, keep firing and don't let up." he ordered as the cannons fired on. Bombardment after bombardment, the attacks didn't stop. One of the attacks came pretty close to hitting him so Naruto actually had to use his quake powers to deflect the attack.

Natsu gave a yell as he ran forward, a sword made of pure fire burning into existence, "Do not falter!" he yelled as he swung his sword.

Gajeel gave a yell as he cut down more soldier's, "Head to the plaza!" he yelled.

"Stop them at all costs! Don't let them reach the shore!" a soldier yelled out loudly.

"Sink Naruto's ship and kill him!" another roared out.

Already the casualties numbered in the hundreds and were continuing to climb.

"KEEP FIGHTING!" Ichigo yelled as he swung his sword, the Kubikiribocho, downward and blocked several swords at once. However, as he blocked them the ground underneath his feet shook heavily. The sound of heavy footsteps drew a large portion of the Empires forces attention as they looked to the sea to witness something they had originally thought impossible. For walking towards them was a human so large it put the regular giants to shame.

Seeing the giant moving towards the shore Gajeel couldn't help but grin widely, "Here he comes, Gihi." he said.

Seeing the hulking figure, the empires artillery defense began to fire, only for them to literally have no effect upon the giant whatsoever, "Attack! Kill it!" a soldier yelled out as the ship continued to fire on it.

"YEAH! TAKE DOWN THEIR ARTILLERY DEFENSE!" Happy yelled out.

And as if he had heard the cat somehow, the giant raised a large sword above his head with a growl before he swung it towards the ground, cleaving the ship in two with one blow, "Ko-kun!" he cried out.

"Yeah! Nicely done!" Pantherlily yelled out.

"Get 'em Little Oars Jr.!" Kurama exclaimed as the revealed 'Little' Oars Jr. gave a yell to the heavens.

The Last Gigant alive had entered the fray.

Dimaria gasped in shock, "A Gigant, here? I thought they had all died out ages ago!" she said in awe.

"He's enormous, at least four or five times the size of a regular giant." Brandish said clearly impressed by the arrival of the Last Gigant in the world.

"Don't let him invade the island, he'll give them too much leverage in the fight!" a soldier yelled as he ran forward.

Kozuchi couldn't help but give a yell of "OARS!" as he saw an old friend of his.

"Ko-kun is a nice person, and he's my friend. I'm not gonna let you hurt him, or let him die!" the Gigant yelled out. And with his piece said, he began to forge his way forward. For the regular giants, the sight of something that was actually bigger than them was truly an eye opener. They had never seen anything bigger than them, dragons notwithstanding, so to see a humanoid that was; was truly unexpected.

With a possible victory secured, the wizards of Fairy Tail surged forward with their morale high. Erza had finished taking down another enemy as she pointed to her friend, "Get to the scaffold quickly!" she yelled out.

August growled to himself as he saw Oars approach, "Giant units, take that thing down!" he ordered causing the giants to rush forward into battle to try and defeat the creature standing above them.

"Damn, they're on the move!" Jet cried out.

"Don't be afraid!" Makarov yelled as he grappled with one of them, his strength easily matching the largest of the regular giants in the group.

However, the giants simply ignored the humans beneath them and stepped over, on, and past them towards their intended target. "Shit, their after Oars!" Gray yelled out.

"It is our sworn duty to stop him." a giant yelled out.

"Your going down demon!" another yelled out.

Seeing the Gigant with his own eyes August couldn't help but marvel how they come across such a creature, "Your father sure does have some powerful allies. I cannot believe they actually brought such a creature with him." he said.

Little Oars Jr knew he couldn't take them on all at once, so with that in mind he approached one of the Empire vessels as it continued to pepper him with cannon fire. Grasping the mast of the ship, he simply ignored the shooting cannons as if they were merely bugs to him. With his other hand he grasped the hull of the ship in hand. Kozuchi gasped in horror, "Oars stop! Your to big of a target!" he yelled out.

Hearing his friend cry out, Oars couldn't help but smile towards the young man, "Ko-kun..." he said before nodding his head. Planting his feet firmly, the Gigant practically crushed them through the ice as he grasped the warship tighter in his hold. And with that, the ship was pried pried up from its icy prison. Looking to Kozuchi he gave a cry of, "HERE I COME, KO-KUN!" before he hurled the warship forward.

The Giants seeing this gave a yell, "Stop him!" as they ran forward, only for the ship to come barreling into them. In the end, all the giants were able to do was get caught up by the ship as it sailed across the ice thanks to the might of the Gigant as it crashed into them. Seconds later, the wall that led into the bay shattered as it crashed through with the giants in tow.

Seeing this, the allies of Naruto headed for the gap, "Oars has opened up a path into the bay, advance!" Leon yelled out.

"Get to the bay!" Hibiki of Blue Pegasus yelled as he punched a soldier.

Within the bay, Larcade stood beside the soldiers and scowled as he had to issue a direct order, "Dammit, fall back and tighten the defensive line. Don't let them get to the plaza at all costs!" he ordered the men.

As Oars advanced forward, he saw that out of the 20 giants, he had taken down at least eight of them in one blow. It wasn't bad, but it certainly wasn't good either. The lone female Giantess gulped in shock as she took a step back, "I've never had to look up at anyone before, this is new." she commented.

"Yeah you got that right." another giant agreed.

"Oi, I've got to reach Ko-kun. So stay out of my way!" he growled downwards.

Apparently this was something that pissed off one of the giants as he gave a yell, "I will not allow you to go any further!" as he drew his own sword and ran forward.

Oars merely shook his head as he pulled his own weapon out and swung downward, easily pushing the smaller giant back with extreme ease. Swing after swing Oars was relentless, until in the end his enemies sword snapped from his might. Yelling in fear, Oars ignored him as he cleaved the giant in two from his head to his groin. As if it were a shot of ice to the system, the Giants couldn't help but gawk as one of their own was downed so easily. With another victory, Oars gave a bellowing roar to the sky. Apparently this Giant was mated to the female as she gave a yell for him as he fell to the ground.

Naruto snorted, "Oh Oars, don't ever change my friend." he told himself only to shake his head and look to the Gigant he had saved all those years ago, "You do now that there is a fine line between bravery and seeking death right Oars?" he yelled.

Oars looked to his friend, "Naruto-san... Please don't stop me! I just wanna save him! I just wanna save Ko-kun as soon as possible!" he begged his friend.

Naruto sighed to himself, "Yeah yeah I know that." he said to himself before looking to the battlefield, "Listen up! Give Oars some help and provide cover!" he ordered loudly as everyone gave roars of agreement.

The giants growled in annoyance, "Just how do we beat someone so big, he took some of us out with such ease."

Some of the giants ran forward and clashed with oars, only to be cut down as he merely swing his sword. The still enraged female Giantess gave a yell as she ran and then gave a leap towards Oars with a spear in hand. However, Oars merely caught the weapon in his grasp before he swung his sword once more and cut her in two at the waist. Seeing that they were clearly outmatched one of the giants spoke up, "Don't take him one on one. Attack in groups!"

As she watched Oars fight against the giants, Dimaria sighed when she saw a wizard from Ishgar approach her and fire a series of spells at her. Clicking her teeth together the spells suddenly vanished before they struck the caster who had created them. She ignored the rest of the battles. She'd only fight if she was attacked. And just as she finished defending herself, Oars had decimated all of his enemies where he walked forward. He smiled as he drew closer to his friend, "Ko-kun, I'm here!" he proclaimed.

"Oars!" Kozuchi proclaimed, tears threatened to spill from his eyes.

Larcade sighed as he watched the Gigant approached, "Guess I have no choice but to step up." he said. With that he raised his hands into the air above him and produced an opaque bubble that pulsed every few seconds as it grew in size with each pulse. Oars, seemingly ignorant of the attack being made for him, continued to forge onward to save his friend from danger. With his attack as big as it could go, Larcade begun to compress the energy within it.

Oars smiled broadly as he drew ever closer, "I save you now, Ko-kun!" he called out.

Compressing his attack faster, Larcade was now able to hold the attack between his palms as it completed. With that he released it as it fluttered towards Oars, "The Will Of God" he intoned as the orb smashed into the Gigant's gut and detonated in a mighty blast that consumed him in a white explosion of energy. When the blast finally manages to die down, a hat made of straw fell from Oars' back to the ground while the Gigant was pushed back from the force, but he remained standing.

"OARS!" Kozuchi cried out. The Gigant's dizzy eyes came into focus as he looked at his friend who shook his head, "That's enough. Please, stop! You won't reach me like you are!" he begged as Oars finally fell to his knees.

Breathing heavily, the last of the Gigant's looked back to the straw hat. It was a special hat as it wasn't made by magic, but rather the hard work of using one's hands. This hat was made by Naruto's son Kozuchi when his father went missing and he went into a state of depression. Kozuchi had stayed with him for six months to help him cope with the loss of his friend until the news of his return had reached his ears. And yet the hat had stayed with him to symbolize the bond he had formed with Kozuchi.

"Hey Oars!" Kozuchi's voice rang through his head, he was remembering on how he had gotten the hat.

-Flashback-

Sitting on the ground with an actual cloud in his hand the Gigant gave a moan as he looked towards the small human. Kozuchi smiled as he looked up, "I was just wondering... Aren't you hot?" Kozuchi asked him, "Because your closer to the sun?" he clarified.

The large giant looked up and gazed towards the sky a bit before he nodded in agreement, "It's hot." he said.

Kozuchi smiled as he looked up at the Gigant, "I see. Then I'd bet it would be nice if you had some shade." he said.

-End-

Still looking at his hat, the Gigant steadily looked up to his friend. Seeing a friend of theirs for many years fall down shocked many of the wizards, "OARS!" many of the wizards who knew him cried out.

August was actually surprised, "How can he still move? That attack was strong enough to destroy a country." he said in awe, "Is this the difference between a Gigant and Giant?" he asked.

"He is incredibly durable, to have been able to take such an attack and still be able to move." Brandish said with an upset gaze given to the hurt Gigant.

Looking back to his hat, the way it was given to him flashed through his mind-

-Flashback-

"Huh, what's this?" Oars asked as he held the hat in his hand.

Kozuchi smiled as he watched Oars hold it above his head curiously to see if it would do anything, "My grandfather taught me how to make it in the New World, which is where I was born." he said before he waved his hand towards his gift, "Put it on." he urged the Gigant.

With a shrug, Oars placed the gigantic hat on top of his head. Seeing this, one of Kozuchi's siblings gave a laugh, "Nii-san destroyed two others in a fit of rage. He shouldn't weave straw when he uses lava or fire." Minato Uzuki Uzumaki said with a chuckle.

"SHUT UP!" Kozuchi whined loudly with red cheeks as he looked to his laughing siblings.

Feeling how cool it was under the hat, Oars gave a broad smile. The first since he heard that Naruto had died, "It's so cool under here." he said happily.

Kozuchi smiled as he saw the happy Gigant, "That's good." he said happily.

-End-

Kozuchi grit his teeth as he saw his friend in his current state. With a grunt, the Last Gigant rose once more and proceeded to move forward once again, a fire burning in his eyes as he strode forward to save his friend. However, the final straw was when August yelled, "Fire at Oars!" and he watched as several large artillery cannons unleashed the might upon the Gigant. The Gigant stumbled back as he was struck, unable to continue moving forward through such a bombardment.

"OARS!" Kozuchi yelled in worry.

Mirajane scowled, "He shouldn't have gotten off of his knees. He's already such a large target." she said.

Oars moaned as he slowly fell back to his knees, his eyes threatening to roll up to the back of his head. However, he looked back to his hat once again.

-Flashback-

The rain fell down and made him extremely wet. However, the Gigant wasn't complaining. Kozuchi and his siblings stood around the Gigant with worried looks on their faces, "Oi, Oars! Why are you outside?" Ichigo asked him.

Seeing his head was still dry, the Gigant smiled happily, "I don't even get wet by the rain." he said happily, "This is very sturdy, I love it!" he proclaimed with a wide smile causing Naruto's children to smile in their own happiness.

-End-

Slowly reaching forward through the smoke that surrounded him, Oars thought to himself, 'I still can't reach him...' before he planted his feet and looked to Larcade, 'But if I can at least take out one of the Spriggan 12...' the Gigant thought in anger as he ran his fist towards the one who had harmed him, powerful airwaves flowing around his fist as his had drew closer to the blonde man.

With the force of a meteor, the Gigant's fist smashed through the bay and into the plaza obscuring him from sight. However, it was revealed that Larcade had simply used his magic to flash above Oars, "Nice shot, but you missed beast." he commented as he landed behind Oars who scowled, his mind once more returning to his beloved hat.

-Flashback-

The snow gently fell on top of Oars. He had already been outside for several hours now, and Naruto's children were worried, "Oars, why are you outside again?"

Instead of getting mad, Oars just smiled, "The snow doesn't bother me." he said as he smiled broader than ever, "I'm not cold! I really love this hat!" he decided with joy, "Thank you Ko-kun!" he cried out in joy as his eyes closed on their own in his joy.

-End-

Larcade sneered up at Oars, "It was fun while it lasted." he said with a wave as Oars finally collapsed to his knees again.

"OARS!" Kozuchi cried out.

Oars huffed in exhaustion. Did Ko-kun not understand? Did he not understand that he was willing to risk both life and limb just to see him as happy as he was when he was given his gift? Slowly raising his head with pride, Oars groaned in dizziness as he gazed upon his old friend. And with that he began to crawl forward, no longer having the strength to be able to stand.

"H-He's a monster!" a soldier cried out just as Oars planted a hand inside the plaza.

"He's stepped into the Plaza!" another soldier cried out as Oars reached forward to try and save Kozuchi.

Even with his vision as blurred as it was, he still had one goal in mind, "Just a little more now..." he gasped out. His hand slowly moved towards his scared friend, "Just a little more... to get to Ko-kun!" he said determined.

Seeing how close Oars had gotten, Bloodman growled in annoyance, "Does Larcade not know how to kill an enemy?" he growled out, "It seems even now I have to show him how to finish off an enemy. DARK IMPALER!" he called out as a spike made of pure shadow rose up and stabbed Oars through the chest.

"OARS!" Kozuchi cried out.

Ignoring the fact he had been stabbed in a fatal spot, the Gigant still moved forward. His breathing was heavy and labored more than ever before. Now within inches of freeing Kozuchi he gasped out, "I'm gonna... save you now..." he breathed out.

All because of the gift of kindness, the Last Gigant was willing to die to save the greatest friend he had made in his life. That one gift would light a fire that served to be the drive to rescue Kozuchi. To see his friend smile, was enough to make him want to die in order to save his friend.

1st chapter end/2nd chapter start

With mere inches to go, Oars was determined to finish his duty, "Ko-kun..." he gasped out.

Bloodman smirked, "This is how you kill an enemy." he gloated.

"Damn you!" Ichigo yelled out.

"Fucking Alvarez." Gajeel ground out.

Oars still had some fight left in him as he gazed at Kozuchi, "Ko-kun..." he gasped out again.

"Oars!" Kozuchi said in worry.

Still moving forward, and determination as strong as ever, Oars gasped, "Ko... kun..." as he reached ever so closer to his friend. Now within centimeters. Close enough to the point where Kozuchi could place his head on Oars finger if he wished, the Last Gigant gasped one more time, "Ko... ... ... Kun..." as he readied to free his friend.

However, it was all for naught as Oars' energy gave out. And with no more strength left to move, Oars fell to the ground. His body was so heavy that the wall he crawled over was crushed underneath his body. Soldiers scrambled to get out of the way lest they get crushed underneath his massive body.

"OARS!~" Kozuchi bellowed out to his friend.

For the Wizards of Fairy Tail, it was seemingly incomprehensible to see such a powerful creature get taken down, but even they knew that there was a limit to even the great Gigant's might. As Bloodman laughed over his victory, Naruto growled to himself, 'Oh Oars...' in a saddened thought.

While seemingly distracted, a Giant took the chance to charge at him, "You shouldn't drop your guard Naruto!" he yelled as he swung his battle axe at him. However, Naruto merely swung out a fist and clashed his quake powers against the blade stopping it cold causing the medieval dressed giant to gasp as he tried to move closer to Naruto with no success. With a growl, Naruto clenched his fist tighter, and suddenly the giants axe shattered into pieces causing the giant to stumble. With a bellow, Naruto reached out and grasped the giant by his helmet and dragged him downward causing his head to slam into the deck of the ship.

With a surge of his magic, a large white bubble appeared around the giant's head and began to charge up energy inside. With a growl, Naruto unleashed a quake inside of the giants head. In an instant the giants brain was ground to mush leaving him as a destroyed wreck. With a growl of, "GET OFF MY SHIP!" he grasped the giant by the hair and threw his body across the bay without a care in the world.

Everyone from the empire gazed at Naruto with a mixture of looks. These looks ranged from confusion, fear, awe, and many others. Larcade motioned to his men, "Stay clear of him for the time being." he ordered silently.

Naruto sighed as he looked back at Oars, 'Oars...' he thought to himself. Suddenly an idea popped into his head, and with that he grasped his Bisento tightly as he yelled out, "Climb Oars' body and advance!" loud enough for his people to hear.

With yells of fury, the Ishgar wizards raced towards Oars body and begun to race up his large back towards the plaza.

August sighed as he pressed a couple fingers to his head, "Serena, it's time." he announced to the Dragon Slayer.

Smirking, Serena stood up, "Oh, it's about damn time." he said arrogantly.

Leon gave a whistle, "Let's use that space Oars opened up." he declared loudly causing more of his friends to rush through the gap Oars had made during his march forward.

With that, more wizards from Ishgar burst into the bay. "Men, get to the plaza!" Ichiya proclaimed.

"We've reached the bay!"

"Let's open up some more space so we can get in and join the fun." members of Quatro Cerberus declared as they unleashed dozens of High Grade Explosive Lacrima at the wall. The mighty explosions shook the area as they burst against the wall. However, it was all for naught as they barely left a scratch. Bacchus almost cursed his bad luck, but a declaration from another ship drew his attention.

"Let us take care of this. The great Sea Christina won't be harmed by mere stone." a woman stated as a buxom woman with sky blue hair sailed a steel vessel right through the ice and then the wall lie a butter knife scooping up butter.

"Damn, they have an ice cutter." a soldier cursed out.

"So that's Ice Dragon Esdeath of the Blue Pegasus guild." another marveled.

Esdeath grinned, "Well that was easy." she decided. She looked to her friends, "Alright you guys, let's join the celebrations." she said eagerly as she jumped off the ship and into the fight.

With a way into the bay, forces of Ishgar surged through the opening and into the bay to fight.

Having broken into the bay through two points August was in a bind. Naruto sure wasn't going to make this easy for him. August sighed as he watched them converge. "Soon, the bay will be flooded by allies of your father." he said to Kozuchi, "You should feel proud he is willing to go so far just to rescue you from dying." he commented. However, he then gave the boy a smirk, "However, this will not be a problem for us as we have already prepared for this." he told him as he pulled out a Communication Lacrima from his cloak, "Is it ready?" he asked as a voice responded that something was, "Connect all ships and communications." he said as a ringing sound began to go off from all forms of communication lacrima.

Hearing his own Communication Lacrima ring, Naruto only narrowed his eyes, "He's planning something." he growled out, "He's resourceful, that August." he said to himself.

Seconds later, Hibiki looked to her sister when she heard what was said over the communications, "Hikari, did you hear what was said?" she asked her twin.

Hikari nodded her head, "Yeah, "They're going to forget about the schedule and go ahead and execute Kozuchi-san. But if they do that then this will have been for nothing. We'd be fighting only to die." she said with a scowl.

"We need to inform Naruto about this, and fast." Hibiki said. And with that the twins pressed their fingers to their twins temple to inform Naruto that he would need to speed up his own plans.

"Naruto-kun, it's urgent. We have news you need to hear." they spoke

"Eh, who is it?" Naruto's voice rumbled through their minds.

"It's Hibiki and Hikari Belerion of Mermaid Heel. We have something that you need to hear." Hibiki said.

"What is it?" Naruto asked.

"They've thrown away the schedule to execute Kozuchi and have decided they're just going to kill him immediately. We don't know why, but we need to hurry before they take his life." Hikari said urgently.

"So that was their plan. They decided they want to execute Kozuchi immediately?" he asked as they confirmed his question, "Thank you, that was very important information you came across." he told them. He then scowled, it seemed he needed to move faster or he'd lose a son, "Damn that August. I bet he believes that he doesn't need to stick with the timetable to kill some kid." he spoke up. He then crossed his arms, "But my question is, what is he really up to? He wouldn't be doing this if he wasn't planning something big." he wondered aloud.

Warren's voice suddenly spoke up inside his mind, "Naruto, I've got some news you may wanna hear. They've discarded the execution time and have decided to just kill him outright!" he exclaimed.

"I heard. How are the other guilds fairing in the fight?" he asked.

"They're tied up in their own fights. Each of the ones they're fighting can contend with any of us. I think we need to send some reinforcements to help them out." Warren said.

"No, that must be what they be planning for us to do. With the knowledge we have, they could have planned to leak it to us and have us try to advance forward to try and recover Kozuchi faster." he said before shaking his head, "No, they wouldn't have let the information slip if they weren't planning for something big." he thought.

-Meanwhile-

Jura was standing outside the hole that Oars had made when he had entered the bay, "If I could sneak past this hole Oars made I could sneak up behind and get him, but there are several problems I'd have to contend with." he said to himself.

"That's if you can get by the second division behind the lines of the Plaza." a voice said causing Jura to gasp in shock as he turned around, only for his blood to run cold, "God Serena... w-what are you doing here?" he asked in fear.

Serena smirked, "Well I was just walking around, you know minding my business and all when I heard a strange thing come from Naruto's mouth as I passed him by."

Back in the plaza, August placed his fingers to his forehead and connected to the rest of his forces, "Withdraw to the plaza. The next phase is about to commence in the next five minutes." he stated before turning to Larcade, "Have they cut the transmissions yet?" he asked his younger brother.

"No, but they are working on it as fast as they can. They predict at least five minutes until they can do it." he told August.

Naruto narrowed his eyes in confusion as he saw that the Empires forces were withdrawing quickly. While it was allowing his allies to advance, there was something off about why they were allowing them to advance so quickly. Hearing the sound of footsteps, Naruto turned to see one of his sons from the Elemental Nations, a son that he apparently had with a woman who lived in the desert, Rasa Sabaku Uzumaki who was named after his grandfather on his mother's side, "Ah, Rasa-kun. Glad your unhurt." he said.

"Oyaji..." he said nodding his head.

"How are things going out there?" he asked.

"We're making progress, but not enough." he said as he walked up to stand beside his father.

Naruto nodded his head, "Yeah, this isn't how I imagined for this fight to go. Especially with the fact they're withdrawing." he said as he turned back to the battlefield, "How are your siblings?" he asked.

"They have been put through a hard fought battle, but they'll pull through." he said calmly. Turning to his father he spoke, "I made it here because I got lucky." he said.

Naruto sighed, "As it is with any war. Alvarez doesn't show mercy to her enemies. August is using all his forces to try and defeat us." he stated.

Rasa nodded in agreement, "So I take it that you noticed what they're up to?" he asked.

"Yeah, but i don't know what they're doing. If anything they'll attack from the rear to catch us off guard." he said as he slammed his bisento down, "If things turn for the worst I'm going to have to go down there and join the fighting too. We gotta invade without stopping." he said.

Rasa nodded as he walked forward, "I agree." he stated as he stood beside his father, "You have over 70 allied guilds willing to die under your command here at this battle. And you also have your own sons and daughters fighting as well. Everyone here is indebted to you and we are willing to put everything we have down to succeed." he said as he opened up his gourd to allow his sand to pour our and form a long katana sword where he grasped it in his hand, "We risk our lives for you and Fairy Tail, all to see this plan through." he said.

Naruto sighed softly, "Than you son. But we are... " he never got to finish as Rasa spoke up, "I know. Your fighting to save a member of the family. And from what mother has said, you take your bonds very seriously. You won't ever give up on them no matter what happens. Everybody followed you here to this hell because that is the kind of person you are." he said before growling, "However, from what Jura-san has told me, you have ulterior motives." he whispered to himself. The white haired teen wasn't looking forward to what he was about to do, but he must do it for everyone else.

And with a yell he thrust his sword through his father's chest causing him to gasp at the fact it had happened in the first place. All of Naruto's friends were shocked to the core, and his children were even more so horrified at the fact that Rasa of all people had betrayed his father. Slowly after he had stabbed his father Rasa begun to pull the sword of condensed sand out of his father. Naruto's chest was now a bloody mess, and it was a lethal stab to the chest as well. But if he knew what his mother had said was true, this was merely just a scratch to him.

However, what Rasa didn't take into account was for one of the Vision Lacrima to catch the act of betrayal as it had happened.

On the island for the soldiers families they were whispering between themselves on the act.

"H-he was..."

"Naruto's been..."

"N-Naruto was..."

"Naruto's been stabbed!"

However, those on the battlefield were a different story. Kurama looked to Naruto in shock, "N-Naruto..." he gasped out.

"Who was the one who stabbed him?" Lily asked in shock.

"I think it was one of his kids." Carla said confused.

Wendy looked to her with her on expression, "But why would he do that, isn't Naruto-san his own father?" she asked her.

"But which of his kids did it?" Happy asked.

Kurama squinted, "I can't be sure, but it looks a lot like-"RASA!" Natsu yelled as he slammed his friends son into the deck in rage.

"Why did you do that to him? Answer me?!" he demanded.

Rasa grunted, "Why don't ask your friend. He was the one who made me do it." he said with some effort.

"What do you mean?! Do you know what you've done!?" Natsu demanded only to go wide eyed as he heard Naruto fall to a knee. Releasing Naruto's son he ran over to him, "Oi take it easy, you just got stabbed man." he urged him.

However Naruto held up a hand, "I'm fine." he gasped out as he took some deep breaths.

"Naruto!" Erza yelled out.

However, Rasa wasn't having it, "Stop lying to them and say what your really doing Oyaji" he ordered Naruto angrily. Like his father before him he too took his bonds very seriously. It was something both his mother and Uncle Gaara had pounded into him since he was young. Even his own full blooded twin siblings were taught this Standing back up Rasa growled at his father, "I know about the deal you have made with the Empire! You have their assurance that Fairy Tail and Kozuchi will remained untouched!" he yelled out.

Members of the Ishgar Guild Alliance looked to one another in confusion. Makarov in particular was thrown for a loop as he usually had things figured out rather quickly, "What's he talking about?" he asked.

Ichiya shrugged his shoulders, "I don't know. What's going on here?" he asked.

Rasa turned around and began to speak loudly, "Everyone, listen up! This is a trap set up by the Empire and Oyaji!" he bellowed out before he turned to his father, "Why, just why would you do this. All for a son you only met once in your life. Hell this is a first for most of us." he demanded, "All I ever heard from mother was how much the bonds that you created meant to you. Hell all of the women who have a child with you say that the bonds you create were the one thing you cherished more than your own life." he growled, "I was taught over my entire life to cherish the bonds I made so I could live my life the way it was supposed to be, to find a loving wife and marry her." he growled out, "And yet I hear from Jura that this was your plan from the start!" he yelled.

As Rasa yelled at his father and the allies of Fairy Tail listened to him yell, the forces of Alvarez took this as their chance to retreat and not lose any more of their forces. "Don't mind them, get to the plaza immediately!" Bloodman ordered.

"So tell me, why? Why are you doing this to them. We must look so stupid trying to fight this pointless war. And yet even when Kozuchi was caught he was your favorite!" he stated, "With your allies inside the bay, and your guild on the outside, it was painted clearly! YOU SOLD OUT ALL THE GUILDS OF ISHGAR TO THE EMPIRE IN EXCHANGE FOR KOZUCHI'S LIFE!" he yelled out loudly. Rasa wasn't done, "While the guilds would be wiped out, fairy Tail and Kozuchi would be safe and unharmed. That was your deal with August wasn't it?!" he demanded.

As he glared at his father he looked back to his brief conversation to a defeated Jura who lay beaten and bloody-

-Flashback-

"WHAT!" Rasa exclaimed, "H-He sold out the allied guilds?" he asked in shock.

Jura nodded his head, "Yes, all for his son who was set to be executed in a few hours." he told Rasa, "Apparently there was a deal made between the Empire and Naruto on how the war was going to play out." he said in what he thought was honesty.

Rasa shook his head, "That's a lie! I can't believe what your telling me Jura-san." he said.

Jura nodded his head, "I can't believe it either, but it's the truth. He told me all about it. He in turn heard about it from August who apparently struck a deal with your father." he told Rasa who growled.

Rasa was wide eyed at what he heard, "That just sets you up to die in vain!" he exclaimed to Jura.

Jura nodded his head, "I know. Go, tell them and let them see that what I have told you is true. Please, don't let them die in vain." he begged. With a nod, Rasa ran off to warn the others.

-End-

Hearing this made all of the guilds angry beyond words. And why wouldn't they be mad, they had been sold out to be slaughtered by the enemy. All so Naruto could walk away with his own guild and his son safe and sound. It made perfect sense now that they thought about it. Rasa growled in anger, "You didn't tell them about any of it... and they decided to follow you here, sacrificing themselves to save Kozuchi and help you and this is what happens." he said. "In fact, the allied guilds are the only ones being attacked in the middle of the bay!" he yelled as several explosions went off in the bay in the middle of the wizards, "With the cannons behind them, and the walls surrounding the rest, it's the perfect trap. They have no way out or any way to escape." he declared.

Ichiya looked to Naruto, "Please tell me he is lying to us!" he growled.

Makarov growled in anger, "Naruto, is he telling the truth?" he yelled out.

"Say that he's lying Naruto-kun!" Hibiki and Hikari yelled out together.

Rather then answer them, Naruto merely looks to Rasa with a saddened expression. Rasa however was still on guard, "It was a miracle I was able to land even one stab on you. And I am prepared for what happens next, do it... kill me." he said calmly.

Leon looked around in fright, "The wall of ice is blocking us. And I can't disperse it due to how thick they are!" he said in worry for his friends.

"He's right, we have nowhere to run!" Lector said scared.

"I-Is this the end?!" Sting asked.

Sherry Blendy looked around in her own fright, "Now that I think about it, the empire has only been aiming at us." she said.

"RUN, RETREAT!" Minerva yelled out.

"Let's get out of here!" Juvia cried.

Kurama looked to Naruto with a clearly upset expression, "Naruto, did you really trade our friends for Kozuchi's life?" he asked him.

"Please say something old buddy!" Esdeath cried out.

"Naruto-san!"

"Naruto-kun!"

"Naruto!"

"Oyaji please say it isn't so?"

"Oyaji!"

All around the world, people were shocked at what they had heard. One reporter looked to the Vision Lacrima in shock, "It can't be..." he gasped.

"N-Naruto actually sold them out like that!" a woman cried out.

"I can't believe it... he sold them out to the empire like that..." a child whispered.

"No, he couldn't have done that."

"Naruto made a deal with the Empire!"

"The wizards who trusted and followed him here to battle... were betrayed to be killed by the empires forces."

Back with Naruto he watched as his son seethed with anger, "I can't believe it. I still don't, nor do I want to believe it. I can't believe you would turn your back on your friends without so much as a care in the world." he said.

Natsu growled as he grabbed Rasa by the shirt, "You idiot, your being deceived. Whoever told Jura what he told you is obviously a lie. And then you have the gall to stab your own father!" he yelled out.

"Don't play innocent Natsu. You were behind it just as much as Oyaji was so don't give me that bullshit!" he yelled out.

Naruto finally spoke up, "While it is true that the allied guilds are the only ones being attacked right now, don't forget that Fairy Tail has been hit by the empire as well, Rasa." he said, "They used the layout of how I would command everyone to their advantage and in turn tricked all of us into this current predicament. I have to admit, the strategy they used was a notch above our own." he said calmly.

August was getting annoyed. He had expected the communications to be cut off minutes ago when he had given the order. Looking to Bloodman he nodded his head as he traveled over to the men holding Lacrima Vision and swiftly ended their lives and destroyed the lacrima. "Good, now let them believe the last vision to be true." he said with a gloat. Lifting up his own communication lacrima he gave an order, "Begin Phase 2. Raise them up, and trap them all." he proclaimed.

Underneath the water, a series of thick high grade steel surrounded the bay. These walls were controlled remotely in a control room that was hidden somewhere on the base. With the order of their activation, they were turned on where they rose up, only to come into contact with the incredibly thick ice that Bloodman had created where they were halted. Back in Naruto's position, the great warrior rose back up and planted his bisento down once more as he kneeled in front of his son. Rasa gulped as he saw the look on his father's face.

Raising his free hand into the air Naruto spoke up, "Do you know what you have just done Rasa-kun?' he asked his son, "You thrust a sword into your own father's body. YOUR SUCH A STUPID SON!" he yelled as he sent his hand racing forward towards the now scared Rasa. However, what Rasa did not expect was that his father had brought him into a gentle embrace. His first ever from his father. Rasa was shaking in both confusion and in fear. Why... why was he hugging him, he had betrayed his own father and he hugged him. His answer came when Naruto spoke gently and with kindness, "But I love you son, even if you are a damned fool." he said as he gently squeezed his son into his chest.

"C-Cut the crap... Y-you sold them out..." Rasa gasped.

Naruto sighed sadly, "Who pulled your bright warm heart to the darkness it is clouded by through Jura? Tell me." he demanded.

Rasa looked up to his father and spoke seriously, "He's an insurgent that is in the Empire. I don't know his name, but he told Jura-san that he would save all of the guilds if someone slew you." he told his father.

"From the smell that hovers your body now that I get a whiff of it, it was Serena. He was the one who told Jura after he defeated him, and he in turn told you." he deduced, "I know that you hold your bonds close to your heart much like I myself do, and you have seen me interact with Kozuchi-kun more than most of you... so I can feel the pain that haunts you. But Rasa, it's ridiculous to say that I love him more than the rest of my beloved children. Did Kozuchi do something to you?" he asked causing Rasa to go wide eyed, "You're his brother, and you have been through many things together. You have weathered agony, joy, and pain together... so many times with your siblings that you can no longer count them even with all of your fingers and toes, isn't that right?" Naruto said, "I don't give a damn if he gets more attention from me or not. What matters is that I love all of you equally and I can't harbor any hatred towards you. You are all my children, and I take pride in calling you my family. So, Rasa, treat him kindly. Because I don't love you or him more than any other. In the end, we are all family one way or another, some more so than others." he told him.

Rasa felt his control over his sand fall and he allowed it to fall as he heard his father's words reach him. And then tears filled his eyes and he realized what he had done. Standing up and walking around his so Naruto looked to August, "Moving on. These damn soldiers of the Empire think they may have pulled a fast one, but the cream of the crop goes to August. He is so much like his father he's like a clone." he said darkly, "He sure did shake us up well." he declared as he stabbed his bisento into the deck one last time and crossed his hands over his chest, "So don't presume that I would ever sell out one of my allies. It is utterly ridiculous!" he exclaimed as he lashed his hands outwards. His infamous cracks appeared and spread widely to the point they reached higher than the walls of ice surrounding the island.

With loud explosive cracks, the two waves shattered into countless pieces and collapsed into the sea. August looked on impassively as he watched his trap fall apart, "He provided them a way to escape." he said, "This man should not be underestimated." he said seriously.

If the allied wizards had thought they were betrayed before were shocked, they were stunned into silence as they watched Naruto destroyed the walls of ice. Ichiya looked around him in shock, "The walls of Ice have been destroyed, men." he said.

Kagura looked to a ship and nodded, "That ship there looks in sailing condition." she said pointing to one of the Empire's warships.

"We can get away any time we wanted..." Hibiki and Hikari said.

Naruto rose up to his full height once again and gave a loud yell of, "We are wizards of Ishgar, we choose what we want to believe in. STOP PREACHING YOUR BELIEFS ONTO US!" he cried out. Hearing his father's words, he could no longer contain his emotions, Rasa began to weep loudly.

"So it was a lie, I should have figured since this is Zeref's people." Esdeath exclaimed.

"Damn, they got one over us." Leon cried out.

"I knew Oyaji would never betray his friends." Kazumi said with a relieved smile.

"I'm sorry! I'll never lose faith in you again, old buddy!" Kurama yelled out.

"Me too, I'm sorry I ever doubted you Naruto!"

"I'll follow you till the end!"

Naruto couldn't help but smile as he heard all the apologies. However he also scowled as he looked towards August who stood beside his son, "I'm weaker than they think I am. My curse has sapped almost all of my power. I don't know how much I will be able to do here. I'm just one man with one heart after all. They may call me a demon or a monster all they want, but even I know that I can't go on being the strongest forever." he thought to himself as he put a hand over the wound he had received, "However, if I can save even one life of a child here I will have earned my right to retire from this world." he thought to himself before yelling loudly, "For those of you who still follow me, lay down your life for it!" causing all of his allies to scream and yell with high moral once more as they raised their fists and weapons into the air. Grabbing his Bisento, he charged forward into battle. As he reached the very tip of the bow on the ship that brought him there, he planted it on the edge and gave a mighty leap into the air.

Having been an unseen move on his part August gave a shout of, "Get ready to attack! He's on the move! The Strongest Man in the World has gone wild!" completely out of shock.

And as he fell towards the ground Naruto gave a battle cry of, "LET'S GO!" where seconds later he crashed down onto the ice below. As he landed in a crouch, the dust he had kicked up swirled around him in a mesmerizing spiral before being pulled back the other way.

Seeing him move caused the entirety of the Empires forces to tense up, "Naruto's on the move." one commander commented.

Rising back up to his full height he raised his Bisento up, and then pointed it towards the Empires forces. As if it were some unseen signal, the allied guilds charged forward with roars of battle. Ichigo grinned as he rushed towards his enemies, "Follow Oyaji's lead!" he cried out.

"Let's clear the way for the man Gihi!" Gajeel cried out with his own grin.

Seeing that their enemy was charging forward, the artillery units once more opened fire on them. The first shot that came out flew straight at Naruto who perked up as he drew his fist back, only to thrust it forward causing the explosive lacrima to quickly stop before they were set flying back thanks to his power. The lacrima crashed into the cannon they were shot from and detonated, causing the soldiers to be blown away in balls of flame. In the control room, having seen that Naruto had finally joined the battle, the operators began to flip some switches, "Activation protocol accepted, raising the walls now!" one commented.

"We have a problem, the ice is too thick. At this rate they'll get past them." another said.

Back on the deck of the ship Naruto had left off, Natsu had just finished hearing Rasa cry about how he had betrayed his mother and his father. So with a sigh he walked forward, "Do you think you can earn their forgiveness by standing there and crying? If you want them to forgive you then do something. Now I'm going to go fight, you can sit here and think about what you did, but if you need any help you know how to contact me. I might not listen though." he asked him.

Rasa growled, "No, crying won't solve anything. Thanks, I needed that." he said as he followed Natsu and jumped down to join the battle.

As they ran across the ice, Kazumi couldn't help but marvel how her father was still able to fight even after being stabbed right in his heart. However, she was brought out of her musings when her elder brother ran up beside her and pointed towards the retreating forces of the Empire. Kazumi gasped in realization, "They all retreated to the plaza when we weren't paying them any attention. It must have been when we all thought Oyaji betrayed the guilds." she said.

"I have a bad feeling about this. But now Oyaji is in the middle of the action so we may not even get any time to think." he said.

"There ain't no stopping us now, we're on the move!" she cried out.

August grunted when he saw that the walls hadn't risen yet, "Are they not ready yet?" he demanded, "They were built for this purpose of the war." he said.

"Apologies Lord August, but the ice was thicker than anticipated. Lord Bloodman applied a little too much energy to his spell." a soldier responded through the Communication Lacrima.

Larcade scowled in annoyance, "Dammit Bloodman, thanks to you wanting to show off the wall isn't activated yet. This isn't good." he muttered to himself.

"If that is the case then I will stop them!" the last remaining giant yelled out as it rushed forward. It was a elderly giant, but that didn't mean it couldn't fight; that would mean it was more experienced in battle. With a leap the Giant joined the battle as it crashed down inside the bay area. Rising up it drew its sword and growled at the wizards, "That's as far as you're gonna get, you'll never reach the plaza!" he declared as he swung his sword.

"Run, there's a giant that remained and it's attacking!" Hibiki yelled out as he ran away from the rampaging giant.

As he rampaged, the giant began to carve his way towards Naruto. And upon reaching him, he raised his sword above his head while grasping it in both hands where he gave a yell while he swing downwards in an attempt to try to kill Naruto. However, it wasn't much of a problem for Naruto to block as he simply placed the blade of his bisento in front of the sword and intercepted the swing. Looking past the interlocked blades Naruto simply sighed, "Your in my way, move." he commanded before he grunted while using his immense strength to suddenly knock the giant sword away causing the giant to stumble back while he himself released his bisento into the air.

With his hands now free from their burden, Naruto reached his hands up and curled his fingers inward as if her were grasping at something solid. Seconds later, his bisento stabbed itself into the ground causing Naruto to growl as he ripped his hands downward where the world seemingly spun around with no warning. The giant found itself tumbling through the air as his balance was thrown off so much he had actually performed a flip. The giant gasped in shock, "My balance… W-What did he do?!" with wide eyes as he fell down.

"W-What is this?!" a soldier yelled out.

"Oi, why is the ground tilting?" a soldier asked as he tried to stay on his feet. However that wasn't meant to be as the ground suddenly shook violently causing many to fall from the feet. As they fell, one soldier began to slide down the walkway with a yell of fright before he fell over the edge and into the bay.

"Don't get too close to Naruto!"

"This is worse than an earthquake!"

And it wasn't just the giant or the wizards in the bay. Even Kozuchi and those standing near him felt it because Kozuchi had no way to stay balance and fell with a grunt. August grunted as he tried to stay balanced as he looked to Naruto, "Earthshaker..." he ground out.

As he ran across the ice, one of Naruto's children had tripped and fell with a grunt before shaking themselves off, "Ok, that was a rough one." she muttered. When she looked up she couldn't help but gasp in shock at the sight before her. The sea was literally split and the parts where it had been split were tilting at obscure angles causing the water that had once been stable to fall off to try and stay level. Maya Uzumaki couldn't help but gulp, "T-this can't be real..." she muttered. It was like something out of a nightmare, was this her father's power or was this merely a bad dream.

Ichigo looked at the sea with his own wide eyes, "This is insane. It's not just the island, THE ENTIRE SEA IS TILTING!~" he crowed out.

August had never witnessed this technique before so it was as much a shock to his system as it was to almost everyone there, "T-The sea... it's... by god this is like nothing I have ever seen before." he said in complete awe of the power that was being displayed. Naruto had indeed earned his title, and it showed just why he was called The Strongest.

In the plaza, buildings cracked and then crumbled to pieces forcing soldiers to run away in terror lest they be crushed under the weight of the rubble. Out at sea, a tidal wave had been sprouted and crashed down on the empires warship blockade and sunk 23 of their ships while damaging 17 others. As if destruction was what he lived for, which it probably was, Bloodman let out a dark chuckle, "Now that is what you call power. That bastard sure does have some style." he said as he bellowed out a heavy laugh.

Larcade shook his head, "This is outrageous. So much carnage in a few mere seconds." he commented as he watched Bloodman howl in laughter.

Regaining her balance Wendy began to hyperventilate in panic at the sheer carnage that was around her, luckily she wasn't alone in that department, and was grabbed by her shoulders and given a shake by none other than Bacchus, "Hey kid, are you alright?" he asked her.

She shook her head, "N-No. I never knew Naruto-san had such a technique up his sleeves. Doesn't he know that he needs to watch out for us as well?" she said.

Bacchus gave a laugh, "I'm sure he knows we're here. Hell, most of us were evacuated to a safe distance. It was why he stayed behind and allowed the rest of us to run forward." he said.

Back in the plaza, Brandish and Dimaria were gasping for air as if they had been suffocating, "Are you alright, Randi?" Dimaria asked the green haired woman.

Brandish gulped as she looked around in shock, "W-Was that what the end of the world looked like?" she asked.

Dimaria shrugged, "I don't know, but I just found out that I don't like it." she said.

Brandish nodded in agreement, "On that w-my god..." she gasped as she looked behind her friend.

"What is it?" Dimaria asked as she turned around and gasped, "N-no way..." she said with wide eyes.

"So this is what the world's most powerful Wizard is capable of?" Brandish asked.

Naruto watched as the giant slowly recovered before looking at him with shocked eyes. Taking a breath he spoke with reverence in his voice, "What deadly power..." he stated, "However, the Empire's victory must be assured. So I cannot let you pass!" he yelled as he picked up his sword and hefted it overhead with a yell.

Naruto snorted, "They never learn." and he gave a mighty leap upwards surprising the Giant as he thrust his hand forward with the power to destroy the world. A massive crack burst into existence and caved the giants gut inwards before unleashing a powerful shockwave that shattered the ice behind said giant as it raced forward without any sign of stopping.

Seeing the blast continue to rush forward soldiers decided it was best to get the hell out of the way or they'd be crushed by the singular attack set forth by Naruto's hand. While the soldiers may have gotten out of the way, the wall remained behind to be shattered under the brute force behind Naruto's right hook where it continued to barrel forward unstopped. For allies of Naruto, this was a good frigging sign as they grinned, "It's gonna reach the scaffold." Erza said with a pleased look.

"Keep on going, rip it apart." Mirajane yelled.

And it did, however, rather than smash into the scaffold it came into contact with what seemed to be an invisible barrier and veered off course causing the excess energy to destroy everything else around it as it was blocked. Natsu felt his eyes widen, "W-What, it was deflected." he said.

"Is the scaffold alright?" Ichigo asked.

"Did that do it, did we save him?" Kazumi asked. Seeing that the attack didn't work, she scowled, "It didn't work." she said.

"What made it veer off?" her brother questioned. However, what he didn't expect was to see a Spriggan 12 emblem hovering in the air courtesy of August, "Magic King August deflected the attack on his own."

Bloodman sighed as he heard Larcade speak up, "This wouldn't have happened if the wall were up in time."

Serena nodded in agreement, "Yeah, your damn ice is too thick and is blocking it." he said.

Bloodman snarled, "Well why don't you just melt it Serena?" in an angered tone.

Naruto narrowed his eyes as he watched the magic barrier vanish, 'So they deflected one of my blasts on their own, not bad.' he thought to himself.

"I can't believe they deflected one of Naruto-san's shock-waves." Leon said with wide eyes.

"Don't worry." Erza said as she walked up, "There is still time, we just need to charge them while they're still off balance." she commented.

Maya walked up and nodded her head in agreement, "She's right. We can't miss this chance that Oyaji provided us." she said.

"Let's go, Fairy Tail!" Makarov yelled out as he ran forward. With his charge, everyone else followed.

Bloodman sneered as he watched them charge, "Somebody made them mad." he commented.

August pulled out his Communication Lacrima, "Why are the walls not up yet?" he demanded.

"T-I'm afraid..." the man couldn't finish as August nodded in understanding, "Divert all remaining power in the city to the walls. Make it happen." he ordered.

"Yes sir, right away!" the operator complied. With a push of a large lever the walls began to charge up faster, then they began to push past the ice.

Seeing the ice break apart as the walls rose was something the wizards of Ishgar certainly didn't expect. Gajeel came to a halt as the walls rose up higher, "What the hell, what is that?" he asked in shock.

"T-The walls!" Ichigo said with wide eyes, "We're enclosed!" he yelled.

"What the hell is this?" Natsu cried out.

"So this is what they were calling phase two, the encircling walls they got us with?" Laxus questioned.

"Fucking cowards." Mirajane said.

"Are they not going to fight us like real men?" Elfman questioned.

However, after asking this, sections of the walls lowered to reveal a long row of magic cannons that lined the walls. In total there were at least 50 of them. Juvia felt her eyes widen at the sight, "A-Are they seriously going to use those against us?" she gasped.

"We gotta run!" Lisanna cried out.

Ultear looked at her, "We're trapped here, where are we..." however, as she looked around for a place to run, she saw one. Right where Oars had collapsed, was an opening big enough for them to reach, "There is a place..." she whispered.

Seeing the walls weren't fully activated August growled into his communication Lacrima, "What's the matter, why aren't the walls ready?" he demanded.

"The walls... I'm afraid that they can't lift Oars' body, it's too heavy." a soldier responded shortly after, "And it seems like his blood is running down into the system make things less powerful." he finished.

August growled in anger, "Fucking Gigant." he yelled as he threw his communication Lacrima away causing it to shatter as it hit a wall down below.

Luckily he had a spare.

Kozuchi couldn't help but be stunned, "Oars... even hurt... y-your..." he said with tears streaming down his eyes.

Hearing Ultear explain what she had come up with, the members of the guild alliance couldn't help but be stunned, "Men, what a guy." Ichiya said with a sad smile.

"He's still fighting ya'know." Ichigo said with a calm smile.

Naruto smirked as he saw an opening, "There is still a chance of victory." he said with a nod of his head.

August sighed as he knew that his enemy realized what was going on, "We may not be able to close it fully, but... we are not out of the game yet." he said before turning to Serena, "Do it, Serena!" he ordered loudly.

God Serena smirked darkly as he walked forward to the edge of the scaffold, "God bye-bye ya shitty Ishgar wizards. Magma Dragons: Meteor Volcano" he yelled as he poured his magic out of his body before he gave a yell as he begun to launch it into the air with screams like fireworks being shot into the air.

Within the bay, the wizards watched as the magma screeched into the air in streams of two before they vanished into the clouds. Juvia shook her head in confusion, "Why is he shooting lava fists into the air?" she asked.

"What's going on here?" Bisca asked.

"I'm lost here..." Ichigo said as he scratched the back of his head.

Makarov felt his eyes widen where he looked up, "Oh no..." he said in worry.

Suddenly a strange warping sound was heard high in the air causing multiple wizards to look up, "What's that unmanly sound?" Elfman asked.

"I think, and this is just an assumption, but I think that they're coming down~" Hibiki yelled out just as the fists of lava burst through the clouds underneath and begun to fall towards the bay screaming as they began to rain down.

"LOOK OUT!" Juvia cried.

"DODGE!" Ichiya yelled out.

"WATCH OUT!"

"INCOMING!"

August smirked darkly, "And since you're trapped, there is no escape. Die peons." he muttered as the fists began to crash into the ground.

Now, to understand why he was muttering this, you must understand that even if they manage to dodge the lava falling from the sky, they were still on ice. And since lava is so much hotter than ice, it boils the ice causing it to melt and in turn boil the water underneath it. Even the ice made by Demon Slayer Magic is nothing compared to the magic of a Dragon.

The lava fists slammed down into the ice with powerful explosions as they rained down from the heavens above before they began to smash into the ships that had invaded the bay. As this was happening, Naruto stood still as the lava crashed down around him. He couldn't do anything as suddenly a series of lava fists crashed into another ship that had brought him and his allies here to battle.

While this was going on, back with the safe families of the soldiers of the Empire and the reporters, people were getting angry.

"Hey, what's going on!?"

"Show us what's going on with the war!"

"Let us see the war!"

"Hurry and fix it!"

"Their having trouble with the Vision Lacrima, is there nothing we can do?"

Some of the families growled as they looked to some of their own, "Is it true you guys made a deal?"

Watching from the back, a small group of warriors watched as the chaos unfolded. "Did Naruto really sell out his comrades!?"

"What's going to happen to the war?!"

"No, what's going to happen to the world?"

Behind all the families and soldiers stood four warriors. One of the four warriors shook their heads, "These idiots will believe just about anything?" she growled.

"Kazehana, you know we cannot interfere in the battle. It's what he would have wanted." a blonde woman muttered.

"Well I wanna see what's really going on, I just can't understand what's so hard about working a fucking rock!" she responded.

A dark haired man with freckled cheeks shook his head, "I can't believe that they're buying into that. Especially you of all people Kazehana." he said.

"I ain't!' she responded with pink cheeks.

"I'm surprised that you aren't buying into it, Ace." the blonde said.

"Hmph, the reason I'm not buying it is because we've met Naruto and know what he acts like. Besides, I can also tell you that they're not showing us because something is happening that they don't want us, and in extension, the world to see. That's why they cut us off when Naruto said he betrayed his allies and got stabbed by his son."

Another man snorted as he began to walk away, "Naruto 'sold out his comrades' is something that I find hard to believe." he said to them as his eyes flashed a deep red and rippling purple, "It's not who he is, and that is what makes him a legend even in your New World where we live." he said angrily.

A reporter was speaking into a communication lacrima, "Is there no way to get a signal?" he asked.

"We're working on it. It should be back to normal in a few minutes." someone responded.

A distance away someone, a woman who appeared to be a fortune teller, flipped a series of cards. One of them held a grim reaper on it, the other was of a setting sun, "So, this is the end of an era." she muttered.

Serena yelled loudly as he continued to fire off more lava fists before smirking in his own deranged way, "Melt the ice that they stand on, boil them alive!" he exclaimed loudly.

With each lava fist that impacted the ice, the standing area for the wizards of Fiore grew smaller and smaller by the second as the extremely hot lava melted the ice. With each impact, the ice melted to reveal a wet patch of water that the wizards knew was due to the fact that the water was boiling underneath. While running from the lava across the ice, the wizards soon noticed the other problem they were facing, "The ice is melting!" a wizard cried out in horror as more lava impacted the ice around them.

"T-The water is... Ouch it's boiling!" Gray yelled as he created a floor of ice for him to stand on. Making it grow he begun to pull his friends out of the water to try and save as many of them as he could. He quickly grabbed Makarov as well, "Master, are you alright?!" he asked.

Makarov nodded his head as he shook the water from his eyes, "I'm alright, just a little cooked is all." he said lightly.

"Get on the ice" Ultear yelled out.

It was at this time the magic cannons lowered and pointed themselves at the guild wizards, "O-Oi look over there!" Bisca said loudly.

When the wizards who had found a place to stand looked to where Bisca was pointing, they suddenly gave cries of worry as they began to fire down upon the ice forcing them to run yet again so that they wouldn't get blown up. Now they not only had to worry about falling lava and boiling seawater, now they had to dodge explosives as well. As they ran away from the explosions they soon came across something they had yet to see, "W-What are those?" Leon cried out as he laid his eyes on soldiers with magical armor and weapons in their hands

A short fat little kid smirked darkly, "This is the end for you Ishgar wizards. Kill them!" he ordered with a maniacal laugh. And with that, the soldiers began to fire spells at the wizards causing them to scream as the ice was further destroyed.

Natsu gave a yell of, "FIRE DRAGON'S: FLAME FIST" and shot a powerful pillar of fire in the form of a fist at the wall and growled in anger, "Why can't we break these walls. Dammit!" he yelled.

Deciding he had stood by long enough Naruto gave a yell as he thrust his fist forward where his power burst from his fist as a crack appeared in front of it. As the shockwave impacted the wall, the wizards were given the sight of powerful waves of energy blasting off from the steel walls. Everyone around had to cover their faces due to the sheer power the winds were. Soldiers of Alvarez cried out as they were blinded by a flash of white light before they were thrown away due to the following shock-waves.

August stumbled back and grunted as he covered his face from the gale force winds, "N-Naruto!" he stated. Even now that brat was opposing him with power he didn't think he'd have.

When the blasting winds died down, Ichigo looked up with hope only for them to shatter moments later "O-Oyaji's own power didn't even work?" he asked in shock.

"This is no ordinary wall." Makarov said beside him, "I'm surprised he even managed to dent it with as much power as he used on it." he said.

"W-What kind of wall is this?" Natsu asked in horror.

"Anti-magic walls imbued with Dragon Scales most likely taken from Acnologia's dragon sized corpse." Naruto said as he walked up with an annoyed scowl on his face.

"D-Dammit, we never stood a chance here." the pink haired wizard said with a growl.

Serena smirked, "It's time to finish this." he said. With that he began to fire off more lava fists that quickly smashed into the ice causing more of it to melt and throwing the wizards of Ishgar into the sea where they cried out from being boiled.

Eventually Serena got lucky and managed to strike the flagship that had brought Naruto to battle. Bursting into flame, the ship began to tilt to the side as well as burn as it began to sink. "The lava's hit the Earthen Beauty! Hurry and put out the fire, she's a symbol of our will to never give in!" Jet yelled out as he shot spell after spell towards the ship, only for them to prove pointless as they fire was too hot even for them to approach.

"Don't let it sink!" Natsu yelled as he began to devour the flames as fast as he could, only to get nowhere as the fire spread even further.

"We were looking forward to using her to go on more adventures in the New World!" Gray cried out as he poured bucket after bucket of water into the flames only to get nowhere as it wasn't enough.

Serena looked down on his former allies with a dark grin, "Your time is over, Ishgar." he said as he looked specifically to Naruto.

Suddenly the Earthen Beauty had an explosion that blew out a side that shook the ice. Naruto felt his eyes widen in shock as he turned around and watched the once beautiful vessel began to sink. "T-The Earthen Beauty... damn them." Natsu yelled out.

"Damn them, they sank the best ship we could get under our banner. It was meant to be a ship to honor the glory of Fairy Tail." Erza cried out.

Naruto could only stare as he watched the vessel that had carried him to battle like a mighty steed burn to ash as it slowly sank beneath the ice. He lowered his head down in shame as a banner of the Fairy Tail guild fell off a mast with fire burning it, "Forgive me… Shodai-sama." he whispered to himself.

"W-We're running out of ways to reach the plaza!" Juvia cried out.

As Serena flung more of his power, Brandish and Dimaria felt their hearts sink, "T-This isn't a war... it's a slaughter. That's why August decided to do it here... so he could kill all of them and then take over Ishgar..." Brandish said.

"Just what is going on inside of the walls?" Dimaria asked.

"You already know what's happening, even if you can't see what's going on." Brandish remarked, "They can no longer advance, nor can they run due to the pounding they are getting. The walls are nothing but a casket for the most powerful wizards of Ishgar." she said.

August reached into his pocket calmly and pulled out his spare communication lacrima, "The plan is nearly complete, now we move on to... the execution of Kozuchi Kamizuru." he said into it, announcing the next thing on his agenda to the rest of his forces.

Members of Fairy Tail felt their heart stop while Kozuchi's siblings gasped in horror at what they heard. They could even hear Bloodman howl in dark laughter at the thought of killing mere mortals. Ichigo growled as he looked around in anger, "Dammit. We can't see anything as we are now!" he said loudly.

"We can't let them kill Kozuchi!" Maya yelled out.

"But how can we stop them, we don't even have a way to get to the plaza?" Kazumi asked.

Makarov looked forward to the downed Gigant they called friend, "There is a way, just one..." he said somberly.

"Of course... the way that Oars made!" Natsu cried out in realization.

"But we'll be sitting ducks if we go that way. The Empire will be expecting us to go there." Laxus said.

"It is still worth a shot." Gajeel said seriously.

"There's no time to argue about it!" Jet said loudly.

"He's right. That way is the only way we can go to save Kozuchi!" Droy said in agreement.

"Screw this, I'm going for it!" Ichigo yelled loudly as he raced forward with a scream.

"Let's go!" Kazumi yelled as she followed after her brother.

"We're coming too!" Mirajane yelled as she gave chase. And with that, the wizards began their final blitz towards a chance of victory.

Seeing them race forward, Brandish felt her eyes widen, "T-They're racing forward? They shouldn't take such an obvious route." she said in shock.

Gunners growled as they watched the guilds run towards Oars and lowered the guns so they could aim at Naruto's sun, "Wait for them to get closer then fire down on them." a captain ordered as he raised his hand before waving it downward as they reached his desired distance, "FIRE!" he ordered as the cannons began shooting.

Seeing the way they were running was being obstructed, Mira growled as she continued to run, "Of course they would defend our only way out." she said in an annoyed tone.

"Keep firing!" August ordered.

Seeing that they were coming no further, Kozuchi began to struggle in his chains as he watched everyone who came to save him struggled to reach Oars. Bloodman looked up to Kozuchi and smirked, "We're finishing them off little by little, and there's nothing you can do about it. You can watch as they burn in hell." he told the boy.

August spoke into his lacrima again, "Fire again!" and he watched as the cannons flashed again, destroying even more ice and causing a thick smoke to form inside the bay causing some of the wizards to choke for air.

One shot actually struck down in front of Ichigo and tossed the Terumi Uzumaki through the air and sent him into the water. Kozuchi felt his heart nearly stop when he heard someone screaming loudly before realizing that it was him screaming, "ICHIGO!~" at the top of his lungs in terror for his half brother.

When the shooting finally died down, most of the wizards were lying on the ground injured grievously and nearly unable to move. They were choking on smoke on top of the fact they were hurt so it was a double whammy. August turned to the executioners and nodded his head, "Proceed." he commanded.

However, what August, and in extension his forces were definitely weren't expecting was for the ground to start shaking before a deep voice spoke up, "Ko... kun..." causing the son of Zeref's eyes to widen in horror... it was still alive?

Kozuchi felt his eyes widen in shock while in the bay, many of the wizards felt joy as they heard their best friend speak up for the first time since they were trapped in the bay. Raising his hand, Oars slowly curled it into a fist and lowered it down causing the shocked soldiers to be sent flying away. Raising himself up Oars huffed with exhaustion as he used his incredible power to show the empire that he wasn't out of the fight just yet.

"L-Little Oars Jr.! He's still alive!" August gawked in shock.

Oars ignored the empire forces and looked to Kozuchi, "Ko-kun..." he said proudly, "Ko-kun..." he breathed out heavily. Reaching out his hand weakly he continued to mutter, "Ko-kun..." as he reached towards his friend.

"Oars..." Kozuchi muttered.

"I protect you, Ko-kun." he spoke up.

"OARS!~" Kozuchi cried happily as he looked at the living Gigant.

Naruto couldn't help but smile as well, "Oars..." he said happily.

"Oars... is alive?" Gajeel remarked before he yelled out in joy.

Ichigo coughed as he was pulled out of the water. Huffing he looked around and saw his friends and family cheering and looked at them in confusion. However, when he heard a familiar voice he couldn't help but smile and join in as well. Wiping the water from his eyes he sniffled, "Oars..." he said with happy tears.

"What a guy!" Laxus said. He couldn't help the tears that flowed from his eyes. He had thought the empire had killed him.

Rasa smiled as he looked to the still living Gigant, "Oars..." he whispered.

Maya walked up beside him and nudged him in the arm, "You alright, Rasa-nee?" she asked as she held up the gourd his uncle gave him.

Nodding his head he took his gourd, "T-Thank you." he said kindly as he strapped it back to his backside.

Maya smiled as he strapped it to his back again, "You didn't answer my question. I asked if you were alright?" she asked him.

Ichigo walked up next and shook his head, "Honestly, I think Temari-Kaa-san was right. You are too reckless." he said.

August growled and ordered his troops into ranks as they aimed their weapons at Oars, "Get ready to shoot!" he ordered, "Fire!" he commanded as the spells were shot at Oars.

"Oars!" Kozuchi cried out in worry.

Seeing them striking the weak Gigant shocked the wizards bad. He was the closest to Kozuchi, and the best chance of saving him. if he was defeated again, they might as well have lost. "Dammit, if they keep that up, they'll beat Oars again." Natsu exclaimed.

When the spells died down, Oars nearly collapsed from the beating. So in order to not fall, the Gigant had no choice but to place his hand back down onto the ground. Seeing this caused Kozuchi to cry out, "Oars!" in fear for his friend once again.

Bacchus growled in anger, "Dammit all. If we don't do something quick, we'll lose and they'll still kill the kid." he said.

Elfman nodded in agreement, "You're right. We need to do something." he said.

As if a light bulb had gone off inside his head Bacchus turned to Elfman with a grin, "Elfman, I've got an idea." he said with a grin that gave Elfman chills.

"U-Uh, what is it?" he asked.

"I'm gonna throw ya of course." he said casually.

"W-What!?" the Strauss exclaimed in shock.

Oars groaned as he got his second wind and sat back up, "Ko-kun..." he spoke kindly.

Larcade couldn't help but marvel Oars' drive to fight, "How strong." he muttered.

August spoke into his lacrima again, "He's barely alive, keep firing!" he ordered.

Before they could though the blonde stepped forward, "That's fine, I'll take care of it." he said.

"L-Larcade-sama?" the soldier asked.

"We're behind schedule. It's best if we just finished it." he said as he gathered his magic into his fingertip, "And unlike last time, I'm going straight for his head." he spoke darkly.

"Oars!" the wizards cried out.

However, it was here that Bacchus made his move, "Drunken Chop Hanging Claws: Mountain Breeze Shoulder Throw" he yelled as he threw Elfman through the air. Elfman cried out as he soared through the air, splashed into the sea and then sailed under the water and back out with the sea following him shortly after. The water spiraled with the Strauss' movements drawing everyone's attention as it spiraled through the air. This also had the effect of making Larcade stop his attack as he watched the spiraling water move through the air and coil around Oars.

With one last spiral through the air, Elfman crashed into the plaza where the seawater rained down on top of him and showered everyone else around him. And where was it that Elfman just landed you may ask, right in front of Larcade, Bloodman, and God Serena who eyed the falling water with narrowed eyes. The water finished raining down to reveal a soaked Elfman with a club the size of his own body under his arm as he breathed in the air around him. Seeing a friend of his father seemingly come crashing down into the plaza shocked Kozuchi as he gawked after calling out his name.

Seeing Elfman caused the Spriggan 12 members to go on guard, "It seems that someone actually made it to the plaza." Larcade said calmly.

Serena smirked, "I see your still standing tall, Elfman Strauss." he remarked.

Bloodman sighed, "Well shit, I was hoping to have Naruto as an opponent." he huffed.

Seeing that Elfman had made it over the wall had in fact been Elfman stirred up a fire in the other wizards. Mira felt her eyes widen, "Elfman... made it over the wall?" she asked in shock.

Naruto smirked at his future brother-in law, "That's one way to do it." he commented.

Serena looked down on the huffing Elfman with a sneer, "I admit you have a powerful drive and praise you for your tenacity." he said calmly, "But your not as ready for a fight against us as some might think." he told him.

Larcade crossed his arms, "So what makes you think you are ready for a fight against us?' he questioned.

Rather then answer, he turned his gaze upwards, "Because I know what I fight for." he answered with conviction as he threw his club right at them without even hesitating.

Seeing what Elfman had done Kurama looked to Mira, "You know, Elfman is as reckless as Natsu is right?" he asked her.

Mira sighed, "Actually he's more tame than Natsu." she said.

Naruto gave a cry of, "Oars, stay there! I need your power!" he said drawing Oars attention.

Oars turned his gaze back towards Naruto and nodded, "Naruto-san." he acknowledged.

Naruto turned to Ichiya, "Ichiya, the trump card!" he ordered.

Ichiya ran off with a yell of, "MEN!" as he vanished from sight.

Turning to everyone else he spoke up, "Everyone, get ready! We're gonna charge the Plaza with everything we've got!" he yelled out.

Bloodman sighed as he grabbed the large club and instantly froze it with his magic before he threw it back at Elfman without so much as glancing at him. With a jump and cry, Elfman drew his feet in as his frozen club reached him and yelled, "MANLY SWIFT KICK" and begun to repeatedly kick the frozen club causing it to shatter and send the frozen chunks back at the Spriggan 12 members. However, the three of them simply just use their own magic to basically destroy the chunks of frozen wood before it ever reaches them. However, what they hadn't expected was that the sheer amount he had shattered off the frozen club would actually begin to start hitting the ground and create a smoke screen. With his chance given, Elfman hit the ground and turned into his Were-Tiger form and burst past the three Spriggan 12 elites and smirked as he ran forward without looking back.

Elfman continued to run as fast as his form could carry him with worry in his heart, "I don't have enough time to challenge one much less three of the Spriggan 12. I need to hurry and reach Kozuchi before they kill him." he gasped out.

Standing in the fading cloud, Larcade looked back to Elfman calmly, "Seems he pulled the wool over our eyes this time around." and then shrugged, "Well, no use whining. Guess I'll go deal with him." he said before he vanished in a flash of golden light where he appeared in front of Elfman who went wide eyed as he saw Larcade suddenly appear out of thin air and grab his cross off of his back and swing it at him. As the cross struck him, Elfman coughed up blood as he soared backwards and crashed into Serena's foot causing him to flip head over heels where his chest then impacted the clothesline made by Bloodman's own arm where he then crashed into a wall next to Oars.

Climbing out of the hole his body Made, Elfman cursed himself and shook his head. Looking to Elfman and then back at the executioner's August spoke, "Do it!" he ordered as he watched the executioners raise their blades and then begun to bring them down on Kozuchi's neck.

Naruto felt something dark grip his heart as he watched the swords close in on his son's neck, "Kozuchi!" he cried out in worry.

"Nii-sama!" Ichigo cried out.

"Kozuchi!" Natsu yelled.

And as they watched, they couldn't do anything as the swords came ever closer to his neck. However, as blood flew the air, August couldn't stop his eyes from widening in shock as the executioner's were launched back dead where they fell off the scaffold seconds later.

The sand that had sliced through the scaffold just to hit him was thick, which meant that it wasn't used by a wizard as the sand they used was gathered like dust. No, this was one of the Ninja that Naruto had sired. He turned to see who did it and yelled "Who dares stop this!?" in a demanding tone.

However, what he didn't expect was to see Elfman standing in the middle of the Plaza in the form of a Sand Wyvern. An extremely dangerous creature much like a Flame Wyvern, only they attacked from underneath one's feet. How did even find one, much less use Take Over on one? Elfman huffed in exhaustion, "That's my future nephew, I cannot allow you to kill him." he said seriously.

"You bastard..." August growled.

With a roar, Elfman charged and begun to barrel his way through the Empires forces causing them to yell out in terror as they were crushed underfoot, "Don't get in my way you lowly cowards!" he roared as he flapped his stubby wings that sent several flying off with screams. With a stomp Elfman bit into a cannon and caused it to explode where he easily ignored the explosion and charged forward, "Now I'll show you what a real man can do!" he yelled.

However, that roar of confidence turned into a wail of pain when a spike of ice stabbed itself into his side and sent him flying across the ground where he crashed a second later where his heavy body created a crater underneath him. When he looked up, Elfman felt his blood run cold when he saw Bloodman standing over him before he grasped a spear of ice that he previously didn't have in his side, "Don't worry. I won't let you suffer the agony of walking through my hell." he told him before ripping out the spear of ice out of Elfman who screamed in agony, "You are the one who chose to fight us." he said seriously.

As he raised the spear again he shrugged. And with that he went to stab him. However, he didn't expect to hear, "GET AWAY FROM HIM!" causing him to turn just in time to see Mirajane come flying down in her Satan Soul: Algeria form where she smashed her fist into his chest and sent him flying. The Last Demon of Zeref was hurled through the air and crashed through six buildings before he finally came to a stop. Reaching down she grabbed the chink of ice lodged in Elfman's side and winced with how it actually hurt her.

That ice was cold dammit!

Elfman nodded in gratitude, "Thanks Mira, you saved my hide." he said as she yanked the ice out of him causing him to wince.

"Your my brother, it's my job to protect you." she responded with a smile.

-Meanwhile-

As he snuck through the halls of the building, he couldn't help but overhear how his comrades had gotten past the wall. He felt his eyes widen when he heard who it was, "M-Mirajane... Elfman..." he said with wide eyes, "They made it?" he asked himself in a whisper. "I need to hurry and find a way to help the others get to the plaza, and I don't have much time. If I'm found out, i could very well die before ever getting the chance to do something." he said as he looked around. He grasped his black hair and groaned at his predicament, "I'm not safe here, urg just where can I go dammit?" he questioned.

However, his ranting was halted when he heard running feet approach causing him to gasp as he hid behind a wall. When he saw the runners pass him by his eyes widened in realization, "T-Those were..." and then, he smiled deviously like his father when he pranked someone (From what he heard). He knew what he could do. And it was so much better than looking for the control room.

-In the bay-

With Naruto's order to swim towards Oars, the wizards were making a desperate gamble as they braved the boiling waters to try and reach the Gigant. "Swim to Oars!" Gajeel yelled out.

"Get to the plaza! Whatever it takes!" Juvia cried out.

Seeing that the Ishgar wizards were acting strange, the report certainly took August by surprise. August narrowed his eyes and he looked through the gap in the wall at Naruto with narrowed eyes. That man... he was planning something... he just couldn't figure out what it was.

"Get across the water! We need to get to Oars!" Natsu cried out.

"Come on, we can do this!" Ultear yelled out.

A captain of the Empire's army looked to his subordinate's and had them look at him, "They're desperate. Defend the open space within the wall.

"Yes sir!" the soldiers cried.

Another captain snorted as he watched their desperate attempt to reach the plaza, "They've finally lost it. I wouldn't put it past them to have already been stupid." he said with a sneer, "Stupid Ishgar wizards." before he waved his arm downwards, "Fire at them, they're easy pickings now!" he commanded as the cannons began to unleash fire and steel from their barrels.

As they swam forward Makarov gave a yell of, "Don't hesitate ! Keep moving forward!' as he continued to swim in a larger form. He used way to much energy when he was smaller.

"Get to Oars!" Ichigo yelled out.

"Get to the plaza!" Minerva yelled.

"Come on, we can do this!" Sting roared out.

Rather then lose morale with them nearly being picked off with each shot, the wizards of Ishgar kept their faith in the fact that Oars would be there for them. The commander that had ordered for the cannons to be fired at the wizards of Ishgar actually took a step back in shock, "H-How can they keep their morale so high when they are in their situation?" he demanded.

"Let's go!" Laxus ordered everyone as he swam forward.

Meanwhile. Under the water within the bay. The answer to why they were acting so strange had finally arrived. It was yet another Changeling ship like the ones that were in the bay above it. It moved along the bottom of the water before it was suddenly steered upwards. The current it formed quickly making a large pocket of air that formed a bubble on the surface. Seeing the large bubble form caused the Alvarez forces to gawk in shock as the shadow of the ship appeared underneath the wizards swimming desperately to the shore.

As it came ever closer to the surface, the air pressure that had been created from it rising upwards caused the water to rise into the air and begin to push the wizards outwards, but they helped one another out by holding onto each other in some form or fashion to keep in the same area for when it got to them. Then suddenly, the ship burst from the water and picked up the wizards in a single go. Some of them were still holding onto someone's hand and formed a chain to those already on board, but hey they were on it.

"Everyone get on board!" Ichigo yelled out as he pulled his friends on.

"Everyone hold on to something!" Rogue yelled out.

Seeing that the wizards were acting up because of this hidden ship caused the empires forces to stagger in their shock, "T-They've got another ship! There is another ship within the bay!" A commander reported to August.

August felt his eyes widen in shock as he heard this, "What, when did they have it!?" he questioned.

While it soared through the air, the sides lowered down to raise up the sails tucked away inside. At the same time a couple of holes in the side opened and pushed out two large paddles.

"Damn, they must have hid it at the bottom of the bay!" Serena growled out.

Crashing into the water, the ship began to race forward at full speed. Naruto smirked towards his enemy as the ship barreled forward, "I never said we brought all our ships to the fight!" he said loudly as the guild wizards cheered at their success.

"It's turned into a paddle ship, and it's heading this way at full speed!" a soldier yelled out.

"Sink it, send it to the bottom just like the other ships!" a soldier yelled out as the cannons began to go off.

As if guided by the hand of god, the ship remained unharmed as it raced forward. The splashing doused the ship in every which way it could, even the front had been splashed, and still the ship kept moving forward. Seeing what their true goal really was August pointed to Oars, "No, ignore the ship! Shoot Oars! Shoot at Oars!" he yelled desperately.

However, as he heard his enemy desperately try to order his men to get Oars, Naruto smirked as it was too late for them to do anything, "To late. We're here." he said as Oars reached out to them.

"Get ready, everyone!" Oars bellowed out as the ship crashed into the remaining ice allowing Oars to grab the ship and use his power to fully lift the ship up and out of the water with a roar before he set the ship down. Alvarez soldiers cried out as they were sent flying once again or crushed underneath the ship where it settled after Oars put it down.

"H-He pulled the ship out of the water!" a soldier cried out as the boat actually slid for a few feet.

"They've breached the wall!" another yelled.

The guilds cheered in victory. They'd finally made it. Victory was that much closer to them. "We've reached the plaza!" Esdeath cheered.

"Let's save Kozuchi!" Lector cheered out.

"We're on the way!" Kurama called out.

"Time to burn the empire down!" Natsu roared out with his fist in the air.

"Wait for us, Kozuchi-Nee!"

Brandish smiled at the brilliant tactic, "They got us. There was only a space equivalent to a rat-hole, and they went for it wisely." she said as she looked at the wizards of Ishgar, "This time, the walls could be a way for our demise to form." she said.

"Oyaji!" Kozuchi cried out.

"Damn you, Naruto!" August said with a growl.

Naruto looked up to his son, "You still have your head, right, Kozuchi?!" he asked him loudly.

Oars huffed in exhaustion, his power nearly all gone now, "We did it! Now we can save Ko-kun..." the friendly Gigant wasn't able to finish as a cannon shot him in the face. After the first one was shot at Oars, the shooting cannons unleashed a salvo of shots at the Gigant to bring him down. Hollering toward Oars the wizards felt shocked that even when he posed no threat the empire would sink so low as to try and kill an enemy. With his strength now gone, Oars began to fall. As he did, the Gigant looked to Naruto, "Please...Save Ko-kun at any cost..." he pleaded to his friend as he fell to the ground once more.

Naruto felt his hand grip his bisento tighter than it had ever gripped it before. These scumbags would go so far to kill him they would do anything wouldn't they. Making up his mind, Naruto strode forward. His friends and his children parted around him as he strode forward to the edge of the ships bow. Gazing downward he glared at the enemy forces before he simply hopped down into the plaza with a crash causing it to shake underneath his landing. His landing wasn't gentle by any means as it had knocked down several dozens of soldiers around him, "N-Naruto has entered the plaza!" a soldier cried out in terror.

At this, any soldier who could see Naruto aimed either a sword or a magic based weapon at him. Naruto narrowed his eyes at them, "Stay back, my friends." he spoke seriously. With his order given, he then got into a crouched stance and placed his bisento over he shoulder as he gripped it in both hands. With that done, he charged his power through the pole and into the blade itself causing a white bubble to appear before it popped and covered the entirety of the blade. With a loud "Rargh!~" he then swung his bisento and flung the bubble off his weapon allowing it to pop further in the air ahead of him.

A cracking sound followed by the air seemingly being shattered like glass, the soldiers around him were flung away with a simple swing of his weapon of choice. Erza, Laxus, Gajeel and other wizards landed around Naruto as he raised his fist into the air, "Hear me! Rescue Kozuchi, and burn down the Empire!" he yelled out followed by everyone cheering at his best order yet.

Dimaria looked to Brandish, "Randi..." she whispered.

Brandish nodded her head, "The empire's forces won't make it through this unscathed." she said finishing her friends statement.

Naruto pointed his bisento forward and yelled, "ATTACK!~" and then, hell broke loose as all of the wizards charged forward and begun to fight and push back the army of Alvarez. As they charged forward, Naruto played his own part and begun to strike down his own enemies who came too close for comfort, and there were quite a number of them.

As the battle raged on, Maya walked up to Oars calmly and looked at the unconscious Gigant with kindness, "Oars, thank you... for everything." she spoke softly.

Naruto grunted as he killed another soldier, "Clear the way for me!" he ordered his friends. As they rushed forward, Naruto surged his magic through his bisento and got into a ready stance.

It was time to finish this.

"Oh no, not again!" a soldier cried out seeing what was about to happen.

Bloodman sighed heavily, "You fucking cowards." he said in anger, "It seems I have to show you how to really kill an opponent." he spoke. As Naruto got ready to unleash another strike, Bloodman took this as his opportunity to leap into the air with a yell of, "Hell's Prison" and hurled a series of beams at Naruto causing him to be encased inside the ice.

Soldiers cheered at the sight of Naruto trapped inside the ice. Victory was theirs.

"Naruto's been iced!"

"We've won!"

"Way to go Lord Bloodman."

Bloodman opted to ignore them as he warily stared at the prison that he had trapped Naruto in. There was no way he would have let himself get hit by that attack, something was off here. His thoughts were proven right when all of a sudden the ice around him cracked causing his eyes to widen. Seconds later the cracks spread and Naruto was once again free, "It seems you cannot freeze vibrations so easily." Bloodman said seriously. With that he leapt right at Naruto, "Ice-"he didn't get to finish as Naruto thrust his Earth enhanced bisento right through the demons guts causing him to cough up blood from the strike.

"Yeah, that's not gonna work." Naruto said as he looked to the surprised demon.

"L-Lord Bloodman's been impaled!" a soldier cried out.

Bloodman smirked, "Not bad, but I ain't in hell yet! Demon's Lance!" he said creating his ice spears in the air where they pointed at Naruto. However, before he could launch them at Naruto, the man swung his spear and sent Bloodman flying off as the hole in his body widened causing him to cough up more blood.

Naruto looked to his left, "Take care of him for me, your more suited for it than I am." he said to the one Demon Slayer that he had on his side.

Gray nodded as he watched Naruto passed him by, "Now it's my time to shine, for you are what I slay." he said as he allowed his black markings to spread.

Bloodman smirked, "A demon slayer eh, this should be fun." he commented as his wound healed.

Erza sliced down on an enemy, "We're almost there, keep moving!" she yelled as she gave a jump, "Requip: Black Wing Armor" she called out as she changed her uniform.

Ichigo grunted as he swung the executioner's blade around and cleaved several men in two and allowed it to feast on their blood to fix itself, "The scaffold is right there! If only we could get some form of control over this fucking mess." he cursed out.

A soldier leapt at the ginger haired teen and tried to stab him, only to be blocked by the expert swordsman, "You'll go no further! This is where you all die!" he yelled, only to have a loogie of lava shot at his face courtesy of Ichigo.

Lava release for the win!

Elfman huffed in exhaustion as he raced forward. He had used too much magic to rampage in his Beast Form. And now he was going to pay for it. Yeah, should have thought about why he had done that. Maybe it was his pride that caused him to do it. Above them, Brandish had a saddened look as she watched the war wage on. She never really did like fighting.

August sighed, "I had thought this war would have been over once the walls had been rose. Apparently I was wrong." he said.

Serena sighed, "And it is because they kept their wits about them that they have even made it this far." and now the war was going on harder than ever.

Elfman yelled in pain as he was struck again, he didn't have enough energy to perform a full body take over, and he had barely made a partial transformation to protect his neck from a sword that had struck his arm and sent him flying. And on top of that, he was fighting two opponents who were close range fighters as well. However, the sound of a familiar voice caused his blood to run cold, "You have to give credit where it is due. You Ishgar wizards sure are tenacious." Larcade said as he gathered his magic into a finger tip, "Light Pistol" he said as he released a burst of light from his fingertip right into Elfman's shoulder.

After shooting right through his shoulder, Elfman was in the center of a powerful explosion of magic that caused him to yell out in more pain as he was hurled forward, "D-Dammit that hurt..." he huffed out after he came rolling to a stop. Oh great, now he didn't even have enough energy to even stand up now. He really should think his plans through more.

Walking up to the downed Strauss sibling Larcade sighed, "All you have is courage. " he spoke softly as he looked down on the huffing Elfman. "It's a shame, but I digress." Larcade said peacefully, "This is where it ends Elfman-san. Before I send you to the next life I would like to impart some knowledge to you. I consider you almost worthy to be an opponent, almost being the keyword." he said as he kicked the man in the face, sending him flying back where he rolled for a few feet, "You need to have more than just courage, for without enough of your 'manly strength' you can't save anyone no matter how hard you try." he told the big man.

Elfman huffed in exhaustion as he looked to the execution platform that held his friend as he awaited his death. He gulped a dry wad of spit, "K-Ko-Kozuchi..." he croaked out. How... how could this have happened.

"Kill Naruto!"

"I won't let you! Take this-" the sounds of battle raged on around them, and yet he was too weak to do anything.

Larcade sighed softly as he sent his magic into his cross causing it to glow a golden color, "Now you can rest, don't worry I won't let it hurt you." he said softly to Elfman. Grabbing his cross with one hand, and he then struck Elfman like a golf-ball and sent him hurtling across the plaza towards his frightened allies. "I can't believe his command over these weaklings has dulled this much if he's allowing scum like that to charge forward." Larcade sneered, " You certainly could've done better than that. I can't believe you let that trash... take the lead so recklessly." he growled towards Naruto.

As Elfman flew through the air, an exhausted Laxus jumped up and caught him and landed on the ground next to Naruto who stepped in front of the other's, "How is he?" Naruto asked Laxus.

"Beaten to all holy hell, but he should be fine with some rest." Gajeel said as he looked at Elfman with a wince. Yeah that was gonna scar.

"M... sorry..." Elfman groaned out, his eyes rolling towards the back of his head.

"Call Wendy and have her do what she can before we take him back to Porlyusica so she can properly treat him. I know she has her hands full with other's, but we can't just let him die." Naruto said, "After all, he is my brother in law to be." he said with a smirk.

"Yeah, we got it. Just don't give any ground to these bastards." Laxus commented.

Larcade smirked as he looked to Naruto, "I'm surprised that your command over these peons hasn't wavered. I must commend you though as I admire a person willing to step forth to protect his allies and loved ones. Sadly that is all I feel for you." he said, "I mean you did let the guy take the lead on the assault here." he stated.

"Not really, he's just stubborn and decided he wanted to save his friend before he got hurt." Naruto responded as he continued to step forth, "Now then, if your ready to die then step up and meet your maker." he ordered as he hefted his bisento over he shoulder in an attack stance.

One of the warriors of the Alakitashia army took a step back in fear, "Oh no, it's the Worldbreaker!" he cried out.

The tip of Naruto's bisento grew a silver sheen to it before it was surrounded by one of his infamous Quake Bubbles. Cracking his neck Naruto swung with a loud, "Hyrah!" however it was stopped before it could unleash the full brunt of his strike. Energy billowed around both Naruto and the one who had stopped his bisento strike revealing it to be God Serena who had his foot surrounded by lava.

God Serena looked at Naruto seriously with narrowed eyes, "You, you're always running around wrecking nothing but havoc. But here, you're through" he said seriously.

Let it not be said that God Serena ever took a challenge seriously.

Naruto smirked at the man, "Gurararara, that's what you think." Naruto laughed back as both their powers swirled around them.

Back with the other's, Bacchus injected a needle with morphine as well as a natural antitoxin mixed in it into Elfman's arm, "There, that should stabilize him for now until miss Porlyusica can get him treated." he said as he stood up.

"Wait, where are you going, Bacchus-san?" Wendy asked him.

"I'm gonna take care of business. You take care of Elfman-kun." he said as he cracked his knuckles.

"Why, I need help here, I'm being overrun by needing to help the other's. Your the only one here who's had medical training besides me and Porlyusica-san." Wendy said fearfully.

Bacchus grinned, "I won't be long." he told her, "Besides, like Elfman-kun I'm willing to die here to save my friends." he said as he took off.

God Serena growled as he drew back his arm, "Volcano Dragons: Magma Fist" he roared out.

Naruto didn't say anything as he drew back his own arm. Having no need to actually call out the name of his techniques he simply waited until the fist of magma got close enough where he lashed out with his own fist unleashing the force of his Quake Magic causing a crack to appear before the fist of hot lava, stopping the fist in its tracks which then created powerful waves of energy from both attacks drawing attention from both sides where everyone went wide eyed at the sight of the extremely high waves of energy that shot past the top of the buildings around them.

"Stay away from them! It's to dangerous!" someone yelled out. It was unknown if the cry was from a wizard of Ishgar or Alvarez.

Several small explosions of power erupted around Naruto and God Serena as they clashed against one another, holding back an extremely great amount of their power, trying to test their enemy.

"DIE!" a soldier yelled as he swiped at Wally, only for a gunshot to sound off from the block faced man as he shot the man's sword, "What a piece of junk. I've seen butter knives made better than that thing." he said, "I was actually trying to shoot it out of your hands." he admitted before shooting the man between the eyes.

"KEEP FIGHTING!" Gajeel yelled as he batted away soldiers with his Iron Dragon Sword.

"Make a path for Naruto!" Natsu screamed as he burned away his enemies.

"Let's go! We still have our part to play!" Ichigo yelled out as he rushed forward with his siblings.

When the energy from their clash finally died down Naruto was grinning as was God Serena, "Not bad, but I'm sure you can do better.." Serena complemented.

Naruto chuckled, "Not bad yourself, but it's time you get out of my way. I need to finish this war before the new era comes about." Naruto commented.

God Serena growled, "It was the discovery of the Will of the Earth that created this era, if you had just given it up to Lord Zeref when he asked then this wouldn't have happened." he said angrily, "Now it because of this that this war started. That means you need to concentrate on the enemy in front of you. "Volcano Dragons: Hell Factor" he called out as he released a wave of Lava at Naruto that took the shape of a multitude of spears.

Naruto growled as he swung his Bisento into the lava strike that sent it flying off course with a powerful explosion that took out more of the Alvarez army before kicking up a cloud of dust. Setting it down Naruto sighed, "Is this really all you can do, sheesh Natsu can at least make me move from my spot." he commented.

God Serena looked to his left, "You need to stop your rampage." he said lowly.

"Well try and stop me then." Naruto responded.

"Hrah!" God Serena yelled as he jumped at Naruto, "DIE!" he bellowed out.

"Get out of my way, bastard!" he roared as he struck Serena and sent him rolling. However, it was then that Naruto felt a clenching in his chest and gripped at it, 'D-Dammit, has the curse already gotten that far? I can't fall, not yet.' he thought to himself. Falling to a knee as his comrades looked at him in worry, Naruto coughed up a large glob of blood before slamming his Bisento into the ground. "Damn!" he stated in frustration.

"Naruto!" several members of Fairy Tail called out.

"Why did he fall down like that, did Serena land a blow on him?" Natsu asked.

"I don't know, I didn't see anything." Romeo said.

"Is there something wrong with dad?" Kazumi asked in worry.

"So it seems that Intel was right, your magic has its own set of consequences if used without precaution." Serena said as he walked forward with his Volcano Dragon Slayer Magic pouring off of his body. He was both wrong and correct, the only reason Naruto was down right now was due to an entirely different reason though. With that, Serena began to walk forward, "You know, I'm curious about something." he said to Naruto who looked up with effort to the man, "I wonder, will I be the last voice you hear before your death?" he questioned to himself.

Naruto watched Serena approach him unable to move. The man's magic was literally falling off him into piles of lava, and he couldn't even move to save his own skin. Two steps later Serena was upon him, "Let me know if I was right. God bye-bye." he said jovially as he slammed his fist into Naruto's chest, burrowing into his chest and destroying one of his Lacrima.

Naruto couldn't hold in a grunt of "GUAH!" as explosion engulfed both Naruto and Serena where they were surrounded by lava as people cried out to Naruto.

"NARUTO/NARUTO-KUN/OYAJI!" several people cried out

However it didn't last long as large spires of earth rose up and pushed the lava away to reveal a mostly unharmed Naruto who now sported a large hole in his chest near his heart. Naruto was breathing heavily as he looked to God Serena who looked curious as to how Naruto survived, 'Any more to the left and he would have destroyed my Quake Dragon Lacrima. I can't be caught off guard like that again. It's bad enough he destroyed my Earth Dragon Lacrima and nearly severing my ability to use my Earth Dragon Slayer Magic. I can't afford to have that happen. I need to hurry and save Kozuchi-kun before I keel over from my illness.' he thought to himself.

Laxus was wide eyed, "Naruto!" he yelled as he ran towards the man he called friend.

Larcade smirked as he watched the man ran away and gathered his magic, "Never turn your back on an enemy," he said.

"Oh no, Naruto!" Ultear cried out as she ran towards him with Laxus coming up behind her. And with that, Larcade launched a beam of light. As he heard it coming, Laxus grabbed Ultear and threw her out of the way as it pierced him through the stomach causing him to cough up blood.

God Serena walked up to Naruto with a grin on his face, "I'm surprised. You're the first person to ever survive an assault of that caliber from me." he said excitedly, "Maybe I held back from pity or something, I don't know. Maybe I should try again." he said to himself.

Naruto didn't wait and waved his arms around in a circular motion before clasping them together, "Earth Dragons: Giga Lock" he called out surprising God Serena when he was suddenly restrained by a series of hands that seemed to continuously pile up around him to try and hold him.

God Serena laughed, "You know that this won't hold me right?" he asked the man.

Naruto huffed and looked to him, "Yeah, but it'll hold you long enough." he said to the man. And with that he began to walk off towards the platform while rubbing his chest.

August growled at the soldier's, "Don't just stand there like a bunch of idiots! Kill him!" he roared out as the soldiers roared out before a small group of four jumped at him.

The second this happened several more drew their magic pistol and shot at Naruto in a flurry of gunpowder and lead. Naruto could do nothing due to the fact they were so close to him and he grunted in slight pain when the swords stabbed into him. Two were stabbed into his lungs and two in his stomach area. The allies of Naruto cried out, "NARUTO/NARUTO-KUN!" in worry for the man as he held his ground. All of a sudden a soldier with a large magic Rocket Launcher prepped and aimed at him before he unleashed his rocket on Naruto.

The missile hit the man in the face and obscured it in a haze of smoke as members of Fairy Tail raced for him while calling out his name. Mira and Cana cried out in worry for the man as they didn't want him to die. However before Naruto fell completely on his back, he planted his feet firmly, "No stay back." he ordered shocking those who had struck him. Naruto raised one of his feet and slammed it on the ground causing it to shake as he begun to rise up once more, "You punks really think, that's all it takes to defeat me?" he asked them all darkly, "I won't die from a mere poke by some toothpicks!" he said as he started to come out of the smoke. "I could tear you all apart single-handedly, but you know that don't you, because you quake when you hear the mere mention of my name!" he called out loudly as his face came out of the cloud of smoke to show him mostly unharmed with only small amounts of blood running down his head, "But I am not so weak as to let some puny ball take me out!"

Raising his bisento overhead he gave a roar as he struck down with his mighty spear and proceeded to drag it across the ground and forced his enemies off his body. Seconds later a powerful blast of dust shot out and begun to pick up the soldier's of the enemy forces and sweep them into the sky where Naruto planted his Bisento down as the cloud quickly faded to show the men had been dragged into the sky above him before they came crashing down into their own forces. Raising his head high he loudly proclaims, "I AM NARUTO!~"

-Elsewhere-

Alright, let's go." he said as he came out in the executioner's uniform

"You sure took your time." the other stated.

"Last minute, what do you expect." he responded.

"I hear ya on that. Come on, we need to hurry." the other responded.

'Idiot, this is not how you think it's going to work. I have a key to the cuffs for Kozuchi. I just need to wait for my moment in order to open them and get to Oyaji and leave.' he thought as he lowered the helmet over his eyebrows.

Running outside they ran up the stairs and got into their place, "We're here, Lord August." the actual Executioner yelled.

"Hurry, and get ready we are about to do this." August ordered.

"Right!" the two said eagerly, well one was faked but he thanked the fact his mother gave him acting lessons when she was preparing for one of her movies back in the Elemental Nations.

-Back Outside-

Grabbing his communication lacrima he had it on an 'announcer mode' once again, "Watch, Naruto, as we kill your beloved son. Do it!" he ordered.

Ichigo ran with all the speed he could, "Kozuchi!" he screamed out.

Ignoring his enemies as he blasted them away, Naruto burst forward with incredible speed, "It's no use! Do you think I wasn't prepared to stop you from doing it!?" he bellowed out towards August as the swords were going lower and lower. However, he wasn't able to say much after that as his heart clenched inside his chest again, 'God damned fucking curse! Of all times, I can't use my own strength to release an immense pressure upon them...' he cursed himself as he collapsed to his knees and coughed up more blood from his mouth.

However, rather than it be him, salvation came in the form of one Natsu Dragneel as he gave a yell of, "DON'T DO IT!" and released a blinding pressure from his body. Seconds later, a wave of powerful energy washed over the soldiers of Alvarez causing them to collapse unconscious from how powerful it was. Even the executioner's were not spared from this pressure and they collapsed unconscious from it.

"W-What was that?" Ichigo asked as he watched the soldiers around him collapsed.

"You can't be serious, he did all that just by exerting his Magic Power?" Larcade asked seriously.

Naruto smirked, "Seems that a new 'King' has been born today..." he said to himself with pride.

"That damned brat. He stopped them from killing him." Serena growled.

With all the soldiers around him knocked out, Natsu didn't even hesitate to run forward towards the Scaffold.

"Kozuchi is still alive, come on we gotta move before they get on their feet!" Ichigo yelled out.

"W-What was that?" Lucy asked from where she was beside Wendy.

The young Dragon Slayer couldn't help but shrug, "I don't know, but I was almost knocked out from whatever that was." she said weakly.

Naruto didn't move as he watched Natsu run forward. As he was too weak to use his power to have done what Natsu did, it was time for a new plan, "It seems he used it unconsciously though." Naruto commented as he looked around him.

Sting quickly caught up and looked to his fire counterpart, "Where did you learn to do that?" he asked Natsu.

Natsu turned his gaze to Sting, "What are you talking about?" he asked.

Sting waved it off, "Never mind." he said as he got a serious look on his face, 'He doesn't even realize what he just did.'

Pointing to Natsu one of the soldiers, most likely a platoon leader, pointed right at Natsu, "Don't let that one escape. If he escapes this war alive he'll prove to be a problem later on." he ordered.

Roaring in agreement they rushed at Natsu, however they were stopped when Naruto's fist lashed out and blew them away with one of his quakes. Members of Lamia Scale as well as Mermaid Heel, Blue Pegasus, Sabertooth, and Twilight Ogre gasped in shock as they watched Naruto walked forward with no fear, "Gurararara, you guys sure are pathetic to have to team up to take out one wizard who is an ant compared to the mountain in front of you." he said with a wide grin, "If you want to try and kill someone, then why don't you try to come and take my head!?" he yelled as he thrust his bisento holding hand out creating a crack that quickly unleashed a powerful blast that threw dozens of men off their feet.

Larcade slid back several feet due to the powerful winds and he growled as he looked up towards Naruto, "Damn, I didn't think he would go this far." he said before he gave an order, "Attack him with everything you've got. He may be a monster, but he's heavily wounded." he declared getting roars of battle as soldiers rushed at Naruto.

"Bring it on." Naruto declared as his comrades gathered behind him and his blood pooled around his feet.

"Don't hesitate, charge!" a soldier cried out.

Sting couldn't help but feel his eyes widen in shock, "Natsu-san, now's our chance!" he exclaimed, "Come on, let's go." and grabbed Natsu by the wrist and dragged him along towards the scaffold.

Gathering begin him several members of the guild alliance begun to protect Naruto as Laxus gave a yell of, "Everyone, we're gonna back Naruto up!"

"Protect the old mans pride!" Ichigo commanded his siblings which made them yell out as they began to do just that.

Up on top of the scaffold, seeing all of the fighting below him, Kozuchi could help but bow his head. This of course garnered August's attention and he turned to the boy, "What's the matter, 'Golden Flash' why are you crying?" he asked him.

"I-I can't help it." he said with tears in his eyes, "I'm just so happy that there are people who are willing to go so far just for me." he said honestly, "I'm so happy that I can't even stop crying." he told August.

Naruto thrust out his spear creating another blast knocking away his enemies. Behind him an untold number of spells were being cast. It was havoc on the battlefield, and it was growing bloody fast. Seeing several soldiers leap at him, Naruto merely flicks his wrist and sends them soaring away with a blast. Several shots later, missiles were honing in on Naruto, but they didn't leave so much as a scratch on him as he blocked them with his quakes when he thrust a fist forward. Naruto gave a cough and wiped the blood off his mouth before he looked around, "Dammit, they've started to regroup." he said as he rose up.

"Oi, Naruto-kun, you shouldn't push yourself so much. Especially with the wounds you just got from Serena." Bisca said.

"Yeah, especially in a place like this." Laxus said as he hurled a bolt of lightning at an enemy.

Naruto opted to ignore them as he gave a yell of, "FAIRY TAIL!" gaining all his allies attention.

"Naruto-kun..." Bisca said in worry.

"From this moment onward... ...I want all of you to back up Natsu! LEND HIM YOUR STRENGTH!" he declared as his voice rang out across the plaza.

"What, Natsu!?" Erza asked in shock.

"Why him?" Minerva questioned.

"Take down the Fire Dragon Slayer now!" Bloodman ordered angrily.

Natsu grunted as he kicked another soldier away. However, his guard was down due to the fact he was so focused on his current target of rescuing Kozuchi. Sting was tied up in his own fight and had just taken down his opponents so he could help Natsu, however he noticed what was about to happen, "Natsu! Look out!" he yelled as a sword was about to lop his head off.

However, salvation came in the form of Ichigo as he used his own head-cleaver to block the near death blow. The soldier growled, "You! Your... Naruto's blood son, Ichigo Terumi Uzumaki!" he said.

"Your fight is with me." Ichigo declared.

As he continued to run onward, another soldier bull rushed the pink haired dragon slayer, only to get stopped by a familiar set of twins, "You two are... the Black Thunder Twins." he growled.

"We shall be..." Hibiki said as she stood in a loose fight stance.

"Your opponents from here on..." Hikari finished.

Erza swung her sword down and blocked a sword aimed at Natsu, "Titania Erza?" he asked in shock.

"I need you to fight me, soldier." she said seriously.

And with that, Naruto's remaining children and some of his friends had finally reached Natsu and surrounded him in a protective bubble with each of them taking on opponents gunning for Natsu.

Sting was wide eyed on how fast everyone listened to Naruto, "T-This is..." he said in astonishment.

"We've got you on this one Natsu-san." Kagura said as she ran forward.

"What?!" Natsu cried out.

"Kozuchi is just ahead, hurry up and go Salamander!" Warcry of Quatro Cerberus yelled at him as the surrounding wizards gave war cries as they rushed forward.

"The guild wizards are surrounding Natsu!" a soldier exclaimed before he was cut down by the charging wizards and ninja.

Natsu couldn't help but look around in confusion, "W-What are you guys doing?" he asked them.

"Hurry up Natsu," Jura yelled back at him, "The empires forces are currently focused on Naruto-san right now! As of this moment, this is our only chance to get past the Spriggan 12." he said to him.

Ichigo slowed down and ran beside the teen, "We'll break through all at once, come with us!" he said to Natsu.

Hibiki and Hikari ran up to Natsu's side, "This is a big deal, Natsu-san." Hibiki said drawing his attention, "The World's Greatest Wizard is putting you to the test." she said as she ran forward.

Natsu felt his eyes widen, "What!?" he exclaimed.

Hikari leapt into the air and performed a roundhouse kick on a solider but still spoke up, "Naruto has put all his hopes into you! That's a very big thing! Are you ready to respond to his expectations?" Hikari asked him with the same expression as her sister.

Natsu was surprised but continued to run forward, "If this is his way of saying I am ready to be a S-Class wizard then you bet I'm ready." he said, "Let's rescue Kozuchi!" he yelled out.

"The enemy is gaining more vigor!"

"We need back up immediately!"

"Lord Larcade, should we go after Natsu Dragneel?" a soldier asked as they watched the wizards of Ishgar run off to help Natsu.

"No, take out Naruto. He's on his own and he shouldn't last much longer." he said from within his weakening prison, "If we bring him down the other's will fall." he declared.

Naruto chuckled, "They think they can take me that easily do they." he said as he brought his Bisento behind him and charged it with his quake powers only to swing it in a wide arc in front of him that created yet another blast that sent the soldiers flying off and away from him with ease.

"Damn him, is he immortal or something?!" Larcade asked himself as he tried to protect himself from the fierce winds blowing in his face.

Naruto coughed up more blood and huffed in exhaustion, "Do it Natsu... You just saved my son's life on my behalf... You don't remember, but you have the middle initial of D., so show me what the world is to be like in the future." he thought as he looked at them.

Natsu had met little opposition on his way towards the scaffold, what he didn't expect was for Brandish to come running up, "Natsu-san!" she called out to him drawing his attention.

"B-Brandish?" he asked in shock.

"Me and Dimaria wish to help you." she said. With that she reached into her breasts and pulled her hand out shortly after, "Here, take this key, it's the one that belongs to Kozuchi-san's cuffs so it should open them." she said handing to him, "This is all I can do for you. I'm sorry we couldn't do more for you." she said.

Natsu shook his head, "No, this is plenty. I'm sure Naruto would be glad to have even this much from you guys." he told her as he took off once again.

"Make a path to the scaffold, it doesn't have to be for long!" Ichiya cried out.

"Gajeel, do something." Ultear said.

"Not yet!" the iron dragon slayer responded.

Seeing another wave of soldier's rush at him, Naruto blasted them away again and gingerly held his chest wound. However, he was too busy to try and stop the soldier's from behind. Luckily he didn't have to as a shout of, "Drunken Chop Hanging Claws: Absolute Brick Break" and a powerful blast of air sent them flying away. It was revealed to be Bacchus who landed behind Naruto in a fighting stance, "You alright man?" he asked.

Naruto glanced back, "Bacchus, what the hell are you doing here?! I thought I told you to back up Natsu." he said.

"Last I checked I was no Fairy Tail Wizard." Bacchus responded with a grin.

Natsu grunted as he knocked down another troop. However, it was here that he noticed that a clear path had been created that led straight up to the scaffold, "They made a path!" he said in amazement.

Gajeel ran up beside Natsu with a grin, "We're in the endgame now Salamander, this is it!" he said, "You just keep running straight and don't stop for anything." he yelled out.

"Yeah!" Natsu cheered out,

Gajeel then grunted as he transformed his arms into their sword forms, "Leave the way up to the top of the scaffold to me." he said as he began to carve into the dirt, "Dragon Slayer Secret Art: Steel Pathway" he yelled out as he rushed past Natsu causing the ground to burst upwards and fold towards the scaffold. With a path that led up to the spot right next to Kozuchi, Gajeel then leapt out of the way as the rock straightened out and crashed down on the scaffold and stay put.

"What the hell is this!?" a soldier cried out in shock.

"Hahaha, now that's what I'm talking about. Alright!" Natsu yelled.

"Dragneel is heading straight to the scaffold! Somebody stop him!"

"Well do something!" Larcade ordered.

"W-We can't. If we leave now, then these guys will get to the scaffold." a soldier responded.

"Then use a gun!" he ordered.

With nothing to lose, the soldiers began to shoot at Natsu. However, they weren't even coming remotely close to Natsu when they were suddenly sliced into bits. Larcade felt his eyes widen, "No... T-Titania Erza!" he exclaimed as he looked up at the scarlet haired beauty in her Heaven's Wheel Armor.

"Run Natsu, get to the scaffold." Erza said to him, "Whatever you do, don't stop running." she yelled.

"Thank you!" he told her as he jumped onto the bridge of stone made by Gajeel.

Landing at the edge of the bridge the redhead summoned countless weapons to the outside world, "None of you shall pass." she declared as she glanced at Natsu, "Go Natsu, do what you need to do." she said to herself.

Larcade sighed, "So you used him as a trump card Naruto, I can't believe you actually did something as bold as that." he said, "But he won't go any further." he said as his body began to disperse into particles of light. However, Larcade wasn't able to leave as Naruto came up from behind him and swiped his bisento through the place Larcade was standing forcing the blonde man to roll away. He looked back with surprise, "Naruto..." he muttered.

Naruto smirked down on the youngest son of Zeref, "Why don't you just shut up and watch." he ordered Larcade as he looked up to Natsu run up to the scaffold. He was almost there.

"Kozuchi! I'm coming!" Natsu yelled as he neared the top of the bridge.

However, interference was abound as Bloodman landed on the bridge with a crash, "The only way you'll get to the scaffold is if you beat me, the Last Demon of the book of Zeref!" he declared.

"Damn, it's Bloodman!" Ultear exclaimed.

Natsu growled, "If you don't move I'll burn you to ash!" he yelled.

"I am a demon of Zeref, his will is my will. And as a demon of Zeref, his will is to exterminate all life in this world." Bloodman said, "I've been killing you humans long before you were even born brat. So if you wish to get past me, you better kill me!" he yelled out to Natsu.

Natsu grunted as he summoned his power out, "Fine, but you asked for it!" he yelled as he leapt towards Bloodman. The demon gave a his own yell as he launched his fist at Natsu, but the Dragon Slayer was far to fast for him as he launched powerful right hook with a yell of, "FIRE DRAGONS: FLAME FIST!" he bellowed out and the flames barreled into Bloodman and sent him flying away from the bridge with a powerful explosion, just as it began to collapse from the two clashing briefly. With no further time to dwell on him cheap shotting one of the Spriggan 12, Natsu raced up the rest of the way just as the bridge crumbled and landed on the scaffold, "Whoo, I made it!" he cheered loudly.

Larcade nodded his head, "Alright, I can see why you put your faith in him. He's not some brat to mess with." he said as he looked towards the scaffold, his foot holding down Naruto's bisento for the moment.

"And yet you call him a reckless piece of crap!" Naruto smirked.

Larcade shrugged, "Even you have to admit he is 'reckless' Naruto. Though I am curious on how he's gonna save your boy from those energy nullifying cuffs?" he asked as he turned towards Naruto.

"Oh, why don't you get lost you braggart!" he yelled as he wrenched his weapon free and swiped it at Larcade annoyed that he would assume he was as careless as to not have planned to free his son.

However, Larcade merely sidestepped and pointed at Naruto before releasing several blasts of light into his body, "You're not careful." he said lowly.

Natsu reached into his pocket, "Hold on just a second, I've got you covered." he said before pulling out a key much to August's surprise. How the hell did he get his hands on that!?

Kozuchi looked at the teen in surprise, "The key? How the hell did you get it?" he asked shocked.

August growled in annoyance and mostly anger when he saw that Natsu had in fact the correct key to the cuffs around Kozuchi's wrists. And then his power began to flow off of him in waves of red. The world's second strongest man was mad beyond words now. As his energy burst from his body, the scaffold begun to pop apart by the rivets as Natsu kept trying to insert the key to the cuffs.

Feeling the immense power that August was giving off caused mutters to spread around the plaza, "W-What the hell is this pressure?" Ichigo asked as he took a step back.

"Who is causing this strange feeling that I am having?" Juvia questioned.

"Yes, Lord August is using his power!" a soldier said with a dark grin.

"I've never sensed such strong magic power before!" a soldier said.

Naruto narrowed his eyes as he felt August prepare to attack Natsu. He needed to do something, but what? Pulses of red energy washed over the island every few seconds leaving people in awe of how much power could exist in one person. Looking down on Natsu he growled out, "You won't escape from me, Natsu Dragneel!" in an angry tone.

Shaking his head, Natsu turned the key over to try and insert it again. However, this was stopped when Larcade shot a light bullet through the key with very precise aim. Natsu felt his heart stop. That was the only key he had to the cuffs! How was he supposed to free Naruto's son now!?

Standing below, Alvarez soldier lined up with their magic staffs and cannons and aimed them up at the scaffold, "Get ready, we'll kill them both with one blow!" a soldier ordered.

August spoke up in a dark tone, "Fire Dragon Natsu, you are somebody we should have eliminated the second the war started." he said, "And as such, you are sentenced to Death! It does me great pleasure to execute the both of you with my own hand, I only regret that I wasn't able to do it sooner" he yelled as he raised his staff into the air.

As the tip of the key bounced to a stop, the fake executioner groaned as he sat up, "Ugh, that was a head rush." he commented as he removed the helmet, "Did we win?" he asked as he looked around.

Natsu furrowed his brows in confusion. He knew that voice. Hell Kozuchi looked to him with confusion as well. However, when he saw who it was, Kozuchi couldn't help but exclaim, "Kotetsu!" the chained Uzumaki exclaimed in shock, "What the hell are you doing here, and where did you get that outrageous uniform?!" he said shocked.

Kotetsu yawed, "I came to help... you..." he said and trailed off. However when he sensed August he turned pale as he looked up to the son of Zeref, "WHAT THE FUCK IS UP WITH THAT!?" he crowed out.

Natsu gathered his magic into his fist, "Well, no beating around the bush now, Kotetsu, protect Kozuchi!" he said quickly as he waited for August to unleash his spell, "Fire Dragons Flame Commandment: Flame Pillar" he yelled as the spell was released at them. The fire blasted the spell away and forced August to jump into the air as the steel underneath melted away.

As it was melted, Kotetsu finished his hand signs and called out, "Wood Style: Domed Wall Jutsu!" and the floorboards of the scaffold grew up and covered the two Uzumaki brother's to protect them from the fire. As the two spells clashed, the scaffold begun to lean towards the plaza before bursting from the beams that held it up.

"The scaffold is collapsing!"

"What happened?!"

"They're still alive!"

"I couldn't help but notice that we're falling!" Kotetsu commented.

"No shit!" Kozuchi responded.

Kotetsu smirked, "We're not out yet, I got a key for your cuffs just in case!" he said pulling the key out from his shirt.

"How'd you get it?" Natsu cried.

"My father's luck!" he responded, "Hurry up and uncuff him right away." he said as he began to remove it from around his neck. "If I tell you I am doing this to get my dad to come back home, will you laugh at me?" he asked Natsu.

Looking up, Naruto's children couldn't help but be surprised by who was helping Natsu, "Ichigo, what is Kotetsu doing here!?" Kazumi cried out.

Ichigo looked up with wide eyes, "What the hell, I thought he was in Spring Country still! What's he doing with that ridiculous costume on?" he asked.

-Flashback-

As he snuck through the halls of the building, he couldn't help but overhear how his comrades had gotten past the wall. He felt his eyes widen when he heard who it was, "M-Mirajane... Elfman..." he said with wide eyes, "They made it?" he asked himself in a whisper. "I need to hurry and find a way to help the others get to the plaza, and I don't have much time. If I'm found out, i could very well die before ever getting the chance to do something." he said as he looked around. He grasped his black hair and groaned at his predicament, "I'm not safe here, urg just where can I go dammit?" he questioned.

However, his ranting was halted when he heard running feet approach causing him to gasp as he hid behind a wall. When he saw the runners pass him by his eyes widened in realization, "T-Those were..." and then, he smiled deviously like his father when he pranked someone (From what he heard). He knew what he could do. And it was so much better than looking for the control room.

A ringing sound was heard before he heard a soldier speak up, "Ok, that's good." he said before turning to the executioners, "They've stopped Elfman Strauss in the plaza." he said.

Kotetsu felt his eyes widen, "Elfman!" he gasped to himself, "But, he just got there... I can't let this go on." he thought to himself as he crawled into a vent.

"Okay, hurry up and get ready." the soldier said as the two walked into a room.

When the soldier and first Executioner walked out, Kotetsu hopped down from the vent and wrapped his hand around his mouth and then twisted to the right and heard a satisfying snap. With that he quickly changed into the man's uniform.

The soldier looked to the first executioner, "Where is the other guy? What's taking him so long?" he demanded.

The first executioner gulped nervously, "Since it was such a short notice, he's having a hard time getting ready." he said before knocking on the door, "O-Oi, hurry up." he said urgently and a second later the door opened up to reveal a transformed Kotetsu to him.

"I'm sorry, it was just so fast I wasn't expecting it." he answered.

The soldier didn't care, there were two, "Alright, let's go!" he ordered as he ran ahead with the two falling behind.

Kotetsu lowered his helmet, "They won't even know the difference." he thought to himself.

-End-

"If I tell you I am doing this to get my dad to come back home, will you laugh at me?" he asked Natsu.

"Of course not!" he responded.

"Fire! Kill them all!" the soldier yelled and the spells were released along with the cannonballs.

"Then save him!" Kotetsu yelled as he threw the key at Nastu's open hand where he caught it.

"Alright, let's do this!" he yelled.

August felt his eyes widen, "No dammit no!" he yelled out as he jumped away. All of his planning, it had failed. Now how was he supposed to end Naruto?

The key was quickly put into the keyhole and turned just as the cannonballs and spells detonated. "Natsu!" Happy cried out in worry.

"No way!" Ichigo yelled out.

"Kozuchi!"

Naruto narrowed his eyes, it wasn't over until he saw a body. Kurama looked at the explosion in horror, "They all got hit!" he said.

"Golden Flash cannot use his power because of the suppressant cuffs, and we didn't use Fire Magic so Natsu Dragneel couldn't have eaten the magic. They're dead." a soldier said with a smirk on his face.

However that smirk vanished when the chains that held Kozuchi fell down and clattered to the ground. In the air around the smoke, small gouts of flame exploded into existence and blossomed into the Fairy Tail Guild mark and were then surrounded by a bright fire that burst into a pillar of flame.

"There's a tunnel of fire inside the smoke!" a soldier said in worry.

"Thank you Natsu. I had honestly thought I was a goner for a moment." Kozuchi said, "So I want you to do me a favor and never change your worldly views alright!" he said grabbing onto Natsu's shirt while Kotetsu was held by Natsu.

The wizards of Ishgar cheered happily. They had succeeded at long last. Bacchus nodded his head, "Well would you look at that, the kid actually did it." he said.

"Good job Natsu!" Happy cheered.

"Kozuchi!" cried his siblings.

Gajeel smirked, "Well Salamander, you did it. I can't believe you pulled it off." he said.

Kotetsu looked to his sibling with a wide grin, "NII-SAN!~" he cheered loudly.

Jumping out of the tunnel of flame, the three landed with their backs together, "You guys best keep your guard up, we aren't out of the woods yet!" Kozuchi said as he gathered his golden lightning in his hands.

"Can you still fight, Natsu?" Kotetsu asked him as he unsealed his sword.

"You bet I can." the dragon slayer said eagerly.

Kozuchi nodded his head, "Good, we'll need as much help as we can get to get out of here." he said.

"Kozuchi-nii!" Maya cried out happily.

Naruto grinned happily, "Good on ya boy." he said.

Kozuchi smirked as he looked to his brother, "I gotta be honest, I never thought you'd come save me one day." he admitted, "But thank you regardless." he said.

Kotetsu gave a slight chuckle, "We're family, we stick together regardless if we hate each other or not." he said.

Natsu looked around as he saw the enemy began to regroup, "We can talk later, right now we need to get the hell outta here." he said.

Kotetsu clasped his hands together, "I'll handle this, Wood Style Hidden Jutsu: Deep Forest Emergence" he intoned as he caused the rapid overgrowth of life to run rampant and grow a lush green forest that completely overrun the enemy and eventually bound them to the point they couldn't move.

"My turn, Fire Dragon's: Fire Fist!" Natsu yelled as he hurled his fire into the forest and set it ablaze.

"Lightning Style Secret Technique: Black Dragon Blitz Dance" Kozuchi yelled as he unleashed a series of large black dragons that crashed through enemy forces and made a way forward for the trio.

Natsu growled deeply as deep crimson scales grew over his body. Crouching he formed finger guns and pointed them towards enemy forces, "Fire Dragons: Pistol" he called as he shot white fire bullets out from the tips of his fingers.

"DIE!" a soldier yelled as he went to cleave Natsu in half. However, he didn't even get close as Kotetsu sliced his arm off causing him to cry out in pain. His wails were ended when Kotetsu removed his head shortly afterwards. Kozuchi landed in their circle shortly after, "Let's get going, it's time we got outta here." Kozuchi commented.

"Right!" the two agreed.

Erza looked to her friends, "Make a path for them!" she yelled out.

"Give them room to run!" Gajeel cried.

"Don't let them escape!" a soldier cried out as he rushed forward with a dozen more following.

"Kill Golden Flash and Naruto!"

Natsu, Kozuchi, and Kotetsu ran forward. Kotetsu couldn't help but be reminded of all the times he had played with his siblings, of all the races they had gotten into to see who was the fastest among them. Ah it was so nostalgic to the prince. The three boys jumped over the charging soldiers allowing Natsu to use his magic against them, "Fire Dragon's: Firefly Light" he yelled out as he created a multitude of small green lights from his hand, "Now burn, Blaze Doll" he said as the green lights exploded into flame.

As they ran, they were given no opposition as they burned, slashed, and electrocuted their enemies. The trio painted a terrifying visage as they made their way towards the exit for their enemies.

"We're almost outta here. A few more meters and we'll be home free." Natsu said.

"Hell yeah." Kozuchi agreed.

A sudden crash in front of them forced the three boys to come screeching to a halt as Bloodman walked forward with his power flowing off his body, "Not if I have anything to say about it." he said. Holding his hand up flatly Bloodman growled, "Demon Wing Blessing" he intoned as he created a grotesque creature with wings and sent it flying at the three.

Naruto gave a roar and surged his power, "Dragon Slayer Secret Art: Flame Lotus Exploding Flame Blade" he yelled as he threw a large scale fireball at the ice creation, "Where's Gray?" he demanded as the two techniques canceled each other out.

Bloodman growled, "He had actually managed to beat me. However I got lucky and simply faked the fact he killed me. I have no idea where the demon slayer is." he said honestly, "I had hoped to have ran back into him for a rematch to see who was truly the stronger of us, but I have not seen him since we initially fought, so I am doing my best to destroy the thing he cherishes most." he told Natsu.

Well, at least he didn't kill Gray.

"Even someone as strong as Lord Bloodman isn't strong enough to stop them, what do we do?" a soldier complained.

"Shut up, and let me handle this." Serena said as he looked to the crybaby.

"Lord Serena!" the soldier cried out.

"They won't escape from here, not with their lives." he vowed.

"Come on, we can beat them!" a soldier yelled as he ran forward with several others.

Rasa sighed as he flipped several switches at once with his sand. He looked over to where his father was fighting, "Oyaji... forgive me." he said to himself. With several more switches flipped the ship began to barrel forward across the plaza shocking everyone by it activating. Walking up to the bow, he looked down on his enemies.

"W-What now!" a soldier complained as the ground shook from the ship having bounced a couple times before righting itself.

"Look out, the ships moving!" a soldier cried out.

"Don't get close, it's using its paddles to run across the ground!"

"Hey, who's on board that thing?" Mira cried out.

Ichigo turned to look and felt his eyes widen, "R-Rasa?" he muttered at the figure at the bow.

"Rasa?!" Maya cried out.

"What's he doing?" Ultear questioned.

Naruto quickly turned as he heard the ship barreling forward. Rasa spread his arms out and created two swords made of his sand, "Oyaji, everyone, run while you can!" he yelled out, "Leave this to me!" he pleaded.

Naruto sighed, "You damn fool." he muttered.

"Don't be stupid, Nii-san!" Maya cried out.

"Do you have a death wish dummy?" Kazumi questioned him.

Rasa grunted as he heard them, "No, this is my repentance for what I did to Oyaji." he said to himself, "Even if this doesn't make amends for it, I can't let what I did go unpaid for. I can't let things go like this!" he said before sighing deeply, "Forgive me for leading you on the way I did, I was mistaken and I should have had all of my facts before running ahead." he begged.

Ichigo sighed, "Oh Rasa, you don't need to apologize!" he said.

"You only did what you thought was right, so we can't blame you!" Maya said.

Rasa smiled, "Thank you." he said before raising his sand sword, "Everyone! TAKE KOZUCHI AND GET THE HELL OUT OF HERE!" he yelled out loudly. Pointing a sword ahead, "Get ready Alvarez, because here I come!" he bellowed out. Nodding his head he made his decision, "For Oyaji... RARGH!~" he yelled. However, a hand suddenly appeared in the path of the paddle ship and stopped in its tracks cold and kicked up a cloud of dust. Finding his balance he looked around in confusion, "What the hell, did the ship run into something?" he asked confused.

Looking down Rasa was treated to a sight he hadn't thought of before. Naruto had planted a solitary hand against the hull of the ship and had brought it to a complete halt on his own. Naruto was breathing heavily with exhaustion. From the constant fighting and his kid running around like a chicken with its head cut off he was running ragged. Rasa gasped, "Oyaji!" he exclaimed.

"W-With just one hand, he stopped the ship! I thought he was supposed to be dying!" a soldier cried out.

Naruto kept his hand in place as the paddles continued to spin. If he took the hand off now it would bound forward again and there would be nothing he could do about it. So instead of removing the hand he simply looked up to his son, "Can't you understand how ungrateful it is for a child to die before his parent, Rasa?!" he demanded as the paddle came to a stop while shocking Rasa at the same time. Removing his hand Naruto slammed the end of his bisento into the ground with a growl, "Then show some humility. You think I'm on my last leg because of some measly poke, it was settled long before I decided to wage this war, everyone has to eventually die someday!" he said loudly. With a huff he turned around and walked a few feet away, "We've accomplished our goal here, we no longer have a reason to be here." Naruto announced.

At this time, Naruto huffed as Natsu and Kotetsu came running up as Kozuchi continued to run onward, "Naruto it's time to retreat. We need to get out of here." Natsu said.

"Alright you guys get going, I'll hold them off long enough for you to reach the ships. Once you get there give me a call and I'll come." he said to them.

"No, you can't." Cana said to him.

"Yeah, that's suicide even for you." Dimaria said as she joined the wizards of Ishgar with Brandish beside her.

Naruto shook his head, "Our business here is done. Pull out now and I'll stay for the time being to ensure we don't lose anymore of our friends to these bastards. Don't worry I'm not as weak as to die on some godforsaken island." he told them.

"Your staying, what do you mean?" Dimaria asked him.

"What if you do die, then what?" Brandish asked after..

He quickly turned around and began to walk forward. Around fifteen steps later he finally came to a stop, "Listen up, Fairy Tail Wizards!" he called out loudly causing his voice to echo across the plaza, "Heh~ The order I'm about to give, will be my final order as your guild master." he told the group.

Ichigo felt his eyes widen in shock, "What do you mean 'last' Oyaji? Don't say it like that, that's too sad!" he cried out.

Kazumi had tears in her eyes, "I don't wanna hear something like that!" she exclaimed.

"Don't leave us! You promised we'd travel to the New World together!" Maya begged him.

Natsu felt his eyes widen as he stepped forward, "You're kidding right? That's the last thing any of us wanna hear! We're all going back together!" he called out.

Gray nodded his head, "We can't go on without you man! Don't talk like this, you make it seem like you're saying goodbye!" he said loudly, which was exactly what Naruto was saying.

"Why would you say something like that? We didn't rescue Kozuchi just to let you die!" Ichigo yelled out.

Kozuchi gave a yell of, "Lightning Sprint" and allowed a spear of electricity to hit his enemies and turned to Naruto, "Let's go!" he called out.

Naruto shook his head, "Even family must part ways now and then." he said wisely in return before he focused on the enemy before him, "Each of you must survive! You all need to return to the New World together. CONTINUE YOUR ADVENTURES WITHOUT ME!" he told his children and friends defiantly.

"NO, YOU CAN'T DIE! I'M SURE WE CAN FIND ANOTHER WAY!" Kazumi yelled out pleadingly.

"NARUTO YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO THIS DO THIS, PLEASE JUST COME BACK!" Evergreen pleaded with tears in her eyes. With that everyone began to beg and plead for Naruto to not try and sacrifice himself for them.

The blonde man takes one more step forward causing the world to shake forcing them to shut up, and then draws his left fist across his chest to his right shoulder once more and his muscles visibly bulged as he sends a large amount of magic through his arm, "Make no mistake! I am a remnant of a bygone era." he declares as his eye glow with untold power, "I may stand at the top of the current era, but there is no place for me in the new age!" he yells while his arm bulges as he lashes out once again. As if he were drawing on a black canvas with a white paintbrush a large and bright momentous crack appeared where it continued to expand, and rapidly at that to the point it encompassed the entire island causing it to shake from his extremely powerful, yet fading, energy. "GO, MY FRIENDS!~" he roared out.

Soldiers of Alvarez were thrown through the air with yells of fright before the wall of the fortress cracked apart from the severity of the quakes. August grunted as he looked to Naruto with a glare, "Worldbreaker..." he muttered.

Naruto smiled with pride as he looked at everyone behind him on the ground as they looked to him with wide eyes, "Don't look back kids, a new age is upon us." he thought to his friends with pride. He even was given a brief flashback of how life in the guild was before things went to hell. But to Naruto, it was a fitting image for the current moment.

Everyone around the blonde fell to the earth as the world around shook like it had never done before. Brandish widened her eyes, "W-What's going on? What's happening?" she asked frantically.

"It's the signal for us to begin withdrawing." Makarov told her.

Naruto turned to face the approaching soldiers and got ready to fight, "I've been roaming this world and fighting for a long time..." he said as he cracked his neck, "It's time to finish this, Alvarez!" he declared.

"The island is going to sink!"

"Somebody stop Naruto!"

"He's willing to destroy the whole island!"

"Naruto/Oyaji!" everyone cried out.

"I don't wanna leave you, please come with us!" Erza begged.

Naruto growled as he turned around, "Are you ignoring my order! I am the commander for this battle! Why do you not listen, you fools!" he yelled at them.

"Kill Naruto, he's almost dead anyway!" a soldier yelled out. Dozens of soldiers lined up and begun firing spells and weapons at Naruto. Seeing this the dragon slayer growled before he raised his bisento above his head and slammed the blade down into the ground throwing them away with a single blow.

"Oyaji!" Kotetsu cried out.

"Come on, let's go just as he said." Mira said urgently.

"You don't mind leaving Oyaji behind?!" he cried out.

"Grumbling about it now would compare to trampling on his pride and determination." Laxus said with frustrated tears in his eyes. With no other choice, everyone began to take off for the ships, "Come on, we need to get ready to sail out of here." he said.

Kozuchi stood still as he looked at his father. Maya stopped and looked to her brother, "Kozuchi?" she asked him desperately.

Ships crashed into the shore as members of different guilds commanded them, "We're going to leave soon! Climb on while you can!" Jura yelled out.

Naruto grunted as he slammed his bisento to the left sending his enemies sailing off with screams. Bloodman grunted, "Damn that brat Naruto. I still can't believe he has this much power after being injured so seriously." he said as he tried to keep his balance.

"He's no longer concerned about what happens to him now that he has achieved his goal." August stated.

"Lord August?" a soldier said.

"It is obviously quite clear that he intends to sink this island along with all of us to the bottom of the sea. He plans to kill all of us, as well as himself." he said seriously.

-Elsewhere-

"Are you sure that is what happened?" the reporter asked.

"Yes I-Hey look, it's back on!" another reporter gasped out as Naruto appeared back on the screen. The sheer amount of damage that had been placed on the island was astronomical. Hell he even had a giant hole that would be considered fatal in the middle of his chest.

"W-What happened, what's going on here?" a reporter asked.

-At the battlefield-

Naruto grunted as he swung his bisento once again, "I am the one you should worry about. Giga Pick" he yelled before he made a motion with his hand creating several large spires of earth to impale approaching soldier's.

Maya looked at her brother in worry, "Kozuchi why are you standing there, we need to go like we were told!" she yelled at him.

By now his father was surrounded and things were not looking good for him. Kozuchi nodded his head, "I know, but it'll just take me a second to do this." he said as lightning sparked at his fingertips. Drawing his hand back he hurled a bolt of lighting where it struck the soldiers as they jumped to try and stab his father in the back, "Fire Style: Fire Run" Kozuchi yelled as he utilized his secondary chakra nature creating a blaze around his father.

Naruto huffed in exhaustion as he was surrounded by a barrier of flame. Turning his gaze, he saw that the son he had fought so hard to rescue was on his hands and knees as he raised his head to look up at him. He placed the end of his bisento on the ground with a soft 'clink' as he turned to face his son. His gaze was gentle as he looked down at his son, "There is no need for words between us." he told Kozuchi with a kind smile, "Just tell me one thing." he said to his son causing him to turn his gaze up to the point he looked into his eyes, "Was I a good father?" he asked him.

Kozuchi sniffled as his fingers tensed up on the ground and then the tears began to fall as Kozuchi lowered his head down and barely managed to say, "Of course you were!" before he began to cry.

Naruto's joy was shown as his own eyes slightly widened by his sons own confirmation to his question. His head leaned itself back on its own and he begun to silently laughed to himself. Now, he could die a happy man knowing that he had been loved by his own children, "Thank you… son." he told him before he turned around, "You need to get going before they realize that you are still here. I will hold them off long enough for you to escape. Now go while you have the chance."

-Elsewhere-

"W-What was that?!" a reporter gawked.

"From what I gather, the scaffold has been destroyed as well as most of the base. Other than that I'm at a loss."

"So did they execute Kozuchi Uzumaki or not?' a reporter asked heatedly.

"I don't know, that's what I'm trying to figure out!" a man yelled out.

-Battlefield-

Kozuchi was now surrounded by the guilds as they ran towards the ships, "Run, keep running. Get to the ships" Leon yelled out.

Jura got behind the target of the war as he ran, "Kozuchi-san get in front of me." he declared.

"Jura!" Kozuchi exclaimed.

"They want to get to you! But what Naruto-dono wants is to have as many survivors as possible!' he told the teen, "It would have been a waste if you were to die for nothing." he said.

Kagura gave a whistle, "Jura, Kozuchi! Over here! We've got a warship here!" she called out where the two changed course and ran towards her and the ship she had gotten.

"But what about Naruto-san?" Sting asked as another explosion sounded behind them.

"He's staying behind, it was his choice." Jura said honestly.

Natsu looked to Naruto, "B-But we can't leave him! He promised we'd all go home together!" he cried out,

Makarov nodded his head, "He's right, we have no other option but this one. As long as someone with enough power stays behind long enough for the rest to get away, there is still hope of saving him." he said, "We mustn't get in his way." he told the other's.

Mira spun around and kicked a man in the face, "Come on, we need to get out of here." she cried out.

Larcade growled as he dropped his cross and begun to gather his magic, "Normally I am a calm and collected person, but now I have been angered." he told Naruto.

"And what are you going to do about it, cry like a baby?" he asked him.

"I am sure you know I use a magic based on the bodies experience. However I also utilize Holy Magic, a magic that can purge the darkness of the world. I will use this magic to take you down and remove the morale of your friends. I am done playing, and it is time I show everyone why I am a son of Zeref." he said as his body began to glow a golden color while increasing in size by several feet until he was close to 21 feet tall, "Infinity is One" he said as he faced a palm out towards Naruto and unleashed a shockwave on him.

Naruto grunted in pain as he tried to stand his ground, and Bacchus received the full force of something on par with one of Naruto's quakes. As the blast ends, Bacchus has been blown back and into a pile of rubble while Naruto remains on his feet,. Naruto shakes his head and clears it and then looks to the man that stood twenty feet tall and wore a toga. Cracking his neck he spoke, "Is that the best you can do, my old man hits harder than you." he declared.

"I'll show you just exactly what I can do. Infinity Is One" Larcade declared as he raised a palm toward Naruto and released a shock wave at him.

However Naruto lashed a fist out and a crack appeared before releasing it's own shockwave that stopped Larcade's own, "You forget just what type of power I wield boy. I am far above your power in terms of strength and capability." he said to the man.

"Don't count me out yet." Larcade said as the two blasts canceled each other out.

"I think I just did." Naruto said as he raised both his hands and curled his fingers inward, literally gripping the air as ripples gathered around the tips of his fingers.

"Oh no, not this shit again." Bacchus said in worry as Naruto slowly dragged his hands downwards. The sea's begun to roil uncontrollably and large waves washed over the fleet that Alvarez commanded, wiping them out in solitary blows apiece. It was a good thing that the wizards of Ishgar had used submarines which had been hid underwater now.

"W-What is happening?" A soldier cried out.

"This is that thing that the bastard did earlier to throw us off our game." another said, "And by the looks of it, he's using more power this time around." he said.

The ground splintered around the Alvarez soldiers and begun to collapse under them, "I told you didn't I. That I was above you." Naruto said seriously as he begun to unleash more power than ever before. This in turn caused the sky overhead to darken with black clouds before they begun to coil around themselves and release powerful bolts of lightning.

"Geez, why is the ground shaking so badly. Is Naruto losing control over his power?" Kurama asked.

"Look, it's not just the ground that's shaking, the sky, the sea... everything is trembling!" Happy cried out.

Having sat on the sidelines with Wendy, Carla, Pantherlily and Porlyusica, they had not witnessed any of Naruto's powerful techniques or any type of quake on the level he was using now. The sea was tilting at extreme levels that threatened to have everyone fall into the water. Large slabs of earth rained monolithic sized waves that destroyed most of the fleet and washed them down to the deepest depths possible. Larcade raised a palm, "I won't allow you to use this foul mockery of power any longer." he said as he unleashed another blast, only for that one to be stopped as well. When it faded away Naruto quickly leapt up at Larcade and slammed his fist into his head and drove it into the ground before unleashing a devastating quake on his head cracking his skull and knocking him out.

Not stopping he quickly grabbed the unconscious wizard and twisted his neck and heard a crunch showing his neck had been snapped. Not satisfied with just 'killing' Larcade he swung his bisento at his neck and separated his head from his shoulders for sure ending the blonde's life.

Hey, you could never be too sure with those related to Zeref.

"L-Larcade-sama!" soldiers cried out in shock.

Coating his hand in an extremely familiar white bubble of Magic he raised his hands and gave a cry of "Dragon Slayer Secret Art: Desolation of the Earth" and slammed his hand on the ground causing the world to shake from his might. The shockwave's force themselves deep into the earth's crust and a seemingly long crack appeared between him and the people standing around him, though it was just superficial and nobody had fallen through it. However, in the end, Naruto didn't complete the technique as he didn't use the second half of it like he was supposed to.

The ground shakes more as the earth spreads apart causing people's eyes to widen, "W-What's going on?" Brandish asked in shock. She had never seen him use such techniques before she had turned sides and joined Fairy Tail to fight.

"It's Naruto's Secret Technique, 'Desolation of the Earth' and what you are experiencing are the aftershocks of him forcefully creating an earthquake. He's doing it so we can escape." Erza said as she stood firm as the shaking died down.

Serena looked to the retreating Jura and Kozuchi. Time to put the plan into action, "Do they really think they can escape someone like me, how pathetic." he said with a shake of his head.

"Serena-sama?" a soldier asked.

"Please step aside a little bit." he requested. Listening to his request, Serena gathered his power and then unleashed it in a wave towards the Wizards of Ishgar forcing them to dodge out of the way.

Jura grabbed Kozuchi by the arm and then picked up Natsu who had fallen down next to him, "You two just keep on running until you get to the ship!" he commanded them.

Serena shook his head and spoke up, "So as soon as you rescue 'Golden Flash' Kozuchi your just gonna turn tail and run, are you all that cowardly? Then again, this just reeks of the cowardice that is Naruto." he goaded.

"WHAT!?~" the wizards exclaimed as one with Naruto's children screaming the loudest.

"He's obviously trying to stir you up! Ignore him and keep running!" Erza yelled out.

"If you stop, you play right into his hand." Ultear agreed.

"Well the guy leading you is the type of guy to run from a fight, so I can't blame you." Serena taunted as he fixed his long hair, "After all, Naruto is after all... a loser from a dead era!" he declared loudly.

Natsu came to a screeching halt with rage in his eyes. Jura and Kozuchi looked back in worry, "Natsu!" Kozuchi cried out.

Natsu was angry. No, he was livid. He clenched his fist tightly to try and control himself, "A loser?" he questioned angrily.

Serena smirked. Well, he'd kill at least one of them today. Serena nodded his head, "Well yes, a loser." he said in agreement.

Natsu rounded on the man, "You take back what you just said!" he demanded.

"Oi Natsu, don't fall for it!" Kagura called out in worry. This was the former head of the Wizard Saints. Naruto was strong enough to actually beat him, but this guy was no joke.

Kozuchi placed a hand on the pink haired man's shoulder, "Ignore him. Just let him say stuff he knows isn't true." he said.

Natsu removed his hand forcefully, "No, he made fun of Naruto." he said angrily. He pointed at Serena, "Take it back, or I'll make you." he growled.

Serena gave a quizzical look towards him, "You'll make me?" he asked, "I don't think I will, not in a million years." he said to Natsu, "Do you want to know why?" he asked Natsu, "400 years ago Naruto was a legend back during the Dragon War, and he conquered nearly the entire world in a span of three years and had countless acknowledge who he was. Even the Continental Dragon Zorah Magdaros who is reputed to be the strongest creature alive in this world feared him." he said to Natsu. He crossed his arms, "He opened up a new era all on his own by sending the dragon's forward in time and declared the existence of the Will of the Earth. Now he is sacrificing himself. What a cowardly way to die for someone so great." he sneered out.

"I also highly doubt he came here with the intention to fight just for his son. I think he just wanted to see if we would really go through with our threat and decided to act based just on that." he stated, "Some say that he is merely trying to keep what peace the two countries have, but I know better." he stated, "He was waiting for us to make a move." he spoke, "He wanted to gain back everything that he once had. A kingdom where everyone revered him as the best of the best." he said, "And it is because of this fact that he will remain a loser!" he yelled out.

Natsu couldn't take it anymore and began to walk forward with his fire waving off his body. "Shut up." he growled out.

"So what if he wondered Ishgar for a few years that's nothing big for me." he continued, "And then, he got stabbed by his own son for believing in just a few words from a silver tongue. That just makes me want to laugh even harder at the thought." Serena said harshly.

"I said shut up!" Natsu growled louder.

"Stop Natsu! Don't do it! Come back!" Happy cried out.

"Naruto is the one who brought all of us together. Be it by chance or by coincidence it was his doing." he growled, "He showed us what it was like to have a family when nobody wanted us, when we became a burden on others. It was he who did the things we couldn't and he showed us what we could do to get better. Someone like you could never understand those types of accomplishments!" he growled.

"People don't deserve to live if they can't see reality." Serena spoke, "That's why Naruto will die a loser. It's fitting for someone who hides behind others!" he crowed out.

Natsu snapped, "Naruto is the wizard who shaped the era into what it is today!" he yelled out loudly, "So don't make fun of the man that accomplished more in his life than you ever did!" he bellowed.

"Don't do it Natsu!" several wizards cried out.

Natsu burst into fire and drew a fist back, "The name of this era should be called 'Naruto'!" he bellowed out as he launched his fist forward. Serena mimicked his movement and drew back a magma fist and allowed his fist to clash into Natsu's own, "So you better shut up and take back what you said!" he roared out.

"Naruto is a loser, and that means that in extension his children are also losers too as they are all so weak compared to me!" Serena said loudly. Suddenly, Serena's powerful explosion engulfed Natsu and threw the pained dragon slayer a few feet away.

"N-Natsu was... burned?" Happy said with wide eyes.

Serena watched as Natsu shook the pain off and got back to his feet, "You got careless because you are immune to fire. Unfortunately I am not fire, I am lava which burns much hotter than any type of fire in this world. My power is far stronger than your own is currently." he stated.

Mira looked to Naruto and reached for the necklace he had gotten for her, only to gasp in shock when she felt that it no longer rested around her neck, "Oh no, it's gone." she gasped out.

"What is it?" Lisanna asked her.

"The anniversary gift Naruto-kun got me, it's go-she went to say only to see it laying on the ground fifty feet away. Without another word she rushed over to it ignoring the other's.

"I wouldn't spout nonsense like that. At least my father was able to stand up for what he thought was right." Kozuchi growled out to Serena.

"You are your father's son, so there is no harm in being the person you were born as. However, there are still those with bad blood in them and need to be removed from this world. Watch as I do this..." he said as he looked from Kozuchi to look at Mira as she placed her necklace around her neck. Natsu felt his eyes widen as Serena gathered his magic in the air, "Dark Rage" he declared as he jumped into the air and drew a magma soaked fist back behind him in preparation to stab her in the chest.

Mirajane didn't hear the man as she was suddenly hearing her friends call out to her to watch out.

"WAIT!~" Natsu cried out as he jumped and fell to the ground, no... he wouldn't make it.

However, her salvation came in the form of Kozuchi as he pushed her out of the way just as God Serena pierced his own heart from behind. "K-Kozuchi-kun..." she cried lowly when she saw who it was that saved her.

Naruto watched as Serena drew his fist back again, "SON!" he yelled as he went to thrust his hand forward, only for pikes of ice to pierce his arm. Naruto grunted as his arm grew a sleeve of ice along its length.

Seeing Kozuchi cough up blood and gasp desperately for breath made Serena scowl, "So your still alive, boy." he growled.

"You let your guard down human, now watch as he dies." Bloodman growled, "You know what that means, no interruptions." he declared. As Serena thrust his hand down, salvation jumped in the way once more as Jura grabbed Serena's hand with his own Obsidian covered hands.

"Jura!" Mira cried out.

"You will kill no more! I won't let you hurt another child of Naruto-san's blood! Nor will you hurt a woman he loves!" he declared.

Serena snorted, "You are just delaying the inevitable Jura. You were one of the Ten Saints, so you know what I am capable of!" he scowled.

"I will be happy to risk life and limb to delay this inevitability. I was ready to die the minute I was given the magic of dragon's." Jura called out and then summoning Mt. Fuji causing a powerful explosion to envelope both him and Serena.

"Jura!" Leon cried out.

When the energy died down, Jura was wincing with his hands smoldering from Serena's magic. The former Wizard Saint scowled, "It seems I have to execute a worthless piece of trash as well." he stated before pointing to Kozuchi, "Can you not see that it is too late to try and do anything for Golden Flash Kozuchi, look!" he growled as he pointed to him.

Kozuchi coughed and fell forward. Mira gasped as she caught his body in her arms, his blood spreading over her clothes and dying it red. She could feel it seeping through the fabric as well... this was just a dream, it was just a dream... a really bad dream. She could only think to ask, "You are alright Kozuchi. Are you alright?" she asked him. That's when she moved her hand down and felt it get doused by something warm and wet and her eyes widened when she lifted it up to reveal that her hand was swimming in blood, "W-We need to get you treated right away..." she whispered out in horror. Her mind not comprehending that it was too late for him.

"Forgive me, Mira-kaa-san..." Kozuchi whispered to her, "It seems that everyone pushed themselves a little too far..." he whispered, "In order to save me, but..." he gasped desperately for air so he could speak, "I-It seems that I won't make it all the way." he told her, "I'm sorry..." he told her again.

Mira was shaking, "W-What are you saying?" she asked him. She just couldn't wrap her head around what was happening, "Don't be ridiculous!" she said as she turned to Wendy, "Wendy, we need help here! You've got to treat Kozuchi! Please, y-you have to treat him!" she pleaded.

Wendy didn't need to be told twice as she ran up and fell to her knees beside Kozuchi. She gasped in horror at the sheer damage the wound had caused, "T-This is..." she said as she began to shake.

Mira looked at her with worried eyes, "W-What's the matter? It can be treated right?" she asked Wendy.

"I-I'm so sorry. But I can't." she said.

"W-What do you mean by that?" she asked.

Kozuchi shook his head, "It's no use... My insides are gone, they were destroyed... there is no form of treatment for me." he told Mira, "I c-can't hold out any longer..." he gasped. He continued to speak even knowing that he was dying, "Even I can tell that I'm dying now." he said.

Mira shook her head, "No, that's not true. You promised us... You said, we'd all go to the New World for a grand adventure..." she said, "You promised us, Kozuchi!" she yelled out.

"That was what I wanted, for us to go on an adventure together... If only I had been stronger, this may not have happened... Oh yeah... if you do ever meet my mom, tell her I said, hello... even when I'm facing death, she is on my mind right now... this is the one thing that makes me wanna stay longer... I just wish I could have seen everyone here smile as they married Oyaji... But I'm sure that the day will come when you two get together permanently... because... you'll always be a new mother for me... I have no regrets... not today..." he said as he smiled with his last bit of strength, "I'm just glad that so many people had shown as much love for me as they have today..." he said as blood dripped down his back.

His voice was now such a low whisper that Mira could hardly hear him, "I can't even raise my voice to let them hear me anymore... Could you tell them... what I am about to say right now?" he asked her as he began to cry, "Tell dad... he doesn't have to try so hard, we... love him regardless... tell everyone... tell them I said, thank you... for loving someone like me when i knew i probably didn't deserve it... tell them... even if I am a good for nothing... kid with issues... tell them that I said, thank you!" he cried to Mirajane. And with that, the last of his life faded from his body and he fell.

Mira's eyes widened as the tears she was shedding fell off her cheeks as Kozuchi fell to the ground in what appeared to be slow motion. When he had fallen, the Uzumaki was still smiling as he knew that he had been loved even in death. From where he stood, Naruto could not hold back the shaking in his hand as tears began to spill down his cheeks. However as he looked to his son, he also noticed that a few steps away was the one who had done the deed of ending his sons life. He instantly willed his tears to stop as he knew what he had to do. As for Mira, the sight of a kid dying in her arms was too much for her as she bursts into tears. She couldn't hold back the wails as she had never thought that she would hear someone's final words in the way that she had.

Bacchus was unable to help himself as he covered his eyes, "WHAAAA!" the drinker wailed out for his friend.

"Kozuchi-Kun!"

"Kozuchi-Nee!"

"Kozuchi-San!"

"Kozuchi!"

"Kozuchi!"

"Kozuchi!"

-Play; Danuvius Extended by: Audioachine-

God Serena smirked, "God bye-bye." he said as he looked around for at least one Ishgar wizard to kill. As he looked around, his gaze locked onto to Mira and he said darkly, "Your next." and he began to run at her. However before he could reach her several soldiers cried out for him just as the end of a familiar Bisento planted itself into the ground behind God Serena. It was at this moment a heavily wounded Jura plucked Mirajane up by the waist and bolted as somebody else gathered up Kozuchi's own body with a blanket and ran as well. Jura certainly knew what was about to happen and sure as hell didn't want to be in the center of it.

Serena slowly turned around and noticed that Naruto seemed to look almost like a massive shadow. The single train of thought that was running through Naruto's mind was simple, "Destroy! Annihilate! Eradicate! Devastate! Decimate! Obliterate! Demolish! Exterminate! MASSACRE!~"

Naruto's look of sorrow quickly and suddenly turned to rage as he covered his fist in a gigantic blue bubble of his power and drew it back causing Serena to grunt in shock with a loud, "NGH!" where the fist connected to Serena's face and began to drive him into the ground creating powerful shockwave's that threatened to tear the island apart by the seams.

The members of the Fairy Tail Guild and her allies suddenly found themselves holding their arms in front of their faces, "Wh-What's going on?" Lucy asked as the wind howled past her.

"Naruto's beyond furious right now!" Gray said as he shielded his face from the fierce winds Naruto was creating in his rage induced attack.

Natsu had a shocked look on his face as the fierce wind blasted him in the face, he could feel it, this energy... Naruto wasn't mad... No it was much worse, "Everyone needs to get out of here, now!" he yelled which caused everyone to simply listen rather than question his motive as to run where they did as Natsu said and began to run away from the future carnage.

"RETREAT! RETREAT!" Kurama yelled.

"GO! GO! GO!" Jura cried out as he ran away. He didn't often feel terror, but this was something that certainly did the job.

Deeper and deeper Naruto's fist pushed God Serena's head into the earth as Naruto tried to force his fist through the bubble of energy he was using to unleash his wrath, until the feeling suddenly stopped allowing God Serena to raise himself up a bit. He felt his eyes widen as he watched Naruto coat his foot in a bubble of blue energy and fall towards the ground and quickly rolled out of the way as Naruto slammed his foot into the earth cratering it causing chunks of rock to fly into the air. Naruto saw God Serena stop rolling and ran at the man with his Bisento in his hand.

Drawing it back he gave a yell of, "DIE!~" as he swung it into the ground as God Serena barely dodged the swing. The man rolled to his feet and coated his arm in the hottest form of lava he could before he sent several balls of white hot lava flying at Naruto. Each ball of lava crashed into Naruto's chest, stomach, and arm and even burned away half his face and mustache when he leaned out of the way. However in the end, Naruto continued to walk forward and endured each strike against him without wavering.

God Serena gave a yell as he rushed forward at Naruto and tried to punch him, only for the blonde to block him with his forearm. Again and again he tried to attack, only to be blocked with hardly any effort. Finally Naruto got tired of blocking as Serena went to kick him in the face Naruto drew back a fist and backhanded the man hard causing him to be sent flying away where he crashed through a wall before he rolled even further away once more in a cloud of dust where. Naruto continued to walk forward towards the fallen man with a scowl on his face as the now pained second generation dragon slayer looked up towards his enemy. Grabbing a slab of the wall he threw it behind him as he continued to march forward in anger. Reaching his fallen enemy, Naruto knelt down and drew back a fist and went to punch his enemy and growled.

However, it wasn't to be so easy as Serena gave a yell of "Dark Nebula" before he slammed a white hot lava coated fist through Naruto's stomach.

He then surged his magic as much as he could, causing Naruto's stomach to burn as it gave a bulge before he removed his hand from his abdomen with no hesitation. The blonde fell to a knee as everyone cried out for him in worry, and how could they not be worried. Serena rose to his feet heavily from the experience he would never forget, "You have no choice, you must resign." he told Naruto with heavy breaths.

Naruto couldn't help but think of Kozuchi, his voice suddenly speaking in his ear, 'Hey dad.' he said. His face appeared in his mind as a young teen, 'Well you are my father.' he told Naruto. The man felt his eyes slowly open and look through the screen of flame, the flames that had continued to burn after he had nearly fallen, 'I'm Kozuchi, it's nice to meet you after all this time.' he told Naruto. With that incentive, Naruto clenched his fist and reached through the fire. Serena couldn't have seen it, and by extent nobody else, as Naruto reached through the screen of flame burning his stomach and grab Serena by his collar shocking him, and everyone else watching, a great amount.

Slowly, but surely, Naruto rose to his feet with his hand still on Serena's collar, "I'm not dead yet." he growled as he lifted the man off his feet shocking Serena greatly as he spoke, "But unlike me... you won't get the luxury of seeing me leave this world!" he said as he threw the man into the air. He sends a good amount of his power into his arm creating a magenta colored bubble of pure power, while thinking of his son who was killed by this bastard, he lashes out creating a powerful shockwave that shatters the earth around and underneath him.

And Serena, for the first time in his life, knew what true agony felt like as he coughed up a large amount of blood from his lips. The shockwave is so great that the deep crack before him splits open and forms a gorge in the earth and it literally begins to split the battle area in two as a crack appears in the sky as the world around nearly shattered under Naruto's rage. "RARGH!~" Naruto roars out in utter rage and sheer fury. The earth splits open and Serena, for the first time ever bled as he coughed up blood.

The earth splits open with a explosion of energy, soldiers of Alvarez cry out in both shock and terror as the ground collapses under their feet and fell out from under them. Destruction and havoc was the only word the world knew. Naruto shows nor feels any form of remorse for what he has done or about to do. The geography of the island began to fall apart and cave in before splintering of and cratering inwards at a different spot creating a thick cloud of dust the second it collapsed inward. Onward the trail of destruction continues to move on without any sign of stopping as an enraged father unleashes hell onto the earth.

August who had his face covered slowly looks up from his thin shield and feels his eyes widen in shock. It doesn't end, the destruction is so much that the entire plaza he stood on was torn asunder with large chunks broken up and tilting violently as explosions tore the island apart. Turning his head, August feels his heart almost stop when he see's the face of the mountain on the island base facing Naruto is caving inwards on its own. All August can do is watch as the world around him seemingly tear itself apart, "HAH?!~" he gasped out. The land had been hit by the sheer fury of God himself.

The earth held large breaks that leaned at incredible angles that seemed to be impossible to stand on. He turned his gaze upwards and watched as a large section of ten feet thick stone of the arena was torn apart before a explosion of energy surged upwards and torn yet another section to pieces only to continue traveling unopposed as yet a third explosion went off and split the entire arena into two. August dropped his arm and felt his jaw drop in unadulterated shock, "Huh-Hah!" he gawked with wide eyes as more explosions went off at the same time.

Soldier's of Alvarez cried out when the ground underneath them burst apart and they fell into the quickly spreading crevice.

"The island's about to sink! Somebody stop Naruto!" one cried out. Still, the destruction did not stop as more of the mountain and base burst and caved in from Naruto's rage of the man who killed his son. Makarov, Lucy, Gray, Erza, Mirajane, Lisanna, Laxus, Bisca, Dimaria, Brandish, Kurama, Happy, Carla, Lily and many others all gawked with their jaws practically on the ground due to Naruto's overwhelming strength.

Even those watching this event from the safety of the island safe zone felt as if their hearts had dropped into their stomachs. They could feel the world around them shake even from the distance they were, such was the power behind that one solitary blow of rage.

So this was the true power of one of the Elemental Emperor's, it was unlike anything they had ever witnessed in their lives before! No... this was Naruto's power, the power to destroy the world if he had so wished. This was what it meant to be the most powerful man alive.

Releasing his hold on his technique, Naruto watched as the ground tilted downwards and Serena fell to it. Without hesitation, Naruto slams his foot down onto Serena's chest causing him to cough up more blood as the blonde then grasps his Bisento and surges his Earth Dragon Slayer Magic through the blade. Serene looks up to his soon to be killer in defiance, "Damn you... son of a..." he coughs up blood.

Naruto ignores the man and narrows his eyes in anger filled sorrow. Raising his weapon up once more he growls at the quivering man, "Die..." and then he swings down, and God Serena's head separates from his shoulders where his body falls off the edge of the gorge he created followed by the shocked face on a severed head of the dead traitor.

"Watch out!" a wizard of Ishgar cries as the land begins to rip itself in two and people begin to fall into the darkness deep below.

"Don't fall in!" another cries catching a friend by the arm as the land gave way beneath them.

However several weren't as lucky and fell down as they were unable to save themselves. A large explosion kicked up and blocked everyone's view and forced a few wizards to step back as the island continued to tear itself apart.

Soon enough the shaking died down and everyone looked around them to ensure they were not only alive, but still sane. August turned and faced Naruto while shaking in fear, which everyone would have been doing if faced with an enraged father, "T-there is no way.. that this should be possible." he told himself.

-End; Danuvius Extended by: Audiomachine-

Natsu uncovered Lucy and looked around as did the rest of the attacking guilds of Ishgar, "Is it over?" he asked nobody in particular.

"I-I hope so." Happy said with a shaking voice.

"My god, I never thought I would live to see the day Naruto would lose it." Laxus said in reverence to Naruto's wrath.

"I don't think anyone would." Alzack said.

"Wait, where is Naruto?" Erza asked.

"Look, he's over there!" Leon called out.

Where they looked, they saw Naruto with his back to them, but that wasn't all. Between Naruto, and the allied guilds of Ishgar was a nearly thirty foot gap between the army, Naruto, and Fairy Tail with her Allies. "Naruto!" several people called out to him.

"My god, he split the plaza in two!" Macao cried out.

"I knew Naruto held back a large amount of his power, but this is just ridiculous." Brandish said.

"No, he's never had a reason to truly use it before. Now that he's lost his son he's decided to show everyone what he can really do." Dimaria said as she took a step back in shock.

"To think, he has this much power up his sleeve." Sting said.

"I'm shocked he was able to cause so much damage as injured as he is." Rogue said with a gulp.

"I can't believe it, we've been cut off from him." Orga said.

Naruto was breathing extremely hard, having never pushed his Quake powers to this limitation besides his fight against Acnologia; he had honestly surprised even himself with the sheer amount of damage he had caused. It was time to break this limitation and end this war. No one else needed to die now. He could even faintly hear the other's calling out his name. Heh, that was considerate of them. However he opted to ignore them as he glared at his enemy.

"To think, even with his innards fried to such an extent, he's still this powerful..." August said in fear.

Naruto ignored his heavy breathing as if he heard them speak as he replied, "I'm not done yet." in a defiant tone. Slowly gathering what power he had left he raised his bisento into the air as he unleashed his magic causing it to swirl around him causing his large coat to float up a little before his energy began spiraling up and around him, scaring his enemies as he slammed his weapon into the ground.

"What, even as weakened as he is, he still has this much power?" a soldier cried.

"How do you fight somebody so monstrous?" another wailed.

Raising his Bisento up, he swirled it around once, "From this point on..." Naruto declared as he spun his bisento a second time and then gripped in both hands, "I~ will be your opponent!" he declared, "Now come at me!" he demanded as the rest of the enemy forces charged forward. Blasting his enemies away he continued his fight as everyone from Ishgar, and those who he had gained the trust of, looked at him from the other side of the gorge. Tears began to flow as the many watched Naruto do solo combat.

"AAAAHHHH!~" Naruto bellowed as he leapt into the air. Raising his bisento, Naruto swung down diagonally and cleaved five men in half before he jumped again as he moved deeper into their territory. Landing again, he sliced a man from the top of his head to his groin. He spun around and stabbed his weapon into another's chest before caving in another man's skull with his bare fists.

Spinning his bisento around he took another man's head off before smashing the blunt end through the middle of another's stomach and out his back before throwing him into his comrades. Backhanding another and snapping his neck at the same time, Naruto raised his trusty bisento into the air and brought it straight down and cut two men in half at the same time. With another leap he smashed into six other men just as they fired off a dozen different spells where they crashed into Naruto's body, only for the Elemental Emperor to completely ignore them as he literally tore them apart.

Bringing the tip of his spear up from the ground Naruto cleaved a spell in two before chopping the castors head off. With yet another leap, he then began to spin in circles as the number's begun to overwhelm him and stared cleaving any who came to close in two or crushing their bodies with the other end.

Stabbing a man through his chest, Naruto was almost immediately engulfed in an explosion as he crushed another mans head with his bare hand alone, while he used his spear to slice another's head off. Stabbing a man through his stomach, Naruto simply ignored the fact the corpse hung on his spear head and kicked another's head in and snapped his neck as a bolt of lightning struck him from his left and drew his attention causing him to leap at the castor. Several men managed to pile on Naruto, only for Naruto to throw them off with brute force.

Now basically a total berserker, Naruto attacked any and all who tried to oppose him, and showed no mercy. Waving his hands he rose up several spires of diamond and forced them to fall over, ignoring the fact that one of them landed on top of his body as it exploded seconds later as Naruto leapt into the air once again. As he came back down he stabbed his bisento through a man's head as a ball of fire engulfed him seconds later where Naruto burst out and knocked another head off with the other end.

Grasping his bisento in both hands he brought it up, only for it to come back down just as quickly as he cleaved a dozen men in two and allowed a quake to burst off the spearhead and demolish another dozen or so. He spun around and kicked a man away and elbowed another across the face before somebody struck him from behind with a blade of wind where he kicked the person away once again. He spun the spear around once again and blocked a spear of earth with it, before slicing downward and killed two men at the same time.

With yet another leap across the battlefield, Naruto landed in a thick group and begun another series of one sided fights that ended in his favor. As they all watched the wizards of Ishgar wept more and more, but it was Makarov who gave the order, "Retreat! Get to the ships now!" he yelled out.

"No, not without Naruto!" Natsu said loudly as Laxus held him back.

Laxus shook the young man, "This is not what he would want. Think of the reason he decided to stay behind, of the dreams he entrusted to us." he told the young man.

"If your gonna mourn for him, do it on the ship!" Erza said with tears running down her face. She never wanted this to happen.

"Kozuchi! Naruto!" Happy cried out, "This wasn't supposed to happen." he said in tears.

"Hurry up, we need to leave!" Carla ordered.

"It's now or never, we won't get another chance." Kurama said.

"This is why he stayed behind, so we could all go home." Lily stated with tears.

"Let's give him this one request, and see it through." Gajeel called out.

"Gather all the ships by the shore, we leave in two minutes. Hurry up and get inside." Cana said.

"Don't think you'll get away so easily." a soldier yelled before they began to fire their spells at them.

"Everyone better get some pep in their step or I'm putting my boot in your asses. I am not dying here." Brandish said as she nullified the spells with her magic.

Already hundreds if not thousands had fallen by Naruto's hand alone and more were still falling. Tears threatened to flow, but he kept them in as he watched his best friend fight for his life on the other side of the gorge. Laxus never took his eyes off of Naruto as he swung his Bisento down and blasted a series of spells away from him, 'I hope you forgive me for disobeying you and staying back to watch, Naruto...' he thought in a mild amount of sorrow. What Laxus didn't know was nearly everyone was thinking along those same lines, none more so than Makarov himself as he watched one of his children fight like a Warrior God being possessed.

Naruto watched as nearly one hundred men leapt at him to try and bury him. However Naruto shows no worries or hesitation as he takes a series of steps forward, his coat now billowing in the wind slowly, almost as if in slow motion. With one last yell, he sliced the air in a way none had ever witnessed as he gave a roar reminiscent to that of a dragon. The air glowed white as the line he sliced pulsed with incredible power. Suddenly, from that slice a large white bubble of raw Magic Power erupted and rushed forward into the seemingly unending horde of enemies he fought before it expanded into a large white dome causing countless quakes in the land and killing hundreds if not thousands more in one blow.

Mountains fell to the seemingly unbeatable man, even with his life-force fading quickly as it was now that he was forcing his body to conjure spells he shouldn't be trying to cast due to the cost of energy. Suddenly a spell impacted his Bisento and launched it from his hands where it stabbed into the ground before the crack behind him. Another slammed into him forcing him to slide back to a point where he nearly slid off the edge. With a growl he then raised both his hands above him and clenched them into fists, "Dragon Slayer Secret Art…" he announced loudly, "ROAR OF THE EARTH~" he roared as he slammed his fists down on the ground, and once more the earth shook from the power of the worlds strongest man alive… one last time…

"What's he doing now? It feels like the world's coming to an end." Sting said as he tried to remain standing.

"I don't know, but whatever it is, the land is rising into the air!" Rogue pointed out.

"IT'S THE ROAR OF THE EARTH! IT'S HIS WAY OF SAYING GET THE HELL OUTTA HERE!~" Kurama roared out loudly.

"Wait, if he does that again he risks death!" Warren said in fear for his friend.

"Why would he do such a thing?" Bickslow asked as he looked to the man in question.

"It's because he has something he is willing to die to protect..." Makarov said as a tear rolled down his cheeks as he watched from the edge of the extremely wide crevice as one of his children prepared to sacrifice himself for his family. The desolate land was ripped apart as Naruto forced it to rise high into the air and gather to form several mountainous rock formations, twelve in all.

"He can't... he can't do that... why... just why is..." Juvia couldn't even finish as Naruto raised the multitude of mountain sized rocks higher into the air, more of his own blood escaping from his nose and mouth as he forced more and more of his nonexistent power from his body.

"It's because... he's already dying." Cana said with tears in her eyes.

Everyone looked to her, "What do you mean Cana?" Makarov asked her.

"He's been suffering from terminal cancer that saps away his life each time he uses one of his more powerful techniques. He didn't want to say he was dying and make us worry. When I found out about it, he begged me not to say anything to you guys in case he were to do something like this. He said if he was to die, he was going to do it while protecting his family." she said before she placed a hand on her belly as she looked towards Naruto with prideful tears in her eyes.

"This ends... now..." the blonde man said in defiance as he looked at the quivering army before him. Slowly he reached up with his hands and once more 'grasped' the air as if it were tangible to him one last time as the faces of those he held close to entered his mind and he smiled, "This is, for my friends. No... this is for... my family!" he yelled out as he yanked his hands down forcing the mountain sized rocks to fall. And then, the whole entirety of the world shook from the force of Naruto's remaining power raining down upon his enemy.

For what seemed to be countless minutes, the entire planet shook from the sheer amount of shockwave's racing across its crust, and when the shaking finally managed to die down and the dust faded away, all that remained was Naruto who remained standing with his Bisento in hand, however, his attention was drawn upwards when he heard a sinister laugh, "I'm so glad I managed to reach you before your death, father." one Boruto Uzumaki sneered at him. In fact, his deceleration drew up everyone's attention where they looked up to see six men and a solitary woman just standing up above them.

August scowled at the blonde, "You, you dare show your face here after you betray us?!" he yelled to the brat.

Boruto snorted, "Oh please, it's called underhanded tactics. People have been doing this for centuries so get over it old man." he told August, "Though I won't lie and say I can't thank you. See without you, I wouldn't have been able to get my hands on some unique new comrades from your prisons." he said as he motioned to his comrades with a laugh afterwards. Six warriors, all extremely powerful from their signatures. These were the fabled Six Knights of Black. Worshiper's of the Titan's who were granted tremendous power for their loyalty.

However, they were so deranged and reckless that even the Titans had turned them away when they began to ask for more power and so they had them locked away, and then Zeref found them and forced them to fight for him until he had no other choice but to imprison them again.

Naruto growled as he looked at the laughing boy and spoke up voicing his opinion while his arm bulged as he sent his quake power through his body, "I don't give a damn what you think, BORUTO!" he yelled as he lashed out unleashing a mighty shockwave at the traitorous bastard he had once called son. The group of rouge warriors felt their eyes widen in complete shock as the blast raced towards them.

"Oi boss, we need to get out of the way!" voiced Pump worriedly. Hell he wasn't the only one, everyone of the rogue group was. After all they were taking on the most powerful man in the world, who had been injured but looked like he could still keep going. Boruto couldn't react in time as his group got out of the way as he was struck by the man who was enraged. The shockwave impacted and exploded as Naruto held no mercy for the traitorous brat where it continued to destroy more of the base.

Naruto then watched with narrowed eyes, he was no fool to think that had killed the pig he was supposed to call family. He was right when he watched the member's of Boruto's rogue group strode forward towards him, "That sure was a close call, don't you think?" Dahaaka asked as he guzzled another bottle of booze to try and satisfy his endless thirst.

"We sure had a narrow escape there." the female member Galla said with a laugh, she sure was a ugly bitch in Naruto's mind.

Naruto watched as Boruto shoved a large slab of rock off of his body and shook the cobwebs from his skull, "You sure don't have any mercy do you Pop's? What am I saying, of course you don't." he muttered. Damn, he sure packed a wallop for a dying man.

Naruto had a pool of blood at his feet as he looked at the brat, "I refuse to acknowledge you as one of my own, you are not a son of mine, Boruto." he said seriously, "You are a liar, thief and worst of all a traitor who nearly killed his own flesh and blood for power." he growled out in a raspy voice as he pointed his trusty pole-arm at the traitor, "For this I will avenge your brother Kozuchi and allow his soul to rest peacefully tonight." he declared, "And I will start by taking the one person's head who needs to pay this debt, you. A life for a life is an equal exchange." he said before grunting. He wanted to, no he needed to avenge his son but due to all the fighting he was reaching his limit.

"Oyaji!" called out several members of Naruto's family.

Natsu hastily jumped up and went to assist his friend, but Naruto wouldn't have it. As if the sound of his fire being brought out was a notification, Naruto gave a cry of, "NATSU!" forcing his friend to land, where he called out to him. Naruto's voice rang throughout the island, "STAY OUT OF THIS!" he ordered loudly.

"NARUTO!" the fire wizard called out in worry.

"Do you hear me boy?" he demanded as he continued to look at Boruto where he got ready for one last fight, his last fight, "Let's finish this, Boruto." he growled out.

Boruto bellowed into laughter, "Zehahahahahaha, I'm looking forward to it." he said with a mad gleam in his eyes. Suddenly a dark cloud began to pout off his body and swirl around his feet causing Naruto to narrow his eyes. He knew what this power was, having encountered it when he had first met his daughter Kazumi years before after he had gone to the land Danzo Shimura had occupied before he ended the madman's rule with Briares and Oars, "Behold the power I stole from my dear sister when she was recovering." he sneered.

"What the hell?"

"What is that black stuff coming off his body?"

"Is that smoke?" mutter's spread throughout the battlefield as they all watched Boruto prepared to fight.

Raising a hand into the air Boruto gave a laugh as he placed it on the ground, "Black Hole" he muttered darkly. The blonde then spreads his darkness over a large area and, much like an actual black hole, swallows up anything he chooses. Seeing this Naruto growls as he is slowly being pulled down, probably to weigh him down, into the dark energy. Suddenly a dark twister rises into the air above Boruto as he releases more black energy into the sky before disappearing.

Giving another laugh he looks to his father, "What do you think of my power? This is the Magic power that I stole after ripping it out of Kazumi when she was recovering back at the guildhall several years ago. Take a good look at it, for this will be the last thing you ever see." he said gleefully, "The most dominant Dark Magic that not even the Black Wizard Zeref could hope to control. This is the most powerful Magic Power that this world has to offer, and I want you to enjoy it to enjoy it to the fullest extent." he said madly.

Naruto didn't budge as he listened to his son prattle on with his speech, "You know old man, I'm curious about something." he said drawing Naruto's attention. "You know there seems to be a pattern forming here. First good ol Uncle Kiba kicks the bucket, and then Kozuchi followed suit shortly after he did." he pointed out as Naruto's eye began to twitch in annoyance, "In fact all your best friends and even your own kids seem to be dropping like flies and your too weak to do anything about it. I guess it's a good thing I'm no longer part of your people anymore, cuz then there'd be a problem." he said. "I'll have you know I spared Kozuchi at the Battle of Banaro Island when I could've killed him just for you." he told his old man.

Seeing this Erza walked forward in anger, only to be restrained as it was an order from Naruto. Naruto growled as he got into a ready stance, but Boruto held up a hand covered in his black power, "Whoa there, take it easy old man. Don't even try and bother. Your power won't work against me, not anymore." he told the old man as he raced forward to fight. Naruto growled as he raised a hand and coated it in the all to familiar white quake bubble.

Boruto grinned as he gave a call of, "Black Vortex" and held his hand out and caught his old man's fist nullifying his power with ease. The white bubble fizzles and dies as Boruto canceled out his technique where he gave a laugh, "This darkness of mine is pretty handy don't you think?" he asked Naruto as he continued to nullify his power, "This means I can nullify all those fancy tricks of yours with no hassle. You know what that means don't you, no more earthquakes." he said as he punched Naruto in the gut.

Seeing Naruto get hit so easily was shocking to those who were watching, "How'd he hit him so easily? Nobody can lay a hand on Naruto when he's fighting?" Laxus questioned.

Naruto growled as he felt the hit to his stomach before Boruto reached forward before once again grabbing his hand, only to launch a powerful uppercut that picked him up off the ground. Boruto pulled his father forward, "Oops that was my bad, did it hurt old man?" he gloated.

Naruto felt his connection to his Magic cut off and growled as he wrenched it free with ease and created a new quake in his fist, "Don't count me out yet you brat." he said as he launched it at his son.

"Didn't you hear what I said you senile old man, your power is nothing against me." he said as he nullified it before knocking his bisento into the air, "And don't think I didn't see you getting ready to strike me with that either old man." he said as Naruto launched another quake bubble at him only for it to be blocked again, "Come on, don't be such a sore loser now." he said.

However, what Boruto certainly didn't expect was to see when Naruto caught his weapon and whirled it around with one hand alone and raised it into the air and brought it down with a roar where it struck his former son where the brat cried out about a scratch. Naruto took this opportunity to slam the end of his bisento down into Boruto's palm before stomping on his other hand to keep him from moving where he reached down and wrapped his large hand around his throat.

He then gave a dark growl, "Your arrogant, overconfident, a fool, and worst of all a piece of pathetic trash. A waste of space that was never fit to be even remotely considered my son. You think you are better than me by stealing some weak power like that, but I barely scratch you and you cry like a bitch." he told his son who gasped as Naruto began charging his magic through his hand gripping the younger blondes throat forming a bubble around his head,"So go to hell, and then take your friends with you" he growled.

"H-Hey, hold on." he gasped out, "Pop's, please don't. I'm your son, you wouldn't kill your own son now would you?" he begged pathetically, "Pop's, please stop. I'm your son!" he whined.

Naruto narrowed his eyes in anger, "I thought I told you, you aren't my son." he said as he unleashed the energy he gathered in a powerful explosion of energy that shook the island again.

"He did it!" Ichigo cheered out.

"Way to go Oyaji!" Maya exclaimed happily.

The ninja's cheered for the vengeance that their father performed for their brother, but something seemed off to some of the wizards.

"Hey look, he's still alive!" Kagura pointed out with wide eyes causing all celebration to halt in its tracks.

As the smoke screen died down they were treated to a shocking sight. Boruto, was still alive. Naruto's children once more called for blood, "Looks like he's still got some fight left in him!" Kazumi roared out.

"One more hit ought to do it, come on Oyaji!" Minato called out.

"Just one more!" Rasa pleaded.

"Finish him off!" Ichigo demanded.

"Come on pops!" Maya called out.

Natsu shook his head, "There's no way, he should have died after getting hit by that kind of attack." he said.

"Did Naruto hold back or something?" Laxus asked.

"Hey wait a second, why is Naruto just standing there?" Erza asked.

This questioned caused several to notice that Naruto had indeed remained still as he seemingly watched as his disowned son weakly got up from his hit. The young men and women from the New World looked at each other in worry, "He isn't budging." Ichigo said looking to Rasa.

And the reason for that was simple. He was starting to lose to much blood. A large pool of his liquid life had already begun to pool at his feet as it dripped out of his wounds. Makarov stepped forward and looked at Naruto in worry, "He's taken on a lot of damage today." he said as he observed the young man, "And on top of his worsening condition, all the fighting has begun to take its toll on him." he stated with tears forming in his eyes, "He's still strong, but his body is..." he couldn't finish his statement, the fact being that he didn't want to think about it.

Naruto grunted as he took a step forward, willing his body to move against the protesting it gave him. Another step allowed him to get closer. And another, and another. His steps were heavy, but they moved him towards his target as he wanted to regardless if he wanted to or not. Naruto's body suddenly began to turn a deep crimson as steam began to pour out of his pores where his eyes turned white in color as he continued to walk towards his enemy. Each step he took rumbled the earth, and each step he took brought him ever closer to his target... Boruto Uzumaki. The young man fell to the ground due to the terror his father was putting into him as he drew ever closer.

He tried to back away, even though he was lying on the ground at his father's feet, so Naruto couldn't get his hands on him. Boruto shivered in terror, "Get away from me you monster!" he cried out. Naruto raised his hand and coated it in one of his Quake bubbles and drew his fist back, "I said to get away from me! Dammit! Will you just die already!" he yelled out as he drew a gun from his hip and pulled the trigger and released the bullet held within just as his fathers fist hit him, only to realize Naruto wasn't able to release a quake right on him.

Naruto felt his eyes widen, and he knew he failed. He had reached the end of the line before he could fulfill his promise to his deceased son. Ichigo felt terror grip his heart as he raced to the edge of the gorge, "No! Don't do it!" he pleaded with his brother.

"OYAJI!~" Kazumi cried out in horror, tears running down her cheeks.

But Boruto wasn't going to listen, and he pulled the trigger once again and blood filled the air. Naruto's hand clearly dropping down to his side as he was shot again. The blonde knew that even on his own he wouldn't be able to kill the man and called out, "Kill him, you guys!" causing his allies to rush forward, "Finish hi off, hurry!" he ordered them.

Naruto's body quivered as he watched the six wizards rush forward and readied themselves to attack. Naruto watched, and felt explicitly, as swords were drawn and slashed across his flesh, bullets were unloaded into him at point blank, spears bludgeoned him over and over. Dozens fo bullets shot out and tore his once pristine coat toe pieces and pierced his flesh, stabs cut and shredded his body, blood filled the air around him while all eyes watched in horror as a man was being murdered in cold blood, and by his own flesh and blood at that.

"OYAJI!~"

"That's right, shoot him til he's dead! Turn his flesh into a honeycomb!" Boruto laughed out with sick glee as he brutalized his own father in front of his own family and the entire world at 's body flinched at each shot, each stab, each piercing slash and he couldn't flee. Naruto felt his head turn up towards the sky, his eyes closing involuntarily.

"Fight back Oyaji!" Ichigo pleaded loudly trying to get his father to hear him.

"Don't just stand there!" Miya cried.

"Come on, fight!" Natsu called out to his friend.

"OYAJI!"

However, Naruto wasn't entirely sure he could. His mind wandered away to escape the pain. A memory of him meeting old Igneel and even Natsu entered his mind and he almost smiled.

-Flashback, many years ago-

Naruto was wandering across a mountainrange looking for any signs of help to see if he could try and seal those monsters away for good, but he couldn't find any. However the sight of a large dragon flying overhead drew his attention. Following it, he came across a flat mountain and scaled it. He noticed that the dragon was still there, but it wasn't alone, there was a little boy lying there beside him. The dragon perked up and looked to him, "Huh, who are you?" the dragon asked.

"I am Naruto, who are you?" he asked.

"I'm Igneel, this is my son Natsu." Igneel said motioning to the sleeping boy.

"Any last name for him?" he asked.

"His full name, is Natsu D. Dragneel." the dragon said to him.

"What's that D stand for, I never heard of someone having a initial like that before?" he wondered.

"Well, it's a old tale, if you want I can tell you about it." Igneel offered.

"Yeah, I would like that. Maybe even add it to my own name just to hear the sound of it." Naruto said smirking.

Igneel laughed, "Indeed. But you might want to sit down, this is a long tale." he told Naruto as the blonde walked over and sat down on crossed legs, "it's a story from way back when..." and Igneel's voice faded out as the real world returned.

-Flashback end-

Gunshots were still being fired at Naruto as everyone watched, but soon enough the clips inside them were emptied, Boruto's own gun clicking as his ammo ran out, "Hey, I'm out of bullets! Someone give me another gun!" he ordered holding his hand out.

"That won't be necessary." Bellion told his ally, "He's unconscious right now." he told the blonde, "In fact you could nudge him with your pinky finger and he'd topple over like a domino." he said confidently.

Naruto's eyes slowly opened, "It's not you, Boruto..." Naruto said with a raspy breath.

Boruto gasped in shock, "No way, he's still alive!?" he cried out in shock. How was he even able to speak much less so clearly?

Naruto ignored his question, "The man who Merlin was waiting for, it's not you. Not a damn chance." he stated seriously as he could, albeit weakly from his wounds, "Just as there are people out there that inherited Merlin's will, soon enough someone will come along in Kozuchi's name as well. You may try to destroy their spirit, but you will never extinguish their flame." he told Boruto, "That's why, as much as you desire it, you are not the one who will inherit the Will of the Earth, or anything of the like. And so it has been, and so it shall it continue to be until the very end of time. And one day in the future, when we're all dead and gone, someone will arise carrying the generations upon generations of our history upon his shoulders; and he'll throw down the gauntlet in front of the entire world!" he rasped out to his enemy and yet somehow his voice carried out to everyone.

His speech, broadcast all across the world and the Elemental Nations, allowing them to hear his proclamation and hear his foresight of the future.

"August, you and the Empire know what's coming! A war that'll embroil the lands far and wide. That's why your so afraid, though nothing you do will stop it, that's why you search for it. I have no interest in it myself. And when someone does find that great treasure, they will turn this world upside down. You know what I'm talking about..." he said loudly as he took another breath, "Whether you like it or not, that day will come soon enough... heh heh heh." he said as he smiled with a chuckle.

Taking a deep breath he looked up, "THE WILL OF THE EARTH!~" he roared out loudly getting everyone's attention as his voice echoed across the land, "IT IS REAL!~" he roared out shocking everyone at his proclamation as he confirmed the existence of the SSS-Class Legendary Treasure. The world was wide eyed in shock at the proclamation. The reporters taking notes for the papers felt their jaws drop, the families of the soldiers couldn't hold their jaws shut, and above all else, anyone who had heard his deceleration felt something stir inside of them.

August couldn't hold in his rage as he heard Naruto reveal to the world that the Will of the Earth did in fact exist, "You bastard!" he yelled out at the dying man.

However, Boruto could only laugh, "Now that was a touching conclusion. What amazing final words." he said to his father.

"No don't do it Oyaji!" Ichigo cried.

"Don't leave us Oyaji!" Kazumi cried with tears in her eyes.

"It's over..." Rasa wept.

The sound of fading inhaling reached everyone's ears as Naruto spoke, the silence filling the air from his proclamation still strong, "Forgive me.. my children... I raised a fool... and I couldn't take responsibility... but you kids gave me everything I ever could've ever wanted out of life... I've reached the end of my adventure... It's been a long and fulfilling journey..." he said weakly as a image of his guild and his family appeared in his mind, "I couldn't have asked for more..." he said silently.

No words were spoken by enemy or friend as he continued to say farewell,.

"I truly was a fool to believe... that with Zeref and Acnologia dead... they wouldn't try to fight against us still... but I was wrong." he told them. Naruto's eyes slowly began to close as he took a deep breath, "And I guess this is it for me..." he said as a gentle breeze brushed across the lands as the sun shined down upon him through the clouds almost as if it were placing him in the spotlight. As his life begins to finally fade away, Naruto looks back to all the good times he had in his life. There were so many he couldn't keep a total count of them all, but they were nice nonetheless.

He saw himself as a young kid of fifteen training magic with an eight year old Natsu. Next he saw himself loving Erza, Cana, Bisca, Mirajane, and all the other's who had changed his life for the better. He takes a raspy breath, "I've had the greatest of adventures... with all of you by my side." he said shallowly. Suddenly a vision of him as a younger man walking across a light blue expanse bloomed in his mind. It soon changed into his look when he met Lucy, and she was walking beside him with Kurama and Natsu as well as Happy. Afterwards, Laxus, Evergreen, Bickslow, Freed, Makarov, Mirajane, Elfman, Lisanna, Gajeel, Lily, Wendy, Carla and oh so many more joined him as he strode forward to the future.

The final image that enters his mind is the uncountable friends he had made throughout his time, and just behind all of them, the dragon's he had met and befriended came into view and walked behind him as he raised his fist into the air as he held his mighty bisento in his right hand. "It was a... great deal of fun... A real... one of a kind adventure..." he said weakly as he took one last breath, "I have a deep appreciation... for everything you did for me... goodbye... everyone..." he whispered out as he said his final words.

With his final words said, Naruto passed on with a smile on his face, and yet he refused to fall in the face of his enemies as he stood strong even in death as if to deter those who would harm his loved ones, daring them to come after his family. As Jura ran away with Mira in his arms he felt the end of his old friend pass by and came to a stop to look back and bid him farewell, "Farewell, old friend." he muttered.

Boruto gasped at the sight before him, "H-He died...standing!" he exclaimed.

The friends and close allies that Naruto had made through his brief twenty-five years of life fell to their knees and began to openly weep for the loss of a man who had changed them in ways they had not known were possible.

Even though he was dead and had half of his face blown away, his body refuses to acknowledge and yield in defeat remains upright! The haunting image of his battered body which mowed down enemies with wounds all over his body... was something one could call a sight to behold, something considered truly monstrous. The final tally of the number of sword strikes he had received in battle was no less than 467. The number of Magical Bullets he had been shot with was 1522. The number of Magical attacks he had endured for his comrades was 750. Yet, on his proud back... or in his whole life as a wizard, he did not suffer a single cowards injury.

And just as the breeze faded away, Naruto's once clean white coat... finally fell to reveal his still proud back to those he held dear showing that it would remain strong for them as it would bear all the pain for them.

August stood up with a growl, "This war isn't over until I say it is!" he declared, "And now that we know that The Will of the Earth exists, we shall never stop until this world belongs to us." he said as he activated his magic once again, "Men, kill these weak peons who do not understand the glory of Zeref!" he ordered.

And with that screams sounded out as the empire began to wreak havoc on the saddened wizards of Ishgar. "STOP THE FIGHTING!" a shout sounded out causing everyone to halt their movements and turned where they saw Wendy standing on her own.

August growled at her, "And who are you?" he asked, "You are not of Alvarez which means that you must be of little importance in Ishgar. Why would we followers of Lord Zeref's will stop when we are at the cusp of victory, once Ishgar is under thumb we will locate the Will of the Earth and subjugate anyone else who opposes us as was his will." he said.

"L-Look around you, people are dying for no reason! Men who have families who so desperately wish for them to come home, and those who are lying in pools of their own blood in agony waiting for somebody to help them. Why can't we just stop fighting and call it a loss for all of us, I don't understand? Hasn't there been enough death today?" she cried out.

August snorted, "You obviously don't understand how we of Alvarez live. We are utterly devoted to Zeref with every fiber of our beings. We are taught from a young age that everything he does is right and that if he wished for the world we would have no choice but to give it to him." he told Wendy, "Die knowing that your plea was worthless." he said as he swung down his staff.

Wendy felt her heart clench in her chest, 'I can't say that I didn't try, because I did. Naruto-san, I'm going to be joining you soon. Forgive me but I tried to stop it.' she thought to herself.

However, what August certainly didn't expect was for a steel sword to come in between her and August's staff to reveal one Sasuke Uchiha, "Nice job little one. The moment you created by using your own courage has led to a change for the future of your world." he told her.

"Who are you?" August demanded.

Sasuke turned to face him again, "Me, I'm nobody you should worry about. However, I am here... to help end this war." he declared.

Seconds after saying this a pillar of blue flames burst into existence in a clearing that tossed dozens of soldiers away before the Emperor of Flame walked out and allowed for the pillar to die down. Soldiers backed away in fear at the sight of yet another Yonko appearing so soon after one had died and left the balance of the world unstable, "Oh no, it's the Fire Emperor!" a soldier cried out.

"B-But isn't it against their own laws to interfere with other battles of the Elemental Emperors?" another asked in fright.

"Alright then... Let's wrap this up, we have a lot of people to bury." Ace said seriously as he looked around.

August growled, "I won't allow you to interfere with our victory. And already so many of the wizards of Ishgar have fled the area. You will not take away my victory." he said.

Rather then reply, Ace didn't say anything and walked past him to where several members of Fairy Tail stood. Laxus had met the Emperor once so he didn't know how this would go down. Walking calmly to the group he spoke softly, "Laxus..." he said.

"Flame Emperor..." he responded sadly.

"There is no need to fight a pointless battle. Just back out nice and easy." he said calmly. Laxus could only nod his head and Ace allowed himself to turn around and walk to the middle of the bay, "For those of you who thirst for battle, I am more than willing to accommodate each and every one of you." he declared loudly.

Bloodman shrugged his shoulders, "I've already gotten a good fight out of this. Let's call it a draw this time." he said warily. He didn't trust his strength against another Yonko if what Naruto did earlier was the result of him going on a rampage.

Ace nodded his head to the demon who had finally learned to back down. He then turned his gaze to Kozuchi who had been covered by a sheet before turning his gaze to the dead Naruto on his feet, "Everyone. From here on, you will do as I say." Ace commanded. Motioning around him he spoke, "Look around and see what this war has brought for both sides." he said to both groups, "I do not see any winner's nor any loser's. I only see suffering and pain." He sighed deeply, "Naruto-sama... Let us handle his burial. The war has been seen by both this world as well as the New World where Naruto's children are born. I will not allow you to humiliate him like this any longer." he spoke.

Bloodman growled in anger, "Foolish! We raise a shout of victory by exposing their cold corpses to the people." he declared.

"Lord Bloodman is right! Are you trying to disgrace our victory over one of you!"

August sighed as he realized that the Emperor was indeed right. The words he spoke were from the heart and he desired to fight only those who wanted to. But he also wanted to pay his respects to former comrades or enemies. Nodding his head he spoke up, "Done. I will take responsibility for this. But only because it is you, Flame Emperor." he said.

"Thank you." Sasuke said as he walked over to stand beside Ace.

August began to issue out a different order, "Begin treatment for the injured." he commanded shocking the soldiers before he called out, "THIS WAR... IS OVER!" he yelled. As he declared this, medics came out and began to treat their wounded just as August had ordered for them to do, "For those of you still able to move, help the medics carry out the seriously injured first!" he commanded.

With the death of 200,000+ soldiers, the world's most deadly battle had been recorded as the bloodiest in history. With history made on this day, it was decided that both countries would enter a ceasefire for the time being to recover. The total death toll was this. The combined might of the guild wizards of Ishgar tallied to a total of 8,442 while losing 1000+ of their own due to them having higher quality spells than the quantity. Naruto himself killed well over 209,775 soldier's, 2 Giants, 2 Spriggan 12 and his own son Boruto Uzumaki before succumbing to his wounds. Truly, the might of the World's Greatest Wizard was unfathomable to imagine.

Sasuke walked over to Kozuchi and sighed sadly, "Forgive me Kozuchi, for being unable to protect everyone like I said I would." he said as he proceeded to pick Kozuchi up off the ground.

-1 week later-

As if the news of a Yonko dying wasn't bad enough, the people of Fiore had held him in high regard for the things he had done for them. More so the people of Magnolia and the Fairy Tail guild. The funeral for Naruto D. Newgate Uzumaki and his son Kozuchi Uzumaki was held at the city of Magnolia. People lined the streets as members of Fairy Tail and Naruto's family carried his casket down the road while Vision Lacrima were broadcasting to the rest of Fiore. Even the mothers of all of Naruto's children had been brought to the world of Fiore for his burial as well as the numerous allies he had made in his home and Earthland.

A large assortment of swords and flowers were laid all around the grave markers as a tribute. Kozuchi's grave was given a knife, and his bead necklace. The gravestone for Naruto was a large pedestal where his Bisento had been stabbed into allowing for his coat to hang on it showing that he had finally retired from the world. Attached to the tip of the mighty weapon was a banner of the Fairy Tail guild for all to proudly see. The rest of the guild stood on either side of the procession en mass, paying their last respects to the father and son as they laid them to rest.

Sasuke stood near the two large graves in silence with Laxus standing next to him, covered in bandages. The tall blond gave a deep sigh before glancing over at the Uchiha, "Sasuke, I don't know how I can ever thank you enough." he said calmly.

Sasuke shook his head at the wizard, "There's no need to make a big deal out of it." he told Laxus, "Naruto was a rival, but I still held a lot of respect for the man." he stated calmly as he continued to gaze at his friends burial site, "I believe that even Zeref and August felt that way." he said. Clearing his throat to control himself he looked to the large number of Uzumaki children standing nearby with their mothers, "Well, I suppose it's time for us to go now." he said calmly as Laxus looked back with him.

"Yea, thank you again." Laxus said nodding his head to the Uchiha.

Sasuke nodded his head and proceeded to walk away. Bisca was near the front with her daughter and even Sasuke could tell the little bundle of joy was a Uzumaki, "I can only imagine what this must feel like for all of these people. Naruto's children I can understand, seeing as Naruto is their father and Kozuchi is their brother, but he's already cemented himself so deeply here as one of them." he thought to himself in a bit of sorrow, "Even so, their father died like a true man. I know it's silly and I know that Kozuchi wouldn't want to hear this, but that's exactly what Naruto would have done." he thought as he reached the eldest children of Naruto Uzumaki standing by a large transportation seal that would take them home.