Haruto rushed into the building quickly not slowing down as he navigated his way across the halls and headed towards Jose's location. He would make the man pay for attempting to take away Wendy's life, though he could not kill did not mean he could not beat the man senseless. It would be the least he would do for the earlier attempt of Wendy's and the entire Guilds life. The distance between him and the end of the hall was shrinking at a rapid haste as he added chakra to his legs. Cutting the chakra to his legs, he stopped as a group of mages poured into the hall blocking his way. Haruto turned around as he heard more footsteps and to his annoyance was another group of mages at the other end of the hallway. He was now trapped between two groups of enemies, though he did not consider this other than an annoyance he needed to release some of his anger and they would do fine. Getting into a stance, he glared at the enemies and prepared to fight. One of the braver ones uttered a battle cry and rushed forward, Haruto didn't even let him get any further Haruto grabbed the man by his neck and held him in place. His Sharingan spun to life as the mage in his grasp continued to struggle. The pair of Sharingan spun around faster as the man stopped struggling and his body went limp and Haruto dropped him. The surrounding mages took a few steps back as they just witnessed one of them taken out like that. Though they didn't know the condition of their fallen comrade, but the fact that he did not move a muscle did not mean anything good.
"Now let us begin this dance and I shall show you why it is a mistake to try and harm the ones precious to me." Haruto said as he rushed forward and charged into the group of enemy mages ahead.
Stopping a fireball from colliding with his body, Haruto returned the favor with a technique of his own. Tiger-Ram-Monkey-Boar-Horse-Tiger. "Fire Release: Grand Fireball." Taking in a deep breath he kneaded the chakra in his lungs into fire and expelled a massive orb of roaring fire from his mouth. The massive orb of fire shot towards a group of mages and exploded into a wave of flames when it made contact with the closest mage. Kicking a man back, Haruto proceeded to engage the other mages, not allowing them a chance to land a blow on him he quickly formed two clones. Two plumes of smoke appeared beside him and they quickly weaved through a series of hand signs as well.
Snake. "Earth Release: Earth Corridor." one of the clones slammed its hands onto the earth below it and soon rocks rose from the ground and trapped a good portion of the Phantom Lord mages in there but there was an opening on the top allowing attacks to enter. Once the technique was done, it vanished in a plume of smoke once more. The second clone quickly formed the Tiger hand sign. "Fire Release: Running Fire," the clone announced as it proceeded to expel the kneaded chakra in its lungs out and aimed it at the opening in the cavern with the enemies trapped in it. Haruto had already followed his clones movements and he went through a series of hand signs. Tiger-Snake-Ram. "Wind Release: Godly Wind From The Mountain." Haruto brought his hands together and a vortex of wind formed and shot forward as it mixed with the fire and soon a spiraling inferno was formed and shot into the opening in the cavern.
Though he took down a good amount of the mages, there were still a large amount standing before him and ready to fight. Forming the Snake hand sign, Haruto pushed chakra into the earth and soon a tree rose from the ground and captured a few charging mages. Not wasting any time, he added chakra to his legs and leaped into the air. Kneading chakra in his lungs once more, formed the Tiger hand sign. "Fire Release: Great Flame Flower." Haruto spat out multiple fireballs at the enemies below him. The fireballs all exploded as they made contact with the targets, widespread damage was the purpose of the technique and he could say it was a success. Landing on the ground, Haruto watched the fires continue burning as he turned around and made his way towards the other side of the hall. They entertained him for as long as they could and now it was time for him to dance with the Guild Master.
***
Arriving in the room where Jose resided, Haruto looked at the man seated on the throne and gave him a glare. Jose was a tall, slim man with long, straight, black hair that reached down to his shoulders and a thin mustache. He had a long sharp face, vaguely pointed ears and prominent eyelashes and dark-colored lips. His outfit consisted of a long, grayish coat closed on the right side of Jose's chest by a belt circling his waist and another going over his right shoulder, sporting Phantom Lord's symbol on its buckle; the coat had wide golden stripes going down from the high collar, which sported a pair of large rings hanging from it in the front to the cuffs, with other golden parts in correspondence to the closure below the waist, on each side. The Wizard Saint's medallion was visible in between his collar with black ribbons hanging from it. Covering Jose's left arm was a brownish cape, sporting wide golden-colored stripe near the edges and some small shield-shaped ornaments placed at the same distance from one another. The outfit was completed with a pair of loose back pants that were tucked inside the boots that he wore.
"You finally made it here, you disgusting brat." Jose said as he gave the redhead before him a cruel smile, standing up from this seat he walked forward a few paces before stopping and looking down at the boy from where he stood, "Now I can finally get rid of you and the rest of those pathetic Fairies."
"I would like to see you try." Haruto replied as he looked over at the man before him with a utterly disgusted expression clearly visible on his face. "The attack you issued could have hurt Wendy, for that I am going to make you suffer."
"Big talk for a little brat, do you know who I am!" Jose exclaimed as his arms were spread open in a welcoming gesture, "I am one of the Ten Wizard Saints! If a disgusting brat such as yourself think you can stand up to me then you thought wrong!"
"The weaker you are the louder you bark." Haruto replied with his eyes narrowed, he had heard the phrase before it was when he was facing off against some of the Konoha shinobi sent to retrieve him and he could not agree more with the saying.
"You will regret saying those words brat!" Jose snarled in rage.
"Dead Wave!" Jose yelled as he extended his arm sideways and several of his ghosts formed around it and spiraled around his arm and a sphere of dark purple magic was formed. Aiming it at the redhead, a beam of dark purple magic shot forward towards the redhead who did not even lift an eyebrow.
The beam of dark purple magic continued on its path towards the redhead who merely formed a few hand signs and lifted his palm so it was directly in front of him. Written on his palm were the kanji for North, South, East, West. "Four Pillars Barrier Seal." Haruto channeled chakra to his palms as a barrier with the four kanji visible on it appeared before him and took the force of the attack head on. The attack ended with the barrier without a single scratch on it, lowering his arm, Haruto released the technique and the barrier before him vanished once more.
"Shade Entangle!" Jose willed his ghosts to wrap around Haruto as they began applying force into their grips. Jose smirked as he saw the ghosts strangle the redhead mage before him and the smirk kept growing as the seconds ticked away. That was when Haruto exploded into a flurry of sakura petals and Jose's smirk fell from his face as he looked around for the brat. He never finished his search as a massive orb of roaring fire flew towards him, Jose quickly moved to the side to avoid the attack. That was when multiple roots shot out from the ground and wrapped around him keeping him in place. Jose quickly channeled his magic into arms and sliced the roots into pieces.
That was not the end of the roots as more appeared and Jose moved his hands in a arc and channeled magic thorough it, "Dark Pulse!" Jose directed the magical explosions towards the roots and soon they were all incinerated and none were left visible. Not allowing the man a break, Haruto appeared before Jose and sent a chakra enhanced punch at the man's stomach knocking the air right out of his lungs in the process. Leaning over in pain, Jose coughed as the air was knocked right out of his lungs. Haruto then lifted his other arm and elbowed the man in the back driving him into the ground. Before Haruto could deliver any more blows, Jose rolled to the side and got onto his feet quickly. "Dead Wave!" Jose shot the beam of magic towards the redhead once more who did not block the attack this time as he leaned to the side and allowed the beam to fly past him. "Wind Release: Rotating Shuriken." Haruto created several shurikens made of wind and sent them towards Jose.
Jose countered the incoming projectiles with another blast of magic, destroying them all in one shot. But Haruto had already began his next move as he began forming the Ram hand sign. "Water Release: Great Exploding Water Colliding Water Wave." Haruto spewed out a massive amount of water that covered the entire room and broke through the closed doors and washed away everything in the room. Jose was included in the items washed out of the room by the ocean of water as well. But it was not enough to stop him as Jose shot out of the water and charged at the redhead with enraged eyes. Tiger-Ox-Dog-Rabbit-Snake. "Wind Release: Great Breakthrough." Haruto created a gust of wind that pushed Jose back towards the water. Taking a sealing tag from his hidden kunai pouch he kept hidden and tossed it into the sky. Snake-Ram-Dog. "Sealed Lightning," the tag glowed a brilliant blue and multiple lightning bolts shot down from the tag and slammed into the ocean of water. The lightning and water combined into a deadly combo as the water enhanced the power of the lightning and electrocuted Jose who was in the water.
The room was lit up by the lightning as it danced across the water, the displayed continued for a little longer until the lightning died off and stopped. Haruto stood there on the water waiting for the enemy Guild Master to resurface, he did not care if Jose was alive or not but it would be preferred if he was. His eyes fell upon a few bubbles that rose from the bottom of the water and he continued to watch with narrowed eyes. Jose shot out of the water and headed straight towards the redhead, his body was burned in various areas and his face had a gaping burn across one eye. Jose's eyes were filled with utter hate, as he charged and went for the kill, Haruto was shocked that he was able to move after that attack, but nevertheless prepared for the upcoming engagement. Stopping a punch to his face, Haruto kicked the man away and leaped backwards getting some distance from him and the crazed man. What was the most dangerous was a man with nothing else to live for, nothing held him back.
Before they could reengage in their hand to hand combat, a giant hand shot out of nowhere and grabbed hold of Haruto and dragged him away. Jose turned around and glared at the one who stopped their fight with furry in his eyes before he stopped suddenly when he saw who it was. Makarov was now standing there looking healthy as ever with his eyes narrowed as he gave the enraged Guild Master a grim look. "Haruto-kun, you did enough you may leave now." Makarov said in a kinder tone as he did not turn to face Haruto at all as he continued to look at Jose.
"I understand Master." Haruto replied hesitantly as he gave Jose a glare before turning around and vanishing into a flurry of sakura petals. Leaving behind two enrage Guild Masters.
"Jose you have done enough damage to my children." Makarov said in a dark tone, "All of my children have been hurt because of you, they all have been hurt in one way or another. You will pay!"
A brilliant light began to shine in the heavens above as the magic was taking effect. Makarov spread his arms wide open and his eyes glowed golden yellow. "Activate Fairy Law," and in a flash of brilliant golden light it came down on the area consuming the entire room in the light.
***
Phantom Lord was no more. The loss against Fairy Tail during the Guild war had been the last nail on the coffin as the Magic Council declared the Guild War Phantom Lord's fault and were forcefully disbanded. Past events involving the war had shaken the Guild up, but they got out of the shock quickly and things returned to normal relativity quickly as the winning Guild went to work in construction of their new Guildhall. Hard work was needed to fix the destroyed building, but not one complained; with their family together and whole, it was a small price to pay. Not every one felt the same as the rest of the Guild, guilt built in her heart. Lucy knew the entire fiasco was her father's fault and indirectly hers as the Guild would not have been involved in the war if she was not a part of it. No one blamed her and that was what made it worse, the fact that not one of the Guild members blamed her for the series of events had hurt worse. Those actions influenced her, she decided it was time to confront her father.
Recovery from the previous events had been well for the Guild and everyone was well again after a few days of recovery. Construction work still continued as everyone participated, Haruto himself did not directly help in the construction of the new Guild building as he used clones to replace himself as he was busy with something that he deemed more important at the moment. The war had left him uncomfortable about his combat abilities, he was confident in his abilities yes but the fight with Jose proved him to be slightly arrogant. He believed the people in this world were weaker than the shinobi of his world, he allowed himself to become arrogant and believed himself to be untouchable. That was what had annoyed him to no end, he had gotten arrogant in his abilities and almost allowed Jose land a strike on him. There was something else he seemed to enjoy more since coming to this world, toying with his opponents. It was truly fun, seeing their desperate attempts to cling onto the slim chance of victory against him though Haruto knew he could finish the battle from the start.
Now here he stood in the middle of the forest with his eyes shut and clones surrounding him from all sides. Multiple ones packed around the dense forest ready for the upcoming fight with their original. Dropping a hand, Haruto's clones rushed forward and charged towards him. Allowing them to proceed, Haruto sent a kick at the closest clone before blocking a punch and throwing the attacker into the group of approaching enemies. Though he was able to fight off a good portion of the clones, the sheer number of clones got through his defenses and they were soon on top of him and holding him down. More and more clones were coming to join the other clones in holding down the original copy. That was as far as they got to, the pile of clones soon were sent in every direction as the original Haruto overpowered the others. Multiple plumes of smoke replaced the clones as they were sent into the air and collided with others, playing on the defensive was fun and all but now it was time to go on the offensive. Running towards a group of charging clones, Haruto plowed right through them as he struck with deadly strikes. Soon the only thing left of the clones was a massive layer of smoke that shielded him from the view of the remaining clones. More and more clones poured into the layer of smoke hoping to find their target, and none left. Once the smoke cleared, Haruto stood in the center of the smoke with no clones left.
"Time?" Haruto asked as he looked towards the far right of the forest where a clone was situated with a timer in hand.
Looking down on the timer, the clone then looked at the original and spoke, "Two minutes and twenty nine seconds, boss. You beat your best time by ten seconds, no big improvement. If Madara-jiji was here he would have told you to do it again."
"I see, that is exactly what I am planning on doing. Prepare for another round." Haruto ordered as he prepared to form the army of clones once more that was until he heard a rustle and he shifted towards the direction of the sound and narrowed his eyes, "Who's there."
The trees parted to reveal Wendy walking towards him with Carla cradled in her arms, "Onii-san, it's me."
"Wendy, what are you doing here?" Haruto asked as he waved his hand and the clone dispelled himself leaving the two alone.
"Onii-san, everyone is taking a break for lunch, I was wondering if you wanted to join me?" Wendy asked as she looked at the blonde shinobi curiously.
Haruto thought about the offer for a second before nodding. He would have time to train, he was in no rush to do anything at the moment and spending time with Wendy always brightened up his mood. Training without someone to guide him was something he was not used to as of yet. There was not much time for him to train since the death of Madara, he had been working with the Akatsuki and training as well. And after that the war would commence. Nodding to Wendy, Haruto walked to the side where his shirt was and put it on as he spoke, "Of course Wendy, let's get some lunch. I wanted to spend more time with you."
"Great Haruto-niisan." Wendy replied happily as she jogged over to the now dressed redhead. Haruto smiled down at her as she returned the gesture and the two proceeded to make their way out of the forest and towards the town for some lunch.