At that moment, a memory flash of the unimaginable pain reared its head and Naruto growled before quickly slapping a palm to his forehead. The pain was gone as soon as it appeared but the after effects remained. He heard some worried chattering from the girls but just waved them off with a disarming smile. Stretching his neck, Naruto lifted himself up easily into a handstand before flipping off the bed. Winding an arm around quickly, he looked back down at the paper and asked if he was able to do some light exercises.
He was getting rather fidgety after sitting still for so long that a chance to unleash a little energy would do him good. Seeing Makarov nod, Erza stepped forward and motioned for him to follow. Looking back, he saw Mirajane and Makarov waving him goodbye while Levy and Lucy were grabbing some things to bring with them. It seemed they'd appointed themselves the official translators for Naruto. Shrugging, he bounced on his toes before running out the door and up the stairs.
Reaching the top, he paused and looked around the massive room he had entered in awe. It seemed he had been in the basement the whole time and was now in the main eating area of this Fairy Tail place. Massive stone pillars held up the roof that seemed to be close to thirty feet above him and a mezzanine floor off to the side, which also seemed to have a bar underneath it. If he could take a guess, he'd place his numbers on that Mirajane worked under there. There was a board beside that which seemed to hold a bunch of papers all stuck haphazardly across it in no particular order. Scanning the rest of the place, he found it full of wooden boxes that sat off in the corners of the room, along with long benches that still had a few sleepy looking people seated at them. There were a few circular tables closer to the bar that had grubby looking wooden barrels as seats scattered around them.
Hearing a sharp call, he turned to see Erza staring at him pointedly, no doubt telling him to hurry up. He saw Lucy and Levy walking past him, chatting to each other animatedly about something, probably him if the little glances they were stealing were anything to go by. Jogging out, he met up with Erza who looked to the sheet of paper Levy had. Taking it up in one hand, she quickly wrote something down and handed it to him.
"I'm take you to a trainin ground neer heer. Try keep up."
Looking at the two girls carrying the books, they just smiled and made a shooing motion at him. Grinning, he turned back to Erza and tightened his Konoha head band before grinning.
"Lead the way, Erza."
The woman didn't respond, instead closing her eyes and calling out in a loud voice. Naruto jumped back in surprise as Erza's entire body began to glow a golden yellow as several bright tendrils lashed out from her, wrapping around her now nude from. Opening her eyes after the transformation, Erza was now dressed in a set of long pants with the bottoms of them in a delightful orange, reaching up half her shins in the patterns of wild flames. A black line traced them, separating the colour from the vibrant red that made up the rest of her pants. White pocket things hung from each hip and from there up, there was skin. Lots of skin.
Naruto struggled to tear his eyes away from the barely covered chest of the woman who stood before him. Aside from some tight bandages that held her considerable bust in place, there wasn't a scrap of fabric elsewhere. A little voice in Naruto's head quietly mentioned that he never would have guessed she was that big under her chest plate.
Deciding he'd had a quick enough look, he peered up to see Erza smirking at him. Her hair had also changed. Before, it hung freely down her back to about her waist, now it was pulled back into a single ponytail. She crooked a finger at him in a 'follow me' motion. Turning, she knelt down before dashing off at a surprising speed into the dimming light. Naruto just watched her go for a moment in awe before a giggle behind him brought him back from his daze. Blushing ever so slightly, he coughed and channelled some chakra to his legs, taking off in a high speed rush. The squeal of surprise from both girls behind him made the boy smirk. No one made fun of the mighty Uzumaki and got away with it.
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Looking over her shoulder, Erza tisked in annoyance. That blond boy was easily keeping up with her for some reason and this was one of her faster suits. Granted, she wasn't anything near full pace, but it was far beyond what a normal human could run. Vaulting a bridge, she saw Naruto front flip the whole thing, land in a roll and pop straight back up, a cheeky grin on his face. Frowning, Erza started to pick up the pace.
"He thinks he's so good showing off? Let's see him try keep up with this!"
Leaning low to the ground, Erza gave a might kick and shot forward nearly doubling her speed. Hearing a cry of surprise from her companion, she allowed a little triumphant smirk as she left him behind in the dust cloud. The smirk quickly turned to a growl as she realised Naruto landed heavily beside her, seeming like he had just jumped from that cloud. Seeing a challenging grin on his face, Erza sent him one of her own before ducking around a tight corner.
The two of them began a game of tag across the city as they vaulted, dodged, swung and kicked off all forms of objects in a effort to one up each other. Erza couldn't say she wasn't surprised either when Naruto took to running along the walls of the buildings, sticking to them like he was running across flat ground. He noticed her shocked glance though and sent her another cheeky grin. Huffing to herself, Erza looked forward, determined not to let him catch her off guard like that again.