Master of the Divine Fire

by Mach9330

During the battle with Natsu, Zancrow was not defeated by his own flames but that same attack weakened the seals that kept his true self sealed away. Now Naruto Uzumaki is back in control of his own body, and anyone who gets in his way will taste his black flames! Naruto is Zancrow.

5. Death Comes

Master of the Divine Flame

Chapter 5: Death Comes

Tenrou Island

Makarov couldn't help but frown as he sat on a rock, waiting for the ship to be ready to take them back to the mainland, after the disastrous S-Class Trials.

The Third Master still couldn't believe how terrible everything went. First with Grimoire Heart showing up and attacking them. With the situation growing worse when he learned the Master of Grimoire Heart was Precht Gaebolg, or Hades as he called himself. The former Second Master of Fairy Tail until he stepped down and named Makarov his successor.

Makarov had been horrified to learn his predecessor had not only become a Dark Mage, but the leader of easily the most notorious Dark Guild in Fiore. With him having also grown more powerful and easily defeating Makarov despite his best efforts. Team Natsu worked together with his grandson Laxus Dreyar, who happened to "just be in the area" to visit the First Master's grave, to try to defeat Hades. Unfortunately, Hades proved too strong for them and it was only the intervention of Fairy Tail's newest member, Naruto Uzumaki, that Hades and Grimoire Heart were completely defeated.

Afterwards, Makarov called the trials off, knowing none of his guild members were in any shape to continue them, having them all get bandaged up and preparing the ship to return home.

Though a frown still adorned Makarov's face, he couldn't help but feel like something big was about to happen and he couldn't pinpoint what exactly. Not to mention a sound he's been hearing, echoing throughout the entire sky, one unlike anything he's ever heard before.

'That ungodly sound…what could it be?' Makarov thought, unsure what the sound was or what could make it. That was also why he was trying to get Fairy Tail off the island.

"Master." Erza said, pulling Makarov from his thoughts as he turned to look at her.

"The ship will be ready to take us back to the mainland, shortly. Also…regarding Laxus." Said Erza, wondering what he intended to do about Laxus showing up here.

"I have nothing to discuss with or about that boy. Except that he has quite a pair on him, daring to set foot on the Fairy Tail Guild's most sacred ground. When he no longer has that privilege." Stated Makarov, willing to accept that Laxus's help was invaluable in allowing Team Natsu to survive their battle with Hades, but he had still been excommunicated.

"But what he's done for us…" Erza said, knowing that with what Laxus did in the past was horrible. She had been there, as had damn near everyone in Fairy Tail when Laxus and the Thunder Legion attacked the Guild. But with how he showed up to help them, the redhead believed he had started to regain their trust.

"Yes, I heard all about his heroic fight with Hades. How he protected you and the others by putting himself directly into harm's way." Makarov said while crossing his arms.

"My appreciation for what he did is more than words can convey, but as far as Fairy Tail is concerned, he's still an outsider. Albeit, one we owe our gratitude to." Said Makarov, making the Fairy Queen look down.

"So, your position is firm then." Stated Erza, having thought the Master would be the first to welcome Laxus's return.

"Of course it is. That's how the guild stayed strong after all these years." Laxus said, getting Erza's attention to see him leaning against a tree.

"Laxus…" Erza said, frowning at his words.

"You guys were in a jam, and I did what any decent stranger should have done. I had no ulterior motive behind what I did." Said Laxus, knowing he had his chance in Fairy Tail and messed it up, so he'd accept the consequences.

"Hey, old man!" Said Laxus, wanting to see his grandfather's face one more time before he left, knowing that it'd be a long time before he ever saw him again.

With Makarov turning to look at his grandson, wondering what he had to say, only for the two to simply look at each other.

'That's it. That's the look.' Laxus thought while narrowing his eyes.

"Guess this is the last time I'll see that scowling face of yours. So long." Laxus said as he turned to leave.

Only for the Lightning Dragon Slayer to pause and tense slightly before looking up at the sky as a strange sound was heard. Erza and Makarov also looked up at the sky as well, feeling something shift, as if something else was now approaching the island, something dangerous.

With Gildarts and Cana

Meanwhile, Gildarts Clive, the Ace of Fairy Tail, was embracing Cana Alberona, another Mage of Fairy Tail and unknown to him until now, his daughter. With Cana having finally worked up the courage to reveal she's his daughter, despite not being an S-Class Mage like she originally wanted. But still felt happy that Gildarts had accepted her, even if she wasn't on his level just yet.

Only for Gildarts to tense up as he felt a sensation wash over him, making him unconsciously tighten his grip on Cana, making her look up at him.

"What is it? Is something the matter?" Cana asked, seeing the look on his face and the way he kept looking at the sky.

"God, I hope not…" Gildarts muttered before they both heard a loud rumbling from the sky, making them both tense at the sound.

Camp

While at the base camp, the rest of the guild members plus Naruto all stopped what they were doing at the rumbling they heard, none of them being sure what it was. Before Mirajane looked at the drinks she'd made for everyone, seeing how they were visibly shaking, only to soon settle.

Though before anyone could react, they were all forced to cover their ears when a loud, earth-shattering roar echoed all around them.

"What is that?!" Evergreen yelled, not believing anything could make such a loud roar.

"That…that's a Dragons roar!" Said Wendy, recognizing the sound and knew only a Dragon could roar like that.

"A Dragon?!" Lisanna Strauss said in disbelief just as the roaring stopped.

"You sure it isn't thunder?!" Questioned Panther Lily, hating the sound of thunder but he would rather it be that than it be a Dragon showing up now, only for them to hear the roar once again.

"Guys! Are you okay?!" Said Lucy as she, Natsu, Gildarts, Cana, and Happy ran towards them after hearing the roar.

"That was a loud roar!" Happy stated, freaking out how anything could make such a sound.

Though before anyone could say or do anything else, Gildarts grunted and held his shoulder, feeling a striking phantom pain from where his arm used to be.

"Hey! Are you okay?!" Cana asked in concern, wondering if he'd been more injured than expected in the fight against Grimoire Heart.

"My old wounds are starting to burn like hell. No doubt, it's him." Said Gildarts, realizing what he felt wasn't wrong and that…monster really was here.

"Everyone, up in the sky!" Panther Lily said, pointing up when he saw something moving through the clouds.

Looking up, Natsu's eyes widened in shock when he saw what it was coming towards them, with everyone else being just as shocked.

"What is that?!" Yelled Gray, not believing it as they saw an actual Dragon descending out from above the clouds towards them.

The Dragon was truly massive in size, with his entire upper body covered in black, round, scales, which, in turn, were decorated by spiraling, blue markings. His lower body, specifically his chin, chest, stomach, inner tail, thighs, and arms, were gray in color, and appeared to be rather smooth. His eyes were white and beady, and his head was round and blunt with four, large, elongated plates extending backward. His mouth was full of razor-sharp teeth, and, attached to his chin, was a protrusion that resembled an arrowhead. His large wings were feathery in appearance, akin to a bird's. The scales disappeared at the end of his tail, which, in itself, ended in a stinger-esque shape.

"No. Not him. Anything but him." Naruto said as he felt fear grip his heart. This was the literal worst case scenario, the very reason he had tried to get Zeref away from the island in the first place! But if the Black Dragon of the Apocalypse was here, then that meant…extending his senses, he felt Zeref's Magic. The bastard was still nearby!

"It's huge!" Elfman Strauss said, looking at the Dragon with wide eyes, before they all tensed when the Dragon roared loudly.

"You gotta be kidding me." Muttered Gajeel, unable to believe they now had a Dragon to deal with.

"I knew it…I knew the dragons still existed…" Natsu muttered, seeing that Dragons are still around, which meant there was acahnce he could still find Igneel.

"I'm afraid that is Acnologia, The Black Dragon of the Apocalypse." Said Makarov while gritting his teeth that such a being was now here.

"Yeah. It's him, alright." Stated Gildarts. He'd never forget the monster that almost killed him. He also knew if any of them wanted to get through this alive, they needed to run, and hope Acnologia wasn't interest in following them.

"Hey dragon! Do you know where I can find Igneel?! Grandeeney and Metalicana too!" Shouted Natsu, wanting answers if Acnologia knew where his, Wendy's, and Gajeel's foster parents were.

"Stop it, you damn fool!" Naruto yelled, grabbing Natsu by the arm and pulling him back, surprising the Fire Dragon Slayer, when he saw the palpable fear in Naruto's eyes.

"Don't provoke him, Natsu! Don't you remember what I told you, how I lost my arm and leg?!" Said Gildarts, with Natsu gritting his teeth as he remembered what Gildarts told him. How in the blink of an eye, Acnologia destroyed his left arm and leg, and then gutted his torso, before leaving Gildarts for dead. That he was an enemy of all of mankind, and that no one could defeat him.

Before everyone braced themselves as Acnologia flew down and landed right in front of them, worrying and scaring several of the Mages that he was about to attack.

"I don't think this one's like Natsu's and the other Dragons! It looks really evil!" Happy stated.

"You're damn right about that, cat. This beast, is the harbinger of death!" Naruto stated while tensing up.

"So, are we gonna fight it, then?!" Said Natsu, ready to fight Acnologia if that's what he had to do.

"Are you insane!? Fuck no, we can't fight that thing! This is not about winning, this is about survival!" Naruto shouted at him.

"Naruto is completely right, Natsu, this about our survival. And I'm not sure we are all gonna make it!" Said Gildarts, much to everyone else's shock that the Ace of Fairy Tail would say that. Making them only even more fearful that this isn't a fight where they'd win or lose, it's one where they simply needed to hope they all survived.

"Are you saying this thing's gonna kill some of us?!" Natsu demanded, angry and refusing to let anyone hurt his friends and family, only for Acnologia to rear its head back.

"Everyone, move now!" Gildarts shouted, seeing what Acnologia was doing and knew they needed to get out of the way or risk being torn to pieces.

Though before anyone could move, Acnologia unleashed another roar, one much more powerful than the previous ones as the roar ripped apart the ground. Sending rocks, trees, and dust flying everywhere.

Once the dust settled, Natsu looked around in shock when he saw the forest that had once surrounded them…was completely gone.

"N-no way…the forest…it's all gone." Natsu said in disbelief that Acnologia could do that with a regular roar, not even a magic attack, just a single roar. He had never seen Igneel do anything like this before.

"How can it be so destructive?" asked Levy as Gajeel shielded her from the roar, not believing the destruction unleashed from it.

"All of that, just from a single roar…How strong is he? Cana asked, shocked and horrified that such power could exist, making even Fairy Glitter look like a light breeze in comparison.

"Not just strong, he's evil, pure and simple. That just now, was a warm up." Said Gildarts as they saw Acnologia surveying the destruction he caused, as if enjoying the sight of the devastation.

"Listen up, if you want to stay alive, you can't waste time freaking out! Pull yourselves together and lets get out of here!" Gildarts said, only to see Acnologia fly up into the air.

"Get to the ship!" Yelled Gildarts, knowing the Dragon was going to attack.

"Everyone, through the trees now!" Erza shouted, pointing towards where the ship was waiting.

None of them needing to be told twice as they all took off running to reach the ship with Acnologia flying after them. The Black Dragon proved to be faster as it landed again, right in front of Bickslow and Fried Justine, slamming his head into the ground throwing them back.

"Bickslow! Fried!" Evergreen cried out in worry for her teammates.

"He's cut off our escape! What're we supposed to do now?!" Said Gray, seeing Acnologia was now standing between them and the ship, leaving them trapped.

The Mages were then forced to keep running as Acnologia smashed his claws into the ground to crush them, sending them flying from the impacts. While also swinging his tail, throwing dozens of trees through the air, with Elfman being unlucky enough to be in the way, crying out as he was thrown through the air.

"Elfman!" Said Evergreen, letting her wings out as she flew up and grabbed Elfman before he hit the ground.

"Ever. Thank you," Elfman said, only for it to be short-lived as Acnologia raised his hand and slammed it into them, sending them crashing to the ground.

"No…not like this!" Levy exclaimed, completely terrified at seeing how relentless Acnologia was being in his attacks.

Gritting his teeth at seeing his friends being hurt, Natsu shouted and charged at Acnologia to fight him head on. But before he could even use a spell, Acnologia slammed his hand into the ground in front of Natsu, throwing the pinkette back as he skidded across the ground. With Natsu getting back up and glaring at the Black Dragon.

"Hey! Okay, that's it, you're gonna-" Natsu shouted, only to stop when he saw Makarov move in front of them and throw off his shirt.

"Gramps!" Said Natsu, wondering what he was planning on doing, with Makarov's body being surrounded by golden Magic before he began growing in size.

"Get to the ship!" Makarov said, his voice becoming deeper and distorted as he grew to his giant form.

The Master moved forward, wrapping his arms around Acnologia's head, gritting his teeth as the Dragon tried pushing him back, with Makarov digging his feet into the ground to hold him in place. But rather than be relieved, the Mages were horrified that their Master was trying to fight Acnologia.

"This is insane! You don't stand a chance!" Gray yelled, not thinking even Makarov could fight Acnologia.

"Master! Please don't play the hero! If anything happens to you, the guild will be…!" Said Erza, not wanting to even imagine their Master dying to save them.

"Run!" Said Makarov, grunting as Acnologia kept pushing him back.

"You can't fight him on your own, Makarov!" Naruto shouted at him.

"I will fight by Master's side!" Freed declared, refusing to run if Markarov planned to fight Acnologia.

"No overgrown lizard's gonna tear this guild apart!" Added Bickslow.

"I'll stay with you until the bitter end." Evergreen said.

"Me too!" Elfman said, as everyone began getting up to fight with Makarov.

All the Mages shouted their agreement and encouragement to fight with their Master, knowing if he was going to stay and fight, then so would they. With Makarov gritting his teeth as he tried keeping his hold on the Dragon King, before looking at the Mages.

"Would you brats just shut up for once and honor your Master's final wish?! Get out of here, NOW!" Makarov shouted back, under no delusion that he would walk away from this alive and would give his life to defend his family and guild.

"F-final wish…?" Mirajane said in horror that he was really willing to die to save them, as Makarov struggled to hold Acnologia back.

With Laxus looking at his grandfather in disbelief as he was now began to realize just what it meant to be Fairy Tail's Guild Master.

"I'm a Dragon Slayer, Gramps, this is what I was meant to do!" Natsu shouted, not caring what Makarov said, he wasn't planning on leaving. Only to gag when Laxus grabbed him by the back of his scarf.

"Let's go!" Said Laxus, much to Natsu's anger.

"Laxus! Let me…!" Said Natsu, only to stop when he saw the tears flying from Laxus's eyes.

"Master…please be safe!" Erza said as she and the others began running to the ship, accepting their Masters wish for them to escape.

'What good children. It may be hard to believe, but this is for the best. It's times like these that teach you important lessons for your future. Like tears are wasteful things, nothing to trouble over. Is death caused by sadness? Or is sadness caused by death? The answer is in your hearts. My dear children, you must learn, grow, and live!' Makarov thought, knowing that if he had to die, he would rather die protecting his kids.

"You foul creature!" Makarov shouted as he used all his strength to tip Acnologia over and slam him into the ground, only for the Black Dragon to get back up.

"I don't know what your goal is here, but I'm not letting you take one more step!" Said Makarov, refusing to let Acnologia go any further towards his children. "I WON'T LET YOU HURT MY CHILDREN!"

But before Makarov could even react, Acnologia roared and stood up on his hindlegs, making the Guild Master cry out as he was immediately pushed back. The Dragon King roared as he pushed Makarov to the ground and slammed his hand into his chest, before pressing down into him. Gritting his teeth at the pain from the pressure, Makarov shouted into Acnologia's face, making the Dragon King return it with a roar.

Only for Acnologia to move back a little, feeling some confusion when Makarov suddenly started laughing and smiling, as if he wasn't burying his claws in his chest.

'This is what a father does for his family, I have no regrets…I can die a happy man.' Makarov thought, accepting his end as long as it meant his children were safe.

With Acnologia roaring again and dismissing the humans behavior, while Makarov fell against the ground and closed his eyes, preparing himself for the end. Only for them to immediately snap open when he felt an intense heat. Shifting his gaze, he saw a beam of black flames slam into Acnologia, pushing him off of Markarov.

The dragon shook it's head as it looked to see who hit him. Markarov turned as well to see Naruto standing behind him, his hand outstretched from the blast he had sent Acnologia's way. "Naruto!? You were supposed to run!" Markarov said to him.

"I came back. To help you hold him off." Naruto said, his expression serious and grim as he reminisced about his final goodbye.

Flashback

Naruto stopped as he was running with the group, pausing and looking back at Markarov and Acnologia. Mirajane, Elfman and Lisanna, noticed that he stopped.

"Naruto-nii, why are you stopping!? We have to run," Lisanna said to him.

"I have to go back. I have…to help Makarov." Naruto said, his expression grim, as everyone knew what it meant.

"Help? But Naruto-nii, he begged us to run." Elfman told him, as he wanted to stay and fight like the rest, but he respected his master enough to at least respect his wishes.

"Makarov won't be able to hold him off. We'll never get to the ship, much less get off the island if it's just him. At least with…me helping, there at least a chance the rest of you will live." Naruto said, shadows covering his eyes.

"No, Naruto-kun please, not like this!" Mira pleaded with Naruto. After all these years, they had finally found each other again, and now he was planning a suicide mission, all so he could protect her and her guild. She didn't wish to be separated from him but she did not get to protest much, as Naruto cupped her cheeks tenderly, before planting a soft kiss on her lips.

"It's not how I wanted our first kiss to be, but since I probably won't see you again…" Naruto trailed off as he backed away.

"No…No!" Mira pleaded with him as she reached to stop him, and Elfman and Lisanna had to reluctantly hold her back.

"No matter what happens, don't turn back! That thing is death itself! Run and live!" Naruto told her as he summoned a massive wall of trees between them, cutting them off from him.

Solemnly, Naruto turned on his heel, running toward Makarov, Mira's cries for him to stop fading in his ear.

Flashback end.

"You wouldn't have been able to hold him off for very long. They wouldn't even have gotten off the island before Acnologia hunted them down. At least with me here, we can try to hold him off long enough for them to get away." Naruto said solemnly.

"Naruto…" Makarov said in shock, as he knew that the young man had chosen to die with him, so the rest of Fairy Tail could live.

Naruto stomped on the ground and shouted to the Acnologia, "Now you monster, you have me to deal with!"

Naruto's magic skyrocketed as he clapped his hands together. "Hand of Gaea!" All of a sudden, giant hands made of green wood sprang out of the ground, each one of them as large as Acnologia himself, 2 of them clasping the dragons wings, one clasping his tail, and a fourth clasping his neck, crushing him into the ground. The dragon didn't seem particularly bothered by this, though it did note that a mere flexing of his muscles was not going to break this magically enhanced wood, as it started to exert more strength, causing the wood to start cracking.

"Tch! How about this then!? Deep Blooming Forest!" Naruto shouted as he poured more magic into the ground, until he forced life to bloom at an extremely rapid pace, causing thick plant-like stems to grow at alarming rate around Acnologia and for hundreds of feet all around him, until the Black Dragon was buried under a dense forest and flowering trees.

The giant flowers opened and began to pollinate, releasing a yellow pollen, smothering the dragon. 'The yellow pollen will normally put their victim to sleep, rendering them unconscious so I can finish them off. However, even with the potency upped to the max to knockout out a herd of elephants the moment they breath it in, I don't know if it will work on Acnologia.' Naruto thought as he watched the dragon breathe in the pollen, with its white soulless eyes start to flutter and his movements began to dull.

The black dragon shook it's head and roared, unleashing a brilliant magic shockwave of white light, ripping apart all the branches and plants that had been restraining him. The branches and thick stems landed all around him as the pollen blew harmlessly away in the wind.

"Damn it. It seemed like it was working there for a moment." Naruto muttered to himself as he grit his teeth.

"Fall, damn you!" Naruto shouted as he hit Acnologia with Bluenote's spell, though it was really his, as he drastically increased the gravity around Acnologia, prompting the Dragon to fall to his knee's and the ground to crumble and cave in.

Acnologia struggled to move as Naruto leapt and flew into the air, using his Gravity Magic to alter his own weight instead of using his God Slayer Flames. Once he reached about 200 feet, Naruto stopped himself. "Weight Change!" He announced, as he changed his own personal gravity, until he weighed over 100 tons, causing him to fall at break-neck speed towards the Black Dragon. Naruto slammed his elbow into the dragon's back, sending both of them crashing into the earth, kicking up a massive mushroom cloud of dirt and dust that could be seen throughout the whole island.

After a moment, Naruto jumped out of the debris, landing next to Markarov. "Naruto, did that…" Markarov trailed off.

"No, and I made myself as heavy as I could afford to. Any other Gravity Magic spells won't do enough or they risk hurting the others." Naruto said as he rose to his feet, rubbing his elbow that he had slammed into the Black Dragon. He could have gone way heavier, but he had been worried about destroying the island and also, he wasn't sure his body wouldn't just break against Acnologia. The legends about the beast don't really state what his abilities were, so Naruto was shooting blind. The dust cleared as Acnologia beat his wings as he hovered above the crater that Naruto had made.

"He's one tough bastard. That would have still killed most living creatures." Naruto said to himself.

"Is that it?" came a voice that both Makarov and Naruto heard, and they saw the Dragons mouth moving. "Is that all you can muster? And here I was starting to mildly enjoy myself."

"It…It" Makarov stuttered in shock.

"He spoke…" Naruto muttered in horror. That wasn't good, not good at all. If Acnologia was deigning to speak with him, then that meant he was starting to take Naruto seriously.

"Of course, I can speak, you half-wit. I normally won't bother talking to you humans. After all, what is good is talking to ant? But you are no ordinary ant, are you, little God slayer?" Acnologia stated with a toothy grin.

"Nrrghh!" Naruto growled as he tensed up.

"Now, show me something interesting, unless you want me to resume playing with those other ants." Acnologia taunted Naruto.

"Arrgghhhh!" Naruto shouted as he clapped his hands together and channeled his magic power, right into the ground beneath him. Slowly, thick, green wood began to push the ground apart as Naruto himself started to rise into the air. Slowly, a giant, bearded masculine face with horns sticking out of either side of it's head rose up under the ground. The wooden giants body was muscular like a humans, with 3 arms on each side of it's body. A nest of branches and vegetation formed a loincloth and covered the area where the genitals on the titan would have been, and the giant construct finished forming muscular legs and feet, with the knees and ankles having branches wrapped around them.

"Primeval Titan!" Naruto shouted as he was now standing on a 300 foot, multi-armed Titan, ready to beat the Dragon of the Apocalypse to death, or die trying.

"It's almost as tall as my max height in my titan form." Makarov said as he stood on his feet again, exiting the form by jumping up and landing on top of the Titan's head.

"I will support you as best I can, youngster!" Makarov said as he clapped his hands together.

"Maximum Defense Seal: Fairy Blessing!" Makarov shouted as the Titan Naruto had created gained a golden glow to it. "This will reduce the damage he can do to your construct. It's a very basic spell and can't do much spread out on this construct, but given our situation, this is the best I can muster right now!"

"I'll take any help I can get against that thing!" Naruto shouted back as he turned back to the Black Dragon.

"Here we come, Acnologia!" Naruto shouted.

The Dragon and both mages roared as Naruto sent the giant fists pummeling down on Acnologia as the dragon swung its wings at the hands, their attacks meeting and the shockwaves being produced from clash being felt all through the island.

With the Rest of Fairy Tail

The group of Fairy Tail mages had stopped running as they saw the giant construct behind them and were now arguing with themselves, "We have to go back! We can't leave Master Makarov and Naruto-kun!" Mirajane argued.

"Mira-nee, Naruto-nee begged us to run and live on. They both did." Lisanna told her sister, even though she hated saying it, knowing that they were leaving their master and the man who was like an older brother to her, to die.

"There is no way we will get away from the island in time, and then what are we supposed to do!? Just wait for that…monster to…kill Master and Naruto and then come after us as well!?" Mira struggled to say, on the verge of crying at talking about Naruto, Makarov and death in the same sentence.

"Mira's got a point. Even if they can hold off the monster, it won't be for long." Gray pointed out, as they observed the giant wooden structure Naruto had conjured battling Acnologia, lose one of it's arms to the beast.

"Then the only option left is to stand and fight." Erza stated, making Gildarts and Laxus sigh, knowing that the group was leaning heavily on going back for Naruto and Makarov. They'd have to go back to try and keep them alive, even though they would prefer trying to get the rest of the guild to safety.

"Let show this dragon not to mess with Fairy Tail!" Natsu shouted as he raised his fist and the air and most of the others were in agreement.

Back with Acnologia

A cloud of dirt and dust cleared to reveal the Titan that Naruto had formed was in pieces, Acnologia standing over Markarov, while Naruto was collapsed and hunched over against a cliff. It looked like Acnologia was going to finish off Makarov, but then Acnologia heard Natsu running towards him.

Seeing the other human and smelling the scent of Dragons on him, Acnologia growled before bringing his tail down to crush Natsu. Only for the pinkette to roll out of the way and jump onto Acnologia's tail before jumping up and grabbing onto his arm.

"We're getting gramps and Naruto back! Ya hear me?!" Natsu shouted at Acnologia, with the Dragon King looking him, regarding the pinkette as little more than an insect.

"Natsu!?" Naruto said, his eyes wide with shock and disbelief that the dragon slayer had come back.

Acnologia snarled, lifting his arm up and swinging it at Makarov, sending the Guild Master crashing against a rock formation while Natsu managed to hold on.

As Markarov looked up after coughing the dust out of his lungs, he also noticed a familiar redhead standing in front of him and felt his eyes widen. "Erza, you too?" he asked in pain.

"I was down with the plan to evacuate." a voice said, drawing Makarov's attention to Laxus, "I'm sure there are plenty of people out there who'd let the old guy and a stranger take the fall." he said as he looked to his grandfather with a smile, "But not this guild."

"Now attack!" Erza commanded the rest of her friends as they jumped into the fray, attacking Acnologia, bringing down wave after wave of magic on its gigantic body.

"You damn stupid bunch of kids." Tears swelled up at the corners of Makarov's eyes, he couldn't believe it and he didn't know what to say, so he sat there, and sobbed quietly.

Naruto, on the other hand, was for more vocal about making his displeasure known. "YOU STUPID IDIOTS! YOU WERE SUPPOSED RUN AND LIVE!"

Laxus gave a loud yell as he called upon all his power, "Alright you guy's, let's hit this overgrown lizard with everything we've got! If you let loose on him and I blast him with a million watts of lightning, he'll learn to never mess with Fairy Tail again!".

"Laxus!" the Thunder Legion said with grins.

"Laxus-san." Wendy said in awe of his power as Gajeel and Gray let out a chuckle.

On Acnologia's arm, Natsu heard the crackling electricity before he saw the glow of the lightning wizard, "Laxus?" he asked.

"You better get out of the way Natsu, cause here it comes!" Laxus told him.

"Hold on just a second, man." Natsu responded.

"No, do it now Laxus!" Erza cried out.

"I HAVEN'T MOVED YET, DAMN IT!" Natsu cried out in panic.

"YOU CAN'T FIGHT HIM! HE'S TOO POWERFUL!" Naruto shouted at them.

However, Laxus knew they had to act fast before the dragon moved, so Laxus let out a yell of, "RAGING BOLT" as he hurled as much lightning out from his body as possible, sending it straight at the dragon. Soon after, the other member's of Fairy Tail added their magic into the attack until it was one large spiraling beam of magic energy as it raced towards Acnologia. Natsu's friend Happy quickly used his Magic to fly and grab Natsu before he was consumed by the attack that quickly enveloped Acnologia in a dome of power.

On a clifftop far from the battle was a young girl, with long, wavy, yellow-blonde hair that reached down to her feet with a single lock pointing upwards, large green eyes that appeared to have no irises. She had peachy skin and a slight, childlike build. She was wearing a frilly, pink layered robe with a red ribbon tied in a bow around her neck. Around her chest were three blue diamond patterns with two blue triangles above. Each series of these was outlined in hot pink. She had wing-like adornments around her ears and small hoop earrings and was barefoot.

She looked down at the battle with a soft smile, yet her eyes were in the sad manner. The current generation of Fairy Tail fighting against the strongest Dragon. Anyone who had an inkling about the Dragon King's strength knew that Fairy Tail had no hope of victory, as their attacks did no damage to the Black Dragon. She closed her eyes, put her hands together, and prayed.

Naruto slowly picked himself off his feet and out of the rocks he was embedded in. He was mad, beyond mad that they had come back and basically negated his and Makarov's sacrifice, but after thinking about it, it was just like that situation in his youth when he and Team 7 fought Zabuza. Even if they had run, Acnologia would have hunted them down later anyway. The only option left, was to make a stand here and now. But not in the way the guild was currently thinking.

'I'm under no delusions that we could actually win. Even if I was fully rested…no, not even then.' Naruto clenched his hands into fists, and spread his legs out.

'It's a long shot, but it's the only chance we have. I got to try!' he thought as he summoned whatever magic power he had left.

Laxus felt his eyes widen in shock as the dragon remained unaffected by the Unison Raid they had unleashed on him, "Seriously, we totally unloaded on this bastard and he's still smiling?" he asked himself.

He then called out, "Alright, let's see what you dragon slayer's can do!" he yelled out as the cats picked up their own partner and flew above Acnologia, "You hear me, Natsu?!".

"Let's show this overgrown lizard what Fairy Tail is really capable of!" Gajeel roared.

"Right." the others agreed. They each drew back their heads and began to unleash thier breath attacks at the dragon.

" Iron Dragon's Roar!" Gajeel called out.

"Sky Dragon's Roar!" Wendy yelled out.

"Fire Dragon's Roar!" Natsu roared.

The attacks all combined into a single Unison Raid and hit the Black Dragon head on. It not only pushed the dragon back, it sent the him crashing into the water behind him. Landing on the ground, the group of dragon slayers waited to see if they had brought the dragon down.

"Did it work?" Natsu asked.

"Of course, it didn't work." Gildarts said as he spoke up.

"What do you mean?' Gray asked him.

"He's not even using half the power he used when he fought me, he's toying with us." he told the Ice Wizard as the ground shuddered before it broke apart as Acnologia rose to the sky once again, knocking some of the wizards to the ground.

The black dragon roared loudly as he hovered above Fairy Tail, looking down upon them like they were mere insects.

"Is everyone alright?" Erza asked loudly as she got up from the ground.

"None of our attacks are working!" Elfman said through gritted teeth, as he stood next to his sister, who had deactivated her Satan Soul.

"His power's unbelievable." Gajeel remarked.

"We gave it everything we had." Wendy cried, "Three dragons slayers all at the same time. Our whole guild went against him and it still wasn't enough."

"This shouldn't happen. I'm supposed to be a freaking dragon slayer, so why couldn't I beat him?" Natsu growled out to himself.

"RAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Came a shout from behind them all as they looked back to see Naruto standing on his feet, roaring to the heavens. Magic energy began to fill the air and the air began to heat up as white flames covered his body. His hair flickered from blonde to blood red until it finally settled on red and his sclera turned black again. Finally, the wind died down and the dust settled to reveal Naruto in his God Force mode.

"You wanted my best, Acnologia, so here it is." Naruto said coldly. Meanwhile, in the back of his head, he was thinking 'I don't have much time left. I can maybe last a full minute in this state. I've gotta make it count.'

"Finally" Acnologia muttered to himself as he gave a toothy grin as he readied himself. Now, the Black Dragon would get to see what this God Slayer was truly made of.

"It's time to end this, Black Dragon." Naruto said, crouching low as focused jets of white flame appeared on his feet, propelling him forward as he rushed the Black Dragon. Acnologia swiped at him with his claws and Naruto managed barrel roll out of the way.

"Flame God's Heavenly Axe!" Naruto shouted, hitting Acnologia in the stomach with his flame-clad heel, the force of the blow and the fact that they were in mid-air sending Acnologia flying upwards. While Acnologia was sent upwards, Naruto hit him a dozen times in his chest and face, causing the dragon to flip over in mid-air so his back was now facing the ground.

Naruto appeared above Acnologia, charging a mass of white flames around his fist before rushing straight for Acnologia. "Flame God's Righteous Fist!" Naruto shouted as he smashed his fist into the same spot he hit Acnologia previously. The blow caused a shockwave to reverberate through the air as the Black Dragon was sent crashing into the ground beneath them, kicking up a plume of dust and dirt.

"Flame God's Bellow!" Naruto shouted as he sent out a giant beam of white fire that hit Acnologia directly in the chest as he lay in the crater, exploding in giant pillar of white flames. The heat from his fire was beyond anything the Fairy Tail guild had ever witnessed, as all the vegetation around for hundreds of feet rapidly dried out.

"E-eh." Lucy groaned as she was pummeled by the heat form Naruto's attack.

"I can feel the heat from here!" Mira cried out as she covered her face to stave off the sheer heat from Naruto's attack.

"I-it burns." Levy said as Gajeel moved in front of her.

"Stay behind me." he said, trying to protect her from the heat waves that assaulted them.

"I-I feel like I'm boiling." Juvia said as she covered her face.

"Naruto-nii's is so manly!" Elfman exclaimed as he was sweating like a melting popsicle.

"T-this heat is unlike anything I've ever felt." Lisanna said as she covered her eyes.

"This is bad. Like really really bad." Happy said in shock.

"When you burn down the east and you burn down the west!" Naruto chanted as he gathered the flames in each hand, before flying at top speed down toward Acnologia. Acnologia swung his tail, clearing the dust, and turned his gaze up to see Naruto making a beeline straight towards him.

Acnologia's wings spread wide as he generated several velvet orbs of magic behind him. "Eternal Flare!" He roared as he generated orbs around him that fired powerful beams of purple light straight at Naruto.

"Can't let those hit me!" Naruto muttered to himself as he barrel-rolled and weaved around the lights narrowly avoiding the blasts, before he got through them.

"Flame God's Kagutsuchi!" Naruto roared as he slammed both the orbs into Acnologia's chest, in the same spot he had hit with his last few attacks. The spell detonated and both Dragon and God Slayer were consumed in a giant dome of white flame. The intensity of Naruto's godly fire cause all the vegetation around them that had dried out from the previous attack to light on fire, as the entire forest behind the dome started to burn down. Meanwhile, off in the distance, the beam's from Acnologia's spell detonated in the vast horizon, lighting it up. Fairy Tail couldn't see where the beams had landed, but some of them could morbidly guess that a lot things were blown up just now.

"I feels like we're being deep-fried in a stove." Pantherlily said as sweat poured from his brow.

"It's too hot." Carla cried out as she began to sweat heavily.

Cana and her friends looked at the God Slayer's assault with wide eyes as well, "That's unbelievable. It's almost like I'm standing in front of the sun itself." Cana said.

"Awesome." Natsu said in amazement as he felt the heat of Naruto's attack.

Naruto jumped out of the flame pillar and landed a small distance from the rest of the guild. He doubted that his spells had done much. In fact, it felt like he was the one getting hurt here, as the fist's he had slammed Acnologia with earlier were bruised and shaking, and it was painful to move his fingers. His foot was little better off, shaking and making it difficult to stand.

The fire died down and Acnologia could be seen getting up out of the flames, basically uninjured. Except for a black spot about the size of his two fists, right where pristine white scales had once been.

Lucy felt her eyes widen in shock, "All those attacks basically had no effect?!" she exclaimed.

"Seriously?" Laxus said in shock.

"How could he have survived those flames with only minor injuries?" Ezra asked.

"He's barely got a scratch on him, that attack should have destroyed him!" Lisanna said in horror.

"Can that dragon even be killed?" Gildarts asked.

"How are we supposed to beat something that can withstand all of those attacks?" Wendy asked in fear.

"I don't know." Mira said, shaking in her shoes.

Naruto felt his hair flicker back to it's normal color for a moment and he knew he had to end this.

"Flame God's Severing Flame!" He shouted, stomping forward as he crafted a giant double-bladed axe made of white flame. Acnologia raised his arm to block and the axe made contact. Naruto struggled and pushed with all his might until finally…

SSSSLIIIIIIIICCCCCCEEEEEE

Blood flew from Acnologia's wound that Naruto made, as his axe of white flame made a long diagonal cut roughly a 1/8 inch deep, immediately cauterizing it.

"He drew blood!" Mirajane exclaimed in surprise.

'I didn't think it was possible.' Gildarts thought to himself with wide eyes as he watched a man probably a little older than his newly-discovered daughter take on the Black Dragon of the Apocalypse and actually injure him.

"Tch! Not nearly deep enough." Naruto growled, knowing that the cut he just made was far too shallow to do any real damage and was basically just a flesh wound. 'But now he's open!' Naruto swung the axe one more time, this time at the scales he had blackened earlier. Like before, the axe didn't immediately cut through the scales, instead struggling and causing sparks to fly. Naruto could feel himself about to exit God Force, so with a roar, he conjured a massive jet of white flame where his elbow was to give himself the extra push he needed to slice open Acnologia's chest. It was another shallow, horizontal cut along the dragons chest, but the heat of the flames cauterized the flesh.

"He cut him again!" Cana wondered in amazement.

"None of our attacks had any effect on the dragon, but Naruto was able to injure him." Laxus said.

"But he's returned to normal. He can't maintain his powered-up state anymore." Gildarts pointed out.

Acnologia roared at Naruto, causing Naruto to go flying back dozen meters. He flipped in the air and managed to land on his feet, skidding to a stop. Upon landing, he nearly fell over. He was nearly out of magic. 'I can't maintain God Force anymore. And I can't use my Sacred Hallowed Arts, not at level I need to use them right now.' Naruto thought. 'So it's gonna have to be that spell. It isn't meant to be used in this version against a single opponent, cause it takes too long to charge when used like this, but its the best I can do.'

"Sorry Fairy Tail, I know this island is important to you, but I can't afford to hold back." Naruto said in apology as he was aware of some of the history of this island. Naruto stood tall, taking a deep breath, a cloak of black flames covering his body, as he began to form shinobi handsigns. "Ushi, saru, u, ne, inoshishi, tori, ushi, uma, tori, ne, tora, inu, tora, mi, ushi, hitsuji, mi, inoshishi, hitsuji, ne." (1) He had not used shinobi handsigns in years, so suffice say, he was a little rusty and a bit slow. As he made these handsigns, a series of nine black flame orbs appearing in a giant circle in front of him.

Acnologia made no move to dodge or stop the spell, supremely confident that he would weather it easily, while also knowing this would Naruto's last big spell, though he did tense up to prepare himself.

"Jin, saru, tori, tatsu, tori, ushi, uma, hitsuji, tora, mi, ne, saru, u, inoshishi, tatsu, hitsuji." Naruto muttered as the black orbs of fire all collected into one giant sphere almost 10 times bigger than himself. The island started to shake and crack as the spell grew more and more powerful.

"That spell is massive!" Lucy said in worry.

"He could destroy the whole island with that spell!" Happy shouted freaking out at the size of the spell.

"We're too close to him! That spell might catch us by mistake!" Erza told them.

"Everybody, move back!" Gildarts ordered and everyone followed suit.

"Tori!" Upon making the final handsign, the giant orb condensed and compressed slowly until it was only a few feet tall.

"Flame God's…" Naruto breathed as he leaned his whole head backwards, "…Imperial Bellow!" He threw his head forward and roared, the giant orb turning into a giant beam of black fire that headed straight for Acnologia, impacting him dead on, unleashing a violent torrent of flame that consumed the Black Dragon and a 1/5 of the island, becoming a pillar of black flame hundreds of feet tall.

"So strong." Natsu said in amazement, at Naruto's strength. Yet, seeing this massive spell, Natsu was starting feel a little self-conscious. None of them had been a threat to Acnologia, not enough that the Black Dragon would take them even a little seriously, and Natsu was angry with himself. He felt useless, as he had been unable to do anything against Bluenote, against Hades, and now, against Acnologia. Meanhile, Naruto had been fighting all day against multiple high-level opponents, had gone against the Master of Grimoire Heart and, with the exception of a few individuals, basically soloed the entire Dark Guild by himself. He hated feeling like he couldn't protect his friends, while having to rely on someone else to protect Fairy Tail. And he swore to himself, that if they get through this, he was gonna knuckle down and get stronger so this didn't happen again. In fact, the rest of Fairy Tail felt the same, none of them wanting to feel powerless or helpless against an enemy threatens their guild and family again, all of them being inspired by Naruto's own strength and determination.

"It truly is terrifying, that he generated a spell like that with so little magic energy left and having fought all day." Makarov noted, knowing he was already exhausted from all the energy he had spent before the fight.

Naruto fell to one knee as his fire roared in front of him. He had exhausted his magic power to the point he couldn't use his Flame God Slayer Magic anymore today, unless he were to get a boost from some flames.

Naruto's eyes widened as he sensed something in the cloud of dust and jumped back. He swiped his hand and shouted "Protect!" At his voice, a Kanji for the word appeared in the air, just in time for Acnologia's clenched draconic fist come out of the flame pillar, straight for Naruto. The giant fist smashed into the Kanji, and for maybe a split second, stopped him. But the Black Dragon was too strong to be stopped by a measly spell such as this and smashed right through it. His fist slammed into Naruto's entire body, sending him flying dozens of meters, right into the ground, kicking up a cloud of dust.

"Naruto!" Mirajane said in worry.

"His Solid Script didn't slow the Dragon down at all." Levy said in horror.

Meanwhile, Gildarts grimaced as he was only other individual here that had ever taken a hit from Acnologia, and knew if the blonde somehow survived the initial, he wouldn't be in good shape.

The smoke cleared and in the crater was Naruto, who wasn't looking good at all. Blood covered the left side of his face and the sides of his mouth, while fresh streams of blood trailed down his left arm, which hung limply at his side. His left leg was visibly shaking and bloody from hip to ankle as well.

"Nrgh, bastard." Naruto grunted as he coughed up blood and fell to the ground.

"Naruto-kun!" Mirajane shouted in worry as she ran over to him, horrified at his injuries, but turn him onto his back.

"Wendy, please, help him." Mirajane begged Wendy, who was also horrified at the extent of his injuries, yet pushed her horror down and came over and began to apply her healing spell. She soon gasped and widened her eyes as she realized the extent of his injuries.

"H-how are you still alive, Naruto-san?" Wendy asked as her Healing spell told her the extent of his injuries. All the bones in his left arm were shattered. He had multiple, deep fractures through his shoulder and left rib cage. He had internal bleeding in multiple organs and to top everything off, his left leg was also dislocated at the knee and the femur, fibula, and tibia bones were completely shattered and in many pieces, so he couldn't stand at the moment.

"…Cause I'm…a stubborn…bastard…and I refuse…to die." Naruto huffed deeply as he brought his good arm over and placed his hand in front of his mouth. The two girls then heard a sucking sound coming from him. All at once, the fires that had been created from his earlier attacks in God Force melted away from their place in the island and flew over to Naruto. He consumed the fire for a few moments and soon enough, all the fire that was raging on the island was gone, consumed by Naruto. Yet the Fairy Tail mages noticed, he didn't get a giant boost of magic energy.

Naruto then slowly sat up and looked at Wendy. "Shift your focus to my leg, I'll be able to fix in a bit." Wendy nodded numbly and began healing his dislocated knee. To her surprise, his bones that were shattered before were now reminiscent of deep fractures, his internal bleeding was gone, while the bones that were fractured were good as new. Still bad but not the horrific injuries they had been.

"Impressive. You used your little Oriental Solid Script Magic to make a shield to take away some of the force of the blow, and you jumped back so it wouldn't hit you as hard. But I'm far too powerful for parlor tricks like that to do anything." Acnologia commented as he came into view, his wings singed a bit, but otherwise fine.

"Maybe so, but they did their job. I'm…alive." Naruto grunted out slowly.

"Barely. You had to consume all that fire you made earlier and use all of it to heal yourself just to not die." Acnologia pointed.

Naruto growled as he pulled away from Mira, as he gripped his bad leg with his good arm, and with sharp exertion and shout of pain form Naruto, he reset his left leg so it was no longer dislocated.

Naruto stilled himself as he rose to his feet and stood tall, summoning a Devil Sword. "You still want to fight, even though you know you have no chance of victory?"

"I will fight…to the bitter end…to protect what is mine!" Naruto stated proudly.

"You'll die if we continue to fight," Acnologia pointed out.

"If this is the end, then so be it! If I must die to protect these people, this guild, this family that is now also mine, then I will give my life…gladly." Naruto said, his voice full of resolve, as he stared down the Dragon King.

"Naruto-kun," Mira said with tears in her eyes.

"Only in Fairy Tail." Natsu said with a smile, despite the situation.

"This guild, really is something special," Erza said to herself, able to appreciate the fact that a former enemy was now defending them and proclaiming them as his family.

Acnologia grinned, revealing his shiny fangs.

"State your name, human." Acnologia said.

"Naruto…Uzumaki." He said.

"10 years." The Black Dragon said, confusing the Fairy Tail mages present as well as Naruto. "If you survive this, then in 10 years, we shall fight again. It's been a long time since someone was actually powerful enough to leave a mark on my flesh. This world is vast and while I could kill you now in your weakened state, that would be no fun at all. It would be like killing an ant with a cannon. Imagine what you could be when you have reached the zenith of your power. Become stronger, learn all that you can, and when the time for us to do battle again comes," Acnologia started to fly and hover in the sky, "SEEK ME OUT, MASTER OF THE DIVINE FLAME!" With his piece said, he rose further and further into the air.

"What do you think he'll do now?" Pantherlily asked.

"Maybe he'll decide to just go back home." Happy suggested in fear as he shivered at the dragon above them.

However, that hope was dashed as Acnologia began to inhale deeply.

"Breath attack!" Gajeel shouted when he saw magic energy began to swirl around Acnologia's mouth.

"Is he planning on destroy the entire island?" Cana asked in shock.

"My god, is he that strong?" Juvia asked in worry.

Natsu was gritting his teeth, angry and disappointed in himself that he couldn't do anything against the Dragon. Only to open them when he heard Lucy crying, "N-no. Isn't there anything we can do? Are we all just gonna die here?"

"Defense Magic users, bring out your most powerful spells, NOW!" Erza ordered.

"I'm completely useless right now, I've barely got any fumes left." Naruto said as he had used his remaining magic just to survive Acnologia's hit.

"I don't have any time to write an enchantment." Freed muttered in frustration.

"Script Magic has plenty of other defensive spells we can use right now." Levy said hurriedly, sweat pouring down her forehead. By now anyone could feel the vast amount of magic Acnologia was emitting, even from here.

"Everyone, concentrate all your magical energy on Freed and Levy." Lisanna shouted.

"Let's hold hands!" Mirajane Strauss said and offered her hands to the nearest person, her brother, as he took it.

Natsu extended his own hand to Lucy, who looked up from crying into her hands and look at him. "Come on, Lucy. We are not gonna go out crying." He said, his resolve to live for his family and friends as hard as stone.

Lucy slowly took Natsu's hand in her own, before she nodded, reinvigorated by his resolve and shouted, "Fairy Tail never gives up the fight!"

"We've all gotta face our fears together! We'll show him we have a bond that can never be broken." Gray stated, taking Lucy's and Juvia's hands in his, as everyone started following suit.

"We go home together." Mira said as she offered her hand to Naruto.

He nodded after looking at it, taking her hand in his. "Together." He said, while taking Lisanna's hand in his other hand.

Laxus offered his own hand to his grandfather, who grasped it in his own, and then said with tears in his eyes, moved by the bonds between his guild. "Okay, kids. Let us all go home together."

As one they all said, "Back home to Fairy Tail." Underneath their feet, the ground began to glow.

Acnologia waited no more and unleashed his breath attack, releasing a beam of pure magic. Off in the distance, Zeref, the members of the Magic Council, Ultear and Meredy all watched the blast consume the entire island, lighting up the sky before the light died down to revealed the entire island was gone.

"I guess it's over now, Natsu." Zeref said as he watched the Acnologia fly off into the wild blue yonder.

It all happened on this day December 16th, in the year 784, on Tenjrou Island. The day that Acnologia, wiped it off the map.

Chapter End

AN: Been a while since I updated this one, I wasn't even sure I was gonna continue it. Obviously, no matter how powerful Naruto is currently, even with his help, Fairy Tail didn't have a snowball's chance against Acnologia. And while I love Fairy Tail, I was disappointed that Acnologia, the final boss, was beaten with the power of friendship. I feel like he was done dirty with that, so I'm gonna warn everyone right now, that will NOT happen in this story. Anyway, Acnologia has wiped out the island after promising Naruto that they will do battle again. Next chapter will pick up after the 7 year time skip. Til next time.

1. So for those that know their Naruto anime, you'll probably recognize this as the handsigns for Water Style: Water Dragon jutsu. I could have made up my own sequence, but I like the way one this one sounds from the anime, so I kept it as is.