Ch. 1

In the village of Konoha it was raining, and jumping from rooftop to rooftop was a young boy returning from a mission. He wore dark ANBU clothes with a Katana strapped to his back. On his face was a mask that resembled a fox. He had blond hair that stopped above his shoulders...And currently he was covered in blood. He had just decimated an entire platoon of Mist ANBU as were the orders of his mission. The boy could complete such a task due to the fact that he had been personally trained since he was four years old by the leader of Root, Danzo. In three years with the use of Shadow Clone Jutsu and artificially implanted Mangekyo Sharingan eyes he had learned all of the villages greatest techniques including the Yondaime's prized technique Hiraishin.

He knew how to infiltrate, torture, kill and to do it in the most efficient and effective ways possible. He was a true testament to the way of the ninjas. A brutal killing machine. He trained harshly since the age of four. And at age seven there were few who could match his power.

His name was Naruto son of the aforementioned Hokage and Jinchuriki to the Kyuubi No Yoko. But for all the missions he took and power he held he was still given and taking orders.

So as he returned from the mission the blond found himself thinking, "What am I doing with my life, this existence is boring and nothing changes."

And for the life of him he could not come up with an answer. For all his trainers had never given him any more then cool professionalism and wore the same masks. His comrades never spoke more than what was necessary to complete the mission. The closest thing he had to variety was the countless people he killed. The blond found himself questioning what the point to his existence was, to be a tool for the village?

As he reached his destination a large building his body became more rigid and professional. He entered and soon he was kneeling in front of his leader, Danzo.

"Report," Danzo drawled.

"The mist ANBU who were attempting to re-seal the Sanbi were all eliminated Danzo-sama." Naruto said emotionlessly.

" And the Sanbi?" Danzo questioned.

"It disappeared before I could seal it Danzo-sama," Naruto replied.

"How unfortunate," Danzo said without a hint of disappointment. Because there was no need to be sad, He had the most powerful Demon container in all the Elemental Nations. He didn't purge his emotions like the rest of his shinobi. No he didn't at all, in fact he had kept his emotions and used them to fuel his desire, the desire to become the best. So Danzo allowed him to keep his emotions as long as he didn't show them in front of him.

"Is that all?" he prompted.

"Hai Danzo-sama." the blond replied.

"Then you make take your leave," he said disinterestedly.

And with that Naruto vanished in a yellow flash retiring to his chambers for the night. Upon his entry to his room he swiftly took of his clothes and took a shower. As he emerged from the bathroom he redressed and made his way to the table in the corner. Once he was seated he continued to work on his seal project. The project he was working on would allow him to sleep for hours on a mission within the seal while only seconds would pass by in the real world. and so he worked deep into the night until dawn approached.

'finished!' he thought happily. Looking outside he realized it was morning. What better time would he have to test the seal. Naruto then dressed in the clothes he would need for tomorrows long distance mission to kill the Sandaime Tsushikage and sealed the appropriate scrolls. Then he began to set up the seal. He was so excited and tired that he did something very, very wrong... or something very right. He smudged a small portion of the seal. And as he activated it he, felt a drain on his charka unlike any before and promptly fell asleep. When Danzo would come in the next morning he would find no trace of his greatest protégé. Nothing to suggest he deserted, just his belongings and an empty room.

When Naruto woke up he had no idea where he was. All around him was a barren landscape without signs of civilization. Confused and with little else to do he began walking. He took of his dark clothes to help with the heat and this revealed his body which was covered in numerous scars from the missions he had taken.

Soon he was able to see a large building in the distance. Erring on the side of caution he activated an invisibility Jutsu and quickly ran toward the structure. Upon entry he was immediately on guard for he had never seen such advanced technology before.

And then he heard it... screaming. But that's not what disturbed him, he was used to such sounds in his line of work. No what disturbed him was the fact that whoever was screaming was very young. So he quickly ran toward the source of the screaming. Eventually he came to a sight that made his blood boil. There were many people in the room all looking down at little girl connected to various wires. But whatever the wires were doing it was obviously hurting the girl very much.

But that was not the worst of it the little girl was crying out "okaa-san, okaa-san." at the top of her lungs. Naruto never had parents but he knew who they were. And to hear this girl calling out to her parents cause something inside of Naruto to snap. He didn't ask questions, and he did not give them a swift death. For the next five minutes he systematically proceeded to kill them all in the most brutal and painful techniques that he had been taught.

The first one he came upon he unsheathed his Katana and cut off all his limbs. Simple yet painful and effective. This of course alerted the others to his presence but it did not matter. The Kyuubi's chakra was very visibly leaking from his form and they were all too paralyzed with fear to move. 'One down seven left', thought Naruto. The next one he very literally shoved a Rasengan down his throat. But at that point his anger was so overwhelming that he simply created three shadow clones who then proceeded to stab and torture the remaining members.

As the last one was approached by the remaining clone he seemed to find his voice and asked "what are you?". And with that Naruto said what he always said when asked that question. "Nobody."

While all this was happening the real Naruto had made his way down to the child and proceeded to untie her. "Are you okay?" he asked. The girl paused before raising her eyes slightly "Who are you?" she said in obvious fear and pain. "I'm Naruto, what's your name?" Naruto said softly. "My name is Ultear" she replied with tears in her eyes "Are you going to hurt me too?" she fearfully muttered.

Naruto simply stared at her before saying "I'm going to get you out of here." And with that Naruto proceeded to untie her from her bindings. Once she was free she fainted in his arms.

Upon closer inspection Naruto realized she was not much younger than he was, around five or six years old. She had dark short hair and pale skin. and when he saw her face Naruto felt something he had never felt before. The need to protect this beautiful little girl from all the terrible things life had to offer. He had found something new. A new reason to fight. So with that goal in mind he sent clones to place explosive seals around the building and walked out with her in his arms.

As he found tracks that would most likely lead him to civilization the building exploded killing all those left inside. He looked down at the girl in his arms and sad something that surprised himself "I will protect you." and with that he ran following the tracks that would lead him to a town.

Upon arriving in the town Naruto quickly realized he had no idea where he was. The buildings looked nothing like that of any he had seen in Konoha or any other Hidden village he had been. The only way to describe these buildings was... foreign. Another thing was that the written language was like nothing he had ever seen. Naruto was beginning to wonder what had gone wrong with his seal when Ultear began waking.

When she woke up she looked around and asked "Where am I" to which Naruto gave a small sigh and said "I was hoping you could tell me that." Upon realizing that she was in the arms of her savior Ultear turned a deep red and stuttered out something incomprehensible to Naruto. "what?" Ultear looked nervous sweating bullets her mouth in a cute upside down V she stuttered out "I c-can walk b-b-by myself you d-d-don't need t-to c-carry me." Naruto quickly understood and set her down on her feat.

Once she was standing on her own Ultear seemed to regain some composure and asked "What happened all I remember is being taken to t-that awful place again and then... you came, how did you get me out?" Naruto looked at her his blue eyes shining behind his mask and stated simply "I killed them."

Ultear looked shocked for a moment before she quickly wrapped her arms around Naruto. "Thank you so much!" she said crying.

Naruto stiffened upon the contact. He was confused most civilians were disgusted when he spoke of such things yet here was this girl hugging him and thanking him. He had never been in such a situation so he simply stood there awkwardly patting her back. When she finally stopped crying he asked her where her parents were. This was apparently a taboo subject as it sent the girl into another crying fit. Naruto had no clue as to how he should react so he apologized. Eventually Ultear stopped enough to say "They said my okaa-sama left me there that she didn't want me until I was strong enough." Then she cried louder as if saying that aloud made the situation all the more bleak.

Naruto looked at her before saying something that he didn't know was true or not but if it would stop her from crying he could live with himself. "They lied" When the crying didn't stop Naruto said "I will take you to your okaa-san." That seemed to do the trick as Ultear stopped.

"Really?" she asked hopefully. "Really" he said strongly. However inwardly he was hoping this women was still alive. Then he looked around and said "As soon as I find out where in the Elemental Nations we are."

Ultear looked up to him confused "Elemental nations? Where is that... we're in

Fiore." Hearing this Naruto stopped and it was if something in his mind clicked, he was in a different dimension. There really was no other explanation. It suddenly made so much more sense. Why There were no Ninja's around. Why everyone wore strange clothes. The reason why he sensed abnormal charka signatures. And Naruto slowly smiled he would no longer have to assassinate old fat men. No longer have to serve his village without question. In the simplest terms he was free. And he knew just what to do with his new freedom he would do whatever he wanted, as soon as he helped this girl find her mother.

He looked at Ultear and asked "What can you remember about where your okaa-san lived" Ultear told him that it was cold and there were lots of mountains. So he went into a store asked for a map and directions and proceeded to walk with Ultear out of town.

As they were walking he found himself thinking. His analytical mind assessing the situation he was in. He had no money as his currency was worth nothing in this new place. Food would not be a problem but for things such as clothes and lodging he would need these jewels the store owner spoke of. He needed money and a means of establishing a new life but the only skills he had were combat skills. He didn't know how this place worked but from what he could tell war was not a constant threat. He knew this because the village had no form of defense against invaders. But there would always be bandits and people who desired power. That was a universal constant. He looked at Ultear who had not said a word since they had left the village.

"Ultear," he said. She turned to look at him and smiled before saying "yes Naruto-kun?" he stared at her not particularly liking the addition of -kun to his name before saying "How do people who are strong make money." It was a simple question that even a child could answer. She looked at him before saying "They become apart of magic guild of course." When he looked at her with a puzzled face she proceeded to explain about mages and magic and guilds that her mother had told her before bed. She even showed him her limited Ice Make magic.

'What an interesting place I've arrived in it seems they use this magic instead of chakra,' thought Naruto. He thought about learning this magic but decided to put that off for later. At that point in time all that mattered was getting Ultear to her mother as fast as he could. He looked over to her and asked "Are you hungry?" She nodded that she was so Naruto created a clone. As soon as he did Ultear looked extremely surprised. He then realized that his abilities would be different from this world. He paused before ordering the clone "Go find us something to eat."

Several hours later while they were eating some beast the clone had brought back Ultear seemed to find her voice. "Where are you from"

"nowhere."

"where are your parents?"

"dead."

"I'm sorry..."

"Don't be."

"...why are you helping me" Ultear finally asked. At this Naruto turned toward her and said "Because you represent what was taken away from me." Ultear hesitated before asking "what was taken from you?" At this Naruto smiled sadly behind his mask. He did not answer but continued to eat. After it became clear that she wasn't going to receive an answer Ultear went back to eating. It had become clear to her that he did not like talking. Once they were done eating they entered the town of Magnolia. He turned to Ultear and said "To make it to the mountains we need money to take the train from Magnolia. I will go and find the guild Fairy Tail that is indicated on the map and find work to take us both there." Ultear simply smiled and took his hand as a response.

As they entered the guild Naruto took an immediate dislike to it. People were loud and fighting all around him. There was no order just sheer chaos. Deciding he didn't want to stay a second longer than needed he spread out his senses for the most powerful presence. He was surprised that it was an old man a foot smaller than him but remembered that appearances could be deceiving and disregarded it.

"You are the leader of this guild correct?" Naruto said without emotion. Makarov looked up and was surprised the amount of power that was being suppressed from this boy who looked no younger than seven could easily match his. "That's right gaki my names Makarov would you like to join?"

The other guild members looked on in shock master had never asked someone to join just like that! "No I simply want work so I can help Ultear return to her Okaa-san do you know of any good assassinations in town? Or perhaps a Kidnapping?" Naruto continued listing several other terrible things before the master finally stopped him.

"Are you crazy! How could a child like you speak of such things let alone ask for jobs like these don't you know this is a light guild you could be thrown in jail!" Makarov shouted with horror in his eyes. Naruto stood still for several seconds before saying " ah I see then if you could just point me in the direction of the closest dark guild I'll be on my way."

Makarov did not know what to say so he decided to let his fists convince the gaki that Dark guilds were no place for children. "Fine ill point you into the direction of the nearest dark guild if you can defeat me," He said confidently.

Naruto simply looked to Ultear who had not let go of his hands then back and asked "why?" The entire guild looked amazed it was a simple yet valid question why? what did he gain more than information on where he could find a Dark Guild which were common and easy to find.

Makarov was amazed at the maturity of the child so he decided to humor him. "If you defeat me I will give you one month of my Wizard Saints pay but if I win you won't join a Dark Guild." Naruto looked at him again before asking "is that enough money to buy train tickets to the northern mountains?" Makarov chuckled at the child's ignorance before nodding in confirmation.

Naruto was glad with this turn of events due to the fact that money would not be an issue as far as the train tickets were concerned and he would be able to see how these people fought. "I agree to your terms" he said apathetically.

With that he quickly unsealed his hiraishin kunai and scattered them around the entire guild. The master looked confused but said nothing. Naruto turned to Ultear before saying "I will get you to your mother." he then sat her down at a table before turning back to Makarov.

While all this was happening the guild members immediately broke into whispers Makarov rarely fought in spars they didn't understand why he was doing this. But Makarov knew that if this boy ever joined a Dark Guild he would be a major problem in the future.

So with that Makarov tuned to the boy and said one word he would regret "begin!" As soon as he said those words Naruto disappeared in a yellow flash and was suddenly in front of Makarov his Katana drawn from its sheath ready to attack. Makarov's eyes widened in surprise before he jumped away. However as he landed he was met with another Naruto. He quickly let lose a blast of light magic only to be surprised when that Naruto burst in a cloud of smoke. This continued for several minutes Naruto flashing and multiple Naruto's being dispered before Naruto decided to finish this quickly. The man was not taking him seriously so he simply marked him with a seal and flashed away. He stood staring at Makarov from behind his mask. Makarov was slightly winded from such high speeds yet Naruto seemed fine.

Makarov decided to ask "why have you stopped?" Naruto looked at him and replied "because you have lost." Before Makarov could say anything a massive aura was exuded from the blond crating cracks all around him a red aura that could be felt in all of Fiore was released. Makarov fell as soon as the aura was released creating a large crater in the guild. All who were looking were shocked as the boy continued to exude the aura and approach the guild master placing a kunai to his neck saying, "I win."

Makarov was however in the greatest pain of his entire life. He felt as if the world was crushing him without mercy. "H-How?" he asked Naruto turned to him and said "Gravity seal, takes a large amount of power. Where can I find my money?" Makarov tried to raise himself but to no avail so he said "Release me and ill give it to you." And just like that the pressure and aura was no longer there gone as swiftly as it had come. Makarov stood shakily before moving over to the bar stool opening a drawer and handing Naruto an envelope. Naruto simply took it grabbed Ultear's hand in his and left the guild.

The entire guild was in a stunned silence before Makarov said "This never happened" with a dark menacing aura. "Hai master" the guild replied as one.

Outside Ultear looked at Naruto with awe and asked "How strong are you?" he looked at her with his mask but his eyes weren't blue the were red with a pinwheel pattern. "However strong I have to be," he said. Ultear blushed at his words he seemed so cool. She moved closer to him and said "Thank you." he looked at her and said "I will protect you."

Around Fiore several figures had felt that power Hades of the dark guild Grimoire Heart. The magic councils Org. The master of Raven tail Ivan. They were all thinking the same thing. 'I must get my hands on whatever released that incredible power.'