8 Ice and Fire
Magnolia Year: 777
(I'm having Gray and Natsu join at the same time because I like it more)
A year has passed during which Katakuri has continued his training.
First of all, Katakuri is now 12 and has grown to 5ft 8 just slightly shorter than Macao.
Furthermore, his muscles are now more defined and his usage of magic is far more profound.
Training his observation Haki has enabled him to be able to see 1 second in the future, don't underestimate 1 second, this 1 second allows him to avoid most attacks.
His armament Haki from being a faint blue metallic glow is now like a blue steel and can also be applied to his dough magic amplifying the attack power.
Expanding on this, he now uses a trident as an auxiliary item to support his magic giving him a range of new attacks and making him extremely deadly in close-range combat.
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"EARTH SPIKES!" screeched a stout hooded figure as a magical array burst out causing the floor to spike up
"EARTH SHARDS!" Shouted another lanky hooded figure as icicle-like earth shards shot out like bullets.
"FIRE DRAGON!" Shouted a large hooded figure as a small snake-like fire dashed out.
"WATER BULLET!" Shouted a skinny hooded figure as water condensed in the air shooting out roughly.
"KILL HIM!" shouted the leader of this ragtag bunch as he shot out his magic
BOOM!
A cloud of dust covered the small dingy warehouse as the four cadres and their leader stared on with their subordinates behind them.
"Did we get hi-" The short stout hooded figure barely finished his sentence before he was cut off courteous of a jelly bean to the head.
"MONSTER!"
"Is it to this extent?" said a figure appearing out of the dust.
Katakuri unscathed stared at the crowd in front of him with his scarf covering his mouth and only crimson eyes like the devil peering towards them.
His baby fat had just begun to regress from his youthful face which detracted from his overall domineering image.
"I don't believe we can't kill one brat!" The leader hissed trying to boost their morale.
"EARTH SHARDS!" "WATER BULLET!" "FIRE DRAGON!" Another volley sounded off.
"Useless," said Katakuri indifferently as his eyes began to glow crimson and his body began to warp, avoiding every single attack.
"Kagami Mochi" The ground, walls, and ceiling of the warehouse all began to flow like dough and began to ensnare everyone in the crowd
"What is this!" yelled the leader as he struggled against the goopy substance.
"FIRE DRAGON!" yelled the large hooded figure causing the dough to solidify trapping his legs more tightly.
All of a sudden the ceiling and walls began to close in burying them in dough.
"Mercy! Mercy! Have mercy you Bastard!" a shout of the leader losing his mind as he was buried rang out.
Katakuri watched indifferently through his crimson pupils as the dough solidified drowning out the last of the wailings.
"Commission complete." He grumbled as he turned around, leaving a pile of dough behind him.
Calmly walking back to Fairy Tail Katakuri quickly took a glance around, seeing there was no one, he hastily headed into the bakery he'd seen when he first arrived, opposite of the ruthless look he'd shown just now his eyes widened in joy as he stepped in and grabbed the ready-made bag before sprinting out and calmly walking back to the guild.
"Welcome back Katakuri!" Lisanna said cheerfully announcing his arrival.
"Katakuri's back!" the rest of the guild members laughed seeing the tall figure enter the guild hall.
"Pervert!"
"Lizard!"
In the center of the guild two figures, one with cherry-colored hair and one with black spikey hair began to wrestle reminding Katakuri of his first visit to Fairy Tail putting a slight smile on his face and lowering his guard.
"Fire Dragon's fist!" The cherry-haired boy said as his fist lit up and punched out toward the other boy.
"Ice make: Lance!" said the other boy as ice spears began to shoot out
The collision between the two of them caused steam to spew out as a single lance flew towards Katakuri piercing the bag he'd just collected from the bakery.
The laughter in the guild as if it was a recording abruptly stopped.
"Natsu and Gray are done for this time," said Macao with one hand on his head and another on a bottle
"It's time to run" whispered Wakkaba as he made his way towards the door.
"They're finished" nodded Jet to Droy
"It's over pervert!" screamed Natsu unaware of the perilous situation he was in.
"Is that it, Ice make la-" Gray began chanting but midway through he realized something was wrong and looked around only to see a 5ft 8 behemoth staring at him with red eyes.
"Naguri Mochi" Katakuri's forehead was wrinkled with anger as his eyes flashed a blood-like color
Various appendages of dough sprouted behind his condensing into blue metallic fists before rapidly punching down on both Natsu and Gray beating them to a pulp in an instant.
"STOP!" Makarov shouted as he jumped down from the second floor.
"These are our newcomers, Natsu and Gray," Makarov said proudly, completely ignoring the fact that said newcomers had just been pummelled severely.
"Uu-h" Natsu groaned in response as Gray lay silently
Makarov leaned in closely to Natsu's ear and whispered
"This is Katakuri just remember don't mess with his food and you'll be fine" Makarov then stood up rather chipper and strode toward Katakuri.
"How was the commission?" Makarov yelled out for fear that Katakuri could not hear him due to his short height.
"Complete" indifferently, unwavering Katakuri stated as if he hadn't just beaten two members to the floor for touching his prized doughnuts.
"Great! Then without further ado, I announce the next participants of the S-class exams!" Makarov yelled out causing everyone in the guild to listen in.
"First of all, we have our very own LAXUS!" Makarov said grandly
"I knew it!" Macao said matter-of-factly as he looked over at Wakkaba
"He's only 17 and he's already so strong he doesn't make it easier for us old timers" cried Wakkaba aggrievedly"
Laxus walked towards Makarov arrogantly, he wore a fur coat with a purple tuxedo shirt with a lightning scar over his right eye looking quite fierce.
"It's about time, you may as well just hand it over old man" Upon his rather pompous declaration Katakuri looked at him curiously.
"Second, I announce the strongest newcomer, he has a 100% task success rate Katakuri!" Makarov yelled out more fiercely than before causing Laxus to pout slightly as he turned his head to face those crimson eyes.
"Ooooh! We have a good competition take bets who will win in the end Laxus or Katakuri!" Said Cana who was always hungry for more drinking money and excitement.
"Laxus is strong and I think his lightning magic will be difficult for Katakuri to deal with in the final assessment." shouted out Macao
"The assessment isn't just a duel so maybe in other regards Katakuri could win?" said Wakkaba as he began to analyze the situation.
"Hm, just a little brat wants to become S-class" Laxus snorted.
"In this exam, you have a week to prepare and get a teammate ready, you are allowed one teammate and they cannot already be S-ranked."
Makarov began reciting the rules as Laxus stared dead into Katakuri's eyes.
"Hm, see you at the exam" Laxus sneered before disappearing with a thunderclap.
