Hey all, I am back.
So last time we ended off with Natsu having his spar against Sting and Rogue…with Gajeel getting a little side-tracked…literally.
Now, I decided to skip the crap that happened between then and the final event because I did not have access to the series when writing this chapter. No, I will not say what happened and Yes, Naru will still be part of Team Fairy Tail during that event.
Hope you enjoy this chapter, because it goes against what I usually like to write. Reason: I received many requests for Naru to basically go Nuts on the other teams. Don't worry, the others will still have a fight, but it will be mainly Naru who recks the opposition. (Again, I am not fond of writing OP characters…pretty sure I wrote that on my Profile somewhere…)
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Oh, and for Omega Realism, who ranted and threatened me on my Naruto X Star Wars story:
Just Shut Up and allow people to PM you with Explanations. Since you blocked your PM services, I was unable to at least explain what my thought process was. Yes, I may not have been clear on whether Naruto was a Therianthrope or a Anthropomorphic Fox…thing, and I made that clear later on in the Description, but still, there is a Big Fucking Difference between a Therianthrope, an Anthropomorphic Fox and Furry. Learn the Differences!
A Therianthrope is basically a Human with animal Features, examples being Werewolves from 'Is it Wrong to pick up Girls in a Dungeon', or literally each and every person other than Cinque, Becky and Nanami from Dog Days.
Anthropomorphic beings are Animals with Human appearances, a good example being the Khajeet from the Elder Scrolls Franchise or literally each and every character in Zootopia.
Finally, Furry is basically just Animals who can speak like a Human (At least, that's how I understand it), an example being Disney's Lion King (In hindsight, many of Disney's Cartoons and Comics are also Anthropomorphic, eg. Micky Mouse and Donald Duck).
No. I will never write a story where Furry would appear would be in stories where there are talking animals in the first place, such as Kuromaru from the Naruto Franchise (he can talk), and as a lesser example, Yoruichi from Bleach before it was revealed that a) it was a SHE, and b) Yourichi was a Shinigami who could transform into a Cat.
And also, I have made screen shots of your Review as well as copied my Profile, so If you or anyone Hacks my profile, I can simply just move to AO3, or create a new Profile after I finally manage to contact an Admin that is.
My last point to you, Omega Realism, is this. YOU have no Idea what it is like to write entire Stories to Completion. I have checked your Profile, You don't have a single Story under your name, You don't have a Profile to speak off and you only have 1 Fav Story. So let me ask you this:
Given everything I have said, what right do you have to tell me what to do and why I should Care if you have friends in very shady places if I have backup/alternate strategies already in place?
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Anyway…
Responses to Reviews:
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SilverSurfer24: The genderbending thing has to do with how you wish to portray your MC. For this story, I chose the female Persona because I fear that if I went for Naruto, then I would have made Naruto way to generic. It is just easier for me to write Naru as a completely different person who has most of Naruto's traits, meaning that Naru could basically be considered an OC for all intents and purposes.
And thanks for the support.
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On with the Story…
Previously, on Scarlet plus Crimson:
That Evening
Fairy Tail was celebrating in their Tavern for reaching 1st place overall following their victory over Sabertooth, with Lucy attending in a wheelchair under the watchful eye of Porlyusuca. Naru was there as well, along with two green toads…one of whom immediately smashed Natsu with a rolling pin when he asked who the old toads were.
The two toad elders immediately found a mutual respect with Makarov and the three began lamenting on the poor manners of the younger generations…with Natsu starting a brawl in the background and Naru making sure that nothing and nobody hit the three elders in the room…and throwing everything back the way it came.
Even Erza took part in the Brawl after trying a cup of the Sake the toads had offered Makarov…she was flat out drunk.
Chapter 22, Destroying a City? It's a Fairy Tail Speciality
The Crowds were cheering as the remaining teams entered the Arena, though when Sabertooth arrived, there were noticeably fewer cheers than the other guilds.
However, when Fairy Tail's team arrived, the cheers erupted, before becoming silent when they saw who was on the team.
Gajeel, Gray, Laxus, Erza and Naru just stood there, seemingly not responding to the cheering. Instead they were doing something else…that being telepathically conversing with a certain Blonde former Guild Master, who was basically telling Naru to have fun whilst leaving some Mages for the others to fight.
Everyone's eyebrows twitched when the other 4 Fairy Tail Mages mentally roared their approval.
"Alright, alright. How about I leave Quatro Cerebus to you guys then? Or Blue Pegasus?" Naru suggested, only to wince slightly at the glares she was receiving.
"I'll take Rai…Rouge. He wanted to fight me yesterday, but Salamander had to be a Teme about it." Gajeel requested.
"I would like to take on Kagura…it's been a while since I last faced a fellow Magic Swordwoman." Erza requested. "Apart from Naru of course."
"Let me handle that Rufus fellow." Gray said. I still owe him for what he did during that one game."
"Let me have Orga." Laxus grunted.
Mavis was just sitting at her spot with the rest of the guild, sweat dropping at the conversation. She wondered that if this was what the guild was like now, then it was no different from the time when she was still Guildmaster.
"Ok, if I find them, I'll try to bring them to your location…" Naru muttered. "Just beware of flying debris."
"So, we are finally here…the last day of the Tournament!" they heard all three announcers say together, breaking up their conversation long enough for them to hear the Scores being announced.
1st Place: Fairy Tail with 45 points.
2nd Place and Tied with 1st: Mermaid Heel.
3rd Place: Sabertooth with 44 points.
4th Place: Blue Pegasus with 31 Points.
5th Place: Lamia Scale with 26 Points.
6th Place: Quatro Puppy with 16 Points. (1)
Next thing they knew, they were somewhere in Crocus, with a large screen appearing before each team.
The screen showed Chapati who explained that this event was a team battle Royal and that any damage would be repaired by magical means afterwards, so there was no need to hold back.
Also, there was no time limit…and out of the 6 teams, 5 suddenly shivered as the 5 pairs of glowing eyes of the 6th team #coughFairyTailcough gleamed in anticipation at the good news for them.
The event started…and Fairy Tail was already missing one person who seemingly disappeared from view. Next thing everyone knew, the City was swarming with Naru's Clones.
With Quatro Cerebus:
The only one who put up a challenge was Bacchus, but when Naru's clones entered sage mode, they knocked him out of his drunkenness by forcing a bottle of Prairie Oyster Sauce down his throat, then slapping him into unconsciousness. Rufus, who was watching this thanks to one of his stolen spells, started sweating when he sensed a presence behind him.
"You are not my target, chum." Naru's clone said as she grabbed him by the collar and prepared to throw him in some random direction. "Your opponent is over there." Rufus was sent flying through the air, impacting the Building near where Gray was walking.
"Damnit, Naru…you threw him into a Library with tons of Grimoires…" he grumbled as he entered the building through the front door.
With Mermaid Heel:
The team consisting solely of girls barely left their square when suddenly Kagura disappeared from their sight.
"What the…" Millianna said before a spoon of Catnip was shoved into her mouth, whilst the other were given a chakra enhanced finger flick to the forehead…and a chop to the back of the head when Risley wasn't knocked unconscious by the flick. (1)
Millianna was then assaulted by three clones who tickled the hell out of her. She would be the least injured person whom Naru faced off against…physically that is.
With Blue Pegasus:
For one Mage here, it wasn't a Battle…it was a one-sided beat down.
Ichiya saw Naru, the real one mind you, arrive and spouted something about Parfume again.
If there was one thing that Naru could without a doubt say about Blue Pegasus' S-rank Mage, it was that the guy could take a beating and come out unscathed.
Which is why Naru continued to beat him until he was KO.
The three Playboys of course were outraged that their sempai was beaten up like that, but Naru merely smashed them into several buildings without much trouble.
Jenny, seeing the devastation, was about to surrender when Naru simply punched her in the face, making her crash into a nearby fountain.
With Lamia Scale:
The Mages from Lamia Scale, after seeing Rufus fly off towards who knows where, advanced as a team at a more sedate place, that is, until Sherria was suddenly grabbed by the ankles and dragged down to her neck into the ground.
"Sherria!" the others shouted, only to freeze when they heard someone giggle.
Turning, they saw that it was Naru.
"Don't worry, I just immobilized her. Maybe scraped her clothes here and there but nothing threatening." She said, giving them a warm smile, whilst lifting her hands and forming two well known chakra orbs.
"Uhm…Naru-dono…" Even Jura was sweating buckets. "Can we speak about this?"
"Hmm? About what?" Naru said sweetly.
"Uhm…can we watch you kick Sabertooth's Ass before you kick ours?" Lyon asked.
"Yes…Uhm…That." Yura agreed hastily, wanting to save his hide if only for another few minutes.
Naru hummed, before a clone nearby dispelled, letting the Original know about the request.
A few seconds later, the Clone in front of them got a reply.
"Yeah, Ok. The Boss says that you can come and watch." She dispersed her Rasengans and walked forward, grabbing Sherria by her collar and lifting her out of the ground. "But, once she is done with that Minerva Bitch…" her eyes turned red with vertical pupils, "…she will be coming for your asses."
The smile she gave the Mages was as warm as it was unsettling.
"Oh, don't worry, she won't go all out against you. Instead, she'll only use her Base strength and battle you lot together." The clone said, easing the Mage's fears.
With the Real Naru
After finishing off Ichiya again, who had regained consciousness after she punched Jenny, Naru made her way over to where the members of Team Sabertooth were, minus Rufus who was in an intense fight with Gray.
Sting and Rogue were the first to notice her approaching, having smelled her scent. They oddly found it to be a mixture of Flowers, Sweat, Blood, Toads and Foxes.
"Here she comes." Rogue said as the 4 members got ready.
Naru just continued walking towards them, before stopping some 20 meters away from them, and just looked at them for a while.
"Rogue, Orga." She suddenly spoke up, making the Sabertooth mages flinch somewhat. "The two of you have been challenged by Gajeel and Laxus respectively."
The two Slayers looked at each other in surprise.
"Gajeel is waiting for Rogue in the small Amphitheatre a few blocks to the West of here. Laxus is waiting at some random fountain in the City." Naru said. As if on cue, a bolt of Lightning shot up into the sky. "Somewhere in that Direction." Naru added, trying not to visibly flinch at the Lightning Dragon Slayer roaring in her mind.
"Where is Rufus?" Sting asked.
"Ducking it out with Gray at the moment." Naru shrugged. "All I did was throw Rufus into a Library, according to Gray at least."
"How can we trust you?" Rogue asked, suspicious of her actions.
"Because I already cleared my Grudge with Rufus earlier during the tournament." Naru told him. "To be Honest, the only ones here I hold a Grudge against is Minerva." The area suddenly started feeling cold, even for the Lamia Scale Mages sitting on the far side of the Square. "You wanted us to know what happens when you Dis a Tiger? Well, you just unleashed something even more Frightening." Naru told her.
Just as quickly as it appeared, the cold feeling disappeared.
"Now, Rogue, Orga, get going before I change my mind."
The two Mages gulped and nodded, before heading off in their respective directions, warily looking at Naru as they passed her.
Sting and Minerva were sweating Buckets as they knew that they were in for a tough fight.
(A/N: The Fight between Gray and Rufus and Gajeel and Rogue is Canon, just FYI)
With Laxus, a few minutes later
Orga arrived at the fountain where Laxus was waiting.
"About time you showed up." He said.
"Well, sorry, but I had no reason not to believe that Uzumaki would let me pass without problem." Orga said.
Laxus grunted. "I know your feeling." He said, removing his cape and charging up his Magic. "She is one of the strongest Mages we have after all, if not the strongest."
Orga raised an eyebrow as he too charged up his Magic. "Oh? And you think that she is guaranteed to defeat Lady Minerva?" he asked. True he had his doubts, but he also believed that there were very few, if any, Mages that were stronger than the daughter of the former Guild Master.
For a moment the Lightning stopped around Laxus as he sighed. "I am more worried about what the chances are that her actual target will Survive the confrontation." He said sadly.
Orga quirked an eyebrow, wondering what he was talking about. He was about to ask what Laxus meant when something smashed through a nearby building, after going through a number of others.
"What is she?" Orga recognized Minerva's voice barely because he had never heard her speak with that much fear before. "How could she break through my Magic like that?" Minerva tried running away, but a long fury rope came flying through the holes she had made in the buildings and wrapped itself around her ankle as she was about to take the first step.
"GET BACK HERE YOU BITCH!" Orga and Laxus heard Naru roar as Minerva was pulled all the way back to where Naru was standing.
"Nevermind…and Thanks." Orga said. Now it was Laxus' Time to quirk an eyebrow.
"What for?" he asked.
"For saving me from that." Orga answered. Laxus nodded, before both once more became surrounded by lightning. Off to the side, one of Naru's clones was sitting, watching and playing with a small stone, which she chucked in between the two lighting mages.
The resulting fight was intense. Both members were well versed in Melee Combat and both enhanced their attacks with their Magic.
However, Orga had fewer Close Range Spells at his disposal than Laxus and Laxus, thanks to sparring with Naru on numerous occasions, had a strong Hand to Hand Combat style he could rely on.
Still, by the time Laxus emerged the Victor, he was weary and drained.
With Erza
Kagura felt a sense of Vertigo as she was moved at high speed towards where Erza was waiting, which was ontop of a Tower overlooking the City. All around them were destroyed areas.
"What…just happened?" Kagura asked.
"That would be Naru's Shunshin technique." Erza said, handing her a bucket.
"You…" Kagura began, but Erza held up a hand.
"She used it on me enough times for me to have gotten used to it." Erza said, before helping her to her feet and leading her to the general direction of where Sabertooth was located.
"Why are you not attacking me?" Kagura asked.
"Because I want to fight you properly." Erza answered bluntly.
After a few minutes, the earth began to rumble as on one side a fountain Square and the surrounding buildings were destroyed by large amounts of Yellow and Black Lightning whereas several blocks away, entire blocks were being destroyed with combinations of Fire, Water, Earth, Lightning and Wind, and a number of small handheld orbs mice in here and there.
Kagura could only stare at the scene.
"Initially Naru wanted to take on each and every mage from the other guilds." Erza explained to her. "However, myself and the rest of the team wanted to fight as well, so we each chose one person whom to fight."
"And you chose me." Kagura said. "Why?"
"Like any Swordsman or Swordswoman, I also like to fight other Swordsmen or Swordswomen." Erza answered.
"And what happened to my Guild members?" Kagura asked.
"The Clones who knocked them out did so with the Minimum Effort Required." A new voice spoke up. The to mages turned to see Naru standing behind them. "I am just a Clone. Don't worry, I won't interfere here."
"Define 'Minimum Effort Required'." Kagura asked.
"Let's see…Risely Law-san, Beth Vanderwood-san and Arana Webb-san were simply knocked unconscious whilst Millianna-chan was fed some Catnip and tickled into submission." The Clone shrugged. "We Clones and the Boss have no quarrel with Mermaid Heel, therefore we have no reason to needlessly inflict any serious damage to any of them."
"What you did to Millianna though…" Erza said, shuddering slightly.
"Meh, she'll live." The clone said before dispelling.
"Is she always like this?" Kagura asked Erza, who sighed.
"Normally she is more laid back, at least, that was what she was like 7 years ago." Erza told her. "Are you ready now?"
"When you are." Kagura answered, smirking.
(A/N: The fight between the two is pretty much Canon, just without Minerva interfering and Kagura blaming Erza for Simon's death, because well, Simon is still alive after all…)
Back with Naru, just after Orga and Rogue left
Sting blinked and saw that Naru had disappeared.
Minerva's eyes bulged out as she felt a fist connect with her stomach, making spit or stomach fluids fly from her mouth.
Before she could react, a knee came upward towards her face. Her quickly summoned Magic defence field broke under the force of the blow but softened it enough that she only received a bruised cheek.
Naru continued on by delivering a kick to Minerva's side that sent her flying into a nearby House.
Sting paled, realizing just what kind of Monster Minerva had unleashed when she decided to piss off the supposed 'Weakest Guild'.
Minerva climbed out of the Rubble, rubbing her cheek, and saw Naru just standing there. her eyes widened in fear however when she saw the Tails grow from Naru's Spine and the Facial Markings appear on her face.
Sting suddenly found himself sitting next to Lamia Scale, who were just as surprised to see him as he was.
The only Clone of Naru's in sight was the one standing on the far end of Team Lamia Scale, and she looked as though she hadn't moved at all.
Minerva, pushing away her fear, made some hand signs and chanted in a different language.
Around Naru the air turned Purple.
"Lady Minerva has caught her." Sting said. "Nobody has ever broken out of there."
"You mean until now?" Naru's Clone asked.
"Yeah, until now…wait, what?" Sting asked, blinking before realizing that Naru had broken the restraining spell Minerva had cast. "What? How?"
"I, well, the Boss, is strong by herself. She can demolish entire City blocks with a single punch if she isn't careful enough, and that is just her physical strength." The Clone explained. "Right now though, she'd destroy an entire city if she holds back, or flatten an entire Mountain AND Crack the ground if she doesn't." the clone looked at the White Dragon Slayer. "Do you really think that a small, albeit powerful, restraining spell will do much to her?"
Sting gulped and looked down just in time to see Naru be bombarded by Minerva blasting her with her Yagdo Rigora spell. Once the dust cleared, the only damage Naru received was a small scratch on her cheek, though Naru simply swept some dust of her shoulder.
Minerva's eyes widened at the sight. That had been one of her most powerful spells…and it had almost no effect on the Redhead.
"My turn." Naru said quietly, but everyone heard her. (Cue Scene from Laxus and Orga where Minerva appeared)
Using one of her Tails, Naruto pulled Minerva back towards her, only to send her flying with another punch in a different direction. Then she took her first step since entering her Tailed Beast-Sage Mode. Blurring through a long series of Handsigns, she inhaled deeply, then exhaled a ridiculous amount of Fire in the general direction of where she had sent Minerva flying.
Minerva felt the heat of the flames as the passed by near her.
Naru then continued on spamming elemental dragons of all 5 Chakra Elements, laying waste to basically the entire City, making sure however not to affect the areas where there were unconscious Mages, as well as her own guild members and those watching her fight.
Minerva however, was forced to use her Territory Magic constantly to stay one step ahead of her opponent's attacks and it was slowly beginning to drain her reserves.
Eventually the attacks stopped, and Minerva breathed a sigh of relief…before noticing the utter devastation around her.
"Now that there is more space…" she heard behind her. Those watching blinked, not having seen Naru move from the spot where she sent all those attacks from. "…I can show you what happens when you pick on Fairy Tail." Naru looked at one of the floating Lacryma Cameras, which were visible thanks to her use of Sage mode…at least, she saw their distorted outlines.
In the Arena
The Arena was quiet as everyone was shocked at the amount of devastation Naru had unleashed.
"Hey, Gramps and everyone else from Fairy Tail!" they all heard Naru say to them. "How about telling everyone what the Payback rate is when attacking Fairy Tail."
Everyone from Fairy Tail grinned, before shouting as one: "Pay 'em back a 100 times over!"
Back with the Slaught…uhm…the fight
Minerva decided that she was not having a good time. Then again, she agreed that anyone who is turned into a living punching bag would have the same thought.
Naru was raining down punches on her whilst stepping on her foot in order for her not to go flying anywhere.
Eventually she managed to teleport away with her Territory, and began casting another Yagdo Rigora at Naru, who just shrugged it off. Deciding to change tactics and fight dirty, Minerva again used her Territory to summon a knife to her hand.
Just as Naru came withing striking distance, she lashed out, stabbing Naru in the stomach.
"I got you now, Bitch." Minerva snarled, trying to pull the knife out of Naru and strike higher up…but something kept her hand in place.
Looking down, she saw one of Naru's tails wrapped around her wrist.
"You think that a little wound such as this would be enough to stop me?" Naru asked, before gathering her chakra in her hand, forming a lightly purple tinted Rasengan in her hand. "Think again, bitch."
Jura flinched when he saw the explosion that ensued.
When the dust settled, Minerva lying on the ground, her clothes completely destroyed and the only thing keeping her decency was Naru covering her with a Blanket.
"You shouldn't have followed your Father's beliefs and become such a broken person." Was all Naru said before exiting her Tailed Beast-Sage Mode…and cracked her knuckles, looking at the 6 figures sitting nearby. All of them gulped.
A minute later, Lamia Scale was beaten black and blue and Naru was approaching Sting.
"I surrender!" Sting said before her fist reached him. For a moment the two remained in that pose, not moving at all.
"You are missing a Companion, aren't you?" Naru asked, lowering her fist. "That Brown Exceed of yours, right?"
Sting could only nod, his eyes widening when Naru disappeared in a burst of smoke, the reappeared a second later with the sleeping form of Lector in her arms.
"Lector…How…" Sting began.
"Minerva's Territory basically links this Dimension with a small Pocket Dimension, though she can open and close these 'Gates' anywhere and alter it's characteristics." Naru told him. "At least, that's what I think. Anyway, when she caught me in that first spell of hers, I sensed another presence coming in contact with my hand. I grabbed it as I broke the Spell and brought this guy to safety before returning."
Sting began to cry as she handed his friend to him.
"The Power of Bonds…I think I understand now." He said as Fireworks began going off in the sky and everyone was teleported back to the Arena.
Where Naru was greeted with loud cheers from her guildmates…but otherwise Silence.
Naru, noticing the latter, struck a Pose again. "I DID say that Fairy Tail will once again be No.1, didn't I?" she asked.
(1): I created an Excel spreadsheet where I entered the points till now, and this is what came out…if it is different, PM me and let me know…
(2): Honestly, Beth and Arana don't seem that durable to me. Sure they do engage in fighting, but I have yet to see them get into a physical confrontation…
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AND DONE!
So, I know it took a long time, but I went through 3 or 4 different Scenarios in my mind…at least that I can remember.
The first one was having Naru summon a bunch of Warrior Toads, however I found that the Idea for this should rather be kept for later, when a bunch of oversized Lizards come out of a certain Gate…just an example.
The second one was basically have Naru join the infiltration team and destroy the Palace because she destroyed the underground completely…again, no. From how I understood it, the Underground Execution Cave thingy spreads out underneath a large portion of the City as well and even if I did choose this route, having to explain how the Gate was not revealed prematurely during the Reconstruction thanks to Magic and all that crap would have been to troublesome…
The third scenario had Danzo's Root appear and cause mayhem, until Naru killed them off. I already something planned for Danzo's Root operation in Fiore back when I was writing the Homecoming Arc, i.e. Chapter 8, 9 and 10. No, this wouldn't work.
Scenario 4, concept wise was what this chapter became, but I fiddled around a lot and can't remember which parts are still from the original Scenario 4…other than Naru going to Town on Minerva's Ass. The last change I clearly remember making was Naru completely demolishing the area around her and Minerva whilst keeping some areas relatively undamaged. The change here came in because initially she indiscriminately destroyed everything.
There you have it.
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