Ha, you see that? I said I'd release the next chapter right after the previous one. Now listen, the reason for this is because, like I said in Chapter 2 I wasn't able to fit the entire Galuna Island Arc in it. It would've been TOO long and too time consuming. Also I wanted to be able to post this it before October's end. I was supposed to post that thing 5 weeks ago…buuuuut as always whenever I make deadlines the universe wishes the throw something at me to make it not obtainable. Especially school work. Now it's not necessarily all of school but it's this one class. My Advanced Placement Government Class.

Key words: Advanced….Placement!

That means a hell of a lot of work supposedly every week. I mean Jesus, I am never looking forward to these essays that we have to do or whatever else. I mean I do get homework from other classes and that will also cut into my writing time. There will also be days where I'm out of the house for most of the day before coming back home but school is the main priority. Also take into fact that I'm going to take up "Track" and I'm working on my drawing skills so that I can someday post things to deviantART (Yes, I will be doing artwork. I will tell you all my pen name when I actually post something) AND I'm studying for this ACT test in December so don't wonder why I'm never able to update quickly! It's because I have a life. I already explained before that quick updates are impossible for me.

Now they won't be when I get those vacation days…like Thanksgiving Break...right now. I'll work every day for Thanksgiving Break as well as Christmas Break. Especially since I plan to post a new story in December and another one in January of 2015 but I won't say what they are. But you all can wait and I'm sure a majority of you will appreciate them. Though I'm sure I might hear some shit when I post that second story because of what it's based from and it relates to something I haven't been doing in about...a long fucking time.

But enough about that, back to what I was saying before. Now I know I said I would post this chapter because I want to finish off the Galuna Island arc. but I'm going to do something special. Since I don't want my other challenge stories to be left behind "The 'Mon' With The Mouth" and "Monkey See, Monkey Do" I'm also going to update them both two times in a row! After I post this 3rd chapter of this story I'm going for "MSMD" next and work on it until Chapter 3 is up. Then after that I'll do"MWTM" until its chapter 3.

If I can't post the 3rd chapter of all three stories before December hits (which is not possible) than I'm saying right now that I won't be working on them, because I'll be working on my….what number would that be? My….7th? Yeah, my 7th new story, and post the 1st chapter of that before going back to work on these challenge stories. Same if I can't meet my 7th story's 1st chapter deadline (Which would be ALL of December) before January. If not then I'll work to finish the 1st chapter for my 7th story and then work on the 8th story because it would've been January by that time. BUT, if I'm nearly done with a new chapter for one of these two challenge stories, "MWTM", "MSMD", even when December or January hits, I'll work to finish that chapter and then post it before working on one of the new stories.

I hope you all followed that shit. There is no way I can explain that any clearer than I just did.

You know what it's time for?

Q & Fuckin' A!

I just LOVE telling you people how wrong you are, you know? All kidding aside (even though there's some truth to that) what I really DO love is answering the questions that you are all so curious about. Mainly because I like giving you all the confirmation that you wish to see. Now…who goes first?

staemme01, yes. I know that when the Tailed Beasts were children they were still MUCH bigger than Hagoromo. But if you remember the final "Author Notes" from the 1st chapter, I made it so that when he uses their baby forms he becomes a "Chibi". Small. Fun-Sized. Literally 1ft tall all for the sole-purpose of his forms having a cute side for shits and giggles. Also I believe that he could get away with a couple of things with transformations like that. You know how many girls love cute things.

Bryan Mariachi, look I know I already told you this in a PM, or at least half of it, but I'll explain it again. Mainly for these other people. You asked "will Naruto have a woman's/ girl's voice when he transforms into Matatabi, Kokuo and Saiken?" To those of you that do not know this, Kokuo and Saiken are MALES! Now I can understand how you might believe Kokuo isn't from his tone of voice…but unlike the lot of you I actually researched it on "Naruto Wiki". They have his gender right under his picture. Male.

Saiken just has a high pitched voice. Even though they don't show his gender, they don't show some of their genders including Matatabi and Kurama who are obviously a female and male respectively, I listened to him speak and he doesn't sound anything like a female either. Though I wish they WOULD place the genders for all of them. I'm stillvery sure Saiken is male. If it comes down that he's classified as female in the future, oh well. He's male in this story bitch. (That wasn't directed towards you Bryan that was-that was me being me.) But still I'm certain he's a male.

Matatabi…..I'm glad you pointed that out because I had to think about that real quick. Matatabi is honestly the only female Tailed Beast and I DID say that Naruto gains the voices of all of them when he transforms. Now I COULD just exclude Matatabi's original voice but that wouldn't really be fair compared to the others would it? That would mean having to imagine another voice instead of already knowing what she sounds like and I don't know if I should have Naruto sounding like himself in one of his Tailed Beast forms.

But then I realized something. Yoruichi from Bleach sounds like a motha'fucking MAN when SHE'S a cat! So why can't Naruto sound like a WOMAN when HE'S a cat!? It seems wrong…but it WOULD be funny. But if I'm thinking like this, then maybe I should allow Naruto to switch voices when he's Matatabi. Like he could switch between his own voice and Matatabi's original voice. Yet when he DOES use his own voice it's going to be much deeper sounding. He'd still be monster, duh. And you know what? I think I'll do something with Kokuo's voice. So here's what I'll do. Naruto is going to keep Kokuo's light, soft voice and calm respectable attitude yet when he becomes angry as Kokuo his voice will change to sound similar to Han's. Not only that but Kokuo's personality will switch to Han's and Han hasquite the attitude.

These are what I'll do to Matatabi and Kokuo's voices.

Regarding partial transformations…kinda. He can't partial transform like Gaara. It's either full form like Mirajane using her own Take-Over's or Elfman when he's just changing a limb. This is most he can do. Form the tails, eyes or limbs of the individual beasts. Except the head. He can't form that separately and it would be strange if he could. There will be no Tailed Beast Cloaks…but to ease your suspense. Yes…he's going to get the Chakra Mode. All 3 versions obviously but they won't be easily obtainable. I mean he's already a super power house as it is. When he unlocks the first stage of the Chakra Mode don't expect him to be able to just blast into it like in canon. He'll need to learn how to train, control and then use, which will take a while. Same for the Chakra Cloak and Asura Chakra Mode. Chakra Mode to Naruto is like Dragon Force to Dragon Slayer's.

thestorymaker2, I'ma tell you right now, no. Naruto is not going to have the abilities the other Jinchuriki had with their own beasts when he's not transformed. He's going to have those abilities ONLY in his specific transformed states. Here's an example: Only when he's Kokuo can he spit a blast of hot ass steam that'll melt your skin off. He can't project it from his regular body like Han. That way all of his Tailed Beast forms will have something to fight with. Naruto in his untransformed, regular state is going to have….you should already know. I mean it's SO damn common.

Wind Magic. (Deadpan) Who didn't see that coming?

But listen to this. His wind magic is going to be different than normal wind magic. It's actually that 'Wind Rave' that you've seen him use when he was Shukaku in the 1st chapter. If you pay close attention to the previous chapter you would see it being mentioned a couple of times. The same magic he's trying to teach Happy. The only reason he could use 'Wind Rave' as Shukaku is because of Shukaku's natural affinity for wind but Shukaku is still more about sand attacks. Wind Rave is his go-to magic untransformed. I'll go more into detail about what it is and what it does in this chapter. Like I told Bryan, he won't get the Tailed Beast Cloak but Chakra Mode instead.

Alex Sticker, first of all next time you review don't do it as a guest. That way I can talk to you privately. Second of all, no. I'm not one of those people that gives each individual person their own paragraphall the time. This my writing style, so I apologize for that. Though the way you said that to me was as if it was like it was supposed to be some kinda unspoken rule. It isn't. It's going to happen in every story I make so the most that I can do is to not make the paragraphs big and add in more single lines.

RasenShuriken92, no. Naruto's going to be paired but he's not going to be paired with Mirajane. That's been done a lot you know, as well and him being paired with Erza which has been done TOO MUCH! Which would also be considered 'Incest' in this story.

Now…for these Guests. I have no idea if I'm going to have Naruto visit his birth village again. It might happen but I'm not thinking about that right now. For Naruto to save Simon during the Tower of Heaven Arc….if you pray hard enough...yeah, he'll save Simon. It's not that hard to guess.

I won't explain what happened to Rob yet, but know he's still alive. Flashbacks were already shown of when Erza first came to Fairy Tail so it's going to be mandatory to show both her and Naruto showing up. The Guild's reactions to their magic's when they first came around? I don't know. I might show those. Key word…might.

So, y'all ready to do this? I hope so.

Chapter 2: Solutions and More Problems

Morning finally came to Galuna Island and for once it seemed that things were actually peaceful. Though it was merely the undertone for the obviously coming storm. In a small remote section of the island, not far from where the village used to be, was the islanders' current place of refuge. Tents littered the entire area with some being used as houses, storage placement or a mix of both. In one of these tent Gray was sleeping soundly. His face scrunched up a little as he opened his eyes and mouth a decent margin. His torso was covered in multiple bandages and he had a patch on his forehead. He sat up on the mat-like bed and looked around the makeshift house, gazing at the big wooden boxes, pots, wrapped cubed shaped packages and rolls of paper. He found a bucket of water, with a wet rag hanging at the end of it. A plate with an orange empty cup and a wooden box. The box was probably filled with the same kinds of medicines that were used to treat his major injuries.

"Where am I?" He wondered. He removed the covers over himself and stood up, walking out of the tent. He looked around to observe the new area that he was now in. He saw he slept until morning and now the villagers were back to their human forms. Or at least the majority of their human forms. They all still had their own visible demon aspects. Some with affected arms, legs, some of their face, tails and the like.

"Oh goodness. I'm glad you're awake." Said a female voice next to Gray. He turned to the woman who had smooth blue shoulder length hair, a very tribal looking necklace with purple gem-like attachments. She wore no shit but an orange bra to cover her endowed chest. She had a large green skirt, red bands on her left leg was that of a demons. It was blue in colored, with a spine growing from the knee and claws on the toes and back of the foot.

"What is this place?" Gray asked.

"It's a storage area that's not too far from the village. Everything was destroyed in the attack last night so we decided to come here for shelter." She responded. Gray turned to her completely, giving her his full attention.

"The whole village? That's horrible." He repeated in surprise. A small spark went off in his head as he remembered what the "Cold Emperor" or better yet, his old friend and former sibling student, Lyon, requested to his lackeys. Yuka, Sherry and Tobi. Ordering them to destroy the village completely as well as to take out the villagers along with it.

'I can't believe it. They actually went and did it.' He thought. He winced after a few seconds and held the bandaged near his left shoulder, jingling his necklace a bit. The girl cupped her chin and looked down herself.

"You know it was a miracle that Natsu and Lucy were here. Thanks to their bravery everybody was able to make it out alive." The throbbing pain stopped and Gray turned to her again.

"So are they still around here somewhere?" He asked and she nodded.

"Yes. They actually wanted me to show you to their tent once you finally had woken up." She replied as he rose an eyebrow.

"Which tent?" She pointed to her left.

"They're waiting for you in that big one right over there." He turned his head to see the one tent that stood out above the rest, with its size. He walked over to it and stood in front of the entry way for a few seconds. He parted the drapes and entered though his heart jumped in his chest when he found Erza sitting in a chair staring right at him. Lucy and Happy were bound in rope right next to her crying anime tears.

"You made me wait. Not smart." Erza said stone faced. "Erza!?" Gray exclaimed trying to stand his ground and not run. That gaze was bearing right into him and he knew that Erza was not going to be taking any prisoners.

"Just to let you know, I didn't come alone." Erza said.

"What are you talking about?" Gray asked until he heard the flaps to the tent open behind him. He turned around to find Naruto, who was one of the last people he expected to see here. "Finally. It's about time you woke up." Erza said.

Naruto gave a yawn and stretched. "Yeah, sorry. Guess coming back from a mission and then having to use those two forms for a while had made me a bit more tired than I thought." He stopped stretching before he took notice to Gray and then waved to him a little. "Sup' Gray? Good to see you're alright. I mean you were lookin' really beat up when we came to check in on you."

"N-NARUTO!? YOU'RE HERE TOO!?" Gray yelled loudly taking a step back, though he also made sure not to get too close to Erza. Naruto nodded with a fist on his hip.

"Yup! I finally finished that long quest after 4 months so now I'm back again. Just in time to. You four really got yourselves into some deep shit, ya' know? The only reason I'm not all that mad at you Gray is because I'm pretty sure you didn't come here with them, by choice. So chill out. I'm not gonna bite your head off or anything." He said making Gray sigh in relief a little. Erza mad was too much for him…or anyone to take. But throw her in with the combination of Naruto and…he shivered just thinking about it.

Gray directed his attention back to Lucy and Happy, who were still crying. "Why are they tied up?" He asked.

"Lucy's got us up to speed with everything that's happened. We thought you were here to stop Natsu and these two fools." Erza stood up and placed her left hand on her hip. "Needless to say, I'm disappointed."

"Where is he anyway?" Gray asked.

"That's something we'd all like to know." Erza said. Naruto growled and raised a fist to his face. "Dammit. He must've snuck off when we were all sleeping! Does anyone have an idea where he is?"

Lucy finally stopped the tears and opened her eyes. She had the expression of a kicked puppy. "We don't know. Me, Erza and Happy left a lot earlier to try and look for him. But when we went back to where the village was there wasn't any sign of him" She looked down sadly. "Wherever he is I hope he's okay. Anyway, since we couldn't find him Erza demanded that we take her to you but the girl that was healing you wasn't going to allow any visitors until you were able to get up yourself."

"So in the end we just decided to wait until you were patched up and was able to move around." Happy added. Erza sighed before walking forward and then past Gray until she was standing next to Naruto.

"Okay. We're going to search for Natsu and then we're going back to the guild." She said or more like command.

Gray turned to her in shock. "But we can't leave the island just yet! If Lucy filled you in than you know exactly what these villagers are going through right now!" Erza was silent for a few seconds before turning her head to him.

"And what would be your point?" Gray was at a complete loss for words and he only stared. Was she serious? She was really just going to let these people suffer like this!? He couldn't understand it at all. He knew that Erza was no saint but she always had a heart for justice. Even if it was to get back at her own guild mates for breaking guild rules it was in the range of what she stood for. What made this so different?

"We came here solely to apprehend these fools for breaking the rules of the guild. I'm not interested in anything other than that." She said now facing forward.

"Rules!? Have you even seen what's happened to the people on this island!?" Gray asked.

"I have." She confirmed.

Gray took a small step forward and raised his arm to form a fist. "And you're just gonna turn your back on 'em?"

Erza was unmoved. "Their request is posted on the boards of every guild hall. The villagers would be better served for wizards who are clear for S Class. You're not qualified."

Gray turned to Naruto who looked as if he didn't want to be put in any position in this conversation. "Naruto, speak some sense to her! I know that you above all else would want to help these people! You know it would be the right thing to do!"

Naruto put his hands up and shook his hands to the side. "Oh…wow. Please do not put into this too. You should know I've already tried to talk to her Gray. I honestly feel the same way you do but Erza is dead serious about this. But in a way…she's kinda right. We weren't really asked to come here to help but just to get you guys."

Gray stepped forward and glared. "What!? So you're agreeing with her now!?"

Naruto growled and got in his face too. "No! That's not it at all! I'm said I feel the same way you do but Erza's also right from her own perspective! If it were up to me you know we'd help these people but that's not the way it turned out, okay!? I can't force Erza to change her mind!"

Gray backed off and glared at a corner. He turned his gaze back to Erza and was now aiming his glare at the back of her head. "How can you be so heartless?"

Erza slowly turned her head to him as her eyes shadowed over. "What did you say?" She asked in a dark tone. Happy finally stopped crying tears himself and widened his eyes.

"That's no way to speak to the great Erza!" He shouted in fright, while you could also hear the boot licking.

"You suck up." Lucy said with a deadpan. Erza lifted her left hand as a pink magic circle formed. She Re-Quipped her broadsword and grasped it.

"Have you chosen to defy the guild's rules as well?" He then pointed the sword to Gray who moved his head back slightly. "You'll face the same punishment."

Naruto was fidgeting a little bit in his spot. 'Oh man. This isn't turning out so good. I hope Erza doesn't actually try and attack anybody.' He thought while also preparing himself just in case Erza did decide to get violent. He, as well as the others, were surprised when Gray grasped the end of her sword, while at the same time, made sure to not injure his hand. He then cast his own glare to Erza challenging hers. Lucy and Happy were sweating in nervousness.

"Do what you must. For me there's no other choice to be made. I can't walk away from what I know is right." Gray declared while Erza stopped giving her demon glare and instead gave a disgruntled one. Gray's hold on her sword loosened until he let go. He then walked around Erza while she kept her pose for a few seconds until she turned to look at him. Before he left Gray spoke again.

"I'm seein' this through to the end." He turned his head to give her one final look. "You can't stop me." Erza grit her teeth as she watched him leave the tent. She couldn't help but shake in frustration. Naruto smirked and nodded.

"Yup. That's Gray for ya'. Might seem uninterested about stuff at first but he's got heart!" He complimented. Erza shot him a glare making him shut up but he shook it off. He turned his head and started to whistle as if he didn't even notice. Erza's eye was now twitching as she then directed her gaze to Lucy and Happy who gave startled yelps.

"PLEASE DON'T GET MAD AT US! WE DON'T HAVE ANY CONTROL OVER GRAY!" Lucy screamed.

"HE'S NOT FEELING LIKE HIMSELF RIGHT NOW 'CAUSE HE LOST A FIGHT TO HIS OLD FRIEND!" Happy screamed alongside her.

With two quick slashes their rope bindings fell to the ground. They looked at them before staring up to Erza in confusion. "These events are intolerable. We'll deal with the immediate problems for now."

"Really!?" Naruto exclaimed but there was an undertone of happiness. Lucy and Happy decided to completely show their emotions with shouts of, "THANK YOU!"

Erza glared at them again. "This doesn't change anything. You're still going to face punishment."

They both shed a tear in deadpan. Their happiness fading away quickly. "Yes mam."

Naruto for one just laughed at their expressions and threw both fists in the air. "Alright! We get to help out after all! I knew we would! Now all's we gotta do is find Natsu and then take out this Cold Emperor bastard."

"At least you're happy." Lucy deadpanned.

Erza just sighed and grasped the bridged of her nose. It was a miracle she still managed to keep sane under these kinds of circumstances. She knew she couldn't force them to leave and even if she tried since Naruto was now on board that wouldn't be as easy as it would've been if he wasn't here. Who was she kidding? It wouldn't be as easy? It's next to impossible. All she can do now is to go along with what the others wanted and assist the islanders in the end.

At a very old looking temple, which seemed to have been built in layers at the far side of the island Yuka, Sherry and Tobi were standing in front of their leader. Lyon, or as he was going by "The Cold Emperor." Ice mage and former friend of Gray's.

"How pathetic. You mean to tell me that you all failed in both eradicating the villagers as well as defeating the rest of those Fairy Tail wizards?" Lyon chastised. Sherry seemed to be on the verge of crying while Yuka and Tobi couldn't meet his colder than 'Ice-Make' magic stare. "There were three of you plus your pet, Sherry. I know that Gray was in no condition to fight. Those other two that you described were the only other able-bodied wizards since that blue cat apparently was useless. You should've been able to crush them easily."

Yuka swallowed and forced himself to stare back at Leon. "My lord…it wasn't as…simple as originally intended. The circumstances had changed."

"Changed how?" He asked.

Sherry stepped forward as she wiped her eyes, already going into near hysterics. "Oh lord Cold Emperor, something awful happened last night! Those dreadful Fairy's weren't alone! More came to help them when we were just about to get rid of the previous ones!" She exclaimed. Lyon rose and eyebrow before sitting down on his throne.

"How many more?" He asked.

"Uh…two?" Tobi said still not facing their leader. He shuddered at hearing Lyon's unamused growl. Even Tobi had to admit that the number alone sounded embarrassing.

"Even if that's the case than how is it that two more measly wizards could've defeated the four of you?" Sherry tried calming down on the near waterworks so she could be a bit more presentable but being the drama queen she was made that very difficult.

"Well…see…the things is…" She tried.

Lyon just rose another eyebrow again. "The thing is, what?"

Yuka stepped forward. "My lord. The two extra Fairy Tail members that arrived weren't regular wizards. They were both S Class and incredibly powerful too. Or at least…we think one was."

"One? You all just said there were two. Start speaking sense you three." He demanded.

"It's like this. See the first Wizard that had appeared was none other than Erza Scarlet herself. She took out Angelica in a single blow." Yuka explained. Lyon's eyes narrowed a bit more, if that was even possible.

"You mean 'Titania Erza' herself? A bother, though it's nothing to be concerned for. Like her little friends she won't stop my goal from being realized. Though…this other member, who is probably S Class, since you all don't seem too sure of yourselves if he or she was even a wizard or not. Did you know who it was?" Their memories all flashed back to last night. They didn't have a clue what the hell that creature was but they sure knew they didn't want to face it again. The fact that it was a sentient beast too made it that much more terrifying. A monster that could think. Nothing like Deliora at all.

"See, that's the thing. This second member…wasn't even a person. It was some kind of…giant…red monster fox or something. It was even bigger than Deliora!" Sherry said. Lyon stopped leaning on his arm and sat in a straight position

"What do you mean? A giant fox monster? Is that was all of that roaring was last night?" Lyon questioned for reassurance.

Tobi finally looked up to his leaders face, though he switched between him and the ground during. "Y-yeah. The thing is it can talk and think and stuff. So…it wasn't some outta control beast or anything."

"Also Erza was even commanding this giant monster…and it even listened and spoke to her." Yuka added in.

Lyon's own eyes shifted downward in thought as he placed a hand to his chin. 'I've never heard of a creature like that before. It…doesn't sound like anything similar to Zeref's demons. Not like how Deliora is. Also I'm sure we would've noticed a creature like that lurking around the island. This temple is the only source to an entrance of an underground area. That leaves that fox creature had to have come along with 'Titania' somehow…but that shouldn't be possible. If this thing really is bigger than Deliora as they say then there's no boat in existence for it to travel on. So…how did it cross the ocean?' He looked down to his lackeys. "Has there been any more distinguishable characteristics about this fox? Something that stands out besides its size?"

Yuka blinked a few times and looked off to the side. What else did he notice last night that was out of place? "Well…there's two things I can think of. The first is that this fox had multiple tails instead of one."

"Multiple tails?" Lyon repeated.

"Nine of them to be exact." Yuka replied.

'A beast with multiple tails?' Lyon thought. 'Where have I…heard that before?'

"Oh, and she called it a name too. She called him Naruto." Sherry added. It was then Lyon's mood did a 180 and he stood up abruptly. His eyes now open wide and slightly shaking. Now he remembered where he heard of a beast like this. Or should be say 'beasts'. Another S Class mage of Fairy Tail and one of the strongest one they had. Now he was worried. Both he and Erza have arrived on the island and it was no doubt that they were going to help their friends take care of Deliora before it was reawakened. He gave another glare and made fists. His nails would've dug into his palms if he didn't have them groomed whenever they got too long. Lyon's followers became worried at seeing their leader in such a state. He's always been so calm and collected. They didn't even know if he knew the meaning of the word flustered but apparently he was doing a good job of showing it.

"Uh…what's wrong?" Tobi dared to ask. Though before Lyon could say anything someone else spoke, while walking from the entrance to the throne room.

"He's upset because he knows about how dire the situation is. Especially with who our new adversaries are. These unfortunate turn of events can put the resurrection of Deliora in jeopardy." The other three turned their heads as their final accomplice walked next to them. A short man with, long green wild hair that went down to his back. He wore a brown cloak and had a mask covering the top part of his face.

"Zalty. You're stealthy as ever." Lyon stated. Zalty had this smirk on his face that got a little bigger at seeing Lyon's previous reaction. No matter how much the latter tried to hide it. The few small beads of sweat and slight trembling were still apparent.

Zalty raised his head up a little to look at Lyon clearly. "If all goes as planned the demon should awaken at some point tonight. But we have to keep an eye on those wizards. If they were to interrupt the 'Moon Drip' ceremony than Deliora will forever remain entombed in ice. 'Salamander' and 'Titania' are quite powerful. Those two alone could easily foil our plans." Zalty lowered his head back to its previous position. His smirk not as big as it was previously but he still had that giddy vibe. "But…with the appearance of the 'Tailed Beast' as well…I'd say that we have our work completely cut out for us."

"To think that he would be here himself. He's probably the only one of their group that could possibly destroy Deliora completely. Even if it was freed from its prison." Lyon stated.

"Uh…who are we talking about here? I'm confused." Sherry said looking back and forth between her leader and accomplice. Zalty chuckled and looked to the three of them.

"You three have never heard of him have you? I can't say that I'm surprised. It's not like he tries to allow other's to know who he really is at times." Zalty cryptically.

"Will you stop being so secretive and just tell us? We need to know who we're up against here!" Yuka demanded but not truly from irritation. He wasn't willing to face a creature of that magnitude and not know what it was capable of. Though with the way Lyon and Zalty were speaking of the fox it was apparently a lot more than that.

Zalty chuckled. "Very well. Since you asked so kindly. That giant fox creature that you three faced was actually a person. He's probably the leading S Class wizard of Fairy Tail but that's just opinionated. His name is Naruto Uzumaki. Though most usually know him by his moniker, the 'Tailed Beast'. The reason for this is because he uses a Lost Magic. A Take-Over that allows him to transform into creatures capable of pure and absolute destruction. It's unknown how many of these forms he has but so far only 9 have been record. The form he takes also shows with the amount of tails he possesses in his current state. The form you all encountered was his strongest one at nine tails. It's amazing actually."

"What's so amazing about all of that!?" Sherry demanded.

Zalty laughed out loud for a few seconds. "I find it amazing considering you survived! It's been shown time and time again that whenever he takes on any of those forms than the landscape is completely changed. Consider the fact that him and 'Titania' is Fairy Tail's only S Class team and leave nothing in their wake and you've got yourself a very bad situation."

The three were horrified at the news. How in the hell were they supposed to be able to compete with that!? If those two really just leave grazed land fields behind them than what do they do to their enemies? They could help but imagine and that imagining just made them even more scared.

Lyon sighed and rubbed his forehead. He couldn't do anything about the situation now. All he could do at the most was to keep moving forward with the plan have hopefully have the Fairy Tail wizards stalled to a point where Deliora would be revived. He didn't care what he had to do or how long the process took for it to happen. He placed his hand back down.

"As always you seem remarkably well informed. 'Titania' and 'Salamander' I'd be able to handle. But the 'Tailed Beast' is another story." Lyon said.

Zalty nodded. "I figured that you would say that. Can't say I'm surprised." He placed a hand on his chest and bowed slightly. "So allow me the honor of joining you in battle for old time sake."

Yuka, Sherry and Tobi looked to Zalty in complete surprise. "Hold up. You're a wizard too!?" Tobi asked shocked.

"If so than what's you magic?" Yuka asked.

Zalty shook his head. "Now, now. It would be better to surprise you later. It's been a while since I've used it but I've dabbled in a particular form of Lost Magic as well."

"Sure. We could use another wizard." Lyon said.

They were all interrupted when they felt the room tremble. The building started to shake immensely as rubble started falling from the ceiling. The five looked around the room in shock while Sherry and Tobi fought to stay standing. "WHAT'S GOING ON!?" Sherry yelled, covering her head.

"IT'S AN EARTHQUAKE!" Screamed Tobi. The building shook left and right and the rumbling just kept getting worse and worse with each passing second. Lyon glared and stared at the walls. He walked down the steps of his throne onto the floor with the others.

"I don't think so." He said in a calm tone.

Tobi, once again, wasn't so calm. "IT'S ALL COMING DOWN!"

They felt the building tilt once more before it stopped and stayed like that. They needed to shift their center of gravity a little to the left since it was leaning right. Even through the incredibly think stone they heard the sounds of rumbling form below them as well, and it seemed to have been right underneath them. Yuka, Sherry and Tobi all jumped back when the floor burst open and a torrent of flames spewed from it before it stopped. There was now a massive hole in the ground with them staring intently at it.

"What is the meaning of this!?" Lyon demanded to no one in particular.

"We're in trouble." Tobi whimpered.

"Cold Emperor. It has to be the 'Salamander'. No one else has flames like that." Yuka stated as he remembered full well how he used that giant burst of flame last night to blow away the acid. Zalty smirked again and moved to look down the hole.

"Is that so? I should've known 'Salamander' would make the first move. It appears we have a visitor sir." Zalty said. Yuka, Sherry and Tobi rushed over to the hole to look down to the lower level while Lyon took his time to do the same. Peering down they did see Natsu to be the culprit of the attack but instead of being a floor below he was actually several floors down. Four to be exact.

For Natsu he couldn't help but laugh a bit as he looked up the many holes he created. "You know I usually break things by accident. It's kinda funny how hard it is when I'm trying to do it on purpose."

"What are you doing here!?" Lyon demanded.

Natsu glared at Lyon. "I'm knocking this place over. Then you won't be able to shine moonlight on that demon you got underground."

Lyon glared back but his eyes were opened a bit more. "Insolent fool. Just who do you think you are!? You dare challenge me!?"

"I'm sorry but…what just happened?" Sherry asked. Tobi nodded once in agreement. "Yeah, I'm lost too."

Zalty turned to them. "Evidently this boy is the reason the temple is now tilted. I assume that he destroyed the support pillars on one side. Doing so caused the temple to shift in that direction. This in turn will prevent any moonlight from shining directly onto Deliora. Heh. It's an ingenious plan. I'm actually quite surprised that dolt was able to come up with it."

Natsu jumped into the air as flames ignited from the soles of his feet. Thanks to that he was able to stay afloat in the air. "So you gonna fight me or what!?" He shouted showing he fully intended to challenge Lyon. Tobi's mouth dropped from the sight. Sherry gasped and Yuka blinked in surprise taking a step back.

"Flames shoot from his feet?" Lyon analyzed.

"So that's what the 'Salamander' is capable of? Projecting flames from anywhere?" Yuka said. Naruto charged up his flames again. With a yell he shot upwards to their position and head-butted Lyon in the stomach, carrying him off into the air. Tobi, Sherry and Yuka were shocked beyond belief but Zalty still had that smirk. If Natsu could've seen he would notice that Lyon's eyes were fully white and there were some cracks in his face. He kept cracking until he broke into many pieces of ice.

"What the? He's fake?" Natsu said. He saw a mass of light blue in his side view and saw Lyon charging a spell.

"Ice-Make: Eagle!" He threw his right arm out to Natsu as an icy blue magic circle appeared. Ice eagles flew from it and closed in on the Dragon Slayer. All the while Lyon had a slightly sadistic look on his face. "You can't dodge them in mid-air!"

Natsu wasn't having any of that as he spewed flames from his mouth and shot himself to the ground. The ice eagles crashed and broke against the stone wall behind him. Natsu rolled backwards and stood on his hands and blasted flames from his feet again. This time they were headed towards Lyon. The man in question ducked just in time was the flames flew over him and seared the stone behind him. He stood up a bit and grunted.

"What kind of ridiculous magic is this?" He asked but a second later he had to dodge more flames shot from Natsu's feet by jumping into the air. Natsu smirked and puffed out his cheeks.

"Fire Dragon Roar!" He spat a harsher blast of flames at Lyon who was still in the air. Unlike Natsu he didn't have a means for dodging and it was aiming right for his chest. Zalty took this moment to act and held a palm out in Natsu's direction. The floor under Natsu's hands started to rapidly age before he fell through unexpectedly, forcing him to change the direction of his fire blast and shot it upwards. His screams echoed as he fell while Lyon landed on his feet taking a small breath at the close call.

"Very fortunate Cold Emperor. Luck is on your side." Zalty said. Behind him Yuka, Sherry and Tobi were covered in soot from not being able to get away from Natsu's attacks.

Tobi raised his hand. "You think…that we can keep the fact that we got charred a secret?" No one paid him any mind. Especially Lyon who was staring at Zalty intently.

"What did you do!?" He demanded. Zalty rose an eyebrow, even though it was unnoticeable.

"Whatever do you mean?" He replied casually.

"Don't play dumb with me. Your magic HAD to have caused that hole in the floor." Lyon stated.

"Hehe. Don't you have ever the watchful eye?" Zalty said. "Please allow me to explain my action sir. You're the only one of us strong enough to defeat Deliora so it's imperative that you remain safe until its resurrection."

Lyon didn't like that at all. To him it sounded like Natsu was easily capable of causing him harm and because of that Zalty had to interfere. If that were the case then that means that he wouldn't have a chance against Deliora because Natsu would've had to have been his equal in strength...and to him Natsu was weaker than he was. Frost started to flow from his body and cooled down the room, compared to how Natsu's flames heated it up.

"Are you saying that I would fall victim to such paltry magic?" Pretty soon the whole room was covered in ice and thick branches of it spawned from underneath him, attaching to multiple parts of the room. He found Natsu had made his way back up through the hole. Possibly from using his fire jets like before. "Leave me. I can take care of this myself. Once I finally defeat the demon everyone will worship my name. 'Cold Emperor' Lyon. I've worked too hard to let a brat like him tarnish it."

Zalty nodded. "As you wish." He looked to the other three who couldn't seem more out of place what with the intense battle that had been taking place. He made his way to the entrance. "Let's leave the Cold Emperor to his own devices. Since you all failed last time this time you should take the rest of those wizards."

"What!?" Yuka exclaimed. "The other Ice wizard and the Celestial wizard I understand but 'Titania' and this 'Tailed Beast'!? How do you expect us to beat them!?"

Zalty stopped in place. "That's the point. I don't. Honestly the three of you are just mere dust mites to those two but any time you can buy until Deliora's revival is the crucial part here. But...you know what? There is something else you can do to better contribute after all." Zalty responded before walking again until he was out of the battle zone. Yuka, Sherry and Tobi glanced at each other, all having the same thoughts about how they completely disliked Zalty bossing him around like he was their "co-leader" or something. But he did make a good point about them not being able to do much of anything except burn down that village before getting blown from the area. At least this way they can truly help to make the Cold Emperor's dream, their dream, come true. So with that they rushed out and headed, or at least tried to go, wherever Zalty went.

"So you wanna try to defeat Deliora?" Natsu questioned. He crawled out the hole in the floor and stood in front of Lyon. "The thing looks half-dead already. So let me get this straight. You're going through all the trouble to melt that ice just so you can fight it!? That's pretty messed up if you ask me."

More frost started to flow from Lyon. "I must rise above Ur's legacy." He said raising his right hand which was covered in an icy mist. He thrust it to Natsu as more 'Ice Eagles' flew towards him quickly. "I will not rest until I've fulfilled my dream!"

Natsu tried dodging as best as he could while maneuvering on the ice. Though after fighting Gray all these years he's had a bit on experience doing battle in this kind of environment. "Why go this far!? Can't you just challenge her and be done with it!?"

"Well I would if I could! But Ur has been dead for years!" Naruto grunted a little at the information as he recalled Gray speaking of how Ur sacrificed everything to seal it away. Though with his choice of words he never technically said she passed away during. "I didn't realize she ended up dying when she sealed it."

Lyon gritted his teeth. "Yes, but she would still be alive if it wasn't for Gray!" Flexing his hands he crafted another Ice Eagle behind Natsu. It made contact covering the area in mist. When it cleared Natsu he holding his left arm near his face, which was supported by his right one.

"Look I don't know what happened to you in the past. But I do know what you're doing in the present and it's hurting a lot of innocent people. And since you don't seem to realize that yourself…" He put his left arm down and brought it behind him. Flames spiraled in his hand. "…I'll have ta'…knock some sense into ya'!"

A noise caught their attention and they looked to the side, while Natsu dropped his flames. A part of the ice wall began to crack and split apart. The cracks got bigger and bigger until the wall burst open showing Gray, who was the cause of it. Both Lyon and Natsu were surprised at the sight of him.

"Whoa, it's Gray." Natsu said.

"Leave him to me. It's time we settled this once and for all." Gray said walking into the room. Natsu shook his head. "No way, man! You already lost to him once!"

Gray stood in front of Natsu and set his sights on his former friend. "And it's not gonna happen again. I'm ready to end this, now."

"You seem awfully confident." Lyon said.

"You were right Lyon. I'm the one who's to blame for our master's death." Gray admitted. Lyon's eyebrows lowered from both the anger he still felt because of that face and that he was trying to understand what Gray was getting at for bringing it up. "But you're no better. You've threatened my comrades, brought harm the villagers, and now you're trying to destroy what Ur gave her life to create." Gray spread his legs out and held out his arms. His left one crossed under his right.

Lyon gasped in shock. "That stance…not the Iced Shell!?"

"Iced Shell?" Natsu repeated as he remembered Gray mention of it before, when they were in the presence of an encased Deliora. How she had given up everything using that same technique.

Lyon blinked as his eyebrows rose. "Are you insane? You wouldn't dare!?"

"If you wanna live than change the villagers back to their human forms. And then leave this island and never return!" Gray's ice blue magic circle appeared under his body, releasing a humming noise. "If you agree to that I'll stop, otherwise this is the end."

Lyon calmed down and smirked. "That so? Well I don't believe a word of it. You're bluffing."

Gray didn't say anything as he started to add in power to the spell. A whirlwind of frigid air swarmed around him, making Natsu and Lyon shield their eyes from it for a few seconds. The humming noise changed and now sounded something akin to grazing ice. "No I'm not." He said simply.

Lyon held his arm up to Gray as his own magic circle formed. "You'll die!" Before he could use any kind of spell the ice tempest knocked him back.

"Don't do it!" Natsu yelled. His voice just barely getting through the winds.

Gray put more magic into the attack. The bandages wrapped around his torso were starting to come loose from the force. "All these years I've lied to myself. I didn't wanna admit that Ur died because of me! But she did, and it's time I took responsibility! So I will here and now! I'm not afraid to die! If that's what it takes!"

"STOP THIS NOW!" Lyon shouted, finally understanding how serious Gray was about this.

"What's it gonna be, Lyon!? Are gonna die!? Or are we gonna live!? It's up to you!"

"You wouldn't!" Lyon tried, some part of him still hoping that it was a bluff but even he knew what he said were just empty words. "You're not brave enough to give your life! You're nothing but a coward!"

Gray was silent for a few seconds, preparing himself for the inevitable. "Just watch me."

"DON'T DO IT!" Natsu yelled even louder this time.

Gray's body started to slowly freeze over. He closed his eyes as he felt the spell nearing completion. 'Natsu, Erza, Naruto. All my friends in Fairy Tail. The rest is up to you. I don't want to leave you. But my time is up.' With a grunt Gray felt all of his magic release at once. "ICED SHEEE-"

A resounding smack was heard along with Natsu screaming, "SHUT UP!" Gray's Iced Shell attempt was disrupted completely and his magic stores returned to normal. There was big bruise on his cheek and Natsu was standing near him, breathing heavy.

"Natsu!" Gray yelled but the former wasn't having any of that.

"You can't just bust in and steal the scene with a bunch of fancy talk! Get to the back of the line pal!"

Gray blinked. "Back of what line!?"

Natsu pointed a thumb to himself. "I was here first. So it's my fight!" Gray stood up completely. "What!? When I got here the first words outta' my mouth was 'leave him to me'."

"Yeah and I said 'no way, man'. Like a second after that!"

"Why you…" Gray growled but couldn't form any words from sheer disbelief.

Natsu for his part had a big smirk on his face. "What? You want some?"

In a flash Gray grabbed his scarf and got in his face. "Look, I don't care who said what! I've got a score to settle, you understand!? And I'm ready to die if that's what I gotta do!" Now Natsu was the one grabbing Gray's wrist and squeezing hard. "Yeah? And how's dying gonna settle it? Huh? 'Cause it sounds like you're running away to me."

Gray gave a bit of a gasp at Natsu's words and was speechless for a moment. Though in that moment there was another large rumbling of the temple and ice started to break off from all directions. "What now!?" Natsu complained.

Outside the temple in the surrounding forest Naruto, Erza, Lucy and Happy were fighting off many of Lyon's lackeys. Erza went through her batch with quick, precise, yet also powerful, spear strikes. Lucy was really handy with her whip, which kinda impressed Naruto a little. Over the years he's seen a few Celestial Wizards here and there but none of them ever physically fought in any way. None of them even had weapons that they could use to protect themselves either.

"Eat this!" He heard Happy shout. Though he was incredibly confused when he saw the flying cat, instead of using magic, was just choking a poor soul out with a mass of food. Mainly anything fish based, with him now holding a watermelon over his head. The fish he could've stuffed in his bag but he had no idea where the fruit came from.

"Uh Happy…what are you doing?" He asked. Happy seized up a bit and looked to Naruto. He tossed the watermelon behind him, unknowingly taking out a lackey that was about to strike him with his blade.

"Uh….what's up?"

"How come you're not using any magic? I mean there's a bunch of guys here, ya' know?" After he said that he backhanded a lackey into a tree without paying much mind to him.

Happy just laughed nervously and rubbed his head. "Aye, but…it's just I'm a bit low on magic power. You know. Training…really hard and all that."

"What? I haven't seen you train once since me and Erza got here. And if you were doing it before we did you should have gained your power back after a whole night." Naruto asked in a slightly suspicious tone. Happy just nervously laughed before more lackeys showed up.

Lucy pulled her whip back was starting to breath hard. "Oh man. They just keep coming. Don't guys like this ever quit?"

"Nope." Naruto replied with a small shake of his head.

"Can't you just go all monster on them or something? It would save us the trouble." Lucy asked.

"I can…but I don't need to. These guys wouldn't be worth it. Besides I got something else to fight with." Naruto stepped forward in front of the others and faced the charging onslaught of enemies. He hunched his body over a bit and exhaled before drawing back his torso and taking a big inhale. During said intake, air could be seen swirling into his mouth until it stopped flowing.

"Wind Rave: Great Breach!" (1) He yelled. A green-light blue magic circle formed in front of his face before vanishing as he spat a powerful rush of wind that blasted forward in a wide arc. Anything caught in it was either pushed away or uprooted. The charging goons experienced both scenarios. They didn't stand a chance of pushing forward as they all were sent flying away or flying back, crashing into trees, while some of the trees were leaning to the side. Leaves, and bushes were mainly blown all over the place, littering the area. Naruto stopped exhaling and took another inhale but this time to catch his breath, a bit.

Lyon's lackeys were all lying around multiple places of the forest. Most were knocked out and the few that were still conscious were groaning in complete agony. Agony from either the sharp or hard objects they landed on, or the bones that had broken when they crashed into them. Lucy gasped at the amount of destruction the spell caused and looked to Naruto in amazement. Naruto himself blinked before he rubbed his head sheepishly. "Oh man. I think I added too much power again. Forgot how weak these guys were."

"It's not that you used too much magic. It's the fact your 'Wind Rave' has become even stronger than before. That's very impressive." Erza complimented making Naruto smile.

"Thanks Erza. But we both know that taking out guys like these isn't that great. You could've beaten' 'em just as fast as I did." He complimented back to which Erza gave a smirk too.

"Hold on," Lucy said, having Naruto look to her. "You know wind magic too? But…how? I thought wizards could only learn one type of magic? How come you have another?"

Erza looked to her. "Actually that's not completely true Lucy. Yes, while wizards do have a certain magic that they control and for the majority of their life use, there are also those that either possess the talent and skill to learn a different kind of magic…or there are those who have those abilities inherited. Naruto is one of those among the latter."

"Yeah." Naruto said in agreement. "My 'Wind Rave' magic actually comes from one of my Take-Over forms. The first one out of the 9 actually. Each form has its own special kind of magic that they can use but my magic power has a stronger feeling to wind powers. So that's the magic I learned how to do without having to transform. Pretty awesome, huh?"

"You're telling me. I've never heard of someone knowing magic because of one they already had." She responded. "I guess you learn something new every day." She stopped talking when they felt a large rumbling that shook the area. They all were looking around trying to find the source of it.

"What's that sound?" Erza questioned. From the corner of Lucy's eye she turned with a gasp to the temple. This made the other three look to it with surprised expressions. The large mass shifted its weight again and was changing from slightly leaning on its side to standing straight up again. There seemed to be no more show of damage.

"No way!" Lucy said in disbelief.

"Whoa, the temple un-toppled itself." Happy said. Naruto turned to face its direction. "What the hell could'a done that?"

"Obviously some kind of powerful magic. We should make our way over there." Erza said.

The others voiced their agreements though before anyone could take a step a blade lodged itself into a tree near them. They all turned around the see all of the enemies that were blown away get back up and brandish their big curve-like blades.

"Hey, they're back up!" Happy exclaimed as floated away from some that seemed to have been getting too close. Before they knew it they were surrounded. Lucy couldn't help but glance at the temple again. "Great. We keep this up and we won't be able to catch up to Natsu and Gray." She said.

Erza's spear vanished in a flash of yellow before she Re-Quipped a very dangerous looking battle-axe. "You don't have to worry about them. They're able to take care of themselves just fine. But…one of us should probably go to give our assistance anyway. Since the temple is back to normal then the Moon Drip Ceremony will be commenced once more. We need to make sure that doesn't happen."

Naruto pointed a thumb to himself. "Don't worry. I'll go after 'em. Gray said he would take care of Lyon so that leaves his lackeys and that masked guy Natsu told us about. Worse comes to worse and Deliora gets revived I'm the only one here that can stop it."

Erza nodded at the claim. That was a good call. After all it takes a monster to kill another and Naruto's the most dangerous one she had ever had the pleasure to meet. "Good. We'll come join you when we're finished with things here. Now make haste." She said.

He nodded. "Got it." Naruto focused his wind magic as wisps of it twirled around his legs. He crouched forward before blasting off at incredible speed to the temple, bowing over any Lyon lackeys that were in his way. To ease himself of running over obstacles on his way there he jumped into the mass of trees and hopped from branch to branch. His speed still enhanced with wind magic. It didn't take too long before he was at the temple.

"Well…here goes nothing." He was making his way to the entrance until he suddenly stopped. His couldn't help but feel a very ominous like force that was coming from above the temple. Not only that but he could sense a few magic presences around that area too. He tilted his head to the side before shrugging.

"Guess it wouldn't be bad to check. I mean this ceremony is supposed to take place at the top too, right? Maybe I can stop it this way instead of having to fight Deliora." Without even needing to channel magic this time he just took a big leap onto one of the outstretched crevices of the temple, before he continued to hop right up. It wasn't that hard since they literally stood out from the building and each layer was smaller than the last. When he jumped from the last layer into the sky his attention was immediately drawn to the array of purple magic circles, allied with the moon. A translucent ray of the same color seemed to have been drawn into the highest circle before becoming more prominent on its way down, through the temple.

"So…this is the Moon Drip Ceremony? But who's…" He got his answer by looking at the ones who were spread around under the circle. It was those three that he had blown away last night. The boy with blue hair and the girl had their hands raised up to the circles while the dog guy…was on his knees bowing to it, multiple times. It was strange to say the least but he won't question it. All that matters is taking them out and Fairy Tail wins. He landed and the thudding noise catching their attention. Their expressions full of shock at the arrival of a newcomer.

"So you're the ones who's in charge of the ceremony, huh? I gotta say I'm a bit surprised you'd be the first ones I'd meet again. I was kinda hoping to see either my teammates or one of those other two guys you're working with." Naruto said to them.

"What the? Who the heck are you?" Tobi said, with him sitting on his knees and his arms still in the air. Naruto looked a bit confused before he gave a little laugh. "That's right. I wasn't exactly myself when you met me, huh?"

"What are you talking about? " Sherry demanded.

"Y-you! You were that creature from last night!" Yuka said shocking the other two. Naruto was mildly surprised himself with how he was able to piece that together so fast.

"How'd you know about that? I mean I never showed you guys what I really looked like?" He questioned. Yuka moved from his position and walked over to Naruto. He was beyond nervous but he was not going to allow himself to look weak in front of this guy. Especially with how he seemed to have been carrying himself. He wasn't that giant demonic fox with anger issues, or at least he wasn't right now. He gave off a feel that seemed to have made him genuinely clueless, which slightly calmed Yuka down. Doesn't mean he liked what was coming soon.

Sherry and Tobi turned their heads to Yuka was standing away from Naruto, with his hands at his sides. "Yuka…what are you doing?" She asked.

Without turning he spoke. "Keep the Moon Drip flowing and don't stop. I'm going to hold him off as long as I can."

"ARE YOU FREAKING INSANE!? THAT GUY'S GONNA GO ALL MONSTER ON YOU AND RIP YOU APART!" Tobi screamed with all his might. To him getting killed all for some kinda grand scheme, even one he agreed with, wasn't worth it. He would take his chances of being frozen by Lyon any day, instead of fighting a demonized Take-Over.

"This is the only way I can think of to buy time! We all can't attack him or the ceremony would stop!" he yelled back as a blue transparent force covered his hands.

"What happens if you lose!?" Tobi exclaimed.

Yuka turned his eyes to him. "Then one of you will take my place while the other keeps the ceremony going. If all three of us fall before the revival…then the plan would be a failure. It's all there is to it. Now stop talking about keep channeling!" He yelled to them. As reluctant looking as they were they nodded and focused more on gathering Moon Drip.

Naruto for his part placed his hand against his neck and moved his head side to side, cracking the joints in his neck. "Well…just to let you know, I really don't need to use my Take-Over forms. I just did it to show my allies who took this job without permission a lesson. That they were screwed to the extreme. You all just happened to be there at the time. But I won't need it against you guys." He stopped the neck cracking and clenched his right fist in front of his face while wisps of wind circled it. "My wind powers will be enough."

"Wind powers? So you can also use wind magic…and that's what you'll use to fight me?" Yuka couldn't help but let a smirk come across his face. His magic was useless against a Take-Over wizard…but against something like this? Maybe the other two wouldn't have to get involved at all. "Well that's fine by me. But it's going to be a mistake on your part for not using your Take-Over magic and be done with it."

Naruto smirked in anticipation. "You think so? Well there's nothing wrong with wanting a challenge when it counts. I can't rely on that power all the time, ya' know? That's why I learned to use my wind magic."

Naruto lifted up his right leg and had it bent at the knee. He jumped and brought it behind him. "Here we go!" Yuka held out his palm as that blue energy began forming again, just as Naruto initiated his attack. "Tempest Kick!" (2) Naruto swung his right leg hard as a light-blue, slicing arc of wind flew right at Yuka. The blue energy in his palm spread out and became more tangible.

"Wave!" Naruto's attack was negated as it crashed against Yuka's Wave magic. The far ends of the slicing wind made contact with the floor behind him though and carved through it.

"What the?" Naruto wondered about how he deflected his attack but didn't fully question it. He landed on the ground. He held up his right fist and wisps of wind swirled around it and formed a spinning wind sphere covering his hand. Yuka brought his left arm over his chest. "Try this! Aeroblast!" (3) Naruto punched the air in front of him, making the twisting, fist sized, wind blast shoot at Yuka.

"Wave!" He threw his arm to the side and deflected Naruto's attack again. He wasn't finished as he turned to his side and lifted his right arm towards Naruto. His hand position in a chopping motion."Wave!" This time instead of a regular shockwave a slow moving translucent blue sphere of magic was headed for Naruto. He stared at it in slight surprise before jumping over, as it destroyed the piece of floor he was on. He landed and gave Yuka a look.

"Alright! That's showin' him Yuka!" Tobi yelled. Sherry growled. "Idiot! Don't get distracted!" He whimpered and did as he was told.

Naruto scratched his head in confusion as his attacks weren't getting through. "Alright, what's going on? You should've been paste by now."

Yuka chuckled. "Do you see what I mean now? The pulsing energy coming from my hand diffuses all types of magic. Which means…none of your spells will work. I specialized specifically in anti-wizard magic when I was with the Lamia Scale guild. You may be powerful…but using that type of magic against someone like me? This won't be an easy victory for you."

Naruto flexed his hand. "So that's why my attacks weren't working. Gotta say, that's new. That's really new. But if you think that's enough to beat me then you're so wrong."

Yuka gave a huff. "Is that so? I'd like to see you try and prove me wrong." Naruto just raised his arm and made a chop position with his own hand. A trail of wind flowed at the end of his arm, starting from his pinkie and going to his elbow. A slight whistling screech could be heard from the wind as its color slightly changed and was a light blue, with specs of green in it. Yuka held out his arm and made a dome of his 'Wave' and prepared to block whatever Naruto was planning. Naruto charged right at him, by dashing across the ground. His wind powers carrying him along the way. He drew his right arm across his chest. The wind becoming more prominent and was now looking like a medium size curved blade of air pressure from his hand.

"Wind Rave…"

"I told you, that won't work!"

"Shock Blade!" The instant Naruto's wind blade made contact with Yuka's Wave Shield, the sword had cut it completely in half surprising Yuka, Tobi and Sherry since they found that to have been impossible. They had the right to think so as well but Naruto's job is to prove that anything was possible…with the right method of course. In this case his 'Wind Rave' magic overcoming the 'Wave' magic. As a secondary effect to the slicing of the barrier a shockwave of wind was fired from the blade and slammed hard into Yuka's stomach. The force sent him crashing into a big statue, before he fell down.

"H-how? How did…that's…impossible." was all he got to say before he lost consciousness. Tobi's mouth wouldn't close and Sherry had a look of horror on her face when Naruto directed his attention to them.

"No way. He broke through Yuka's magic with…magic!?" Tobi exclaimed.

Naruto stopped his wind powers and looked to the last two. "Alright. Which of you is next?"

Whatever possessed him to do so, Tobi got up from his position leaving Sherry to perform the Moon Drip by herself, slowing the process even more. Tobi chuckled. "I gotta hand it to you that was awesome. No one's been able to do something like that."

"Well…there's always a first for everything. Looks like your next. Good thing too. I need to get you back for calling me a fur-ball." Naruto said cracking his knuckles. "I mean you're a literal cross between and dog and a dude…I think, and you're calling me a fur-ball!?"

Tobi failed at giving an evil smirk. It was a little impossible to do with that mouth and it just made him look even more, funny looking than he naturally was. "Hey, I just called it as I saw it at the time. Now you're fighting me. Sorry to say…but I'm even stronger than Yuka is." He lifted his hands to his face and crossed his arms. His green nails extended outwards. "Check out my 'Mega Jellyfish Paralyzing Claws'. Bet you'll never guess what these babies can do?"

Sherry couldn't help but smack her forehead at the dog-man's stupidity. She wonders why…or mainly how she manages to put up with him. Naruto just looked at him with a bit of a sweatdrop, kinda having the same thoughts as Sherry. He leaned his head forward a little bit. "Uh…paralyze you?

"Whoa! How did you know that!?" Tobi asked before taking a step back. "Wait…do you have ESP powers too?"

Now Naruto was full-on sweatdropping. "No. You're just…dumb as hell."

A tick mark grew on Tobi's forehead. "NOBODY TALKS ABOUT ME LIKE THAT!" He runs at Naruto full speed before jumping. His arms were out to the side and he tried to make a cross slash when he got close. Just then a bit of a huge rumbling shook the ground. The air suddenly got cooler for some reason and Tobi lost his footing as he stumbled. Naruto just took a single step forward and lifted his fist. Tobi's face crashed into it before his body fell limp to the ground.

"Well that was…easy. Now for the last one." He faced Sherry who was now full on panicking. She didn't know what to expect from this enemy, but she knew that no matter what she tried she couldn't do anything to stop him. Besides even if she could she was the last one of the three. She couldn't afford to stop the ceremony to fight. It would be ridiculous. Tears started to gather in her eyes from fear and her vivid imagination of the ways Naruto could take her out. She just hopped that Yuka and Tobi had bought enough time.

Naruto started to walk to her. "You know…personally I don't have anything against you. But you've done awful things during your stay here and you're getting ready to do one more. I won't let that happen." He was in her face now and she looked up to him. Tears were now falling but she still had up her arms on the slim chance the Moon Drip will work. He grabbed her shirt collar and yanked her to her feet, forcing her to stop the process. The Moon Drip stopped flowing and the magic circles vanished. "I'm taking you and your buddies back to Erza and-"

RRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAUUUUUUUUUUAAAAAAARRRRRGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH!

Naruto was forced to let go of Sherry as they both covered their ears from that unholy sounding roar. Something only a true beast could make. It felt as if the whole island was shaking from the force. Naruto couldn't even hear his own voice over the sound and wouldn't dare to release his hands. He was so grateful that he wasn't in any form that had sensitive hearing or he could say good-bye to his eardrums forever. Sherry was on her knees covering, with her hands over her head. She's had it with things like this happening around her. Mainly giant monsters screaming in her ear. The roaring stopped momentarily but a pillar of swirling blue light shone from where the Moon Drip use to be.

"It's…it's done. The ceremony is done. Deliora…is alive again!" Sherry exclaimed to Naruto. He was going to say something until he was interrupted by another roar.

RRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAUUUUUUUUUUAAAAAAARRRRRGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH!

'Dammit! I was too late! Guess fighting that Yuka guy made me waste more time than needed! I need to get down to the lowest level!' He thought before jumping down from the top of the tower back to the ground below and walking into the entrance, where he found Lucy, Happy and Erza standing there.

"Guys!" He shouted. They turned to him with Lucy and Happy having frightened expressions. Erza had the look of being disturbed by the recent developments.

"Naruto!" Lucy called to him and he walked forward. "That roaring…was that-"

"It was just Lucy's stomach. I don't think she's eaten anything since we've been here." Happy said, holding his own stomach. Lucy's eyelids dropped as she turned to the cat in irritation. "You know, you're not half as funny as you think you are."

"So do you think that sound might've been Deliora?" Erza asked them.

Naruto growled and grit his teeth. His fist clenched so hard you could hear his skin crease slightly. "Yeah, it was. Those guys finished the ceremony. Dammit! I should've just went Tailed Beast and took those three out when I had the chance!"

Lucy gasped. "Oh no, you mean…THEY BROUGHT IT BACK TO LIFE!?" She screamed. Though no one bothered to answer her since it was rhetorical.

Erza looked to Naruto. "This is no time to blame yourself Naruto. Right now, we need to get to the lowest level. You're the only one here who can handle Deliora and come from a fight like that unscathed."

"Me and Lucy know the way. We'll show you." Happy suggested but Naruto shook his head quickly. "We don't have any time for that! I'll just blow a hole through the floor and we'll get there like that."

"Wait, you're gonna what!?" Lucy yelled but Naruto was already in motion. He jumped up in the air and let wind circle around his left arm. When he fell he slammed his fist against the floor breaking it completely, having them all fall through, with Lucy being the only one who was screaming. Happy wasn't worried since he could fly and Erza was barely ever worried. Especially about falling from a height like this which she had done many times. They were now in the deep underground cavern where Deliora was and it was hard to miss sight of the monster out of its iced cage.

Before they hit the ground Naruto used his magic and made wind cushions under Lucy and Erza, so they would float to the ground too. He had wind spiral under him to float down. They landed and Lucy had a hand on her chest as she breathed a sigh of relief before falling down. "It's official. I need to take a hot bath and nap after this."

"Guys!" They saw Natsu and Gray head towards them. Gray had a few bruises but unlike before he seemed fine now. Natsu seemed perfectly okay. "You actually made it." Gray said.

"'Bout time too. Deliora just broke out of the ice. We were just about to take care of it." Natsu said, with his flames lighting up his hands before they slowly vanished. "But…since Naruto's here I guess we don't have to, huh?"

"And Gray…I assume that you've taken care of Lyon?" Erza asked. Gray turned his head to where Lyon was lying completely bruised and exhausted.

"Yeah. I did. I never would've imagined years ago he'd do something like this." He stated a little sad but he's finally come to terms with it. He couldn't help wonder how Lyon would've turned out…how he would've turned out if Ur was still alive. But in a way he's glad that what happened, happened. He's glad he joined Fairy Tail, met his friends and this whole experience made him…grow if he could say.

The demon growled and it gazed upon the Fairy Tail members. It took a massive step forward, crushing rocks and kicking up the water that's now the remnants of Ur. "Oh no! It's coming this way!" Happy yelled as it took another step.

"Right!" Naruto said determined as he stepped forward to meet the beast. "Don't worry. I got this."

"Be careful Naruto. That thing is like a walking disaster. Nothing was able to harm it before." Gray warned

"Got it." Naruto said with a nod. He stopped walking when he felt he was a good distance from his friends and was staring up at Deliora. The demon stared down at Naruto and gave another roar, making his hair and cloak-jacket move wildly in the winds generated from it. Taking a deep inhale he jumped from the rock was he was on as his body flashed red and black. His form morphed instantly as he was once again in his Kurama form. Now standing at equal height to Deliora on his hind legs, since he wouldn't have much space to move if he was his full height, gave his own roar right at the monsters face.

"C'mon! I'll crush you with one blow!" Naruto taunted. Deliora roared one more at the challenge and drew back a fist. Naruto growled as he drew back his own right fist. Deliora's punch had power but it was slow as Naruto managed to catch the punch with his left hand, making a shockwave of air was formed from the force.

"Eat this!" Naruto sent his right fist flying as it collided with Deliora's face. He smirked at getting an easy hit off but it vanished when he heard a cracking sound. He removed his fist to see the demons' face cracking to pieces before the entirety of his head completely broke off. The grip he had on its right fist in turn was crushed to pieces too. Then its whole body started to crack and break apart. Everyone stood there flabbergasted at seeing this creature of absolute destruction break down like a frail piece of glass. The room started to rumble as the huge pieces fell and crashed to the ground.

"Whoa! What's going on!?" Happy exclaimed.

"Wha…what the…? I didn't know Naruto gotten that strong." Natsu said. Even after hearing him the fox in question didn't say a word. Pretty soon all the pieces of Deliora feel into the water with Naruto raising his right paw and making a fist again. He blinked.

"Did…did I do that?" He said in a clueless tone.

Happy shrugged both of his arms. "Well that was anti-climactic."

"Whoa! He seriously destroyed it in one blow!" Lucy asked. They looked to the right saw heard Lyon whimpering. He slammed his fist against the ground.

"No…that's not it. Deliora…was already dead. I can't…I can't believe it. For 10 years…Ur has gradually depleted the demon's life force. And what we just saw," Lyon grit his teeth and clenched his fists harder, "was nothing more than its last dying breaths." Tears built up in his eyes from the overwhelming feeling of grief.

Natsu smiled at Gray. "Man…your teacher was pretty awesome!"

"To think she's been sapping away Deliora's strength all this time. That means even if it was freed…and we weren't here to stop it…it still would've been destroyed. That's some incredible magic." Erza complimented as well.

"Aye!" Happy said just wanting to give his two jewel.

Gray was feeling a mass of relief that seemed to have come from nowhere. He wiped his eyes from tears that dropped from his face for Ur sacrificing herself twice. He had to agree his teacher was incredible. Plus…she was the best damn 'Ice-Make' wizard he ever knew. "Ur…may not be physically with us. But I know she's still alive." He said and stared at the water as if flowed out of the cavern through into the ocean. Its color he couldn't help but admire. Unlike when he was a child…and the blue sky filled him with an unknown anger…the blue water…his master now fueled him full of happiness. He gave a reliving sigh and turned to Lyon groveling before making his way over to him.

"Gray…" Lucy started but Erza placed a hand on her shoulder.

"Don't. This effects them in different ways but at the core they feel the same. Right now…they need each other." She said. Erza turned back to see Gray helping up Lyon and she nodded at Erza's point. Naruto gave a big defeated huff. He was covered in red and black power before he was standing in front of his friends as a 6ft fox.

"Way to go Naruto! You sure showed that Deliora monster!" Natsu said, while Happy agreed with is casual, "Aye!"

"Weren't you two listening? Deliora had been finished the moment it was freed. Naruto wasn't the cause for it's destruction. At least not the main cause." Erza said while the blond-turned-fox in question was shedding anime tears.

"That…that was such a let-down! I didn't get to do much of anything. I only had one decent fight since we came here and that was against that blue haired guy! Deliora!? I went Kurama for nothing! He complained. Erza just smirked at his attitude. Just like Naruto to complain over something so insignificant.

"Sounds like someone needs a hug." Lucy giggled. Naruto wiped his eyes with his paws before he was covered in his usual power. Instead of growing or shifting to his human one he began to shrink more and more until he was a foot tall. The light faded and he was now in his Chibi Kurama form, surprising Lucy.

"You shrunk again!? But…how come he looks like a baby fox?" She asked.

"Oh Naruto's always been able to do that. His Take-Over is special after all." Happy said with a wave of his paw. Little Naruto padded up to Erza who crouched down to him. She gave a soft smile that Lucy wasn't used to seeing.

"...I do need a hug." He said in a child-sounding voice with a little sad pout on his face. Lucy gasped at the unimaginable amount of cuteness that was happening right in front of her eyes. He looked like a kicked puppy, or more specifically a kicked fox kit. All she wanted to do was to hold him and cuddle him but Erza got in the way of that. She picked up the little fox and he smuggled into her some more. He completely disregarded the armor she wore and was content. He's had many years to get use to it.

"Is that better?" Erza asked with a smirk. Naruto nodded but he was still upset. Seeing as they had no reason to stay they left the underground cavern from an entrance that was made from the destruction. They were at a shoreline near the ocean. Gray decided to rest up against a rock as he helped Lyon against one to. Erza was still holding Chibi Fox Naruto. The others couldn't help but yell their victory to the heavens.

"OH, YEAH! THAT'S RIGHT! WE WOOON!" Natsu screamed.

"AYE, SIR!" Happy yelled along!

Lucy gave a gentle smile. "You know…I was kinda worried for a while there. But it all worked out thanks to your amazing teacher." She said. Gray smiled too. No one knew that better than him.

"WE TOTALLY FINISHED AN S CLASS QUEST ALL BY OURSELVES!" Natsu yelled more while jumping in place.

Lucy clasped her hands together and gained sparkles around her eyes. "You think master Makarov will let us on the second floor now?" Erza's glare from when she and Naruto arrived returned at the mention of that. Naruto, even in his cute form, was able to do the same forcing them all to stop in fright. They remembered they weren't even supposed to be here, let alone get rewarded for it. They couldn't help but sweat in fright.

Lucy gripped her face. "Oh no! You're still gonna punish us, huh!?"

Erza sighed as her and her little brother stopped killing them with sight alone. "Isn't there something that you're all forgetting about? You came to this island to help the villagers. The request was for you to return them to their original forms. You still haven't completed your S Class quest yet."

"But I don't understand. The curse should be lifted now 'cause Deliora's dead." Lucy said.

"Wrong. This curse you keep talking about never had anything to do with the demon. The villagers have been affected from the intense magic energy released from the Moon Drip spell. In other words Deliora's death isn't going to change their current situation whatsoever." She finished.

"Wha…oh no." Lucy said covering her mouth with her hand.

Natsu wasn't worried. He lifted his hand in the air and smiled. "Well we'd better go and change 'em back!" Happy floated over and gave him a high five. "Aye, sir!"

"Yeah, but we don't know how." He turned to a boulder where Lyon was leaning against. "Lyon, do you know?"

"To be quite honest…I don't have a clue." He said. The corner of Natsu's upper lip lifted in disbelief. "You don't know?"

"What?" Happy said putting a paw out. Lucy put her arms out. "But they told us the curse started about the same time you guys got here."

Lyon looked to her. "When we first arrived 3 years ago…we were aware that there was a village somewhere on this island. But we had absolutely no reason to communicate with the villagers so we left them alone. And they never came to the temple to see what we were up to."

"Wait so for all that time you didn't ever see at least one of the villagers?" Naruto asked.

"I don't understand. The light form the Moon Drip is so bright you can see it from practically anywhere on the island. It's kinda weird that they saw it every night and never went to investigate." Lucy said. Lyon shook his head negative.

"The villagers weren't transformed by the Moon Drip. It doesn't affect the human body." Lyon clarified.

Erza blinked. "What?"

"Yeah right," Natsu said, "you're just saying that so you and your lackeys will be off the hook."

"Just think about it. I've been exposed to it as long as they have and my appearance hasn't changed one bit." Lyon said shutting the Dragon Slayer up. It was common sense if you thought about it but he found out that Natsu wasn't as clever as he originally made him out to be.

"Oh yeah. That's true." Lucy said.

Lyon crossed his arms and gave them a critical eyes. "I wouldn't trust them. Those villagers are hiding something." He turned his head to the side. "But…I'm sure you guild wizards can handle it."

Natsu glared. "We're not done with you. You destroyed the village and-"He was forced to shut up and Erza gripped both of his cheeks. "That's quite enough Natsu. What's done is done. So there's no need to criticize them for it." She let go of his face and started to walk away. "Let's go."

"But…what are we gonna do to lift the curse?" Natsu asked.

"I have no idea." Erza stated simply making Lucy sigh. "Oh…great."

Gray didn't follow after them immediately. Instead he stayed a while longer so he can have a bit of time to speak to Lyon alone. He turned to face him but Lyon didn't appreciate that stare he was being given. "What are you looking at?" He said bitterly.

"I know you don't wanna hear it…but you should join a guild. You'll make new friends, meet new rivals and maybe even find a new dream to live for." Gray said sincerely. Lyon gasped before turned his head away.

"Whatever. Just…get out of here." He said. Gray couldn't help but smile a little. Same old Lyon. He wouldn't expect anything else from the guy but he was sure now that after this whole fiasco they could probably go back to being the close comrades like they use to be when they were children. At least Gray hoped they did. Without needing to say anything else he left to go catch up with his friends, while Lyon contemplated the option.

Making their way back to the storage area the villagers were previously located they were quite surprised to see that nobody was around at all. The place was completely deserted. It wasn't until one of the villagers found them and asked them to follow him back to where the village use to be. Only this time…"Whoa, are you kidding me?" Lucy said in disbelief. The village was somehow brought back entirely without as much as a misplaced or destroyed object. The demonized people were all cheering and celebrating that their home was back and they didn't really care how.

"Yesterday it was a total mess but now it looks perfect." Happy said. Natsu growled and walked over to a building before he started to hit it continuously. "What's going on here!? Everything's back to how it was! It's like the village went back in time!"

Lucy gave him a deadpanned expression. "Now that it's fixed you probably shouldn't touch anything Natsu."

Natsu turned to her and balled up his fist. Ticks marks apparent of his forehead. "ARE YOU SAYING I DESTROY EVERYTHING I TOUCH!?"

Lucy gave a bit of a sigh. "Well…kinda."

"Back in time…" A bit of a spark went off in Natsu's head as he remembered something. Zalty showed him that he could manipulate the properties of time in things. It was such a bother to fight him, with that guy always reforming that stupid crystal ball, though he seemed to be the only one capable of this. He placed a hand on his chin. "Was it him? Nah…it couldn't be. Unless he had a change of heart…" Thinking it was not much of a big deal he just left it alone. "Ah, who cares?"

"Not me." Happy said as he followed him.

"What are you talking about?" Lucy asked but he didn't bother to answer.

Erza was sitting at a table outside as she had a perfect view of Moka's son, Bobo's grave. The old man was kneeling in front of it as he gave his respects, since she could only assume that it was destroyed when the village had melted away. Naruto, still in his Chibi Kurama form since he was too depressed to change back, was lying curled up on the table. Usually he would've fallen asleep this way. For some reason in this form when he relaxed he would always drift off but this time he was wide awake. The guys still needed to complete the true request but they were stumped on how it should be done. Naruto himself knew that he wasn't one of the brightest either but like Natsu he has those moments where his hidden genius would show through, and allow him to realize very important clues and how to go about them. Erza was still the most tactical and it was her who discovered the reason for the villagers' transformations but he nearly caught on after she and Lyon explained on the Moon Drip's stretched out his back and sat on his haunches.

"So…are we doing this or what?" He said. Erza uncrossed her legs and stood up. She saw Lucy walk over to the grave and started conversing with Moka. Gray and Happy walked, or in Happy's case flew, over to them. "Like we have much of a choice? I'm just about ready to have this all over and done with." She said. He nodded and hopped onto her shoulder and made their way over.

"WHEN ARE YOU WIZARDS FINALLY GOING TO DESTROY THE MOON FOR US!? WELL!?" Moka yelled giving Lucy a haunting glare while she was sweating a lot, not knowing how to answer the question.

"Destroying the moon is a simple task, sir." Erza said while the others turned to them in question. "If we knew about what was really causing your people to turn like this before, than we would'a done it way earlier!" Chibi Fox Naruto declared with a smile.

Gray blinked. "What the…did they just say that with straight faces?"

"Aye. Maybe they've gone crazy." Happy said.

"But before we do that we need to ask you all a few questions. Would you be so kind as to call everyone together for a meeting?" Erza asked him.

"If it'll get rid of this curse then I'll do whatever." Moka replied. In about 5 minutes all of the villagers were gathered at the center of the village, whispering among each other. Lucy, Natsu, Happy and Gray were standing behind Erza and Naruto who was still clinging to her shoulder. Lucy couldn't help but notice that those two seemed a little too comfortable around each other to have Naruto cling to her like that. Of course she would love to have had a cute little pet do the same to her, but that fox was no pet. Erza didn't look like she minded at all and she was one to let it be known she didn't like intrusions of her personal space.

'Guess I can ask about that later. For all I know they're probably in a relationship.' Lucy figured before Erza started to speak.

"Now let's make sure we have our facts straight. The first time the villagers took on these demonic forms is when the moon began to turn purple. Is that correct?" She asked.

"Yes." Moka replied. "During the day we're fine but when the moon comes out we transform into what you see now."

"And this was 3 years ago, right?" Naruto asked. One villager opened his eyes in shock. "Wow. Has it really been that long?"

"We learned that the Moon Drip ceremony has been performed every night for the last 3 years. Each night it produced a light so brilliant you couldn't possibly have missed it. Seriously, didn't you ever wonder where that light was coming from?" Erza asked them.

"Why didn't any of you go check out to see what was happening?"

The villagers all looked nervous and mumbled back and forth. Moka tried to use the tale of how it was forbidden to go to the temple but after some words from Lucy and Erza about how that makes no amount of sense to not investigate if if it was causing harm. He goes on to say how they did try but every time they got close enough to see it they just mysteriously appear back at the village gates. The only reason they haven't told them earlier was that they were worried that they would seem like they were telling tall tales.

Naruto blinked before turning to Erza. "Oooooh. Erza-"

"I get it too. Yes. Naruto, get down for a moment." He did so as she walked forward. Her body started to glow in activation of her 'Re-Quip' until she was in her 'Giant's' Armor. "Now come Naruto. We're going to destroy the moon. It's the only way we can change the villagers back to their human forms." She declared. "You bet! Let's go!" He was at her side before he was covered in his own signature red and black magic power. He was now standing next to her in his 6ft Shukaku form with a big grin on his face.

Their guild mates, besides Natsu, was staring at them like they were out of their minds. The villagers were cheering instead at finally being able to go back to being normal. They didn't care how it was done, just focused that it would get done in the first place. Above all they would witness it first-hand.

"I don't know what they're thinking. I mean they can both do some pretty amazing things but still." Gray said.

"So…what do you think they're gonna do to it?" Lucy asked in a fearful tone.

"This is exciting huh?" Happy asked all giddy but Lucy didn't agree. "More like terrifying."

She Re-Quipped her "Spear of Haja" to go in conjunction with her armor. She turned to Naruto. "It's been a while since we've done this combination. Make sure you strike the spear the moment I throw it."

Naruto waved his hand. "Yeah, yeah, I remember. Perfect timing and all that."

"Then let's do it!" She declared as they walked forward with Gray and Lucy full of skepticism. Erza figured that they didn't need to get to a higher vantage point since Naruto's bulky stature and enhanced wind powers in this form would be enough. They both faced the moon and Erza readied the spear. She held it upwards as her armor began charging with magic power. Naruto had raised his right sandy arm making a light-blue and green magic circle appear. It vanished as wind spiraled around it the arm. Wisps of light blue air were trailing around it as a mix of that and green air swirled around his hand.

"Wind Rave…"

Erza grunted and drew her arm back. "NOW!"

Naruto smirked as he drew his own arm back and sent it flying forward, to the bottom of the spear. "RIFLE!" (4) He screamed as the punch made contact. A mass of dust was kicked up after the punch landed, as well as when Erza threw her spear as hard as she could with perfect accuracy. Powerful winds made the people shield their heads and eyes. The spear soared with green and light blue wind pulsing from the two red jets near the blade.

"Almost there!" Erza said. Everyone stopped when they heard something in the sky make contact. The moon started to crack apart with the villagers cheering and Lucy and Gray, not believing that they did it. Natsu was screaming in excitement at them being able to do something like that. But what no one expected was for part of the sky to break around the moon before shattering apart.

"What the heck is going on?" Natsu asked as he ran up to them.

"As a result of the spell a noxious membrane was covering the island." Erza said. "A what?" Natsu asked not really understanding.

"The Moon Drip released evil energy in the form of a gas. That gas crystalized and formed an invisible shell in the sky that covered the island. That's why the moon looked purple here. Now that the shell has been broken…everything will go back to how it was three years ago." She finalized. Just to prove her point all of the villagers were covered in lights which meant that the spell was being reversed.

"Yup. We did it! Alright! I finally get to go home and catch a break. Two S Class jobs in a row is pushing it." He said before dropping the Take-Over and giving a yawn. The light faded from the villagers but they were all still in their demon forms much to their confusion.

"What's wrong? They're not transforming." Gray asked.

"That's because these are their true forms." Erza said switching back in her "Knight" Armor. "The Moon Drip never had any effect on their appearance however it seems to have altered their memories."

"What do you mean?" Lucy asked.

Erza then went to explain how they were really demons transformed into humans, instead of the other way around. She told of how they were capable of taking on human's forms and their false memories made them think their temporary human forms were what they really looked like. Though they were really demons under the side effects of the Moon Drip. The reason that they couldn't go near the temple was because the moonlight there was scared and held off creatures of darkness, in this case them. Also the spell seemed to have only affected the memories of demons. After her explanation another demon, who was colored purple, wore a black bandanna and a beige cloak made an appearance. Natsu, Happy, Gray and Lucy recognized him as the guy who had sailed them over to Galuna on his boat. In actuality he was Moka's son Bobo, who had claimed to have left the island after everyone was suffering from the effects of the Moon Drip side-effects. When they claimed how he just vanished before they reached the island completely he jumped in the air and sprouted wings, showing how he did it. Moka was so overcome by happiness he sprouted his own wings and gave his son a tackle hug. The rest of the villagers began do the same and flew around in delight of having Bobo return as well as the curse being lifted, as they embraced their true natures once again. The demons decided that a celebration was in order to which the Fairy Tail members agreed to join in on the fun.

They saw that Gray was being walked off by some of the girls in the village, who have taken a liking to him.

"Seems like someone's getting a little attention from the ladies." Lucy said in a sly tone.

"He'll scare 'em off sooner or later." Happy said before he went to go munch on some fish. He felt someone tapping his shoulder and turned to see Naruto grinning at him from ear to ear. "So ya' ready?"

"Ready for what?" Happy asked while munching on his fish again.

"I told you before we leave the island I wanted you to show me your progress with the 'Wind Rave'. I mean you've and all these years to practice and I've never seen you in action all that much. So now's the perfect time to show me what you got!" He exclaimed all excited but Happy wasn't excited. His face turned completely white as the fish dropped from his hand to the plate and he gulped down what was already in his mouth. He completely forgot about that! How was he supposed to explain to Naruto…that he had nothing to show for at all? He was so sure Naruto would'a forgotten!

"I….uh…see the thing is…" Happy tried to saw but Naruto grabbed him around the waist and held him at his side. "C'mon! You can show me in the forest! That way we don't mess up the village in any way." He started walking holding Happy under his arm who was crying anime tears. He looked to his friends with silently pleading for them to help him but they, except Lucy since she was confused, turned the blind eye to him making his world completely shatter.

"Man, poor Happy. Feel kinda bad for when Naruto finds out he hasn't been practicing." Natsu said as he gulped down some more fire.

"I'm not. Personally I think it'll be what he deserves for shirking on something so important all this time. You can't possibly say that you never wanted Happy to battle alongside you Natsu." Erza said with crossed arms.

"Are you kidding? I would love if me and my buddy could fight together! But I wasn't gonna force the guy to do anything." Natsu replied. Lucy looked between the two, not really understanding the conversation.

"Wait, I'm lost. What's this about Happy not doing what?" Erza looked to her. "That's right. You don't know about that. Well…apparently a few years ago Happy went to Naruto to ask if he could teach him his 'Wind Rave' magic. I haven't learned the reason for it since I've never really bothered to ask. Naruto agreed to do so and he began training Happy when he got the chance."

"So…what's wrong with that?" She asked not seeing the picture.

"Happy is lazy." Both Natsu and Erza replied making Lucy sweatdrop.

Erza continued talking. "Apparently Happy doesn't understand that learning any form of magic is a strenuous process. No one can just pick it up and expect to just work from that. They need to train to make it stronger and keep it strong. But Happy wasn't ready in undergo the training as he deemed it too difficult. So instead of telling Naruto that he changed his mind about learning he's kept it secret from him instead and gave excuses as to why he either couldn't train or how he made Naruto believe he was. And this has been going on for total of 2 years."

"2 years!?" Lucy said surprised.

"Yup." Natsu said eating more fire.

"And this magic he was trying to learn. It was that wind magic Naruto used earlier?"

Erza nodded. "Yes. The 'Wind Rave'. Unlike what we've experienced with Erigor the 'Wind Rave' is a Lost Magic. The same as Naruto's 'Tailed Beast Take-Over' or Natsu's 'Fire Dragon Slayer' magic."

"So what's Wind Rave actually? It sounds different from normal wind magic but… " Lucy asked.

Erza went into a full explanation. "You understand how regular wind magic allows the user to do the usual things. Manipulate wind at will. High offensive power, allowing them to assault enemies in different ways: the most prominent aspect of such magic lies in the ability to give the wind cutting properties. But also people need to use their hands to use it and when people don't the spells are a bit more accurate but are minor in strength. For the 'Wind Rave' it's like this. Not only can you use the regular aspects of wind magic, like cutting, wind blasts, wind armor and such. There's a few extra's to it. First and foremost, unlike regular wind magic attacks are much easier to be projected from anywhere else from the body instead of just the hands. Like the legs, mouth or even the entire body. Also they don't lose their power when preformed in this manner. Also if one is a master with the magic if they are precise enough they can attack using thin near invisible wind blades or ones that could even cause an aftershock. It can be used in a larger set of ways and is naturally stronger than regular wind magic, like combat. You can manipulate the wind, as well as the very air and it doesn't take much magic energy but attacking or defending like this isn't stronger than using a spell.

Its properties itself is the perfect mix of wind and air magic. The tanuki form you saw him take was the first level of his Take-Over. That's the one who has the powers of 'Wind Rave' and Naruto learned to harness it in his human form. That's why its magic circle has two colors instead of just one. Same as the magic itself at times. To show the fusion, but that also means it's very hard to learn and unless you have a high enough magic storage than you can become exhausted after using just one technique. Also only a select few has the capability to learn it. The reason for this is because your magic, even if you don't use it for battle, needs to be naturally tuned to wind magic, since its properties are wind based instead of air based, though it can also enhance air magic because of the mix. If you do have Magic Power naturally tuned to wind magic yet you know another form of magic instead the 'Wind Rave' won't be possible to learn. Since Happy's 'Aera' Magic is inherited this doesn't count for him. So that means it's possible for him to learn."

When Erza was finally done explaining Lucy had multiple question marks floating around her head and a look on her face that was a mix between stupefied and disbelief. She never would've guessed that little annoyance of a cat would be trying to learn magic. At least one where he could cause actual harm. And the one he was trying to learn was a Lost Magic? A magic that's, as the name permits, has gone without use throughout history and barely anyone even knows about it. Those magic's were the rarest of the rare and also the most deadly. She couldn't imagine Happy, the little lazy, fish obsessed, wise-cracking fur-ball, that was also Natsu's literal wing-man to ever get into a straight fight with someone. Plus did the magic have to be so dangerous? She shuddered at the things he would possibly be capable of if he ever learned to do something even remotely destructive. Add to the fact that wind would amplify Natsu's fire and that's a very deadly mix indeed.

Lucy blinked as something clicked in her head. "Hold up. You just said that Happy hasn't done any kind of training…and Naruto…doesn't know about that?"

"Nah. The guy's completely clueless." Natsu said with a big grin.

Erza grinned a little. "Though…I don't believe Happy will be able to lie his way out of this one. In fact I don't think it would be long until Naruto-"

At that moment an extremely loud echoing roar sounded out from the dense forests. The force from the shockwaves made the island shake as well as the surrounding waters, making it seem as if Deliora has returned. Though the roar was of a different tone and seemed more bearable to hear, though no one still wanted threat eardrums to burst. Everyone in the village shielded their ears from the noise. Erza was the calmest, as if she knew what was happening but wasn't worried of a probable threat. Though it wasn't alone as a nasally, near girlish scream was over layered with the roar. They both calmed down after a few minutes. The villagers looking around in confusion and slight panic at what sort of beast could've produced that but after Erza told them that there was no real danger they tried to get back to the festivities.

"WHAT THE HECK WAS THAT!? ANOTHER MONSTER!?" Lucy screamed looking around, not at all calmed down by Erza's say so of not being in danger.

The red head took a few sips of her fruit juice. "I believe that was Naruto finding out about Happy lying to him all this time."

Natsu rubbed his head in worry. "Man. I just know he's gonna put Happy through the ringer after this. Naruto might even kill him!"

Erza chuckled and shook her head a bit. "I don't believe he'll go that far. Maim in excess training…there's a high possibility. But he won't kill Happy."

Lucy's eye twitched as she held her head down. "You guys….are totally insane."

Back at the Fairy Tail guild the members were all having a good time as they usually did. Laughing, drinking, and random fights breaking out here and there. There were all forced to stop their current festivities once they felt an earthquake, which slightly shook the building. After about 10 seconds the shaking stopped and they tried to gain their bearings.

"What…what the hell was that!?" A random guild member shouted in surprise.

Mirajane picked herself up and rubbed her head a little after hitting it against the floor. "Well…I can think of two things. It was either some kinda random seismic event…or maybe even-"at that moment another earthquake, but of a smaller magnitude occurred. This one though was followed by the faint echoing of a high pitched girlish scream that sounded too familiar to not recognize. "-Naruto had probably found out that Happy had been lying about his training."

Most of the members couldn't help but bow their heads at the probably soon-to-be deceased cat.

Back on Galuna Island, just as the fairies thought, Naruto and Happy hadn't returned to the village for the rest of the night, meaning they stayed out in the forests until morning. Though it was kind of hard to miss the constant noises in the distance of things breaking, explosions of wind and Happy's screams. Inside the village though Sherry and Yuka had shown themselves again, putting everyone on edge of another fight braking out. However they wanted to apologize of their actions and explained how Deliora's rampage through their homes when they were children fueled them with a large amount of hate towards it. That's the reason they joined Lyon, so they could see him destroy it but they then realized that they had been hurting people on their quest for revenge and they vowed to become better people. Natsu took the initiative to invite them to the village celebration…or more likely forced. But they stayed anyway, and even though it was awkward at first then kinda had a good time. Sooner or later morning had to come.

Natsu was holding two torches in his hand, snacking on more fire in delight. Happy was lying on his head, stomach first. He was covered in multiple scars, scratches, bruises and he had a black eye from taking an 'Aeroblast' from Naruto to the face. His chest was wrapped in bandages that was soaked in a special herbal gel to help speed up the recovery process. He wasn't wearing his usual green bag around his neck since it was destroyed and most likely ripped to pieces and scattered around the forest. Though it didn't seem like he was going to be moving much any time soon.

"This wouldn't have happened if you would'a train~ed." Natsu said in a teasing manner. Happy grumbled something in audible in his hair making Natsu stop eating for a second. "I'm sorry. What?"

Happy slightly lifted his head but only enough where his mouth was free of pink locks. "I s-said…shut…the h-hell up." He managed to groan. Natsu was slightly surprised. He never heard Happy swear before. Though after the night he had he couldn't blame him, could he?

Lucy was tending to Gray a bit at the scars he received and built up over the course of time they've been here. He seemed perfectly fine except the scar running across his forehead. It only bothered Gray because he couldn't see it. Erza meanwhile was talking to Moka, with him insisting to give them the money for completing the quest. Erza kept refusing as he kept insisting. Since said it would've been against the principles of the guild if they took the money since the job wasn't officially taken. But instead they received the Gate Key they had, which was more like a consolation prize. Of course Lucy was the only one to enjoy it. The others, not so much.

"Well, at least let me take you back to Hargeon?" Bobo suggested though it sounded more like a question.

"Thank you but that won't be necessary. Naruto was the one who brought us both here using one of his Take-Over's. So he'll be our transport again." Erza said.

"Well…at least be sure to visit sometime. And if you can't do that a letter or two wouldn't be bad either." Moka suggested. Erza smiled a bit. "Of course. After all we're all comrades now. It would be in each other's best interest to keep in contact." She replied.

"Well in that case I hope you all have a safe trip back." Moka said with a smile as the other villagers agreed and said their own goodbyes. Erza nodded and grabbed the handle to a cart that was full of souvenirs, and cases tied together by a rope she collected. She turned and walked back to the group, who waved god-bye to the demons and left the village gates and walked along the path to get back to the shore.

"Man, this was a crazy adventure! I'm glad it's over with but I'm also happy the villagers are alright now." Lucy digs into her pocket and brings out her new Zodiac Gate Key. "But I've also got this little beauty to show for something good!"

"Yeah…for you. Not so much the rest of us." Gray said. Naruto sighed. "I can't believe you Erza. I mean why'd you have to turn the money down? I really could'a used that."

Erza turned to him. "You know as well as I do that we wouldn't be allowed to take that money, no matter how much any of you wanted it. It goes against the rules that master Makarov had decreed. What would you have even used any of that for anyway?"

"I don't know because I don't have it, do I?" He replied a little bitterly. "C'mon. If they offered as a show of gratitude it wouldn't really be going against the old man's rules. We can still go back and take Monster Pops up on his offer."

Erza smirked. "Sorry but my decision still stands. Nothing you can do will change it."

Naruto slightly glared. "Oh yeah?" He was covered in red and black light before his form shrunk again. Erza was forced to stop as her face contorted to a look of shock. Her eyes were wide and her right eyebrow was twitching. Naruto had changed into his Chibi Shukaku form, which he knew had always been Erza's favorite. Lucy couldn't help but squeal again at how cute the little monster was. Said monster waddled up to Erza and lifted his arms up to her, like when they were children. "Please?" He said in a cute voice. Lucy was on the verge of exploding from the adorableness. Erza's heart was pounding as her arms twitched. She slowly lowered them and almost grasped the tanuki around the waist.

'Just a bit more.' Naruto thought in anticipation. If Erza caved he knew she would have no choice but to go back and take up Moka on his offer. He got away with a lot of things like that this way in the past. Though he didn't anticipate for Erza to violently jerk upwards to a standing position again and cross her arms. Her eyebrow was still twitching. "Sorry…but even if you take that form…I won't give in! I stand true to my words Naruto!" The sand demon's mouth fell open in shock at her resolve. She was NEVER able to resist him like this!

"Wow. Erza's really serious about this, huh?" Natsu said to Gray lowly. The ice mage nodded. "I know. She's always caved from that about right now. She must be more serious than serious itself."

"I think it's kinda sweet. " Lucy said as she smiled at their little interaction though. They seemed to be a lot closer than anyone else in the guild that she had met so far. She honestly never even believed Erza was personally close to anyone. Her thoughts went back to last night about what their actual relationship could be. It couldn't hurt to ask them right?

"Hey, Naruto. Erza. Can I ask you guys something?" Erza managed to compose herself and Naruto turned back to normal.

"Yes? What is it?" Erza asked. Lucy rubbed her head. "Well…it's just something I've been wondering for a while now. I mean…you both just seem really close…and you get along well with each other too. I was just wondering…"

"Wondering what?" Naruto tried to edge her to say what was on her mind.

"I just wanted to know if…you two were in a relationship. You know…boyfriend and girlfriend. I'd get it if it's personal and you don't wanna talk about something like that though." She said slightly waving her hand. Everyone was silent as the words left her mouth. Natsu's and Gray's mouth's hung open. Happy, even in his injured state lifted his head to look at her and he seemed to try and not laugh. Mainly because his chest ached when he snickered but the funnies were more overwhelming than the pain. Erza's mouth twitched as she blinked and Naruto…he couldn't help but cover his mouth with both hands, run behind a tree a started regurgitating violently. Naruto's reaction freaked her out the most.

"Wha-what happened!? What's wrong!? Was it something I said!?" Lucy yelled to them. It was then Happy couldn't hold back any of his laughter. He had to hold onto Natsu's hair as to not fall off.

Happy managed to calm himself down enough to talk a bit more properly. "Wow Lucy. I…hahaha, didn't know y-you were into incest. There's a dark side to you I never would'a imagined!"

She looked to the cat with a disgusted look. "WHAT THE HELL DOES THAT MEAN YOU FREAKY CAT!?"

Gray blinked a few times at her confusion. "Wait…Lucy. You mean you…seriously don't know!?"

"Know what!?" She asked loudly turning to him. She felt so much irritation at being taken around in circles. Natsu managed to close his mouth but was still shocked. "L-Lucy…Naruto and Erza…they're really-"

"We actually see each other as siblings…Lucy." Erza said, trying not to feel sick like Naruto who was still releasing everything from the confines of his stomach. She knew how disgusting the concept of incest was to him and she couldn't blame him for reacting like that either. Lucy covered her mouth with both hands and took in a long intake of air ad gained anime white eyes. Happy was laughing again and she felt more embarrassed than she ever had in her life. How was she supposed to know something like that!? No one in the guild tells her these types of things! Especially not about anyone's personal standings in life!

"OH MAN, I AM SO SORRY! I DIDN'T KNOW! I MEAN YOU TWO JUST SEEMED TO CLOSE AND EVERYTHING AND I JUST…I JUST…AGHHH!" She yelled frantically moving her hands through her hair messing it up a bit. Happy stopped laughing and Erza took a deep breath. Erza was about to speak until Naruto was standing over Lucy in his Shukaku form. This time standing at 8ft and he glared down to her.

"Don't you…ever say something like that again! I see Erza as my sister and nothing else! Don't you even think otherwise! Do you understand!?" Lucy was crying a large amount of anime tears as she leaned back, the more he got closer to her face. If she had to she swore she would've wet herself right then and there. With nothing to say she just nodded rapidly. "Good." Naruto huffed before turning back to normal.

"Besides I have a girlfriend anyway, just to let you know." He said with another huff. Of course Lucy was curious as to who this was but there was no way in hell she was going to make any more assumptions. Especially on things that no one else in the Guild would tell her about that's supposedly common knowledge.

"Don't worry about that Lucy. She wasn't at the Guild the couple of days you've been there." Natsu said.

"Actually she was but just when you weren't so you never had the chance to meet her. I'm sure you might when we get back into town" Gray said correcting Natsu.

Lucy was still a little speechless about the whole 'relationship mix-up' thing so she just kept her mouth mostly shut for the duration of the travel back home. Well…besides the couple of things she said with Naruto turning into a giant turtle that is. In the span of a few hours they were walking through the outskirts of Magnolia. Natsu felt all giddy as he raised his fist in the air. "We're home!"

"Aye, sir!" Happy yelled in agreement, some his major wounds having healed up, though he was still feeling some ache throughout his body.

"I know Naruto already said it before but I'm still kinda bummed about going through all that just for a lousy Gate Key." Gray said stoically.

Happy flew alongside him. "Yeah and that S Class reward was big time money."

"Once more it wasn't an official job." Erza closed her eyes momentarily. "Just be glad you got something." Lucy nodded with a big smile. "She's got a point. Now quit your complaining."

Happy looked to her. "That's pretty easy for you to say, you got a reward. Can we sell it!?" He asked all excitedly but Lucy looked to him like he was crazy.

"How could you even suggest that Happy!? You guys just don't get it. They're hard to come by. Sure there are lots of Silver Gate Keys but there are only 12 Gold Zodiac Keys. I'm lucky enough to have 5" She said bragging a bit.

"Seriously? Five? That's gotta be luck." Naruto said slightly impressed but Natsu looked to him with a smile. "It's not all great. They're all crazy anyway." Lucy heard that and opened her eyes before closing them and balling up her fists. "You had better watch your mouth you punk! Me and my Celestial Spirits are gonna be better than you someday!"

"So which one of the Zodiac Keys did you end up getting?" Gray asked. Lucy gave him a thumbs up. "Sagittarius, the Centaur."

"It's a horse man!?" Gray asked turning to her completely. He had a thought bubble of an anthropomorphic horse. Lucy slightly sweatdropped.

"Well…yeah. But it's more like this." Hers was one of a man that had the lower half of a horse, while holding a bow and arrow. Natsu's…some sorta…octopus flower…thing? With a creepy smiley face? "And THAT is not even close…dummy." She said with a deadpan.

"Wow Celestial Spirits are pretty cool. But…I'd take my Take-Over magic any day." Naruto said with his hands having been folded behind his head.

"Oh yeah? You wouldn't be saying that if you were a Celestial Wizard too." Lucy countered.

Naruto smiled. "But transforming into monsters is cooler than having 'em fight for me. But I guess having the company would be really nice."

Lucy placed her hands on her hips. "Okay, first of all my spirits fight with me, not for me. I know how to take care of myself. They just handle the things I can't. Second of all that's only your opinion because you're a Take-Over wizard instead of a Celestial Spirit wizard. If circumstances were different you could've ended up using the same magic as me, you know?" (5)

Naruto gave a toothy smile and chuckled. "Well good thing those circumstances didn't happen, huh? I can't imagine not being able to turn into a giant hulking monster. I've been doin' it for all these years and it's still so awesome! But enough about that! Let's hurry back already! I need me a steaming bowl of ramen and…"

"NARUTO!"

He was cut off by a random voice that seemed to have come from behind all of Erza's luggage. The others turned too but a blur flew past them and tackled Naruto to the ground.

"Hey! What the!?" Lucy said as they turned back abruptly. Now here was a new character that Lucy had never seen before. It was…a girl that looked to be the same age as her. She had short smooth white hair, wore a plan green shirt, which hugged her chest showing that she was nicely endowed. C-cups if she had to guess. She wore blue shorts that only went up to her thighs and blue sandals. Though there were two distinct things that she couldn't help but notice. The first was the white Fairy Tail emblem that was stamped on her right leg in white, showing that she too was part of the guild. The second was her face. She seemed really familiar but she just couldn't place why.

"L-Lisanna!" Naruto shouted in surprise. Lisanna started to beat his chest childishly with a pout. "Naruto, how could you just leave on another job like that!? You didn't even tell me at all! That's so rude!"

Naruto gave a nervous laugh as he stood up and then helped her up too. Lisanna stopped hitting his chest and sighed. "Let me guess. You forgot, right?" Naruto couldn't help but rub his head sheepishly. "Um…sorry. I know I should'a told you first…but the old man…"

Lisanna started to laugh out loud confusing him. She stopped and smiled at him. "I'm just messing with you. I already knew that you had to leave. Master Makarov told me but when he did that's when I was going out on my own job. It wasn't anything too dangerous but the pay was good enough to go for it. I'm just coming back from it now." Naruto sighed in relief. Lisanna would usually always get him with tricks like that and he hated how believable she could be. But unless it was serious she would always tell him outright if she was joking or not, like now for instance.

Natsu stepped forward and smiled. "Hey, Lisanna. What's goin' on?"

She turned to him. She walked over and gave him a quick hug before disconnecting. "Natsu! I'm glad to see you're alright. You had everyone else at the guild worried with that stunt you pulled you know?"

Natsu just gave a bigger smile. "But we managed to complete the S Class quest in the end. It's all good."

"Yeah, because of Naruto and Erza right?" She said with a knowing smile. Natsu was at a loss for words and just laughed it off. She looked to the others. "Hi Gray, Erza. You're all looking well."

"I can say the same." Erza said with a nod. Gray just raised his hand and gave a simple, "hey". When she looked to see Happy covered in some scratches and his eye looked a little swollen she gasped.

"Happy!? Man, you look awful!" Happy just laughed nervously and rubbed his head. "Yeah. I know. I guess…that's what happens sometimes on missions. You get…banged up." He avoided Naruto's gaze who had a glint in his eyes.

Then her eyes fell onto Lucy. "Huh? Who are you?"

"Oh…I'm Lucy. I'm kinda new to the guild." Lisanna walked over and shook her hand. "That's right. We did get a new member recently. So you're Lucy. It's nice to finally meet you. My names Lisanna. I'm sure you've met my big brother and sister, Elfman and Mira" They separated hands.

Lucy leaned a little more in. "Whoa, you're their sister? Now I know why you looked so familiar. You look kinda like Mira."

"Yeah, I get that sometimes." Lisanna said.

"FYI Lucy, Lisanna is also the girlfriend Naruto's been talking about." Gray said. Just to emphasize Lisanna walked skipped over to Naruto and gave him a peck on the lips before wrapping her arms around his neck. Naruto blushed a little but he laughed a bit and wrapped his right arm behind her back. "Yup! So now you know!" Naruto said to Lucy though he was still smiling broadly.(6)

"Wow. That's so sweet. So what kind of magic do you use?" Lucy asked her.

"Me and my big brother and sister are all Take-Over wizards. Mine is the 'Animal Soul'. I can transform into any animal or hybrid-animal. It's also something me and Naruto kinda have in common. His Tailed Beast forms are animal based." She said.

"Yeah, I noticed. Actually how many forms can you even take Naruto" Lucy asked. "I've seen you turn into a tanuki, a fox and just a while ago a turtle."

"I have 9 different forms I use. You can tell which level is which by the number of tails. That means I have six more forms you haven't seen yet." He replied. "I'm sure you'll see 'em soon enough but we can talk about this later. Let's head back already."

"Yes. You all still need to face your punishment." Erza said in a slightly evil tone. Natsu, Lucy, Gray and Happy's faces dropped instant as Erza, Naruto and Lisanna walked ahead of them. They glumly followed after, trying to think of anything to not get what Makarov was more than willing to give. The more they walked the more they started to notice people giving them weird looks. They also seemed to be whispering behind their ears.

"Why is everyone starin' at us?" Gray asked.

"It's not the good kind of starin'." Happy replied.

"It feels like pity." Erza said. She stopped and gasped when she and the others saw something…strange about the guild in the distance. There were many strange cylindrical objects attached to it. "What!? Why does the guild look so bizarre!?"

"Let's go find out!" Naruto said as they rushed as quickly as they could to the Fairy Tail guild. When they got close enough to see they caught their breaths in their throats. Many steel beams were either sticking in or sticking out at random places. It was hard to tell. Not only that, but the guild was completely in shambles too. It wasn't destroyed but it would need a lot of rebuilding.

"No way." Gray said lowly.

"What's happened to it!?" Erza said anxiously.

Lucy placed her right hand over her mouth. "No. I don't understand."

Naruto walked forward. His fists clenched and veins full of anger rising on his forehead. "Our guild. Someone did this to our guild!" Natsu growled, literally shaking from the inner rage.

"Dammit. Someone's got a lot of nerve, don't they? When I get my hands…on the guy or guys…that think they can just…" Naruto couldn't properly form a sentence. His right hand in a fist. He could feel his magic start to act sporadically and he nearly transformed just from his anger alone but he knew had to get himself under control before he did more harm than good. Lisanna was holding his hand in an attempt to calm him down even more and it seemed to be working a bit.

"But who would do such a thing?" Erza questioned, equally just as angry but she was hiding it like a professional.

"It was Phantom." Everyone turned around to see Mira standing there with the saddest of looks on her face.

"Mira." Lisanna said acknowledging her eldest sibling.

"Are you serious?" Gray asked while Natsu turned to her still glaring. "You mean…Phantom did this!?"

"We couldn't do anything to stop them. They got us good." Mira said.

"But…what about the others? Are they alright?" Lucy asked full of concern. "Yeah, they are…but…"

"But what!? When did this happen!?" Naruto yelled. Mira just shook her head. "After everyone had left last night. The others are okay…but…there's more to it than that. C'mon. Everyone's in the basement. We can talk about everything there." She said before walking to the guild. The others followed her wanting nothing more than to get to the bottom of this. Well everyone besides Natsu and Naruto. They had thoughts of more along the line of destroying the hell out of Phantom Lord. They didn't care how or what someone said but they would do everything in their power to take their revenge and get them back for this. Above all get the one specifically responsible for their guilds destruction.

'Just you wait Phantom Lord. I'm coming for ya' no matter what! And when I do I'm gonna dish out what you did to us 1,000 fold!'Naruto's thought before he and the others entered the shambles of their guild.

(1)- "Wind Style: Great Breach" is actually the same attack as "Wind Style: Great Breakthrough". The first (and only) time I heard 'Great Breach' was when I was playing Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm Revolution on PS3 and Orochimaru used it in a cutscene against Pain. Since everyone also uses "Great Breakthrough" I decided to take a different approach in this story and instead changed it to "Great Breach".

(2)- The "Tempest Kick" if any of you didn't know is actually one of the "6 Powers" from One Piece. I think since Naruto can manipulate 'super' wind magic (since that's kinda what the 'Wind Rave' is) than kicking a sharp burst of air shouldn't be out of his reach.

(3)- "Aeroblast". Lugia's signature move from Pokémon. I fucking love Pokemon.

(4)- Does THIS seem familiar? It should. It's those One Piece memes again. This time instead of Luffy's "Gum-Gum: Rifle" we have Naruto's "Wind Rave: Rifle". You know what makes it cooler? The syllables fit!

(5)- Some of you might've been confused about this one, right? Well check this out. You know how I explained that this story was originally a challenge from my good buddymellra? Well there's this author, Fairytail ninja, who's also taken one of mellra's Fairy Tail challenge stories, with Naruto being a Celestial Spirit mage to the Tailed Beasts in it. It's called "Two Blonds Among the Stars". I mean me and, Fairytail ninja, aren't friends or anything. Hell, we're not even acquaintances but since he helped to make mellra happy by taking some weight off his shoulders with all the challenges he's been brain-farting out, as well as writing such an awesome story, I wanted to kinda give him a shout-out. This goes out to you Fairytail ninja!

(6)- Now for the pièce de résistance (Yes, I know French. Blame Wakfu). Okay I know it's not the "best" part but I deem this the most important. (Sigh) Alright. You wonder why Lisanna's still around? Well this time around things have been changed up. She was badly wounded but she was never pulled into an Anima. Though because she's still around Mira should be her "Punk Self" right? No. There's a reason for that too. No, she's not as delicate as before. Mira can still use her magic and is not some sniveling weakling BECAUSE Lisanna is around but she was still traumatized by that mission so she's still mostly her canon self. Don't worry, I'll go more into detail about how it all went down in the future.

Now…a lot of you has been wishing for NarutoXErza. Other's…NarutoXMirajane. But NarutoXLisanna is happening for TWO reasons. First and foremost since this is a challenge story I had to abide by the challenge rules. One of them was for NARUTOXLISANNA! I do not want niggas (Once again, I'm black. I can say that!) To be all over me about WHY I chose this pairing! "I" didn't! Mellra did! NO, I'm NOT on this man's dick! I just admire the guy is all! Once again it was one of therules! I'm just abiding by them! Yeah, I AM throwing in my own originality and changing it up here and there but now that you understand THAT, at least don't ask anymore! Naruto and Erza WON'T happen! Ever! It's impossible!

Now the second reason. Look…..I've looked through the filter on Fanfiction for NarutoXFairy Tail stories. For Genre I put strictly "Romance". "English" for the language. Rating: ALL and I placed Naruto with all three girls separately. Erza, Mira and Lisanna. The stories could be both, complete and incomplete.

NarutoXErza story count: 82 (current) you see that count!? And you all have the nerve to PESTER me about MORE of THIS!? THAT'S 82 STORIES OF THIS PARING!

NarutoXMirajane story count: 36 (current) it's no 82 but it's kinda high!

NarutoXLisanna story count…...6 (current)…..are you fucking kidding me right now? Plus THIS story….makes 7. Do you all see what's wrong here? Mellra was right...we DON'T have many NarutoXLisanna stories. I don't know why! Lisanna is cute as hell! Why does NOBODY like Lisanna!? After seeing that sorry-ass count I kinda agree with him! We NEED more NarutoXLisanna. It's…its ri….it's so ridiculous.

Now a little something I wanted to say about the attacks. After looking up the Naruto Wiki and looking under Wind Style (Release) techniques there's not that many. I mean there kinda is but they're either collaborations, require another nature, or Naruto can't do them because it's not his fighting style or something. Plus coming up with new moves all the time is difficult. Besides people that be doing these crossover's with Naruto always only have him or others from the franchise using "Naruto Based Attacks". I wanted to do something different and add in more techniques but change them so they can work with the 'Wind Rave' magic. With that One Piece shout-out in the last Naruto chapter I felt that adding in moves from One Piece would be more than appropriate. Same for Pokémon, since I'm a Pokémon expert and avid fan of the franchise. Just to let you know "Aeroblast" is gonna be quite a signature move for Naruto and Happy. But I'm not stopping there. You'll see an assortment of techniques from other universes coming to play.

Avatar: The Last Airbender, Digimon, Bleach, the works. Yeah, 'Wind Rave' is hella deadly. Wait until Happy starts using it. You should feel a mass of nostalgia when he does any of Luffy's attacks since he and Luffy are both voiced by Colleen Clickenbeard. That woman….is incredible. And I'll make sure Happy has his beast-ass moments too. Like Luffy against Crocodile or Lucci, beast-ass moments. Yes. Happy will grow to be THAT strong.

Welp….that's it for now. I'ma see my, oh so amazing fans in "Monkey See, Monkey Do!"

Rest in pieces bitches and HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

This chapter was to commemorate the holidays!