So, I been noticing that several of the reviews have been 'upset' that the original was better than my version, and I think I mentioned this once before, and since people liken to think that just because I am trying to rewrite I need to keep the original stuff, so I will just reiterate that this version is going to be different because I am the one who is writing it, and I want to use as much original content from Yagami as I can and intermix my own changes to his original work; meaning that I have to come up with changes to some of the character's, and yes I have plans made up for why they have become the way that they are.
I don't want to simply be a copy/paste copycat that doesn't make a decent development in an amazing story by simply using what was already there. I want to improve and build upon the original content that was already amazing and make it even better and worth the read for each of you-my dear reader's-so you continue to come back, continue to read my stories, continue to look forward to my idea's that I come up with in each new release I push out to you and await your reviews eagerly so I know where I can improve and build upon that data I collect and use to benefit everyone in the long run.
Now then-
The main factor of these displeased reviews seems to be focused on how I have changed the Naruto Dialogue and actions-well let me put those claims and remarks to rest.
Naruto-in the Original (Yagami) and Resurrection (HiatusForever1123) who was doing the revised version of her brother's work, were using their own thoughts and ideal's to make Naruto their way; which means as a semi-immortal 10,000-15,000+ year old warrior who has seen various era's come/go he has a bit of a reason to act the way he is.
MY version, is a 10,000-15,000+ year old Warrior that has seen, experienced, fought and witnessed countless kingdoms, wars, love's/losses and has currently run out of cares and fucks to give. He has seen his wives/lover's/children live-grow up-grow old-die countless times, and he is tired of it. That is what I am trying to go for, and I think that I'm doing a pretty remarkable job in expressing that in each interaction.
I say again-the current Naruto that you are reading about DOESN'T CARE, he has cut himself off from feeling a vast majority of his own emotions for the time being, that when he gets **Spoil's**, he will reveal all the burden's he has been carrying throughout the story.
Now-without further interruptions, please enjoy the new update
~XxX-Two Months Ago-XxX~
Naruto had came across Elfman and his sister's while they were off on their own training expedition. Jenny was on a job of her own and had no need of him being there as it was a simple delivery of goods to another guild.
Surprise-surprise, Elfman was having a bit of trouble, he had grown physically stronger, yes, but he had hit a bit of a wall. His Take Over capabilities were amazing in their own right, but nothing that could give him a edge in a fight if he were to go against a S-Class Wizard or those Ace Wizard's who were all Borderline SS-Class or the even rarer SSS-Classes like Gildarts were.
The so called 'Four Gods of Ishgar' were SSS+ Ranked, meaning that a wizard of Gildarts' caliber would struggle in a fight, and then lose. Don't get the wrong idea, Gildarts would give one hell of a fight, but even with his raw power and Crash Magic, the Four God's of Ishgar were all in their 60's and 80's-Warrod was in his hundreds, he didn't count-seeing as God Serena was nearing 65 and still looked like he was in his thirties due to all the Dragon Lacrima within his body slowing his aging process from all the draconic energy coursing through his body.
Draculos Hyberion was a direct descendant of his own bloodline through his son who was a natural born vampire-the first vampire to be exact...he was still puzzling that one out...seriously, his offspring tended to be strange if they were born from magical creatures rather than humans. Take Elexion for example-he was a dragon yes, but he never inherited a wind affinity from him, his grandmother or grandfather (that being Kushina and Minato) nor did he inherit Selene's Moon manipulation capabilities and none of his brothers had either as they had been born with various elemental abilities-Kurnugi being the best example as he was a user of 'sword' capabilities rather than elemental.
As far as he knew, Seilah was an Etherious made with the sole intent of serving him-meaning Alucard should have been an Etherious-hybrid...again, very strange he turned out to be a vampire.
Regardless, Hyberion was 80+ years old, and remained in his twenties due to his aging having stopped at the prime of his youth. His power only increased with experience in battle, and his reserves were already impressive for a Vampire-hybrid descendant. His growth to his power was simply inevitable for him to be chosen to protect Ishgar. He wasn't a practitioner of Vampiric Magic, he was just using his innate natural abilities that he was born with. Nothing fancy about it. And while-yes-Vampiric magic did exist, it was pretty fatal to use for extended periods of time when exposed to it as it usually tended to drive the practitioners insane with bloodlust until they were all but consumed by the thirst.
Wolfheim was in his 70's but looked to be in his late 50's as he was a user of Advanced Take Over Magic. He had been fighting monsters since he was a brat and simply awakened Take Over Beast Soul; much like Elfman Strauss had, but even some of the animal's he could become were nothing like Elfman's own which meant that the younger man could very well surpass the Wizard Saint in a couple decades, and he was not even twenty yet, which meant he could very well continue to grow stronger.
Regardless, having seen the young mans dilemma, Naruto decided to step in and offer a hand.
Holding a hand up, he coated it in a bubbling energy-causing Elfman to shudder at the dark feel to it, "Oi, that's like Nee-chan's power, what are you doing with her magic?" he demanded.
Naruto cocked his head to the side, "Your sister's power?" he asked, "Why would I need her power when I could just infuse some of my own into you and teach you to make hybrid forms." he stated.
Elfman blinked, "But... but it's dark..." he muttered.
"Ah~" Naruto called out slowly, "I see what you mean, the similar properties between them is what made you think I had taken some of her power." he stated getting a nod from the younger man, "Yea, no, this is my energy." he told him honestly, "This is simply what it looks like in it's most raw form. And yes, while it does seem like it comes from Mira, this is not her Demonic energy." he told her, "This is just raw Negative energy I pulled from within myself so I could help you get stronger." he told him, "This is the raw material, it is up to you to mold it and shape it into the form you desire." he smirked.
In truth it was just a drop of Kurama's own chakra-which was more compatible with Elfman than most other's due to his Magic. By mixing with with Elfman's Take-Over, he would enhance some of the manifestation's and strengthen Elfman's own power's whenever he transformed. He wouldn't master the power right away as it would take years, but right now, practicing to use it would have to suffice.
Elfman swallowed nervously, "But why give this power to me? I'm not strong like Nee-chan, I'm not smart like Levy, I'm just... Beast-Arm Elfman... I could barely control my own Take Over when I first started learning, what makes you think I can even use such a power with my own?" he questioned.
"I'm giving you this energy because I believe that you could use it to one day surpass an old acquaintance of mine, and when that time comes, I want you to show the world what kind of man you truly are and what you are capable of." Naruto smirked at him.
Elfman felt a weight lift off his shoulder's almost immediately... nobody had ever told him such words before-yes, he had been encouraged and praised... but never told something like this before.
"Believe in yourself, and this power can and will push you beyond any limit you have set for yourself." Naruto stated as he tossed it at him, watching as it engulfed the boy, and then sank into his skin, "Show me what you can do with my power, and show the world that Elfman Strauss isn't just another muscle bound fool screaming at the top of his lung's about being a man." he stated, "Now, come at me with all you have and more, and I might think of teaching you how to focus that strength."
[Back in the Stadium]
The battle was going incredibly one sided with Bacchus barely breaking a sweat and Elfman on the ground, with bruises all over his body.
"What's wrong, Elfman? Is that the best you could do?" Bacchus taunted.
"Like hell it is." Elfman retorted as he slowly got up.
"I'll let you know that I'm still holding back." Bacchus confidently said.
Of course he was, Bacchus was a S-Class Wizard bordering SS-Class. His skills in martial arts were considered some of the best in the world, enhancing those skills with Magic only empowered him further, but his drunken boxing was what put the wizard on the map as a world class fighter.
Shame Naruto wasn't the one fighting him, he'd gladly show him what true martial arts looked like rather than the botched version of what he tried making use of.
"What?! Is he serious?!" Lucy shouted.
"He is. Bacchus's magic is focused on hand-to-hand combat. He uses it to reinforce his limbs giving them much more devastating damage than normal." Erza explained.
"What about those weird movements?" Lucy asked her.
"That would be his style of martial arts." Naruto huffed in annoyance, "While Bacchus seems capable of at least using several different martial arts, he's actual quite an amateur from how he moves." he stated.
Erza looked at him like he had grown a second head, "But that's impossible, he's a true master in the Hanging-chop fist style. If you combine this with his reinforcement magic, and you get a very deadly combination." Erza said.
"Right, drunken boxing, pfft, what a joke. it's not even the true form of a Drunken boxer. He's just throwing magic into his palms and jumping around like he's actually doing something impressive-trust me, it's not. It's a mockery of the art of Drunken Boxing-believe me, I've seen the true form of it, and it can rip a man apart if used improperly and it ain't pretty. A true master of Drunken Boxing can fall asleep and fight as if he were awake." he crossed his arms and shut his eyes.
Just remembering how Rock Lee had gotten drunk at his wedding-forcing him, Sasuke, Shikamaru, Gaara, Bee, Shino, Kiba to fight him-nearly caused him to shiver. He had thoroughly handed each of them their asses and passed out... then proceeded to do it again seemingly for kicks.
"Wow." Team A said.
"While he may be adept at martial arts, he sadly does have some skill in them for an amateur." Naruto sighed deeply.
Erza sighed as she watched the fight-taking what Naruto said into account and noticed that the blond did have some good points now that she was watching more closely, "It gets worse." she said, causing everyone to gap at her.
"What?! How?" Lucy asked.
"You see Bacchus already has an unorthodox fighting style, but Bacchus still has not had an ounce of alcohol since he started the fight." Erza explained.
Everyone's eyes widen at the implication of her statement.
"Wait that means…" Gray began as Erza nodded.
"Yeah. He really is not taking this fight seriously." Erza finished.
"Pride before the fall, but in his case he's somewhat earned it." Naruto shrugged. As much as he butchered the Juken fighting style, he still had some of the basics of what it was capable of doing to a person down to use those techniques in a fight.
"C'mon Elfman you can win this!" Lucy cheered.
Erza just stared at the stadium below. 'Do give in easily, Elfman.'
"So give up yet?" Bacchus asked again.
"Like hell!" Elfman shouted as slowly got up again. He looks up to give Bacchus a very evil smile.
"I guess this is a good time as any to test this." Elfman said. Bacchus just raised an eyebrow.
"What's that?" he asked, generally curious about what Elfman was planning.
"I'm gonna show you a new skill I acquired. Something only one person knows about."
~XxX~
Naruto felt his eyes widen before they turned serious. "So he plans to use it." he muttered, but the team head him, "I hadn't expected him to reveal it so soon when he barely knows how to control it in the first place." he stated with narrowed eyes.
"Use what?" Gray asked.
"A form of energy that he acquired during our training trip by mixing my energy with several of his beast souls together. A form that could rival even some of Mira's stronger Satan Souls." he explained.
The group felt their eyes widen in shock.
"What's it called?" Erza asked, wondering if Elfman will be able to handle this.
"Your about to see." the blond said as everyone turned their attention to the they watched the battle, they failed to notice Mirajane clasping her hands together in a prayer.
'Please be careful, Elfman.' she thought. In the stands, Lisanna was in a similar position.
'Good Luck, Elfman-niichan.'
~XxX~
Elfman was soon enveloped by a crimson and black aura.
The magical pressure he releasing was getting everyone's attention.
"Dark-Beast Take Over: Crimson Chaor!"
And then-an explosion of power was released from Elfman and sending out several shockwaves as a result. The crowd was forced to cover their eyes from the powerful force. Naruto remained unmoved as he watched Elfman undergo the change in form. He was watching to make sure he remained in control, and if he lost said control-he'd snap him out of it. When the wind died down and the dust cleared no one could believe what they were seeing. Elfman now looked liked a blood red demon with blue horns on the sides of his head.
Everyone just had one thought: WHAT THE FUCK?!
"HOLY SHIT! That transformation looks amazing! That's what I'm talking' bout my boy!" Makarov shouts in excitement.
"Look at him? Can you feel that power?" Gray gawked in amazement.
"I had no idea he such a transformation." Lucy said in amazement.
'His power skyrocketed. In this state he easily in the S-Rank territory. But the question is will his body be able to handle it?' Erza thought.
Bacchus just looked shocked before gaining a glint in his eyes.
"Looks like this will be an interesting fight. Show me what you got, Elfman!"
Bacchus dashes forward to strike Elfman. Elfman cocked his fist back and sent it forward, but Bacchus just dodged it easily. Bacchus smirked in victory, but he lost it very quickly when he was sent flying by an unsuspecting sucker punch. The drunk brawler landed a few feet away before getting up quickly with a shocked look on his face.
"HOOOOO. Elfman landed a hit on Bacchus!" Chapati exclaimed in excitement.
"Don't underestimate me!" Elfman growled out before he then disappeared in a red blur before once more appearing in front of Bacchus.
'He's fast!' Bacchus was struck where he went flying, but he managed to flip himself back and land on his feet. He dashed forward and landed several quick hits on Elfman, who coughed up some blood.
"Elfman-niichan!" Lisanna shouted in concern.
Bacchus sent a roundhouse kick, but Elfman caught his leg and ignited his other fist in dark crimson flames.
"Take this! Hellfire Demon Strike!" he shouted before an explosion engulfed Bacchus before he was flying once again. This time Elfman followed him. Bacchus had little time to react as Elfman began to beat the snout out of him with a barrage of fist on every part of his body, "Underworld King Barrage!" he declared as he unleashed his fury, "This for all the crap you spouted about my sister!" Elfman shouted.
"That's it, Elfman! Kick that asshole all around the arena!" Cana shouted.
She wanted revenge-she didn't care who was dishing it out, but man was Elfman doing some damn good dishing out.
"Now that what I'm talking about Elfman! Show him the kind of man you are!" Bickslow cheered to the arena below.
"Go Elfman! Show him who's boss." Evergreen shouted as she kept Freed in a headlock.
"I can't breathe." Freed whizzed out.
"Hurry up Elfman. End this soon." Mirajane muttered in concern. All her teammates that heard her, then looked at her in confusion.
"What do you mean?" Gajeel asked.
"Yeah, you seem worried." Laxus inquired.
Mirajane sighed, "Elfman can't hold on to that form for a very long periods of time. It's putting too much stress on his body. Last time he maintained a regular full body transformation for too long, it caused him to be bedridden for a week. He's reaching his time limit very soon now."
Everyone cursed.
The other guilds were just as surprised by the transformation, but even the wizard's could tell that this was taking a toll on the young man.
~XxX~
"That Elfman guy sure can put up a fight-cha!" Madmole said in admiration.
"Yea, but the spell is taking a toll on his body." Suzuki stated, "Lok at the way he is moving, the boy is soon to succumb if he doesn't bow out."
"It's slowly tearing him apart, he has no control over the raw energy. However, he has skill in motor control so there is a potential victory for him." Wraith stated calmly.
"My my my, what a double-edged sword." Misaki hummed, "I'm curious to see how the match will end, seeing as he is giving the martial artist a good thrashing.
"Oh please, that's not martial arts, it is a mockery of true hand to hand combat." Selene scoffed.
~XxX~
"I didn't think this guy would be able to stand against someone like Bacchus, but I guess some people are just built different." Lector-the crimson/marron exceed-crossed his arms, clearly impressed by what he was watching.
"Yea, even when I was a kid I knew that Elfman had one hell of a punch, hence the name 'Beast Arm' when he is mentioned." Sting nodded, "Guess he was always capable of a full transformation, but never truly had a need for it, but with him being as exhausted as he is that might explain why." he crossed his arms.
"Even then, Bacchus could still defeat him." Rogue pointed out, "Even then I don't understand why they would make a bet like the one they did in the first place-such things are considered illegal as Mirajane was not the one who offered herself up as a prize." he crossed his arms, "It was foolish of Bacchus to make such a statement where the country is watching as well as the countries King."
"She didn't object so I assume she agreed in some form or fashion though." Orga shrugged.
"She can't accept the wager even if she were interested in it, it's a literal rule that making bets-even in the midst of battle-are forbidden. This goes especially for ones involving other wizards that are part of other guilds. And having said that, he might even be looking at jail time for his wording alone." Rufus responded, "He should count himself lucky he wasn't immediately disqualified for even voicing it in the first place."
"Ah that's right, you memorized the updated book didn't you?" Lector asked with a chuckle as the memory mage nodded silently.
~XxX~
"He's clearly skilled in fighting." a blond woman smiled as she watched from her seat, "He's clearly been trained by Naruto if the energy I'm sensing from him is any indication." she remarked as she turned her gaze, "What do you think, has he earned a place under Naruto's tutelage?" she questioned.
"If he manages to overcome Bacchus, then yes, he could very well be a decently trained fighter when using that particular power, but as he is, he is struggling to even maintain control over his form's sanity." a redhead huffed, "All I see right now is a boy boasting his power, not someone who has any experience in using it." she stated, "If Naruto truly aims to train this boy, then he has a long way to go to earn m respect." she told the blonde woman.
The blond nodded her head, and turned back to the fight, "While some of that can be argued against, you do have a point. He needs to learn more control before he actually grows more." she said calmly. She then looked out the corner of her eye, "So, when do you plan on revealing yourself?" she questioned.
"Sometime tonight, maybe tomorrow evening." the redhead responded, "Same as you intended." she added.
"Very well then." the woman responded. (1)
~XxX~
And even then, while many were discussing how Elfman's transformation was amazing, some of the other's were concerned for Bacchus as well-such as his guild.
"Bacchus is struggling." Warcry commented in concern.
"He still has his gourd, he'll be fine." Yeager said with confidence.
"Let's hope that's enough." Ajeel replied with a sigh.
~XxX~
Bacchus was once more sent flying back and landed next to his gourd of sake. With Elfman no longer smashing his bloody fists into the mans face, the crowd could clearly tell he was breathing heavily, that his body was aching from maintaining the transformation for so long as he pushed his limits beyond the usual.
'I can't hold out much longer. I need to end this soon.' Elfman thought.
"I see, so that's why you're hitting me so randomly...I can see what this was about now. You can't handle that transformation for long. So you were hoping to end this soon." Bacchus was now on his feet again, "Well sorry to burst your bubble, but this won't end so easily." he said.
Bacchus then took the gourd before drinking every ounce of sake in it.
~XxX~
"He drank it all!" Lucy shouted.
"Now the real challenge begins." Erza said.
"Let's see how botched his style is now..." Naruto said with narrowed eyes.
~XxX~
Bacchus got his second wind as he dashed in a burst of speed and landed a devastating punch into Elfman's gut. Elfman coughed up some blood before he was sent flying back.
'That was seven hits, even though it only looked like one!' Erza thought.
Bacchus got above Elfman and delivered an axe kick on his head.
"Wanna quit yet?" Bacchus taunted as he grabbed Elfman's tail.
Elfman put his palm in front of Bacchus's chest, "I haven't even begun to fight! Hell Flash!" he snarled as Bacchus was sent back by a red wave of energy, and grunted from the burns on his body.
Bacchus just smirked in excitement, "Now that's what I'm talking about Elfman!" Bacchus exclaimed before he then dashed in close and delivered a series of harsh blows to Elfman's body. Elfman grabbed onto him, but Bacchus just ignored this and continued to wail on him as Elfman coughed more and more blood like a waterfall.
~XxX~
"Elfman!" many of his guild shouted.
"This is bad." Gray said.
'What are you doing, Elfman?' Erza thought.
'C'mon Nii-chan you can do it.' Lisanna thought.
'Elfman.' Mira thought.
Naruto narrowed his eyes as he sensed a buildup of energy-what was Elfman up to now?
"What's the matter, given up so soon?" Elfman just gave a malicious smirk as he began to glow crimson.
Bacchus eyes widen, but it was too late to move. "Crimson Explosion!" Elfman shouted as a gigantic crimson explosion enveloped the two mages.
"Oh my! Elfman self-destructed taking Bacchus with him!" Chapati cried into the microphone.
"Who will be the last one standing?" Yajima asked in surprise.
Both guilds were concerned for their respective members. As the smoke cleared, everyone saw that Elfman was back to his base form and on his knees huffing heavily as the heavy damage he'd received took its toll on his body. While Bacchus had serious burns on his chest and arms.
"Not bad Elfman, but I win this." Bacchus commented as he was on his feet again, although wobbling slightly. Elfman slowly got to his feet once more, much to Bacchus's and the audience's amazement.
"Not yet, I got one transformation left to fight you with!" he roared in defiance.
Bacchus just chuckled. "Nothing you have will save you!" He shouted as he charged at Elfman.
"Beast Take Over: -"
"Useless!" Bacchus shouted as he landed seven hits on Elfman, "Ha- What?!" Bacchus was about to boast until he saw gashes and bruises all over his arms.
'What the hell happened?!' He looked back and was shocked at Elfman's new form.
"Lizardman." He muttered as he was clad in dark green scales that were covered in sharp spikes.
~XxX~
'Elfman had something like this?' Erza thought in shock.
"Damn, that's cool." Romeo said.
"Amazing." Gray said.
Naruto smirked, "A battle of attrition huh, not bad boy, not bad at all." he muttered.
~XxX~
"Oi Bacchus! Let's settle this. Your arms or my body. Let's see which one lasts longer!"
"Damn that's a bold bet." Juvia commented.
"C'mon Elfman." Lisanna muttered. Bacchus couldn't help it as he began to laugh.
~XxX~
"HAHAHAHA. YOU'RE AN INTERESTING GUY, ELFMAN! LETS GO!" and with that, Bacchus delivered an onslaught of fists against Elfman all the while the Take-Over form managed to take the hits as he saw Bacchus flinched as his fists impacted the hard surface of his body. The onslaught continued for over five minutes before the two ended up on their knees as both were drenched in sweat as Elfman's transformation finally disappeared.
Everyone looked on in anticipation at who will be the victor.
"HAHAHAHA. Elfman your a true man." Bacchus said as he began to fall back.
"Of course I am." Elfman said before he fell forward. The two fell down onto the ground, not having any strength left to stand.
"The battle is over! The winner is, ELFMAN!" The crowd roared in approval at the amazing fight.
XxX
"I apologized for the indecisive fight your majesty." Arcadios apologized.
"Nonsense that was spectacular fight, Arcadios. I hope Hisui just enjoyed it as well." the king said.
"I am glad you enjoyed the match." Arcadios said in a pleased tone.
"Although, please make sure to listen carefully Arcadios." Arcadios and the knights with him had to sweatdrop at that.
Yup, Arcadios was still gonna take shit for his slip up.
"Of coarse my king." Arcadios said in an embarrassed tone.
XxX
"Okay, so another ten points for us?" Wendy looked at the chart, "We're at first place, but for how long?" she asked in concern
"Don't think like that, think positive and it'll be fine." Erza smiled at her, getting a nod from the young girl.
"We still cannot tell anything until the end of day." Naruto put a hand on Wendy's shoulder and shook his head, "Let's watch the other teams and cheer for B Team for now."
"Okay." The girl nodded and returned her attention back to the stage, which was fixed and looked as good as new.
"Sorry for keeping you waiting, now let's get ready for the next battle of day 2…"Chapati yelled as the crowd cheered and two names appeared on a giant screen "Mirajane Strauss of Fairy Tail Team B and Jenny Realight of Blue Pegasus!"
Oh boy, this ought to be interesting...
"Damn, look at them." Naruto chuckled as the crowd went even wilder than before, "The organizers sure know how to make some very interesting matchups." He then turned to Mira who was about to leave, "Oi Mira, good luck." He didn't know if he could pick a side in this fight. One woman was his fellow guildmate and the other was his girlfriend. Not to mention he had a lover among the crowd as well...
It would be best if he kept his mouth shut.
"Thank you Naruto-kun." Mira smiled and headed down to the arena just like Jenny.
"So, what do you guys think about this?" Naruto asked. Jenny was also an S-class mage of Blue Pegasus, the same rank as Mirajane. He had also never seen the white haired woman in action before.
Wendy smiled. "I think Mira-san's going to be just fine… She is really strong after all." she also wanted to say also really scary.
"Jenny's going to get a lot of crowd support." Lucy spoke up, "I heard she is the currently number one on Sorcerer Weekly's Hottest Girls in Magic list. Guys go a little nuts over her." she crossed her arms over her chest.
"Oh... is that so." Naruto nodded his head. He didn't read Sorcerer Weekly that often, but he knew that guys literally lusted after his girlfriend whenever a new issue of it came out to the public for purchase.
"Rumor has it she idolized Mira, so much so, that she modeled her career after her." Erza crossed her arms as well and added into Lucy's speech.
"Wait, don't tell me you're also into these kinds of hot girl list Erza." Naruto said teasingly and dodged a hit to the back of his head from the young woman.
Mirajane and Jenny stood facing each other, both keeping the confident smile on their face.
"Come on, Mirajane-san!" Wendy shouted out, cheering for her guildmate "Fight with everything you got!" but then, her mouth dropped open in horror as she saw the 'battle.' "What's going on here?!" she exclaimed as her face turned redder than a tomato-or in this case Erza's hair.
"Oh, I see." Naruto face palmed and shook his head side to side, couldn't stop himself from laughing at what was going on
Meanwhile, Makarov, just like any male within the stadium were staring at the scene with hearts in their eyes.
"Get a hold of yourself, Master." Romeo said with a sigh.
~XxX~
"How this?" Mirajane smiled seductively with her face dusted pink, already in a two pieces orange bikini with white flowers patterns. She was kneeling on the ground with one of her left arm putting underneath her breasts and one hand holding the her right girl, pushing them up and making her breasts look even bigger than before
"And this?" Jenny retaliated with a similar tactic, running her hands through her hair and pushing her chest out to increase the greatness of her large breasts in her own blue swimsuit. The crowd was going wild, now that the female finally joined the men, crying out excitedly at the sight of their idols in swimsuits.
"What the hell is going on?" Gray exclaimed in pure shock.
"Mira-san…" Wendy muttered with tears in her eyes, she was feeling down by the sight Mira and Jenny's voluptuous body. Why was she so little, this was so unfair!
"I guess since they're both pinup models, an irregular rule turned it into a model showdown." Erza sighed.
"Like this?" Mirajane made another sexy pose with her hand holding up her the front bangs of her white wavy hair, bending her back to show off her ass. Her bikini was changed into another bikini suit, this time it was a bluish one.
"Hi…" Jenny countered with a leopard print bikini. Her thumb slightly pulling the bikini top down to expose more fleshes.
"Man, I bet Ero-Sennin will die of blood lost if he can see this." Naruto grinned to himself. He wasn't unfamiliar with the sight of Jenny in her swimsuit, after all he was her bodyguard for three months. But Mira's body was on a league of its own as well, especially when she was in those revealing swimsuit.
"They do this kind of thing in the battle part, too?" Wendy wondered out loud.
"I imagine this involves a special rule…" Lucy reasoned. "Or at least, I hope so…" she added quietly.
"As expected, quite impressive." Jenny noted, smiling at her opponent.
"It's been a while since I've done this kind of thing." Mirajane admitted with a nod of her head.
"I didn't think you'd agree to do a pinup idol showdown.." the blond sorceress chuckled.
"Yeah, well, I'm not too fond of slugfests." Mirajane confessed truthfully. "If we can resolve this peacefully, all the better, right?"
"Oh! The former swimsuit model colleagues! With both of them employing transformation magic, this is like a dream come true!" Chapati cried, "Now, girls, let's-"
"Hold it!" however, before the announcer could continue, Dimaria of Mermaid Heel declared, as she, Brandish and Ariana as well as Risley leapt into the arena in their swimsuits. "It won't do to let these girls get all the attention!"
"When it comes to strength, as well as beauty…" Araina added, the trio landed and made sexy pose.
"Mermaid Heel is Number One." The women chorused, winking at the crowd.
"Stop right there!" Sherry announced as she, her sister Chelia entered the fray in their own swimsuits, hugging each other. "You people don't have enough love! If you think you can please the crowd just by posing in swimsuits, you're gravely mistaken. It's all about love. Without love…"
"You can't beat us." Chelia finished.
"This is no time to just sit back and be impressed." Mavis reminded them.
"But I didn't bring a swimsuit." Cana stated, even though she was wearing one at that very moment.
"Don't worry." Mavis smiled and made a lot of swimsuit appear on the air, falling down to the girls. "I anticipated that so I came prepared with enough swimsuits for everyone." She then flew to Team Fairy Tail A's girls and said, "You can't just sit back and watch either." She reminded Erza's group. "Let's all join in!" she exclaimed happily.
"When other people from the cheering section take the field, doing nothing is not an option." Erza declared and entered as well with Lucy and Wendy.
"Well, don't be so shocked," Naruto patted Gray, who was still in shock, on his back, "After all, they have their own pride as girls, after all."
"Kiria, Misaki, I think that it's best if we make a statement as well." Selene grinned as she stood up, "Don't you agree?" she asked looking to the two human women who gulped nervously in embarrassment.
Who knew Selene took issue with other women showing off in such a fashion?
With that the three women jumped into the fray as well.
"I think this has gotten out of hand." Mirajane noted, the rest of the female mages clustered in the arena in their swimsuit.
"Well, it's not bad as a fun little stunt." Jenny remarked, smirking.
"No what I expect at the second day but hey, isn't this entertaining?" Naruto asked with a sly chuckle.
"Still, while this is fun and all, this match is just between Mirajane and Jenny-there will be no outside points awarded regardless of who takes this match aside from Jenny and Mira depending on the victor." Chapati reminded everyone, especially the men who was trying to hold their nosebleed because of so many beauties in swimsuits on the field.
"In that case, there's no point in us being out here." Levy pointed out.
"The main thing is that we have fun." Mavis stated and dashed on the ground, mimicking Cana's pose.
"And how is it that a ghost like you gets such a kick out of this?" Cana wondered out loud.
"I bet anything her personality has an effect on the mood of our Guild." Lucy said, mostly to herself.
"What, you're here, too?" Erza blinked, spotting Evergreen beside her.
"I won't let you of all people hog the spotlight." Evergreen replied, with a smirk, her sizeable breasts bouncing.
"The next theme is school swimsuits." Chapati announced loudly and Mira immediately changed into one, kneeling next to her sister Lisanna, Levy and Wendy. The last girl was trying to cover herself.
"That doesn't make me happy!" Wendy wailed.
"Why are we suddenly in weird fetish swimwear?" Levy wondered out loud, with a massive blush on her face.
"You don't really look out of place, Wendy." Lisanna remarked.
"Huh, you're a lot bigger than I thought, Selene." Kiria poked one of her breasts in surprise.
"Good heaven's, you could feed an entire nation with those things!" Misaki exclaimed.
"Stop touching me." the dragoness said as she glowered at her fellow blond.
The Blade Dragon Slayer chuckled nervously.
"Next up is bikinis and thigh-high stockings!" Chapati declared.
With that call, Jenny made the best out of it, with a red bikini with black strips and matching black stockings.
"For some reason, this feels even more embarrassing than the swimsuit alone." Brandish noted, looking at herself. She was in her green and blue polka dotted bikini and was wearing stockings as well.
"Hey, don't complain, at least we look good." Dimaria said as she struck a pose.
"Moving on, girls in glasses." Chapati cried.
Mira changed back to her bluish bikini, but with red glasses.
Naruto noted that she was indeed a topnotch model, really knew how to make herself look sexy and seductive.
"This isn't any change for me." Laki shrugged her shoulder.
"Do we really need to delve this deep into his wacky fetishes?" Lucy asked in embarrassment.
"Aw come on, don't be such a downer, live a little!" Cana said in excitement.
"Easy for you to say..." the blond grumbled.
"Cat ears!" Chapati cried out, the guys cheering seeing as the announcer was on a roll.
"Is there any point for me to wear them?" Carla sighed.
"Oi, that guy is getting a head of himself, isn't he?" Naruto asked in annoyance, this was really getting out of hand.
"Bondage!" Chapati announced.
"This is also a form of love." Sherry cracked her whip around.
"You are too into it." Chelia gaped at her.
"Well, Erza?" Evergreen taunted, in her wine-color latex, "Are you about ready to admit defeat?"
"Did you say something?" Erza retorted, brandishing her whip around in a SM-play clothing.
"I lose." Evergreen conceded and bowed her head in defeat.
Naruto smacked his face with his palm, this was really getting out of hand.
"Such indecency." Kirin grumbled.
Uh-bha-bwa..." Skullion didn't know where to look... so much...skin...
"Whoo-now that's what I'm talkin bout hee-hee!" Elefseria cackled in excitement.
"The next theme is 'wedding dress'." Chapati declared, "Prepare a partner and get into bridal gear."
Immediately, the other contestants immediately parted away, not wanted to be a part of this at all.
"Thank god that's over with. I don't wanna think about if Selene were to call me out there with me dating Jenny-she'd kill everyone here." Naruto grumbled silently.
Literally!
The crowd couldn't stop themselves from crying out in disappointment.
This left both Jenny and Mira as the only ones left within the arena, already geared up in wedding dresses.
'What should I do?' Mira thought to herself. In truth, she already had one partner in her mind but she didn't know if she would be allowed to pick him or not 'He already has a girlfriend, what if she is among the crowd and see us and got the wrong idea? But… but it's alright, right? This is just a competition, we're also fellow guildmate… it'll be alright, right?'
'Should I risk expose our relationship like this?' Meanwhile, Jenny was also in her own train of thoughts 'We have been dating for three months now, maybe this is the right time for everyone to know that I already have a boyfriend. But we're in the Grand Magic Game, what if everyone has the wrong idea? Wait… Sherry and Ren-kun is engaged right?... but Sherry isn't participating.'
"Please choose your partner, ladies." Chapati reminded them, pulling the two out of their own thoughts, "Who are the lucky guys?"
'Okay then' both Jenny and Mira took a deep breath before turning to the same direction, calling out loudly at the same time ""Naruto-kun, come-eh?"" they turned to look at each other with their eyes widened in surprise.
"EHHH!" Every single person within the Domus Flau turned their head to look at Naruto Uzumaki, who was looking around with a puzzle look on his face.
"Me?" Naruto pointed at himself before holding both of his hands out, "Whoa-wait-wait-wait, I think I'm gonna pass."
"Lucky bastard!" some of the men-even a few women-exclaimed angrily at him.
Selene felt herself glaring at the two human's who dared try and take her man, but then again she had shared him at one point-it certainly didn't mean she had to like it. She at least knew the other women from when he was with her beforehand.
And even then-she was still with him in a intimate relationship.
"Excuse me?" Mira questioned her with narrowed eyes.
"What do you mean Naruto-kun?" Jenny asked, glaring at Mira, "Who is he to you?" she asked.
"We're fellow guildmate of course." Mira crossed her arms over her chest, doing her best to deny that she shared a special relationship with the new member of Fairy Tail. But immediately after that, she returned Jenny's own glare and asked, "What about you? What is he to you then?"
"He's my boyfriend." And she dropped the bomb. There was a massive 'huh' made by the people inside Domus Flau and once again their eyes returned to Naruto, "We started dating three months ago." she told her fellow model.
Selene narrowed her eyes as she looked in the direction she sensed his energy-oh he wanted to do that, did he? Ok, yea no, not on her watch.
"It's you?" Mira asked in surprise.
No matter what happened, she would have never thought that the girlfriend who Naruto talked about last night would be Jenny Realight, the girl who replaced her to be the top model as well as the #1 mage you want to be your girlfriend, the same girl who became Miss Fiore this year.
"Oh, I guess it's quite shock right?" Jenny managed to put on a cocky smile. It wasn't so bad, after all "Guess who the lucky girl is?" maybe she just found something to make her better than Mira.
"Tch, don't get ahead of yourself Jenny." Mira gritted her teeth, surprisingly enough for her, in jealousy.
"Oh~, are you jealous?" Jenny giggled teasingly with a hand covering her mouth. From playful to serious, it seemed it wasn't the time for competition like that anymore, "I think playtime is over, isn't it?" and in a flash, her wedding dress disappeared and was replaced with her purple dress
"You bet it is." Mira nodded her head and did the same to her clothing.
Naruto, meanwhile sighed in relief. It would be very troublesome if he was forced to pose with them, especially if he needed to change into a tuxedo or something like that.
And then he would have to avoid the angry Selene as she dropped a fucking moon on the capitol. Wouldn't matter where it came from-she'd do it just to spite him.
And it wouldn't be the first time she'd done it either.
"Why don't we go with the flow of the previous matches and make a bet?" Jenny suggested.
"Good idea." Mirajane agreed, she was more determined in defeating Jenny more than ever, "What are the stakes?"
"How about the person who loses has to appear nude in the Weekly Sorcerer?" Jenny laid down the terms, making the crowd gasped in shock. She learnt that the three judges preferred the younger girls more during a dinner meeting, and Mira hadn't aged for seven years meaning that she was younger than her. Plus, Jason definitely wanted Mira for his magazine.
"Sure, why not?" Mirajane smiled.
Naruto felt his palm meet his face once again.
"Wah… what kind of unbelievable wager has been made here?!" Chapati cried out.
"This is my battle form." Jenny changed into her battle suit.
In this form, her head was covered by a ruffled dark headband which was attached to conical ear protectors which jut out and backwards. Her torso was covered by a dark battle suit with light edges, splitting in two main parts: a revealing shirt exposes a fair amount of her cleavage and her belly, while her legs were covered in similar, tight-fitting pants leaving the inner parts of her thighs exposed. The two pieces were joined together on the front by two thin, dark straps, creating an "X" in correspondence to Jenny's abdomen, each of their edges secured by thin, light bolts, while on the back the shirt and pants became one, with a thong-like garment covering her bottom leaving the upper central part of it exposed.
She sported light gloves extending up to her shoulders, each secured by a series of buttons on the inner part of her arms, which possessed metal plating in correspondence to her hands and metal bands on their upper edges; every arm had the above mentioned part linked together by a thick, dark cord, solidly remaining arched and not hanging down, similar to a hosepipe. Her legs were covered by armored thigh-high boots, sporting distinctively large upper edges protruding upwards, as well as metal high heels. Jenny's neck was hidden by plate armor that extends on her shoulders in the form of rounded pauldrons and up to her chin, with two peculiar protrusions hiding her ears away jutting outwards, getting smaller as they get farther from her face.
"Then I'll change into mine." Mirajane started to power up. "We went with the flow of previous matches and made a bet so maybe it'll be okay to keep going with that flow and finish this with a little dust-up?"
"She won't…" Erza gaped when Mirajane started to transform. "She did." She sighed, Mirajane appearing in her Satan Soul: Sitri form seconds later.
In such form, Mira became taller and more massive, with her facial features and expression changing accordingly and gaining a sinister look. She gained a fair amount of thin markings on her arms, as well as much longer and scruffier hair, jutting outwards in many spiky, rounded tufts, with even her signature tied strand becoming longer. Her torso and part of her lower body were covered by a revealing dark overcoat with light edges, which was torn in its lower part and revealed a fair amount of her cleavage, being left open on the front and having the parts covering Mirajane's chest linked to a high, wide collar. The coat came with notably squared short sleeves, with their outer parts extending on her arms in a spiky protrusion, vaguely reminiscent of pauldrons due to their sharp shape.
The open coat was circled and secured to Mirajane's abdomen by a light belt passing just below her breasts, closed by a simple buckle, while a similar though mildly larger belt circling her waist held up a light garment, covering the back and side parts of her coat. Hanging from her shoulders was a large dark cape, possessing torn lower edges not unlike her coat. Armor plating went up from Mirajane's neck, forming three spikes on her chin and extending to cover her ears, flanking her face, with two large, armored horn-like protrusions jutting outwards at its sides. Mira's forearms sported armored gauntlets. Her legs appeared to become covered in large, dark tattoos, resembling the shape of thigh-high boots; such markings might as well be motifs present on a pair of long, skin-tight pants, given the similar appearance of the signs hiding Mira's groin from sight.
The most distinctive element of this already peculiar transformation, however, were her feet: these were completely obscured from sight, and her calves instead end in a sea of sharp flames, enveloping the ground in the immediate area around Mirajane, with their tongues reaching up to the upper back of the S-Class Mage in height. Each leg also had four small, light vertical lines placed one near the other on the front, where the feet themselves were supposed to be.
"Phew." Naruto whistled in surprise alongside with Wendy and Lucy who gawked in awe, "So, that is her Satan Soul?"
"Demon…Mirajane Sitri." Erza nodded her head, a smile made it to her face "As far as I know, it's the strongest Satan Soul, The Queen of All Demons."
"I accept your bet." Mirajane declared, "Now I want you to accept my power. Okay?" without warning, she charged at Jenny and brought out her claws, intending to end the fight in one hit.
However, she didn't expect Jenny to grab her hand by linking their fingers together and brought her other fist back, enchanted it with multi mechanical part and punched Mira right into her face, catching Mira off guard as well as everyone's surprise. But she didn't stop there and kept on punching Mira in her face, the speed of her punch increased before a missile launcher was constructed on her elbow. She then activated it, unleashing a high concentrate amount of flame to increase the speed and force of her punch before punching Mira in the face one last time, sending her back across the field before Mira regained the control of her body.
With the hardness of her demon skin, she was unscratched from Jenny's surprise assault but she did feel the force of the last punch, something that never happened before when she was attacked in this form.
While everyone was gasping in shock, Naruto was slowly sneaking away before anyone could notice he was gone.
"H-how?" Mira asked in shock. Sitri was her strongest form and yet…
Even Blue Pegasus was surprised by this sudden show of strength from Jenny
"If you're the Queen of Demons, then I am the Queen of Machines." Jenny declared proudly, pointing her hand to Fairy Tail Team A, "Listen up Fairy Tail, don't get full of yourself into thinking that you're the only one who was trained by my boyfriend!"
"WHAT!" Fairy Tail cried out in shock before Makarov turned to Team A with an evil, furious eyes, "Damn you Naruto, you traitor!" a moment ago, he was sure that Mira could win in one single hit and yet Jenny had proven otherwise by saying that Naruto had trained her.
But then everyone realized that the blond was no longer there-as evidenced by the blinking outline of where he once stood.
"Where did he go?" Lucy cried in shock.
Out of the damn country if had his way-no way was he dealing with a pissed off Selene; her anger could rewrite maps! Hell, just look at her first pregnancy!
Back in the stadium, Mira's eyes hardened as she glared at Jenny.
"Naruto trained you?" Mira asked. Having heard this, she would be more careful.
"Yes, you want to see more?" Jenny cried and raised her hand, making small parts of an object appeared around her arm. Then the parts smashed into each other around her arm and formed a large, round shape object with complicated design that covered nearly one third of her arm.
Pink energy started to gather into a point in front of the machine on Jenny's arm, turning larger and larger with each second.
Mira's instinct screamed to her danger was coming and immediately flew out of the way just in time Jenny shot a beam toward her. The place Mira was standing on just a second ago exploded when the laser beam made contact. However, Mira barely had time to think of Jenny's power because the blonde haired beauty shot the pink laser beams at her like a massive gun.
"I'm not done yet!" Jenny shouted and some parts of her railgun opened, revealing missiles inside. Said missiles were then launched at Mira. The Sitri demon dodged again, but widened her eyes when the missiles made a sharp turn and followed her. "Heat-seeking missiles, guess who is the hottest chick around here?" Jenny grinned as Mira growled and hit the missiles with her fists, which then exploded and knocked her back slightly.
"It seem her Take-over form specializes in the creation of machinery via alchemy." Mavis nodded her head.
"I can't believe it…" Lucy was gaping in shock at the sight of Mirajane, who was as strong as Erza being pushed around like that.
"That kind of strength came from training with Naruto?" Gray asked through gritting teeth.
"If what she said was the truth, then Mira's in big trouble." Erza said seriously, "The fact that Naruto could teach us so much in just five days, and yet the two of them have been dating for three whole months. If Naruto really trained her all that time then… she could be even stronger than Ichiya now." it was hard to imagine a normal mage who was more about beauty like Jenny could become.
"You're very strong, I can see that." Mira said and increased her magical power, "But do not think that I will give up this fight that easily." She shot forward and raised her leg to kick Jenny, who constructed a big shield that was as big as herself to protect her. Even after that, she was knocked into the air by the force.
Jenny, while in the air quickly created rocket boots around her legs and kept herself in the air with them. Realizing that Mira wasn't going to end her assault just yet, the Blue Pegasus' mage constructed a pair of massive metal gauntlets and flew down to attack Mira, increased the speed of her rocket boots to the fullest to match the demon's speed.
"Amazing! From a swimsuit contest… it turned into a battle of strength!" Chapati cried out as Mira and Jenny became nothing but blurs in the air, smashing into each other several times before parting away, only to smash into each other again. The force of the attacks they landed on each other were strong enough to create small shockwaves that could feel by the people underneath, "But there is only five minutes left, who is going to come out with the win?"
"Shit!" Jenny cried as she was tackled by Mira around the waist and crashed onto the ground with such force that she left a crater there. Mira then shot up again and put her hand together, forming a large amount of dark energy into an orb that busted into dark flame moment later and shot it down to Jenny, who raised both hands and put all of her magical power into one final attack.
Mira widened her eyes in shock when an extremely large, long-barreled cannon, complete with a power core and energy-reading meters was constructed.
"AHHHHHH!" Jenny screamed and fired the gun without the need to aim. An enormous beam, roughly the size of a statue at Domus Flau was fired and travelled extremely fast, crashing into Mira's dark orb of magic and completely wiped it from existence. Mira snapped out of her own shock when her attack disappeared and shot out of the way just in time the beam went pass her. Even if she wasn't hit, Mira could still feel an enormous amount of power as well as heat within the blast. If she was hit, she didn't know if she could come out unscratched again, even with her demon skin.
A second later, the beam died out and Jenny's cannon shattered into pieces, her Take-over form disappeared as well, leaving Jenny in her base form dead tired, breathing hard from using the very last of her power.
"Well… loosing like this isn't so bad, after all." Jenny sighed as Mira touched down next to her and made her Sitri form disappear.
"You're so strong Jenny." Mira smiled and helped Jenny back to her feet, throwing her fellow model's arm on her shoulders, "All by training with Naruto-kun?"
"Yeah, but I still need to work more to be at your level." Jenny nodded her head tiredly. She then paused for a second before looking at Mira, "Say Mira, you like Naruto-kun too, don't you? I mean, in a special way, more than just a friend." Mira remained silent but was enough for Jenny to know the answer for her question with a dry chuckle, "I knew it… I mean, who doesn't?"
"You're right… maybe I have some feeling for him already."
"Well, don't expect me to share." Jenny glared at Mira, but her glare wasn't that effective with her tired eyes, "He's mine."
"Well, then you better try harder to keep him for yourself, I might snatch him from you any minute, you know." Jenny was about to make a comeback, but Mira placed a finger on her lips and said with a small giggle, "Also, I look forward to seeing you in your birthday suit."
"Please don't mention it again…" Jenny smiled nervously and let Mira get her inside.
"Victor! Mirajane!"
Naruto, who was sitting on top of the East Statue of Domus Flau, nodded his head with a smile.
Ignoring the lump on his head from a certain she-dragon, he was pretty much untouched.
Selene sat next to him with a small smile as she held a cup of sake, "So, what have we learned today?" she asked.
"Don't get cheeky."
"Good boy."
~XxX~
"The final match will be Mermaid Heel's Kagura Mikazuchi and-" Chapati said as he read the next match up, "Sabertooth's Yukino Agria!"
"You better win this Yukino, since we had one idiot fail already; you can't fail." Orga warned, while Sting glared at him for the jab.
"Sting-sama was just unlucky that the event involved transportation." Yukino said as Sting nodded in appreciation.
It wasn't his fault, and besides, Natsu went out there so he had to go as well!
"Putting that aside, Yukino. You know what's expected of you?" Sting asked her.
"Yes in Sabertooth, nothing is more important than victory." she responded softly.
She was about to walk forward until Dobengal gently grabbed her shoulder, "Yukino, while victory is important, don't let it cloud your judgment. Do not underestimate your opponent. Understand?" he warned the white haired mage. Yukino was taken back by the warning, but nodded in appreciation.
"Hai, Dobengal-sama." she to the the ninja-mage before walking into the arena. Orga scoffed at Dobengal's words.
"Why tell her that garbage?" Orga rudely asked. Dobengal just rolled his eyes at the big brute.
"I am telling her that, so she doesn't nearly lose like a certain lightning mage." the ninja responded blankly.
Orga growled. "Wanna say something to me?" Dobengal just looked at Orga with a bored look on his face. Well bored from what could be seen with the mask on.
"You're a gigantic oaf that should use that pea-sized brain in your head more often." he calmly said. Orga growled at the masked mage.
"Why you?!" before anything could happen, Rogue and Sting held Orga back from doing something stupid.
"Enough, cool off Orga!" Sting roared. Orga continued to glare at Dobengal before scoffing and walking away.
~XxX~
"Good luck, Kagura-chan." Risley said.
"Give us at least some entertainment." Brandish said.
"That Sabertooth girl looks confident." a young woman with crimson/orange hair remarked as she looked at Yukino said.
"Kagura-chan is stronger." the cloaked girl commented with everyone else nodding.
"Thanks, everyone. But there is no need to concern. My path is set, and my blade leads me through it." she said as she began walking to the arena.
"Here's the last battle." Gray said.
"Since its Sabertooth, let's observe this fight seriously." Erza informed her team. Everyone nodded.
"Hai!" Wendy and Lucy said.
"Kagura is one of Mermaid Heel's strongest members. Yukino is relatively new to the guild as this is her first appearance, but she must be formidable to be allowed into the games. Now let the last match begin!"
Yukino was about to wager her life against her, but decided against it after Dobengal's warning. While she was confident in her powers; she knew nothing on Kagura's and that could cost her dearly. Yukino then took out a golden key from her cloak.
"Open: gate of the Paired Fish-" Yukino chanted.
"Another Celestial Spirit Mage?!" Lucy shouted in surprise.
'There was another Celestial Spirit Mage?!' Arcadios cried out shocked in his head.
"One of the twelve zodiac keys." Wendy muttered.
"What do you think it would look like?" Gray curiously asked.
"It must be something like merpeople, correct?" Erza inquired, imaging two humanoids with fish attributes.
"She said paired, right? Maybe a pair of combat fish?" Gray thought, imagining two combat sharks or something of similar nature.
"Something tells me you've hit the mark, Gray." Lucy said.
"PISCES!" Yukino finished. From a golden seal, two giant white and black eel-like fish appeared.
"Delicious Fish!" Happy shouted in joy.
"Huh, looks like you were right Gray." Erza offhandedly commented.
"Attack." Yukino commanded.
The pair of fish pounced on the swordswoman, but Kagura gracefully dodged the obvious attack and the following ones after it.
"Oh, Kagura is amazing dodging all of Yukino's attack. How will she respond?!"
Yukino then took out another golden key!
"Open; Gate of the Scaled Guardian-Libra"
"She can summon two gates of the same time like me?!" Lucy said in amazement.
"She's a strong mage." Wendy commented.
"Not bad, amost reminds me of an old friend..." Naruto smiled softly.
How he missed her...Oh Anna...
Everyone, especially the males, were loving the sight of Libra.
"Libra, alter the enemy's gravity!" Yukino said.
"As you wish." Libra responded.
Kagura stumbled as the gravity around her increased by at least 10 times.
"She's a gravity mage as well?!" Risley said in surprise.
"Relax, Kagura-chan won't let this stop her." the cloaked girl said.
"Pisces attack." The two pounced on the downed Kagura. The attack caused dust and debris to fly everywhere.
Yukino's eyes widen. She looks up to see Kagura high up in the air.
"Holy shit! She can jump high." Gray said; impressed at how high Kagura could go.
"No. Not exactly fly." Erza said.
"It wasn't a normal jump either." Naruto calmly said.
"What do you mean?" Lucy asked.
"Kagura must use gravity magic as well." Erza explained.
"Libra manipulate her gravity sideways." Yukino told her spirit.
"As you wish."
Kagura felt the pull of gravity sent her flying into the statue of the stadium.
"Pisces attack!"
Kagura looked up to her attacker, and gained a glint in her eyes.
"Gravity Reversal." the opposite force of gravity nullified the gravity on her. Kagura then turned her attention to the two spirits.
"Gravity Pressure x20!" she shouted. This sent Pisces and Libra ot the ground.
"Awesome, Kagura-chan! Now end it." the cloaked girl cheered.
"Ah! What an amazing battle! This is epitome of the GMG!" Chapati commented.
Kagura landed on the other side of the field.
"It looks like I have no choice, but to open the 13th key."
"The 13th key?!" Lucy shouted in absolute shock.
"Wait there are 13? I thought there only 12?" Gray asked in confusion.
"Yeah that's how it's been, but my mother told me that there is actually a 13th key. One whose power surpasses all the other 12. But it's so rare and rarely spoken about, I thought she had just made it up." Lucy explained.
"This is the end, Kagura. It seems you've run out of luck." Yukino said.
Kagura just scoffed at that, "Luck? I have not relied on luck since I was a child. I was eclipsed in darkness for most of my life until my mistresses found me and showed me the path I can walk in the light. Now I fight for them and my comrades."
"OPEN! GATE OF THE SERPENT BEARER: OPHIUCHUS!" Yukino shouted.
A giant black and purple serpent appeared as it encircled around the arena with its enormous body. It was rather frightening sight for most of the normal people in the crowd.
'To think there would be a mage with the 13th key.' Arcadios thought in glee.
"Holy shit that's a serpent bearer?! Its an actual serpent!" Lucy shouted in shock.
"Its huge!" Gray exclaimed in shock.
"It strong, but not strong enough." Naruto said.
"What do you mean?" Erza asked.
"Watch and you'll see." was all he said as they turned their attention back to the arena.
"Archenemy: Beam form!" Kagura said as she made a slash motion with her blade still sheathed. There was an eerie silence until….CLANK!
The serpent was split in half! Yukino was shocked along with everyone else.
"Archenemy: Dash Form." Kagura was enveloped in a black and purple aura and went straight to Yukino.
Yukino was sent to the ground with the end tip of the sheath at her neck.
"Even mermaids can devour tigers on occasion." Kagura said as she looked down at her opponent.
"I lost." Yukino muttered in shock.
"The winner is Kagura of Mermaid Heel!" Chapati shouted.
Kagura look down at her opponent, "If this was a fight with our lives on the line, your life would be mine." she said to the white celestial mage.
"You're right. My life has no reason anymore. I insulted the name of Sabertooth. My life was the guild's, and I have no right to exist after this insult. My life belongs to you; you may do as like with it." she said.
Kagura merely raised an eyebrow at this before nodding.
"Good to know. We'll talk later." that was all Kagura said before she walked back to her team.
"Was the Saber girl that weak? Or was the Mermaid girl that strong?" Gray asked out loud.
"It's a bit of both." Erza said.
"I don't think Yukino is one of their strongest members. She must be filling for someone else. I could say the same for Dobengal." Wendy added her own theory.
"So next time, we may see the true strength of Sabertooth?" Lucy asked. Wendy shrugged.
"Maybe."
'That Kagura will be someone difficult to fight. Even for me.' Erza thought to herself.
'I can't believe my luck. Two Celestial Spirit Mages and together they have the 12 keys and the 13th gate as well. Things are going much better than expected.' Arcadios thought with a maniacal grin on his face.
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1: Take a guess, I ain't saying anything until I know for sure you guys are ready to find out.
Also-yes, I asked for Medrick's help in writing this chapter and he sent me some of the Elfman/Bacchus fight and I made revisions to it and changed some of the conception to Elfman's power around as I have a idea in mind for dear Elfman in the future. And no-I ain't spilling, that's a secret.