Back into the magical mayhem!

8: The Wizard of Light!

Naruto's furious roar bounced off the walls of the train station as Erigor burst through one of the windows to escape. He made to follow him but was cut off by the rest of Eisenwald's guild members. The blond bit back a growl, "Natsu, Gray, you two go after Erigor, I'll stay here and take care of these guys," he said, casting his eyes over his shoulder at Lucy, "Lucy, I want you to take care of Erza," he said, shocking the two females.

Erza growled, "I do not need looking after!"

Naruto turned back to the Dark Guild men, "Tell me that when you can stand without wobbling from foot to foot," he said loudly, causing the three other Fairy Tail members to look at the red-head in equal amounts of shock, "Use anymore of you magic, and you'll topple over."

Lucy went to support the weakened mage, "Don't worry, I'll make sure she recovers quickly," the younger blonde affirmed, much to Erza's embarrassment as her arm was slung over Lucy's shoulders.

"This is unnecessary," Erza repeated, "I can take care of myself well enough, and you'll need help with these men."

Naruto just turned to the two girls and smiled crookedly, "Oh, no I won't, believe it!" He said, causing both of them to blush slightly, one more than the other, and turned to Natsu and Gray, who were butting heads, "Are you two still here!?" The blond roared, "MOVE YOUR ASSES!"

"Yes Sir!" They yelped in fright from the blond's roar, and quickly hightailed it.

The Eisenwald mages growled as the Fire and Ice duo ran off, "Oi, two of them are running off!"

"Are they going after Erigor?"

One of the men chuckled, extending black bandages from his sleeves, "You leave them to me," he said, swinging into the rafters, "I'll get them!"

Kage knelt to the ground, his shadows expanding around them, "Me, too!" He growled as he began to sink into the darkness, "I can't forgive that pink-haired Fairy!"

Naruto rushed the shadow user, bringing Caliburn up in a high arc as the blade glowed with stored energy and let loose a stream of golden magic, "Get back here!" But it was too late as Kage sank beneath the floor, the attack left a small crater in the floor, but no Kage. "Damn, he got away!"

A man was cat-like whiskers on his face just grinned as the pair went their own way, "Oh, brother, Kage and Reyure were supposed to stay with us," he said, leering at the two girls, "But that just means we can take their turns with these cute little ladies they left behind."

"Gotta get passed me first," Naruto growled, turning his attention toward the group, "Who's first?"

The man beside the whiskered Eisenwald man grunted, "Yo, Beard, wasn't there something in the paper about a wizard from Fairy Tail with blond hair and blue eyes?" He asked.

"What's that got to do with this, Karraka?" Beard asked.

"I read he uses a magic never seen before," Karraka said, jerking his thumb at the young man, "Think this could be him?"

"Who cares?" One of the others asked, "Once we take care of him, then we care deal with these two girls!"

"Too bad we have to kill them," another said, "How 'bout we have a little fun with them first?"

Another one laughed, "Great idea, then we can sell'em at a good price!"

As they spoke, the blond in front of them had grown angrier with each word, his magical energy had begun to leak from his body is wisp-like streams. It swirled around him in his own personal storm in an amazing golden display that left Lucy breathless even though it meant, given that she'd never seen him in such a state, Naruto was furious.

Naruto's eyes were overshadowed by his golden bangs, his hand gripping Caliburn so tightly that his knuckles turned white. Erza herself was surprised at the amount of pressure that was coming from the young wizard, "What is this?"

"Celestial Magic," Lucy breathed out as the swirling storm around her friend and mentor took on a multi-colored hue, "It's so..."

"Pretty!" Happy chirped.

"No, it's frightening," Erza ground out, "That much magical output is foolhardy. Not even the Master puts out that much when he's angered."

As if on cue, Naruto shot forward, his blade flashing through the air in a wide arc as he struck the first man with the flat part of the blade, knocking him clean. He then rounded on the man immediately to his left and hit him with a palm-heel strike to the face, and round-housed another.

"What the hell are you guys doing!?" Beard roared as another one of their men went down courtesy of Naruto's blade, "He's just one guy, and he's not even using magic! Somebody kill this bastard!"

Naruto flashed the man a glare, his eyes shining brightly, "You want magic?" He asked quietly, his voice layered with fury, "I'll give ya magic." He took his blade in hand, settling it in the crooks of his thumbs, "I call upon the majestic indigo ruler of the land," A blue magic circle appeared above him, causing storm clouds to form inside the train station, much to their growing shock, "Let loose thy churning tempest to engorge upon this, our misfortune," Thunder rolled around them, and wind suddenly began to howl, forcing Lucy and Erza to back away as Naruto prepared to let loose the spell. "Maelstrom!"

With a clap of thunder, a cyclone of wind and water spiraled down, and split into seven different pillars, encircling the young mage, "Now go!" Naruto shouted. Violently, the cyclone roared out, taking up the surprised Eisenwald mages, throwing them about, and slamming them into each other and the walls.

"Damn this bastard," Beard growled as he held onto a pillar to keep himself on the ground, raising his hand to attack him, "I'll teach you to mess with Eisenwald!"

Lucy, barely able to catch what was said over the howling of the wind, saw what was going on with the Dark mage, instinctively raising her free hand, "Seraphic Bolt!" The girl cried out as the blue circle of magic appeared at her palm, a similar circle appearing underneath the surprised Beard.

"What the -?! GAH!" Bolts of green, yellow and blue lightning erupted from the spell, shocking the mage to the floor.

Lucy looked on in surprise at her smoking palm, "D-did that come out of me?" She said, looking down at her hand, sparks of electricity still jumping between her fingers.

The storm calmed down as the unconscious bodies of the Eisenwald guild piled up, Naruto having finally calmed down, and sheathed his sword. "And that," he said, looking at the one remaining member still standing, "is what happens when you talk about my precious people like they're nothing but cattle to be sold for slaughter." He growled, holding out a beckoning hand toward Karraka, "Now, you gonna be next?"

Karraka paled and turned tail, running down the hall like a mad man.

Naruto scoffed, and turned toward the two girls, smiling, "Nice shot with that spell, Lucy," he grinned as he walked over to the girls, making the blonde blush with pride, and then looked at the red-head, "You doing any better?"

Erza frowned, but allowed a small turn to her lips in a small smirk, "I already told you I was fine," she said defiantly, "but that was good work, though you did let one of them get away. He could be going to warn Erigor."

Naruto shook his head, "No, I don't even think Erigor's still even in the train station," the Celestial mage frowned, looking up at the broken window the Wind mage had shattered in his escape, "If he was planning to use the broadcasting system, then he would have gotten there by now, considering he uses Wind magic to fly. It would've taken him no time at all."

Lucy looked surprised at realization hit her, "Hey, he's right, the broadcasting room is pretty close," she said, pursing her lips, "But if he's not going to do that, then what - ?"

"We'll probably have to ask one of these bozos a few questions," Naruto said, jerking his thumb at the downed mages. "First thing's first, though, we need to take care of the two that went after Natsu and Gray a few minutes ago." And Naruto wouldn't admit it, but the one that had fled was slightly worrying him. He was weak compared to his two friends, but that didn't mean he couldn't cause trouble for them.

Erza nodded, "Be that as it may, we should still evacuate the civilians that have gathered outside because of Eisenwald," she said, straightening up from Lucy's shoulder, "Thank you for the aid," she said to the blonde, smiling, "I'm going to go out and see if I can get them out of the area just to be on the safe side."

Naruto crossed his arms, giving her a look, "Don't over do it," the blond said, frowning, "Posture all you want, Erza, but i can tell that you're still running near empty. Pushing yourself too far could kill you, ya know?"

Erza smiled at him, "You don't need to worry about me, Naruto," she said, turning toward the exit, "Instead, you should worry about controling that temper of yours."

"Look who's talking," Naruto grumbled after her, and turned to Lucy, "You alright?"

Lucy nodded, "I'm fine, but what are we gonna do now?"

Naruto grinned and snapped his fingers. A small ball of light appeared at the tip of his finger, "Now, we tie these jerks up," he said, and pointed his finger at the Eisenwald Guild, the ball lifting away from the digit, and glowing over the downed mages. Lucy watched as they went up in a puff of smoke, and reappeared, trussed up like turkeys.

Naruto dusted his hands off, smirking, "That ought'a hold'em." He said, satisfied with his work.

She watched as the blond started off toward the entrance, "Um, Naruto?"

"Yeah?" He turned, giving her that lop-sided grin she both loved, and hated so much.

She shook herself despite the blush that threatened to rise to her cheeks, "Uh, how did I use that spell earlier?" She asked, "I remember Gae Bolg using that spell against you when it possessed me, but I didn't know I could - "

Naruto sighed, frowning, "It's because, Lucy, even though you were taken over by the spear, you were strong enough to bond with it, like I was with Caliburn and Durandal." Lucy looked both confused and horrified at the thought of being bound to such a dangerous artifact. Moreso when Naruto reached inside hid cloak and pulled out the familiar wrapped shaft of the demonic weapon. "This rightfully belongs to you."

Lucy backed away, her hands held up in a warding gesture, "I can't take that thing!" She yelped, "It'll take me over again like it did last time, and I'll attack you!"

Naruto chuckled, "No, you won't," he said, holding the spear out to her, "Why do you think I had this thing on me when we ran into each other at the train station?" He asked, grinning, "There was a job offer on the board that was set up by a famous curse-breaker, so I took it, and had him break the curse on Gae Bolg as my reward." He said as he began unwrapping the spear, no longer the crimson-red of blood, but now a shimmering mixture of red-gold. Even if she wasn't as strong a mage as she would like, Lucy could still sense the immense power coming from the spear itself.

"It's really gone?" Lucy breathed out in awe of the beautiful weapon, "But...why give it to me? I'm sure you could use it better than I could?"

Naruto shook his head, "When bonded with a person, Holy and Demonic weapons will only ever work properly for that one person until they die, or are passed on to the next in lineage, a son or a daughter. If I tried using this spear, it would probably shock the life from me before I could let go of it." He held the spear out for her, "I get that you're afraid of it, Lucy, and I don't blame you, seriously, I don't because this thing is a nasty piece of work."

Lucy looked like she'd take it for a moment, but then hesitated, "Naruto...I can't...that thing scares me..." she uttered feeling ashamed of herself. She fully expected the man to laugh at her. But it never came. Instead, she felt that familiar feeling of his hand resting on top of her head. The blush that rose to her cheeks at that gentle touch would've put Natsu's hair to shame if he were there.

"It's fine," Naruto said, making her look up at him, "I'll just hold onto it until you think you're ready. Just remember, if I'm not around, and you need help, Gae Bolg will come to you if you call for it."

"I hope I won't ever need to use it," she said, smiling slightly, 'Because I always want you around.'

=Now Meanwhile=

Regular Meeting Site for the Provincial Guild Masters...

Inside the meeting hall in Clover we find the building packed with the Masters of the Wizarding Guilds of Fiore. "Makarov," gushed a bald, rotund man in a pink tank-top, "I simply love the wizards at your Guild!" He said, smiling demurely, "They're all so darling!"

Sitting on a table next to the man was Makarov, knocking back a large mug of beer. "Yeah, I've gotten some really good ones this time around, Bob."

"I heard that they beat up a really influential man recently," Bob went on.

Makarov chuckled drunkenly, "Yeah, that'd be our newest members, Naruto and Lucy!" He laughed, "Those two are great! The girl has an especially good figure!"

"Oh, so naughty, Maki!" Bob tittered.

A man in a pointed witch's hat that had a spiked collar around it, and sunglasses sighed at the sight of the Fairy Tail Master, "It's good to be lively and all, Makarov, but don't you think you should knock off a little of the booze?"

"Knocking it back is better, Goldmine," Makarov grinned as a little bird fluttered up to him.

"Master Makarov, you have a message from Miss Mirajane," The bird chirped before handing off the letter and flying off.

'Mira, huh,' he thought before opening the letter, 'Wonder what she could want?' Little did Master Makarov know that the letter contained what was possibly the worst news he could possibly think of.

=Back with the Team=

Erza's eye widened as a sudden gust of wind picked up swirled around the train station, "This is..." she began to sweat visibly as the station became obscured by the dust kicked up by the wind, "How can this be -? The station's completely surrounded by wind!"

Dark laughter rippled from above her as Erigor floated down, his scythe over his shoulder, "Hmm, well, what's a little fly like you doing out here," he asked, looking around the empty square, "Aw, I bet you're the one that made all of the people run away, aren't you?"

"Erigor!" She snarled, "Are you responsible for this?!"

Erigor just sneered, and raised his hand toward her, "You know, I wanted to fight you just once," he said as wind swirled around his fingers, "But unfortunately, I just don't have the time." Erza was suddenly blasted into the wind barrier and trapped behind its walls, "So just stay inside my wind barrier, and be a good little girl."

Still weakened by the overuse of her magic, Erza could do little to keep herself from being hit, and tumbled back to her feet, rushing forward and slammed her gauntlet-clad fist into the wall, only to have it nearly shredded by the sharpness of the barrier. Erigor chuckled, "I wouldn't bother, because my little barrier only goes one way: from the outside to the inside." He grinned as Erza glared up at him with hatred. "If you try to get out, the wind will only slice up that hot little body of yours."

"Why are you doing this?!" Erza roared.

Erigor laughed, "Well, it's a birdcage, of course, or rather a fly cage...though it's a little big for that, even if you're pretty big flies." He said, drifting away from the station, "Now, if you'll excuse me, I think I've wasted too much time on you!" He cackled and shot away, flying over the town.

"Where are you going!?" Erza yelled furiously, "We're not done talking! Erigor!" She snarled, her right arm bleeding badly from the shredding winds, "What's going on?!" She snapped with fury, "Is it like Naruto thought? That this town wasn't their target?!"

=x=

Naruto was finishing up with tying up the Eisenwald members left behind, and dusted off his hands as he turned back to Lucy and Happy. "Is that all of them?" He asked as Lucy and Happy dragged in the last of the Rune Knights that had been killed by Erigor. It was a grim task, but Lucy had done it, even though she was pale, and had small flecks of blood on her clothes, and hands.

Lucy nodded shakily, "Y-yeah, I think we got them all," she stammered, shaking, "Um, I know it's probably not a good idea to ask, but why did you ask me to bring them in here?"

Naruto nodded to her, smiling tiredly, "Mainly because I'm gonna be weakened badly after this next spell," he said, confusing her, "Don't worry, Lucy, you'll see in a moment."

Beard was just coming awake as the young man strode over to the bodies. "Hey..." he groaned, "...what the hell...?"

Naruto glared back over his shoulder, "You go back to sleep," he growled, "I don't have time to play with you right now." The cold look in the man's eyes silenced him right away, even frightening Lucy and Happy when they saw it.

"Wow, Naruto's really scary," Happy quipped, hiding behind Lucy's shoulder.

Lucy nodded, remaining quiet as she watched her friend kneel in front of the corpses. He placed his hands together as if in prayer just as Erza came back into the room, and began to glow.

"Oh..." Lucy breathed.

"Wow." Happy chirped quietly as the white glow that overtook the blond spread to his hair, turning it pure white. His eyes shone with a golden glow. Erza was just as stunned as they were. Not with the beauty of the spell. But with the amount of magic that was rolling off of the blond.

"What are you doing!?" Erza snapped, but was ignored as Naruto clapped his hands together, a echoing ring sounding throughout the room.

"I ask the strands of rejuvenation, give name to the glimmer that burns eternal, never to be doused, and instill it with hope," A magical glyph spread out from where the blond knelt, engulfing the fallen knights in its light. Naruto's tanned skin began to pale to an unhealthy shade of alabaster as he clapped his hands once more, "RESURRECTION!" The light became blinding as the spell was cast.

"What the hell -?!" Gray's voice shouted from above them, startling the younger blonde.

"Did he just say resurrections?!" Erza shouted, "That's necromancy!"

Lucy ground her teeth as the light began to die down, "Naruto would never do that!" She shouted angrily at the red-head, "This is Celestial Magic!"

Erza growled at being shouted at, "Whatever it is, if the effects are as I suspect, then this spell has a high price!"

She was not wrong, for as the light died down, it revealed Naruto still crouched down, his skin nearly grey in his exhaustion, and sweat beading his brow as his breathing came out in shallow puffs. His eyes had dulled to several shades paler than she'd ever seen them. Lucy, seeing the state he was in, immediately rushed forward as the young man began to topple over.

"Naurto," she knelt to help him to his feet, and felt his skin growing cold to the touch, "Oh, God, he's ice-cold!"

"Hurry, summon a spirit that can shoot fire!" Happy cried worriedly.

"I don't have anyone like that!" She yelled, pulling out Virgo's key, "Open, Gate of the Maiden! Virgo!"

Virgo appeared in a puff of smoke, a small smile on her face, "You summoned me, Princess?"

Lucy turned to the Spirit, looking desperate, "Virgo, I need something from the Spirit World. Some kind of blanket or anything that'll warm Naruto up." She said, tears peeking at the corners of her eyes, "And please, hurry, he's freezing!"

"Right away," Virgo said, seeing the seriousness of the situation, and disappeared, reappearing almost instantly, "Forgive the wait, Princess," she said, presenting her with a deep blue cloak with golden trim, and stars stitched into the back. "This robe should suffice to warm the Prince, as well as help restore his magical energy."

Lucy nodded gratefully, laying Naruto down on the floor, and accepting the robe. She and happy placed the robe over him like a blanket while the blond rested. Virgo provided a pillow and placed it under his head so he would be more comfortable.

Erza came over to them and grasped him by the front of his shirt, "Hey, what the hell did you just do?!" She demanded, even though the man was obviously unconscious, "If you just performed Black Magic, I'll - !"

Lucy shoved her way between them, "Stop it!" She roared, "I already told you, he's not a Dark Wizard! That was an Angel's spell!"

"E-excuse me?" As one, the two women turned toward the slain knights...and saw that many were sitting up, looking around in confusion, or just stirring. "Would...would someone explain to me what's going on?" One of them asked, "I remember being attacked...and then I was in a strange place...a white place...with a huge black gate..."

"Yeah, me, too," another one said, frowning, clasping his head in slight pain, "But something kept telling me not to go near it."

Erza was stunned. All of these men had been dead only moments ago! "How...how is this possible?"

"Virgo," Lucy said, addressing the maiden, "You're a Celestial Spirit, so you must know what kind of spell Naruto used, and why it effected him like this?"

Virgo nodded, "Yes, it is a spell the revives the recently dead," she clarified, "But the toll it takes on the body of the caster is not normally so extreme, but, seeing as the Prince used it on several bodies at once, it must have sapped all of the magic he had out of him. It will take several hours before he is able to move."

Erza frowned at this, "Does the spell have any effects on the ones the spell's cast upon?" She asked.

Virgo shook her head, "No, only the caster is harmed if he or she revives more than one person at once." She said, "It was most likely sheer luck that he survived casting that spell on so many."

"They were taken before their time," Naruto mumbled, his eyes cracking open, looking up at a relieved Lucy, and a stoic Erza, "Sorry I scared you like that, Lucy."

Lucy smiled at him, "It's okay," she said, wiping away the tears that had gathered in her eyes, "It's so like you to do something like this, but next time, just give me a heads up, okay?"

"Deal," he said, smiling, and looked weakly at Erza, "What happened to Erigor?"

Erza scowled, "He ran off, and trapped us in the station with a Wind Barrier." She said, looking down at him, "You were right, this station was never his true target."

Gray, finally overcoming his shock, jumped down from the balcony, "You're right, he's headed for Clover," he said, causing Erza to look at him in shock as Naruto tried to sit up, "He's going after the Guild Masters!"

Erigor's plan is revealed, and Naruto's use of his magic seems to come with a great price as he tries to recover from bringing back the victims of Erigor's ruthlessness.

Sorry it took me so long to get this out :p No excuses really.

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