Chapter 09

Everyone was gathered at the back of the guild, where there was a circle drawn in the sand and everyone was around that circle while Naruto and Natsu were inside facing each other waiting for Makarov to give permission to start the fight.

"Can you tell me your name before we start fighting?" Naruto asked with a slightly embarrassed look that he still didn't know his opponent's name.

"My name is Natsu Dragneel, Son of Igneel." Natsu spoke with a giant smile, very excited for the fight.

"Right, and my name is Naruto Uzumaki, Son of Wasser." Naruto returned the other boy's smile.

Meanwhile around them the guild members argued over who would win the match.

"What do you think Macau, who will win?"

"I would say Natsu will win, the little boy is strong for his age."

"Nah, I bet the older one, he has a magic that has the upper hand and has trained the longest."

Two adult men spoke while one of them smoked from a pipe.

"Hmph, Of course my Naru-chan will win, Natsu doesn't stand a chance."

Mirajane said with a smug smile.

"Then I bet 100 Jewels on Natsu."

Erza said while smiling at the now annoyed Mirajane.

"Elf-nii, who should I cheer for? Natsu is my friend, but Naru-nii is my nii-san…"

Lisanna asked teary-eyed to a panicked Elfman who responded hastily while waving his hands.

"You can cheer for both!"

"*Sniff* Can I?"

"Of course you can, of course…"

Meanwhile, the rest of the guild placed bets on who would win.

"I bet 200 Jewels on the oldest, he looks strong."

"50 Jewels in Natsu!"

"70 in…"

After listening to the conversations around him for a moment Naruto seemed to remember something and spoke to Natsu.

"Hey Natsu, before we start fighting, can you release your full magic pressure for a moment?" he asked the now confused boy, who nodded a moment later.

Soon Natsu's entire body started to catch fire and his magic power began to spread across the terrain, it was quite a large amount, so much so that it made some of the weaker guild members a little intimidated.

Naruto closed his eyes for a moment to feel the amount of magic power from the pink haired boy and after a few moments he opened his eyes again and nodded at Natsu.

"Okay, you can stop now."

After a few more moments Natsu's fire aura returned to his body and the magic pressure ended, soon after the Makarov master, who was close to the two, asked Naruto something while everyone else listened to them.

"Naruto, why did you ask Natsu to do this?"

At that question Naruto got an embarrassed look and started scratching the back of his head as he answered.

"Well... this is going to sound pretty arrogant, but I wanted to see how strong Natsu is, to know how much I should restrict my magic power in the fight..." The red-haired boy spoke as the guild master nodded in acknowledgment.

It wasn't a common thing to happen, but when a battle happens and one of the mages is far above the other in strength, it's normal for the strongest to restrict their power during the fight, usually this is done when a mage is training a child to gain experience of battle.

"Can you give us a taste of why restraint is necessary?"

"Sure." Naruto responded promptly.

Soon, around the redhead's body, an aura of blue color began to appear and all the people in the place felt immense pressure on them, as if they were buried in mud, the weaker people even started to sweat and breathe heavily.

'His magic power… is almost on the same level as Gildarts'…' Master Makarov thought in amazement, a 13 year old child having this amount of magic power was unheard of, not even his grandson Laxus had that much magic power even at 16 years old and already being nominated for the Class S test.

Soon the pressure stopped and everyone looked at the red-haired boy in amazement.

Mirajane had a giant smile on her face, she had never felt how strong Naruto was so it was also a surprise for her, but now she has a new reason to get stronger.

While it, Erza had a look of amazement and wonder, when Naruto's magic pressure descended on her, she felt nothing but familiarity, even her magic sang when it came into contact with the other redhead's Magic.

'Who is he really?'

Satsuki, who until now had been quiet, had a determined look on her face, she didn't know that Naruto was so much stronger than her, her training will have to be increased so that she can keep up with him.

'So he was holding back in the fight against the magic beast?'

Natsu was also surprised by his guildmate's strength, but also grateful that he restrained himself, otherwise this fight would end like the first time he challenged Gildarts to a fight...

Makarov recovered from his surprise and prepared to start the fight.

"Right… Are you two ready?"

The two Dragon Slayers nodded their heads as they looked into each other's eyes with full focus.

"So… Begin!"

Immediately the same auras as before appeared around the two boys, but Naruto's blue aura seemed a little less dense and the magical pressure he released was on par with Natsu's.

Right after Natsu decided to make the first move, he used flames on his feet to propel himself straight towards Naruto and pulled back his fist, which started to catch fire and screamed.

"Fire Dragon's Iron Fist!"

Naruto, seeing the other boy directing a flaming fist at him, decided what to do, he assumed a fighting stance with his arms loose and around his hands a layer of water began to appear and move as if he had a mini swirl in each hand.

When Natsu caught up to him and tried to punch him, Naruto made a smooth movement that deflected his flaming fist to the side and redirected Natsu's body to the other side, which caused the other boy to fall flat on his face.

"Water Dragon's Whirlpool Fist…"

This was a move created by Naruto himself using the foundations of the unarmed fighting style the Uzumaki use, The Uzumaki Ken, or Whirlpool Fist, which consists of using circular motions to redirect the enemy's attacks and attack using the openings made by the redirection, he used his magic to redirect magic attacks and created his own fist technique using only water, the closest he had to the attack Natsu used before was one that uses ice instead of water.

"Oww, my head! What was this!?" Natsu said while sitting on the floor and holding his head.

"That was one of my Dragon Slayer moves, of course." Naruto responded easily while waiting for the other boy to get up and attack again, this was just a friendly battle so he can test Natsu's capabilities, there's no need to attack him at any moment of distraction and end the fight quickly.

Natsu got up and prepared another attack, he gathered flames in both hands and ran towards Naruto again while yelling.

"Fire Dragon's Claw!"

Naruto meanwhile decided to use a more offensive move so he pointed his hands forward and a magic circle appeared in front of his hands.

"Water Dragon's Flood!"

Soon a torrent of water came out of the magic circle and advanced towards Natsu like a mini tsunami.

The pink haired boy, seeing the wave of water coming towards him, decided to abandon his attack and used fire in his hands and feet to propel himself up and let the mini wave pass him.

Meanwhile, around the battlefield one of the guild members who had Barrier Magic used his magic to surround the marked field, causing the water wave to just flood the place where the two Dragon Slayers were fighting.

Natsu fell back to the ground that now had enough water to cover his feet and returned to attack Naruto, propelling himself forward, covering his body in flames.

"Fire Dragon's Impact!"

Naruto made a motion with his arm and the water that was now on the ground pooled behind him in the form of spears and with a wave of his hand the spears were thrown forward.

"Water Dragon's Spears!"

The spears and Natsu met midway and a cloud of steam rose from the spot, but not for long, as Naruto used his magic to control the tiny drops of water and dissipate the cloud, revealing Natsu that he was already with the spear. bloated stomach and launched a new attack.

"Fire Dragon's Roar!"

Naruto grinned at the intensity of the other boy's attack and decided to reciprocate in kind, so he quickly gathered air in his lungs and released it shortly after.

"Water Dragon's Roar!"

The two opposing element attacks collided and created steam as Naruto's Roar overpowered Natsu's, within moments the water roar reached Natsu and pushed him into the barrier surrounding the field, leaving him disoriented.

Naruto waited for the other boy to recover for a few moments before speaking.

"Hey Natsu!" Seeing that he caught the pink haired boy's attention, he continued.

"Can you already use any of the Secret Moves?" To which the other boy nodded. "So let's end the battle with one last move, use the strongest move you can."

Natsu gave an excited smile at this, he had been wanting to use this secret move on someone since he learned it a month ago.

The Etherano in the atmosphere began to be drawn towards the two Dragon Slayers as they prepared their final moves.

A magic circle appeared above Naruto's head and water that was darker in color than his normal attacks began to come out of it and gather in the form of a giant whirlpool.

While on Natsu's side two magic circles appeared in his hands and flames began to come out of them darker than normal as well as Naruto's water and he started making movements with his arms as the intensity of the flames increased.

Soon the two attacks were ready and the two boys waved at each other before shouting the names of the attacks at the same time.

"Crimson Lotus: Explosive Flame Blade!"

Natsu swung his arms around and the flames followed him, soon forming a fire tornado, which went towards Naruto.

"Ocean Devastation: Whirlpool of the Depths! "

Naruto placed his hands above his head and then pointed them forward, causing the giant Whirlpool to head towards the fiery tornado.

The two attacks collided and made a cloud of steam that covered the entire barrier, making it so that no one outside could see anything inside.

Naruto again used his magic to dissipate the steam and everyone could see the result of the collision of the opposing techniques, in the middle of the battlefield there was a crater that showed signs of burning and a puddle of water that filled half of the crater.