Acnologia's Tale

Chapter 3-Initiation

Naruto sighed once again. There weren"t any good jobs on the lower board and the few S-Class jobs that were available wouldn"t provide him with any entertainment as they all wanted something so simply solved done. "Hey Naruto what"s the matter?" Lucy asked him. "I"m bored and there aren"t any missions that will provide me with entertainment." he told the blond. "Seriously your still bored. I thought you had gotten a bit of excitement when we went and rescued that guy from the mountain." she told him. Naruto only raised an eyebrow at her.

"Yeah I found it fun, but the one thing about me is that I"m always looking for a form of entertainment." Naruto told her. "Why I thought it was exhilarating." Lucy told him. "No no you got it all wrong. Fairy Tail may provide a form of entertainment, but the missions that have a form of excitement for example fighting or challenge are the only ones I like to take." he told her again. "Oh so that means you"re always bored." Lucy said. "Exactly." Naruto said.

"Well how about Natsu, you, and I take a mission together." Lucy suggested. "And try and not kill the pink haired annoyance in the first five minutes let me think... hmmmm. Alright I"m in." he said. "Really that was fast." Lucy commented as she watched Naruto walk up to the board. He then turned to look at her? "Well aren"t you going to come look." he said to her. "Oh I thought you were choosing the mission." she said as she walked up to the board.

"Nope I just go along with them. I only missed one job. I vowed to never do it again so look around for one." he told her. After several minutes of searching Lucy thought about something "Hey Naruto what Rank are you?" she asked the silverette. "S-class... why?" he asked. "You"re a S-Class wizard and yet you don"t take S-Class jobs why?" she asked. "They end too quickly. Yes the pay is great, but I don"t need money when I have a literal cave of gold and jewels." he told her.

"End too quickly S-Class jobs usually take up to a week at the least to complete." she said as he shook his head no. "That"s where you"re wrong. I once had to take a mission that lasted almost an entire year. There are S-Class jobs that can take even a hundred years to complete." he told her. "Seriously what S-Class job takes a century to complete?" she asked. "Oh there are several that take a century to complete it"s not uncommon." he replied.

"Well what S-Class jobs are available?" the blond asked. "Ones you can"t take yet." he told her as she hung her head in defeat. Naruto reached forward and ripped a paper off the board "Come on I have one that might work." the sliver haired man said and began to walk out the door. "Wait what"s the mission?" she asked him. "Oh nothing big just destroy a book." he replied to the blond. "Oh that"s a downer." she said.

Naruto just chuckled. "Hey for me destroying things may seem like a downer to most people, but in my opinion you need to enjoy the little things that life provides for us." Naruto said. "And destroying things is what you like best..." she said. "How"d you know?" Naruto asked her. They quickly reached the train station and boarded a train, much to Naruto"s dismay as it seemed he still had motion sickness after four centuries.

At the guild

"Oh no, it"s gone." a blue-haired girl said as she looked at the mission board. This was Levy of team Shadow Gear. "What"s wrong, Levy?" Makarov asked. "The Melon mission is gone." Levy answered as she looked at him. "Ahh, yes..." Makarov responded. " I think Naruto just took that one." the old man said. "Why?" Levy replied "It"s nowhere near as exciting as the Wyvern mission or the bandit ones like Naruto does when he wants entertainment." she said while Makarov nodded his head.

"True, but he"s probably chose that mission to ease that new girl into the life as a mage of Fairy Tail." Makarov explained. "Really?" Levy responded in surprise. "That"s new. Naruto has never done something like that before." she said. "I don"t know why he had a change of heart, but I"m thankful that someone has decided to help the new girl." Makarov stated. "Either that or he knows that the reward for the mission has increased to two million jewels." the old man said.

"WHAT?!" Levy shouted" Why?" she asked as Makarov shrugged. "Ok, better question." Levy responded. "Is Mirajane ok with this?" she asked her Master. Makarov was silent for a moment before turning his head to look at Levy. "She doesn"t need to know about this... It"s best she doesn"t know." was all Makarov had to say before looking away. Levy shrugged before walking back to her table. Hey if Mira wanted to crush on the man called the Infinite Dragon then so be it she rather stay away from all the drama that girl had.

Naruto and Lucy were sitting on the train with Naruto trying not to hurl up his last meal. "Whoever created this god forsaken machine is dead meat if I ever find them. I have never had a problem with going somewhere close by, and yet this thing is about to make me throw up. Why... why is this happening to me? I am Acnologia the Dragon King of the Apocalypse so this shouldn"t be able to hinder me in any way whatsoever." Naruto thought to himself. "Hey you don"t look so good... are you ok?" Lucy asked the silver haired man. Naruto shook his head no showing that he was definitely not doing ok right now.

"N-no I"m not. F-for some reason I feel l-like I"m about to puke my guts up... I h-have never had this happen before so why is it happening t-to me now?" The blonde said as he tried to keep his meal down. "I think it"s because you"re a dragon slayer." Lucy said. "W-what the hell i-is that s-supposed to mean?" Naruto asked her. "Well I read in a book that all dragon slayers have some form of motion sickness. But I"m guessing this is a first for you?" Lucy asked him.

"Y-yeah... I don"t think I w-want to ride this d-death machine a-anymore." Naruto said to the blond. "Oh don"t worry we"re almost there." Lucy told the silverette. "T-throw me o-out of the w-window." Naruto said. "Huh?" Lucy asked. "I-I said t-throw me o-out the window." Naruto said. "Why? I mean we are literally three minutes from the station." she said. "I don"t want to die with an upset stomach." Naruto growled through grit teeth.

It was then the train pulled into the station and stopped. Naruto quickly stood up and bolted out o the carriage in a blur. When Lucy deboarded the train she didn"t spot the silver haired dragon slayer anywhere. When the train departed she called out "Naruto. Naruto wh- but then she saw him peek out from behind on of the pillars. "Is it gone?" he asked her. "Huh?" she asked. Naruto released a sigh "I asked you if that infernal machine is gone?" he asked once again.

"Uh... yeah it actually just left." she said as she pointed to the trail of smoke left by the train. Naruto let out a sigh of relief "Thank the gods..." Naruto mumbled to himself. "What was that?" Lucy asked him. "Nothing to concern yourself with. Now let"s go... we have a job to do." Naruto said. Turning around he started walking leaving a confused blond to catch up to him. "Hey wait up." Lucy called out to him.

"Well don"t space out and I won"t leave you behind." Naruto replied to her. "You know you really are like the magazines say." Lucy said. "What magazines?" Naruto asked as the blond pulled out the article. "This. It"s called Sorcerer"s Weekly. It has all kinds of things about what"s going on in the world of magic. It just so happens that you get mentioned in it from time to time." Lucy said flipping to a page and showing the silver haired man a picture of himself.

It was him at that years Grand Magic Games where he literally beat everyone he had fought in one move. Grabbing the magazine he read aloud "Naruto Uzumaki otherwise known as the Infinite Dragon has taken on all opponents and won. Currently he holds the title of Sixth Wizard Saint, which he inherited from his guild Master Makarov Dreyer, but claims and as quoted "Titles don"t mean anything. If you have the power to make a change then do it instead of sitting on your ass doing nothing." This goes to show that he is as humble as he is powerful. Many wonder just what his true Dragon Slayer element is as nobody has pushed him past the limit of six Dragon Slayer Elements with the exception of his rival Jura Neekis also of the Wizard Saints who holds the seventh rank of the title." Naruto read.

"He has stated he has nine Dragon Slayer elements through the fact he was trained as a dragon slayer to fight against Ancalagon the Destroyer by a dragon named Matatabi who was slain by her adoptive son to finish his upbringing as a dragon slayer unfortunately." Naruto read the article before he turned to the blonde. "This doesn"t even remotely say anything on how I act." Naruto said. "That"s because you didn"t read the right part of it. Now keep reading." Lucy said to the annoyed man.

"Naruto Uzumaki may be one of the most powerful dragon slayers... but unfortunately he is as blunt as a rock when it comes to speaking. No matter what the situation Naruto has proven to be one of the few people you can"t ask to keep a secret. However he has proven to have the ability to reach the darkest of hearts and change them with a few words. This contrasts his blunt talking so it may be possible for him to keep a secret." Naruto finished the article about him.

Naruto then looked to the blonde Celestial mage with a raised eyebrow right before he lit his hand on fire and burned the magazine to ashes, much to Lucy"s horror, and started to walk away from her. "Now what the hell did you go and do that for you jerk?" Lucy asked the silver haired man in complete anger. "Why do you care about it? It"s not like you can"t buy another issue of it. It is just a gathering of papers made to be like a book." Naruto responded. "That"s the thing I shouldn"t have to go buy another one. Those things aren"t easy to find at a*****e. And they"re expensive as hell when you do buy them." she yelled at the silver haired man.

Naruto groaned "By the gods this girl is just like that ancestor of hers. I swear if I ever die and meet that woman Anna in the afterlife I"m kicking her ass... as well as my old man"s... and Timaeus-sensei"s although he doesn"t deserve it. But that is probably because I might want to vent some anger for all the s**t I have to go through for this place." Naruto thought to himself as he looked at the blond that reminded him so much of Anna besides just looks, but attitude and spirit.

"Come on... we are supposed to be on a job to do." Naruto said getting back on track as he continued to walk. "So where do we have to go?" Lucy asked. "You"ll see." he responded. "Hey I do have a question for you can you answer me?" she asked him. "Technically you just asked me one, but sure ask away." he responded. "How did you become a Wizard Saint at such a young age?" she asked the silver haired dragon slayer. SIghing Naruto stopped to tell her.

"Well there are several ways for one to become a Wizard Saint. The first and most known way for a person to become one of the ten is to be given the position by the council. The second and rarely heard of way is for the holder of the title to retire from their position and hand the title off to a person they believe worthy of the position. THe third and most definite way for a person to get the title is to kill the holder of the title in a one on one battle. And trust me those types of fights can change the surrounding landscapes." Naruto said to the shaking girl.

"H-have you ever seen one of those fights?" Lucy asked the man. "Not in a long time... the last time I seen or rather heard of one was sixty years before my birth. The two that had fought were the most powerful men at the time and were literally undefeatable in battle. Their names were Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha. THe battle the two of them waged against each other forever scarred the land and left it barren to the point life couldn"t grow for one-thousand years..." he said. "H-how b-bad di they scar the land?" she asked quietly. "They fought so hard they made a valley from the sheer power they put out while fighting." Naruto said to her.

"What! That"s impossible no two people can do that much damage to the land around them!" Lucy exclaimed. "Oh but it is... did you happen to notice the valley we just passed while we were on the train?" he asked her. "Of course I did. WHat about i- she stopped as her eye"s widened in realization. "D-don"t tell me they created that valley in their fight?" she said as Naruto nodded his head at her once more showing that that was the valley that had formed more than four centuries ago.

"Yep... the very same one. Nowadays the name of the two that formed it are forgotten, but it"s still there as a reminder of the sheer power that was displayed that time period had to give." he said. "Okay let"s change subject. How far until we reach the clients?" Lucy asked trying to change the train of thought. "Not that far." Naruto responded. "Wow... you didn"t even say how far..." Lucy groaned. Naruto just pointed to show her that they were just a little bit down the street aways from the clients house causing her to nod in understanding.

When they find the clients house they see it"s a rather elegant house that cost a lot of money. A lot of money that they were glad they bring Natsu along as he might have went crazy and wrecked the place where they had to compensate the owners for said damages. Naruto was about to ring the doorbell before noticing someone. He turned his head to see a woman, motioning for them to follow her. Both he and Lucy looked at each other before following the woman. The woman led them to the back of the house.

"Thank you for coming so quickly." the woman greeted as she opened the backdoor of the mansion. Naruto, and Lucy filed in before finding themselves in an empty room with only a couple of couches. "Sit down please" the woman told the duo," The boss will be with you in just a moment." Naruto nodded his head in acknowledgement while Lucy, sat down on one of the couches. Soon, a tall grey-haired man entered the room. The man sat down on the opposite couch, looking at Lucy.

"Are you here for the job?" the man asked. The two of them nodded their heads. "Do you know what the mission is?" the man asked. "Yeah it"s to destroy some book." Lucy answered. The man nodded his head. "Yes," the man replied," I don"t care how you do it. I just want you to destroy that book at all costs." the client told them. "You got it." Naruto responded, smashing his fists together " Just tell me where it is and we"ll get it done for you quick, fast, and in a jiffy." he said.

"The name of the book is called Daybreak. It is located in the Everlue mansion." the man stated. The two of them easily recognised the name meanwhile Naruto rasied his hand as if he was in a school. "Where is it located?"he asked the an. The man leaned forward, pressing both hands together. "The Everlue mansion, is the home to Duke Everlue." the man explained. " He is the richest man in the city and is known for using his wealth to manipulate the officials of this city to get what he wants whenever he wants. He is practically untouchable." The man tells them.

"And there"s a book in his collection you want to destroy," Lucy finished. The man nodded his head. "That is why I raised the reward from twenty-thousand to two million jewels," the man stated. Naruto, and Lucy froze at the mention of two million jewels. "T-T-Two-m-million jewels," both of them stuttered. "Let"s see two million divided by three," Naruto started to mutter. "That will be one million for me and another million for you." Lucy said. "That book cannot be allowed to exist any longer." the man muttered, facing his head downward. Naruto was the only one, who heard this. "Hmm there"s more to this book than meets the eye." Naruto thought with narrowed eyes.

"We will do it," Lucy proclaimed. The man looked up. "Thank you," the man responded as he extended his hand for ants to shake. Naruto shook it before the group left the room. "Are you sure about this?" the woman asked the man. The man sighed. "If it is the only way to remove that atrocity, then yes," the man answered," I am sure we have arrived at a spoilt brats house." Naruto said as he and Lucy looked at the front of a very large mansion. It seemed to be embroidered with gold and decorated with finest ornaments... who would spend so much money for decor it was absurd.

"So what"s the plan?" Lucy asked. "I say we burn the whole place down," Naruto answered before being smacked on the head by Lucy. "OW!" Naruto shouted, "What the hell was that for?" the silverette asked as he looked at the blond. "Have you gone completely insane or something? If we do that there is no telling what would happen if you did something like that" Lucy responded. Naruto was silent for a moment before nodding his head... can"t believe she was right.

"I have a few scent"s on the top floor." Naruto said. "You smell the book?" Lucy asked the Dragon Slayer "I can smell paper at the corner of the top floor," Naruto stated. "Alright let"s get started." Lucy said ass he looked at the silverette. "Lucy." Naruto said, turning his head," We need you to try and get hired as a maid." he said. Lucy looked at Naruto in surprise. "Why?" Lucy asked. "Rich bastards like him probably has beautiful maids working for him," he explained to the buxom blonde. " We need you to infiltrate the house and destroy the book." he said as Lucy blushed at his words.

"Are you calling me beautiful?" Lucy asked meekly. "Uhh... yeah... I guess I am..." he said quietly... if she was anything like her then she was just as lovely. Lucy blushed a deep red at his words "T-thanks..." she said to the man. "Yeah don"t mention it..." he replied as he focused on the job at hand. "Well," Lucy responded as he pressed her index fingers together nervously," When you say it like that... I"ll do it." she said.

"YES," Naruto exclaimed. Calming down he then grinned before looking back at Lucy. This was when Lucy decided to step in. "That was good, but... I don"t think it"ll work." Lucy said congratulated his friend. Naruto just turned his head to face the blond. "Why is that?" Naruto asked. "I don"t think that I"m exactly is the duke"s type," Lucy answered as she pointed at one of the mansion"s windows. The male turned his head to see the shortest and skinniest maid they have ever seen. She had hair that seemed like it was about to fall off at any minute and her face was unnaturally long and thin. "So what"s the difference?" Naruto asked.

He then turned his head to see an enraged Lucy. "Lucy, are you ok?" Naruto asked. Lucy just cracked her knuckles.

A Few Minutes Later

The two had climbed up on top of the roof of the mansion. Naruto was now sporting a large anime bruise and a still angry Lucy crossing her arms. "Let"s do this." Naruto weakly exclaimed just as he was about to punch a hole through the ceiling. Lucy then proceeded to whack him on the head. "OW." he shouted, making all the anime bruises disappear." Again. What was that for?" he asked his partner. "Do you really think we want to alert the Duke and his men that we"re here?" Lucy responded," Remember we"re trespassing on private property you numbskull." she told him.

"But the book is right underneath us." the silver haired man complained. " It"s much more convenient if we go through like this." he told her while Lucy just shook her head at Naruto"s logic. "Even so, we have to take the long route to reach the book without getting caught." Naruto replied. Natsu groaned. Happy then raised his hand. "Fine I can always just climb to the window underneath and open it from the outside." he suggested. Lucy looked at him in surprise. "What?" he asked. "That"s the most logical idea you"ve come up with all day... why didn"t you just say that earlier?" she asked. "Because I wanted to get the job one quickly." he said. "Oh..."

Lucy watched as the silver haired man stuck over half of his body over the side and dangled before pulling himself up. "Ok job"s done let"s move." Naruto says to her. "Alright let"s just get this over with." Lucy agrees with him. They managed to sneak in without getting caught and saw they had a bit of searching to do and set to work. "What are we waiting for?" Naruto asked. " Let"s start looking for it." Lucy said as he nodded his head and went off to find the book known as Daybreak. After a while Naruto was getting annoyed that they hadn"t found that blasted book. Sighing Naruto looked around the shelf and called out to Lucy.

"Have you found the book yet?" Naruto asked. "No not yet," Lucy replied before pulling out a yellow book with the word "Daybreak" on it," I take it back found it." Lucy said climbing down from the shelf. "Nice job, now let"s destroy it." Naruto commented. "Oh my god." Lucy said as she read the cover of the book, where the author"s name was. " This book is written by Kemu Zaleon." she said. "So what?" Naruto replied, igniting his fist," Let"s just burn the thing and be done with it." he told the blond that stopped him from doing his job he wanted to get paid for.

"No." Lucy responded, clutching the book closer to her body. " I need to read this. Please." she said. "Why?" Naruto questioned her. " It"s just a stupid book isn"t it?" Naruto asked not caring about it that much. "You don"t understand." Lucy replied to them. " This is a work of the Kemu Zaleon. I must read it." she said not backing down. "Why?" Naruto responded to her again. " You a fan or something?" The entire room was silent. Naruto could have swore he heard crickets chirping in the background. It clicked in his mind a few seconds later.

"Ohhhh!" Naruto finally understood. "Well either way, I"m going to destroy the book, and then go get paid." the man said as he ignited his hand. "NO," Lucy protested, moving away from Natsu. Suddenly, a large woman in a maid outfit burst out of the ground right behind Lucy. The force threw Lucy across the room, making her crash against the wall.

"Who dares to trespass on master"s ground?" the large woman demanded to know. "I do, ugly." Naruto answered, walking up to the woman. "Who are you?" the woman asked them. "What are you doing here?" she demanded. "Finding a book and destroying it," Naruto replied honestly. "Well I cannot allow for you to tarnish the master"s property." she replied. "Well bring it-Naruto didn"t get to finish as a short, stubby man appeared out of the ground. "Who dares to trespass on my grounds?" the man demanded to know. "I"m guessing you"re the duke?" Naruto asked. "Yes, I am." the man stated proudly. " I ask again who dares to trespass on my property?" he demanded again. "Just us couple of mages." Naruto answered, and Lucy glared at Naruto.

"Then, I must ask you to leave." the Duke ordered them. " I"m feeling very generous today, so I won"t charge you for trespassing or the attempted theft." he said as Naruto raised his eyebrow at the Duke. "Lucy run to the client"s place." Naruto ordered," I"m feeling very frustrated and I believe that I need to take my anger out on someone." Naruto said as Lucy nodded her head at the order and she began to run like she was told all the while clutching the book to her chest.

"Lucky blond haired bimbo." Naruto muttered as he watched the girl jump out of the window. "So what are we going to do?" the man asked himself as the man pointed to them and shouted. "Virgo, get him." the Duke ordered. Virgo started to drill into the ground, but Naruto stopped her. "Kick some ass." Naruto told himself before he charged the now named Virgo. He transformed his arm into its iron club form and launched it at the maid.

"I don"t think so." Naruto said before the club rammed into her stomach which then chucked Virgo at the wall. "Sorry about Virgo." he said as the Duke watched in horror as Virgo crashed through several walls of his mansion before landing on the other side of the mansion. The Duke now glared angrily at Naruto. "You will pay for this!" the Duke stated angrily. " I will make sure your status as a citizen of Fiore is revoked and have you thrown in jail for the rest of your days." the man yelled which only made Naruto shrug. "You can try, but it won"t work old man." Naruto responded.

"Now then, why don"t you give up and give me the celestial key and I"ll be on my way." Naruto said to the man nicely. "No I will never hand over my servant to the likes of someone like you." the Duke replied. Suddenly, Naruto was in front of the Duke. His eye"s had grown cold and calculating. Where once nice calm and collected blue eye"s once were they were an ice cold blue that shown that he wouldn"t be asking again... and not near as nice as he just did as well.

"You will give me Virgo"s key... and you will do it now." Naruto ordered in a emotionless voice. For the first time in the Duke"s life, he was terrified. All his life, the Duke could just use his money to bend mages or other people to his will. The Duke shakily pulled out Virgo"s key and handed it to Naruto. "H-Here just take it and go, and never return here." the Duke told him. Naruto"s eyes returned to their normal color and smiled. "Thank you. Now I bid you adieu." Naruto replied before turning around to leave. The Duke smirked.

"VANISH BROTHERS BRING ME HIS HEAD!" the Duke shouted. Naruto turned his head to see two large men lunging at him. One had a large frying pan while the other was just very tall and big. Naruto sighed before moving his body to dodge the large frying pan. Naruto then moved his now iron arm to block an attack from the big man before kicking him straight into a wall. Naruto then crouched as he dodged a swing from the large frying pan before dashing in front of the man and knocking him out cold with just one punch to the temple. He grabbed the man"s head and crushed it in a bloody gore before throwing the corpse at the scared Duke as he walked over to the other man and stomped on his chest breaking all the man"s ribs and puncturing his heart instantly killing him.

He then turned to the Duke with cold hard eyes once more. "I honestly hope that isn"t the best you can do." Naruto said to the now shivering man. The Duke looked at Naruto in horror as Naruto started to grin. "I"m going to have to punish you for that." Naruto stated before lifted his hand and made it into a claws. "P-Please, don"t hurt me," the Duke begged. Naruto just smiled. "Don"t worry... it"ll only hurt a few seconds..." he said as he vanished and reappeared behind the man who was now nearly bisected in two. He watched emotionlessly as the man fell dead to the ground before he went to find a restroom to wash his hand of the blood.

Naruto was sitting at a bench on the train station, waiting for Lucy to return. Naruto heard something and perked up a bit. "Naruto." Naruto heard a voice call out to him. Naruto turned his head to seethe buxom blond that reminded him so much of Anna coming towards him. Naruto stood up and walked towards her . "So how"d it go?" Naruto asked her. "It went terrible that"s how it went." Lucy complained as she starts to cry fake anime tears. Naruto looked at her for an explanation. "Basically, I found out that the man was Kemu"s son." she explained. "It also turned out the book "Daybreak" was actually a letter written by Kemu for his son." the buxom blond said.

"That"s interesting," Naruto responded before looking at her curiously." You didn"t take the two million, right?" he asked her Lucy shook her head. "I thought that it would give us a bad look if we took money they didn"t have to complete a mission." she answered honestly. "Especially since the mansion wasn"t even theirs to begin with." Lucy said as Naruto smiled at Lucy. "Well that"s good to hear." Naruto replied to them. "Come on, let"s go home I"m tired and need a bowl of ramen to cheer me up." Naruto said. Soon, the two of them boarded the train with a proud Naruto, a crying Lucy... that is until the train started to move and torture the most powerful person of the dragon slayers.

"So Lucy, I gotta ask you something." Naruto said. "What?" Lucy responded. "What were those papers on your table about anyway"s?" he asked. Lucy started to blush at this. "You see..." Lucy meekly replied. "Wait... are you saying that you"re trying to become an author." Naruto answered for her as he looked out the window to their town. Natsu and Lucy looked at Naruto in surprise. "EEEEEEEEEHHHHHHHHH!" she shouted. "How do you know?" Lucy asked. "Call it a special ability..." he responded with a chuckle causing the blonde"s eyebrow to twitch in annoyance.