Hey, all you people out there.I have decided to start writing fanfiction. I'm not very experienced, but ill try to make it worth reading. This is my first real attempt, so please, no harsh reviews. Thanks, and I hope you enjoy!
Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail or Naruto. If I did, it would not be as awesome as it is today.
Chapter One- The Job
"Aww, C'mon Lucy! I'm starving! Don't you have any food at all?" Natsu wailed pitifully. He had been out training with Happy for two days straight, and had not eaten anything since the morning they left. "Aye, Sir" Happy exhaled. THe poor cat wasn't used to being this hungry either. "No guys, sorry. I ran out this morning, and on top of that, I'm flat broke. I guess we could go to the guild and take a job." The pink- haired dragon slayer paled. "No! We could never go back there. Not after what we did." "WHAT DO YOU MEAN WE?!" Lucy roared. "It was your stupidity that screwed us over!"
But Natsu was right. After what happened the last time they were in the guild hall, it would be a long time before Master Makarov let them back in. "But Lucy,we're a team," he wailed. "We were all there together. Don't just blame me and Happy for that… accident." "LISTEN TO ME YOU PINK-HAIRED IDIOT! DON'T YOU TRY TO BRING ME INTO THIS YOU LITTLE…" Lucy stops mid sentence, watching in horror as a hole explodes in the middle of her wall, and in steps the person they dreaded to see the most. "There you are!" Erza says, ice in her tone. "I've been looking for you all over magnolia."
"We are so terribly sorry about the guild. Please spare us our meaningless lives, great fairy queen!" Natsu, Lucy, and Happy say in unison while bowing so low their faces sweep the ground. In the midst of the commotion, Grey Fullbuster walks in, a smirk on his face. "Now that is pathetic," he states. Natsu, forgetting the predicament he is in, jumps up, ready to defend himself against the insults. " Who are you calling pathetic, Popsicle?" " I'm calling you pathetic, Coal-For-Brains" Grey retorts. This time, it was Lucy's turn to pale. "Here we go again," she sighs as the verbal punches flew. "ENOUGH!" Erza bellows. All talking immediately ceased. "Yes ma,am" the fire and ice mages say in unison while hiding their faces.
"Grey," Erza says, "Inform them of our reason for coming." Grey stands up straighter. "Yes, of course." Grey starts as they settle down. The ice-make begins. "After this idiot left the guild, we came upon a job offer. Because of all the damage he did, we needed on with a large pay to fix the hall." Natsu looks away sheepishly. "It was just an accident," he says. "Just an accident!" Erza exclaims "You obliterated half of the guild hall!" Natsu was indignant." It was all Cana's fault. If she hadn't dared me to see how many barrels of beer I could blow up with my fire dragon roar, We would still be at the guildhall right now." Erza quiets him with her signature stare. "Its like she's staring into my soul," Lucy whispers to Happy. "Aye, Sir" the Exceed whispers back. Erza looks at Grey and nods."Continue." "Alright, pay close attention to this next part. The job is unlike any we have ever taken up before. The reward isn't a either. All in all, it's about forty-million jewels."
The all around reactions alone were priceless. Natsu's eyes grew to the size of saucers as he contemplated the thought of what he could do with the money. "That's a lot of money," Lucy states. "Indeed," Erza answers. "I have set up an extremely strong team so that pushover we may return safely. It will be us five, of course. Lucy, me, Natsu, Happy, and Grey. We will also have along Wendy and Gajeel with their Exceeds, Charle and Pantherlily." "Whats the catch," Natsu asks Erza. The fairy-queen gives him a grim little smile. " If we complete the quest and come back alive, then master Makarov will let you back into the guild." Natsu chuckles, but looks her straight in the eye. "It's good to know the old man wants us back, but you never answered my question. What's the catch?" Erza"s smile quickly falls. "Alright, you got me", she says with a sigh. The reason the reward is so high and we need so many people, is that this quest will take ten years to complete." Natsu's face goes completely white. "You don't mean", he begins. Erza answers his unspoken question. "Yes. This quest is classified as a decade quest."
For the first time in a while, Lucy speaks up. "We'll take it." Natsu and Happy feint. The celestial wizard gives Erza a questioning look. "Now that that's settled, what is the objective of the quest?" She asks. Erza looks at her. "We are to give aid to a group of villagers on the other side of the world. We leave now. The rest of our team is already waiting for us at the guildhall, so we need to pick them up. After we all are all together, we embark on our journey. Our employers said that the name of our destination, is the Village Hidden in the Leaves."
