He Who Hunts Dragons Redux

by RaisoneDetre

A lone hunter stands in between the cross roads of his life. One path will lead him to salvation while the other shall lead to eternal damnation. Will his wish lead him to damnation? or shall he let it go to attain salvation? The choice is his alone to make, though in the end the lone hunter should see to it that he himself does not become much like the very beings he hunt. EDITED

1. X776: The Hunter

He Who Hunts Dragons Redux

Disclaimer: I own nothing

AN: Yosh this is O-U featuring my very first FT and Naruto xover. This story is basically a "what if" Naruto and a bunch of other characters from Narutoverse are born in FT verse. This is much like my other work Infernal Dragon in a sense but the themes will be different. In addition will also be an xover with Rave Master and a certain handheld video game.

AN2: Naruto's pic is im my profile.

AN3 Rant: Well I don t know why but this story was some how removed by the admins... despite the fact that other stories have actual lemons in them while the most I got at was rubbing an arm against someones breasts and looking at his quote unqoute hyper weapon... I mean didn't even go into detail with the actual threesome so really wth? And there are actually more violent(hell i've seen bloody torture fics here in this site). Is this some sort of biased motion of picking off the new writers and turning a blind eye towards more than hundreds more of smutty,lemony,and more violent stuff in your site made by older authors hell as I'm typing this I'm reading one of those lol but yeah whatever... I toned the violence down a bit... and I'm really sure that this is M-Rated now... Also I was planning to make this fic my second priority behind Infernal Dragon but really it now depends if it gets taken down or not again.

AN4: Actual lemons for future chapters will be placed in an alternate account in Adult Fanfiction . net

Tags: AU, Violence, Gore, Strong Naruto, Smart Naruto.

Pairings: Naruto x ?

Unbeta'd

-He Who Hunts Dragons-

Is this reality or is this just fantasy?

Is this the already forgotten past? or the inevitable future?

I really don't know…

I have no idea where am I…

I only have a vague recollection of who am I….

But what I do know is all I see as I opened my eyes… is the scene of a world of red, be it the great sky, the firm earth, or the vast seas, all of them were coated red.

Yes… it was a world that was coated red with the crimson ichor that is known as blood.

In the midst this blood red world I saw a bloodied man who was smirking as he sat in the middle of what could only be describe as a carnage. Piles and piles of corpses laid scattered about forming a hill in which he sat upon like a god in the now ruined world.

I watched as the man ignored the unholy smell of blood and pure gore permeated over the area as the once green and grassy lands turned blood red with the crimson ichor. For some reason I knew that by now the man was used to the smell. How could he not? The man most likely welcomed the smell ever so often.

The smell of death.

I continued watching the man before me as he soon dropped his smirk and for one moment allowed pure agonizing sadness to surface from his rather confident and features. It was just for a moment that the man showed his weakness, and after the passing of a second any signs of weakness were eliminated and replaced by a maddening grin.

I gazed upon him as he slowly stood up as he looked around the area for miles and miles as he could see nothing but piles of corpses, familiar faces of both foes and allies were among them. But what made the man grin even wider that it threatened to split his face in two was the hundreds upon hundreds of gigantic rotting carcasses of what were once dragons.

Dragons?

How did I know they were dragons?

Aren't they supposed to be part of fairy tales?

Mythical creatures that were long gone from this world?

So why did I know that those rotting carcases belonged to dragons?

I was brought out of my thought as I closely watched the man who was standing all alone yet unwavering on top the hill of corpses. The man slowly looked up to the crimson coloured heavens and observed a sight that even forced a silent gasp out of me.

The once crimson coloured sky was now pitch black, but the darkness was not brought by the coming of night but rather by the thousands of gigantic creatures flying around like they were the god's of this world.

Dragons.

I was seeing dragons, dragons of all colours and figures screeching ever so often in the heavens before releasing their devastating roars down upon the earth further destroying what little was remaining of what was once the realm of men.

Then I saw the man once more, grinning madly as he watched one dragon swoop down the heavens heading towards him with its mouth open looking for a quick meal. I cringed at the thought of the man dying but to my surprise, before the jaws of death could even close down upon him the man vanished in a burst of speed and reappeared perched on the neck of the unsuspecting dragon.

The man then trusted his entire arm towards the dragon's neck piercing its normally tough scales with sheer brute strength as he casted one of his spells creating an intrinsic seal behind the creature's neck. A moment later the seal exploded covering the dragon's head with smoke as its' huge and lifeless body plummeted towards the ground falling beside the rotting corpses littered on the blood stained ground.

It was another addition to the countless lives that the man has already taken.

To the man they all deserve to die.

The man's existence revolve around their deaths.

I continued watching as the man with the same grin still etched upon his face kicked off before jumping of the falling dragon shooting himself towards another who was flying nearby as he continued on his war path killing one dragon after another.

For some reason I knew that he will never stop, he will continue killing, it was a horrifyingly violent and blood soaked path that no one but he and he alone walks.

To others it would be a curse to walk down this path, but to the man it was his salvation.

To kill and kill countless more of those monstrosities until he was satisfied or until the day comes when he too dies like those he loved and cared for.

Die at the very hands of the creatures that killed all of them.

Die at the very hands of the creatures that he detest.

Yes this was his path, the path of the fool who has thrown away everything for the sake of knowing nothing but how to take lives of his enemies.

I clutched my chest as I continued watching the man through his lonesome path of carnage, my heart was throbbing in pain threatening to burst out almost immediately. Before I even noticed it tears were already trailing down my cheeks as I desperately tried to reach out to him.

Reach out for the man who was maddened with both hate and sorrow…

Reach out so I could be his ally so he wouldn't be alone in his struggle.

Reach out so I could be his friend and offer him peace of mind.

Reach out so I could be his lover and comfort him.

Yes… I need to do so before it was too late….

Before the madness overwhelms you…

You…?

I hurriedly clutched my head as the sound of static entered my mind threatening to split it in half. It was painful, unlike any other pain that I felt in my life. This pain was throbbing in an intensity that would have killed any other men. It was as if my head was being stomped upon by those dragons.

It hurts…. It hurts me as I try to think of you.

Why? Is this happening to me?

I should know who you are…

I should know your name…

We were the closest of friends…

We were the best of allies…

We were lovers…

I should know who you are…

I should be by your side…

But please tell me…

No, help me remember…

Who are you?

-He Who Hunts Dragons-

Story Starts:

Chapter 1: X776: The Hunter

It was known as the ultimate predator, a large quadruped beast feared by many due to its unparalleled aggressive nature and ferocity. It is said that this creature's roar was even enough to kill those who were faint of heart. Humans fear it, Warriors dread it, and even the best of Mages wish not to encounter it.

Because of its notoriety only a few dare challenge the beast an even then the chances of actually defeating it was slim. With its sharp claws and fierce bite, it tore through all those who hunted it with ease leaving a pile of corpses in its wake.

Truly the ultimate predator.

However this creature with its orange scales and blue stripes now found itself in trouble. Running around the large desert gorge it tried its best to bum rush its new adversary.

A teen with spiky blond hair, cold blue eyes, that went along with his lightly tanned skinned and lean but muscular body that was clothed in rugged white pants that had red flames embroidered upon its cuffs along with white robes with the same matching pattern which was hanging from the teen's waist revealing his muscular body with a large cross-shaped scar upon his chest.

Much to the pseudowyvern's ire its opponent was able to dodge its attacks. Whipping its tail the creature tried to mow the hunter only to find him dodging once more evading the mighty swipe of its tail.

Running impatient the creature then roared sending its attacker tumbling back before it lunged towards the slightly stunned hunter with renewed force. The creature opened its mouth ready to bite down on its enemy but before it could even close its jaws of death the hunter countered and punch its right in its nose and to its surprise pushing it back.

Glaring at the teen the pseudowyvern raised its mighty arm up to the sky before swiping it towards the teen. Normally such a simple attack would be enough to kill his opponents but the one it was currently fighting was far from normal.

The hunter carefully timed the descent of the beast's claw as he quickly went underneath it and closed the distance between himself and the beast, his body was now standing against its broad chest. He grinned as he suddenly pulled his left fist clad in a metallic golden rimmed gauntlet back before lashing it towards the beast's chest pushing the creature back once more.

He then followed up by quickly rapidly slugging the great pseudowyvern all over its large torso as he attempted to pummel it to submission. However much to his disappointment the creature snapped out of its shock and manage to suddenly jump back a dozen or so metres itself successfully distancing itself.

The beast then let out a powerful roar as its huge forearms began emanating a slight glow of red.

It was mad, pissed beyond belief because for once in its life The Ultimate Predator, was now being preyed upon. Now filled with rage the creature suddenly charged towards the hunter like a mad bull prompting him to roll to his left to evade the blow.

However despite its large size the beast proved itself to be fast as it manage to swerve around and turn towards the hunter once more before charging in once more in another attempt to run the teen over with its huge frame.

Although this proves useless as the teen rolled away once more away from the path of the beast's charge. Thinking the third time was the charm the orange scaled creature turned to the hunter in an attempt to charge in once more.

This time the teen didn't roll away instead he charged right towards the beast fist pulled back as he with unparalleled timing went under its large left arm as it crashed towards him and released a quick yet heavy punch nailing the creature right in its armpit prompting it to flail its arm up into the heavens as it let out a scream of pain.

Smirking the hunter slightly placed one of his bare foot a step forward while the other a step back while bracing his body to not let himself get blown away by its roar, before he let out a flurry of heavy blows upon the creature's body after his eight blow he heard a loud snapping sound coming from the creature indicating the snapping of one of its colossal ribs.

The creature roared out once more still seething in rage as it swiped down if left claw in an attempt to smash the hunter into fine paste only for said hunter to suddenly jump away a few meters back effectively getting out of its range. Although it seems that the hunter miscalculated the strength of the creatures blow as he was caught off guard by the chunks of earth that was sent flying towards due to the aftermath of the attack.

The hunter couldn't help but feel a tinge of irony as he was pelted by the three boulder sized slabs and sent soaring up into the air. "Damn it… I thought I already graduated from this…" he whispered as the large pseudowyvern leap up in the air towards him. Tensing his muscles the hunter crossed his arms over his upper body protecting his head and chest while also curling his legs towards his mid-area as the palm of the large creature connected to his body.

The hunter had to grit his teeth in enduring the pain as he was sent crashing towards a nearby canyon cliff. To make matters worse he spotted a flash orange that was fast approaching. "Shit…" the teen cursed as he placed his feet upon the canyon wall and used it as a platform to kick himself off just in time to evade the beast's deadly charge.

However, as if nothing was going his way the large orange scaled beast quickly did a 360 spin crashing its huge tail upon his frame sending him crashing into yet another one of the canyon's cliff. This time having been caught in surprise the teen let out a loud yell of pain as he felt his body crash against the wall before bouncing off it and crashing down on the hard ground.

"Damn it…" the teen said as he cringed in pain, opening one eye he found that the creature was running towards him once more. "…if I can't even beat a dragon wannabe like you…" he started as he closed both of his blue eyes as he extended his senses around the area feeling every slight disturbances and vibrations of the barren earth. "Without relying on magic…." He added as he was suddenly coated in an ethereal shroud of crimson signifying his release of his latent magical capabilities an event that the creature noticed as it suddenly halted its charge and jumped back to observe its prey.

Keeping his eyes closed the teen slowly pushed himself off the ground and stood up albeit shakily while still releasing a massive amount of his latent crimson colored Maryoku (Magic Energy). "Then how can I expect…" he said as the massive creature, the ultimate predator decided that it had enough and rushed in towards the teen once more with its jaws wide open.

The teen opened his eyes which were full of rage as he stared at the incoming pseudowyvern while slowly raising his left leg up. "To kill it…." He said as he suddenly stomped his leg down on the ground.

"Earth Spike" the teen said with a shout as not even a second later large spikes of made of pure earth shot from the ground and impaled the charging creature piercing through its large forearms and forcing it to halt right on its tracks.

In a testament to its strength the beast still managed to jump back dislodging the large spikes of earth upon its forearms which left two gaping holes. The creature let out a painful roar as it started limping away to get away from the hunter. However, it was not given a chance as a huge earthen wall whose size can rival one of the many sandy cliffs in the huge gorge shot out from the ground and blocked its escape.

"I wanted to try my best to kill you without relying on my magic as a way to train myself since your kind is closest to that of a dragon… but I'm still too weak…" came from behind the beast prompting it to turn around and roar out in pain once more as it was suddenly impaled by more gigantic spikes of earth that shout the ground riddling it's body with more holes.

"Now… let this guide you to your eternal torment..." the hunter said as he raised he left hand upon the heavens prompting a large pillar of earth to shoot out behind him and float high up into the air. "Obelisk" the blue-eyed teen said as he lashed his hand down towards the ground commanding the large pillar to fall down from the sky towards the creature. That last thing it saw before its head was reduced to a paste of red and its life was taken away by the reaper was the cold apathetic blue eyes of its killer.

It was only after the beast has fallen to his hands did the teen remember his mission. "Ah crap! The village elder said to bring it back alive…" He took one look at the beast and saw a large pool of blood forming beneath prompting him to place his palm upon his face

"Ughh" he grunted as he grabbed the already dead creature by its tail with his free hand. "Might as well drag its body back…" he said as he started yanking the rather large body of the earthen spikes. "Wait which way was the village again?"

-He Who Hunts Dragons-

"There you go!" said the teen with a tone which was half trying to sound cheerful half trying to restrain his laughter as he watched an old wrinkly man dressed in white robes whose eyes were wide as saucer while his mouth hung open revealing his old and yellow teeth to the world. This man was the so called village elder, the person who asked him to hunt the creature after he passed their village and told them that he was a competent mage.

"You…you… you… actually… killed it?" said the old man as he looked at the large headless corpse of the now dead pseudowyvern with wide baffled eyes.

"Yeah sorry about that I know you wanted it alive and all" said the blue-eyed hunter as he scratched the back of his head.

The elder shook his head "We wanted it to be alive so we could kill it ourselves but seeing the state that it is right now I am happy to say that you've done more than we wanted." The man said as he looked at the holes scattered all over the creatures body along with now apparent lack of a head.

"However… It's been three weeks since you suddenly appeared out of nowhere and said you'd kindly slay the great pseudowyvern Tigrex for us. Do you know how worried we were? We even thought you were dead! I even finally called for a guild to send an S-Class mage to kill that thing."

The hunter let out a chuckle "Well I kinda got lost…" he admitted as the old man just looked at him in disbelief.

"Young one how could you get lost? Didn't I give you a map and even had one of the few mages in this village create a clay golem to guide you to the beast's location?"

"Well as I was walking and looking at the map the wind suddenly blew it away from my hands forcing me to chase after it but in the end it fell into a ravine. As for the familiar well it tried to poke my shoulder well I was sleeping and before I noticed it I already crushed it in my hands hahaha… that one was definitely my bad"

The older man just shook his head "It doesn't matter. Now that you have slayed the beast the people of my village can live in peace." He said as he pulled out five large bags from his pocket and handed it to the teen. "Now for your payment as promised 10,000,000 Jewels."

"Ah Thank you jiji" said the teen as he looked at the five bags for a second before he opened one of them and took out a handful of jewels after which he returned all the bags to the old man.

"What are you doing?"

"300,000 Jewels is enough for me Jiji" said the hunter which shocked the old man for the second time that day.

"But-" the elder tried to say something only to be cut off when the teen placed his hand in front of the man as if to say stop. "Jiji I've seen your village… I've seen the damage that… thing did to it. I know You need this money more than me."

The older man actually found himself in awe before he slowly dropped down on the ground and bowed at the teen "Thank You… Thank you very much" he said his voice shaky as he slowly broke up in sobs. "How… how can we ever repay you for your kindness mister…" he trailed off realizing that he did not even know the name of their village's saviour.

"Naruto… just call me Naruto the "Dragon Hunter" " the teen introduced himself grinning ever so happily as he finally thought of a way that the village can repay him. "Jiji I heard your village makes good ramen…"

-He Who Hunts Dragons-

The moon was already high up in the sky illuminating those beneath it as a certain blond haired self-proclaimed "Dragon Hunter" finished slurping the broth of another bowl of ramen while the sounds of laughter, cheering, and singing entered his ears.

The blond let out a satisfied sigh as he placed the now empty bowl of ramen on top a wooden table "Well this isn't what I expected…"he said Naruto as another bowl of Kitsune Ramen was placed on the table.

He was sitting somewhere in the village's common area, more specifically sitting on top a pedestal as the guest of honor in the midst of a large village wide banquet/festival done in his honour as the hero who slayed the beast. Truthfully he only expected a few bowls of Ramen but the elder said he'd have none of that and immediately decide to call for the other villagers. Even then he was just expecting a small celebration and was caught off guard at how it quickly escalated from there.

Before he even knew it that whole village was celebrating along with him. There were already foods of all kinds, booze of wide variety, people were dancing around a huge bonfire, and minstrels were singing songs of his heroic act, the ladies winking at him whilst blowing kisses as they whispered ever so seductively on how they wanted to repay the hero. Damn those girl were hot and speaking of hot.

The teen's eyes shifted from his bowl of Ramen towards the middle of the common area where a large bonfire was burning ever so brightly. His eyes focused on the fire particularly the object that served as a catalyst for the large blaze, the very same beast that he just slayed, the Tigrex.

For a moment the teen imagined another creature burning amidst those flames.

The very same creature that he wished to kill.

He cringed due to a painful headache that suddenly assailed him prompting his to place his hands upon his temples as vivid imagery of the past he long repressed began resurfacing once more. Each memory increasing the intensity of the head ache to the point he thought his head was going to split in two.

"Is there something wrong Yuusha-sama (Hero-sama)?" the sound of a soft and gentle feminine voice brought him out of his pain filled thoughts. Tilting his head to the side he saw a beautiful woman with long raven black hair that matched her slightly tanned skin whilst wearing a silver breastplate of armor along with a matching armor skirt which showed most of her luscious curves. Along with her natural beauty the woman also held herself with pose and grace of a trained -albeit rather and clumsy warrior.

"I was just thinking about something." Answered Naruto as he recalled the girl's name which was Mikan and how she was assigned to guard him during the festivities. Turning his head away from the beauty his eyes landed on the glassful of frothy liquor that was given to him together with the ramen.

'Nice timing I really needed a drink right about now.' He thought as he downed the mug's contents in one gulp hoping it would clear his thoughts.

"Are you sure? You looked rather pale for a second." said Mikan as continued to look over his shoulder.

"Yeah I'm okay" Naruto said as he placed his glass down only for it to be refilled in a moment's notice. "Sorry for that" he added as he started drinking the newly refilled cup.

"No need to apologize Yuusha-sama" the girl said bowing her head ever so slightly as another girl approached the two. A feisty crimson haired girl whose hair stopped right around her shoulder. Like the ravenette this girl was wearing the same armour. Her name was Yuzu and she was his second body-guard for the night and as he recalled was also the warrior who volunteered herself to go attack the Tigrex before he intervened and took the job away from her.

"No need to act so gloomy and apologetic" the girl said with a rather cheerful tone as she forcefully patted him on the back making him almost choke on his drink.

"Cheer up! be proud to have been the one to slay the beast that no one could!" she added tone still loud and a bit boastful fitting of her feisty personality as she slowly approached the teen and placed herself right next to his ear.

"Yuusha-sama" she finished tone still proud and feisty but also had a hint of seductiveness that would bring any other man down to their knees.

Thank god Naruto wasn't like any other man, no he held himself with more discipline and power to resist any kind of worldly temptations.

Yes he was not that pathetic to fall for the charms of a really feisty, sexy, and buxom woman who wanted nothing more than to make love with him passionately throughout the night making this a night to remember for him.

But no he was better than that.

He was by no means a pervert who would easily give in to the temptation of a one night stand.

No, there was no way he was going to fall for it despite his rather weak disposition towards red-haired beauties.

"Yuusha-sama your nose is bleeding." Said the crimsonette as she pressed her voluptuous body against his muscular frame.

Well Fuck.

"Are you perhaps thinking of perverted thoughts?" she let out a low but sexy chuckle. "Don't worry Yuusha-sama since I'm your bodyguard for the night I will make sure to guard your body thoroughly" she continued whispering to his ears. "And I'm sure my friend would like to join us…" she added as she motioned to the raven haired beauty who was now blushing up a storm.

"We'll give you a night you'll never forget Y-u-u-s-h-a- s-a-m-a~" she said ever so seductively as the blushing Mikan nodded in agreement with the Yuzu's words.

Double Fuck.

The blond earth mage immediately turned away from the girls opting to finish his drink before grabbing another nearby mug and downing it again. He repeated this until he down a good ten to fifteen mugs as he let the drink's venomous effects take in and release his various inhibitions. After making sure he was drunk enough the teen let out a chuckle. "Well it's not the first time I've been a hypocrite." He said as he smiled at the two beautiful girls. Safe to say it wasn't until very late that night did the blond hero get even a wink of sleep.

-He Who Hunts Dragons-

"Ugghhh" Naruto groaned out as the first rays of the morning sun decided to grace him by shining their beams through the small cracks of the curtains and onto his unprepared eyes. Still a bit light-headed from his sleep the teen decided to get up so he could do his morning routines.

However, there was one problem that morning, a problem that he immediately encountered when he tried to get up and move the sheets. A problem that almost instantaneously sobered him up despite him just waking up a few minutes ago.

The problem was that he couldn't get up, no it was more a kin to he couldn't get up without disturbing the two naked sleeping beauties that were clinging onto him while pressing their rather hefty assets towards his equally naked body like there was no tomorrow.

Now he was not new to this specific problem since he has encountered it a few times in the past but this time was a bit trickier since it was actually the first time he slept with two women.

Wait he slept with the two of them.

His eyes widened in shock as he realized that he did in fact sleep end up sleeping with the two beauties from the night before. Gulping the teen started to subtly snake his left hand out of Yuzu's grip trailing his arms along the woman's flat and well well-toned body.

After what seemed like an eternity the teen finally escaped the woman's grip prompting his hand to quickly move the linen white sheets that covered his and the two girl's modesty. He let out a sigh in relief as he saw a very small kanji saying 避妊 (Hinin/Contraception) written at the base of his hyper weapon.

Thank the Gods in the high heavens for his skill in Orient Solid Script has saved his life once more.

"I think this is enough excitement for the morning" he whispered as he stealthily made his way out of the bed without waking up either of the girls. The teen then silently dressed himself before placing the white linen sheaths over the two sleeping girls who by then were already snuggling each other for warmth.

"Damn that's hot…" he whispered before slapping himself in the face a few times. "No more getting distracted" he said to himself as he wrote a small note thanking the two for the memorable night. "Goodbye you two" he said before making his way out of the room.

-He Who Hunts Dragons-

Naruto who was carrying a bag over his shoulder closed his eyes as he left the hotel where he spent the night. He stretched his body and let out a light yawn before smiling as he felt the slight breeze that went along with the warm morning sun. He took one step forward his bare feet meeting the rough ground before he continued walking along the still relatively silent streets of the village.

"I'm going to miss this place" he said as the he continued walking with his eyes close while making his way straight towards the village's gates intent on silently leaving this place behind before anyone else woke up.

The teen opened his eyes as he reached the village's gate and to his surprise he found not only the village elder who was perched on a small wooden stool beside the village's gates but also the very two girls he spent the night with already clothed in their armor as they stood behind the elder.

"Leaving already?" said the old man only for his words to fall on deaf ears as a dumbfounded Naruto pointed as shaking finger at the two girls.

"How the heck did you two beat me here?"

"Huh? Not even a good morning or a simple I love you? Yuusha-sama really has not tact" the feisty red-head said as she placed her hand on her hips whilst smirking.

"Heheheh I'm sorry? I did leave that note."

"Well I have no problem since we all knew it was going to be a one night thing" the girl said a she placed her hand upon the silent and rather docile Mikan's shoulders. "Isn't that right?" she asked to which the girl only nodded.

The ravenette then cleared her throat "To answer your question Yuusha-sama it's already been more than half an hour since you left the hotel room."

Naruto's face had an expression mixed with both confusion and disbelief as he stared at the ravenette. "What, how is that even possible? After leaving the hotel I immediately went towards the village's gate." He said clearly remembering that from the hotel it was just a straight line to the exit.

"I can actually answer that for you…" said the elder getting the attention of everyone in the area. The older man chuckled "Well you see for the past hour or so I saw you walking around the village randomly with your eyes closed. I thought you were just enjoying the feel of the village one last time… I had no idea you were actually trying to leave… I did not realize you got yourself lost" the older man said as he let out an even louder laugh.

"Gheck…"

The older man's laughter slowly seized "So where is your next destination young one?"

Naruto lightly scratched the back of his head before answering "Well I'm heading for Caelum ji-ji"

"Oh that's quite far away… are you sure you're okay with just the small amount of jewels that you took?"

"Yeah I'd be fine with that Jiji"

"I see then do you need someone to show you to the right direction? I'm sure these two ladies won't mind" said the village elder as he pointed at the two girl's standing behind him.

"Well thanks but I'm okay on my own since I'm pretty confident that I can get there by myself." He said much to the disappointment of the two girls. "Also I tend to get myself in a lot of trouble from time to time so I really can't risk getting two beautiful ladies getting hurt because of me." He added in the end catching the two girl off guard and causing them to blush up a storm.

"W-ell it's a shame…" said Yuzu as she looked away from the blond hunter while Mikan added her two cents while also looking away. "T-thank you for thinking about our sake."

"No problem"

"Hahahaha such a heart rob" said the wrinkly elder. "Reminds me of myself back in the days" he whispered as he reached for his pockets and pulled out a rolled up piece of parchment. The old man then stood from his seat and walked towards Naruto before handing it to him which in turn caused the blue-eyed hunter stared at the piece of paper in confusion.

"It's a map of the world... I figured someone like you might need it more than I do."

For once Naruto didn't know whether to feel thankful or insulted but nonetheless still accepted the kind gesture. "Thanks jiji"

"No problem Yuusha-san" The elder said as he nodded "Now I think we've delayed you long enough… I wish you the best of luck in your journey."

"Good luck in restoring your village as well jiji" replied Naruto as he walked pass the elder and the two girls –who both gave him a slight peck on the cheek, and made his way out of the village with a small smile on his face.

-He Who Hunts Dragons-

Exactly an hour after Naruto left the village a certain tall and muscular mage with slicked back orange-red hair wearing a tattered black cape matched with dark pants arrived in the village.

"Someone already defeated it?" the magician asked the village elder in surprise at the news that someone managed to defeat what many considers as an S-Rank Monster.

"Yeah believe it or not a teenage boy who looked no older than seventeen or eighteen defeated it." He let out a soft chuckle. "We even offered him the reward but he only took a small amount and kindly returned the rest to us." The old man took a deep breath "I really do apologize for specifically requesting you for this mission, sorry for your time." He said fully expecting the mage to get mad and lash out at him.

However that did not come as the mage only smiled as he too showed that he was impressed about the teen's actions. "That kid sounds interesting..." he said as he thought about the prospect of someone so young possessing such a great skill to slay the dreaded Tigrex. Definitely an S-class mage. "By chance did he tell you which guild he belonged to?"

"Hmm… if I recall correctly he said he wasn't part of any guilds."

"Really?"

"Yeah, he looked more of a lone vagrant actually."

Oh this was just too much of an opportunity to pass up, an S-class mage that showed both strength and kindness befitting that of a member of his guild. "Can you tell me which way the kid went?" he asked only for the older man's eyes to narrow at him in response.

The mage quickly waved his hands in front of him. "I don't mean any harm. I just want to ask the kid if he'd like to join a guild"

The old man spent a few minutes silently observing the man and after finding nothing but through in his words he decided to answer truthfully "He went north pass the city gates, he said his destination was Caelum he actually just left an hour ago, you can still probably catch up to him if you run."

The Mage let out a large smile "Thanks I owe you for this." He said as he excitedly ran towards the village gates while unintentionally activating his magic causing it to collapse as he passed by it.

Ignoring the screams coming from the elder the man started running as he made his way after the teen. "I still owe master for wrecking the guild's male dorm rooms. I'm sure recruiting an S-class mage to the guild will make him somewhat happier."

-He Who Hunts Dragons-

"Ahh… such a nice day today" said Naruto as he once again felt a cold breeze brought along by the winds as he stood in the middle of a clearing in what appeared to be a rather large forest. How exactly he ended up in a forest when the village he was just in earlier was surrounded by a rather dry and sandy environment with no signs of vegetation for miles he didn't know.

Where he was exactly, he also didn't know. He could use the map the elder gave him to figure out where he was but that was if he still had map with him, but alas the moment he opted on using that small parchment that would show him the way to Caelum the spirits of the winds decided to be mischievous once more and blow it away from his hands.

He did try chasing after the small piece of paper as it sailed through the wind before it fell into prey to the sharp jaws of a rather tropical looking bird. It wasn't after he snapped out of his apparent unluckiness or the sheer bizarreness of the situation did he finally notice that he was now in the middle of a large forest.

On the bright side despite not knowing where he was the lush greenery and various wild life but at least it did gave him an idea that he was already far from the desert village.

Oh and speaking of the various Wildlife the blond mage now found himself surrounded of a few of those cute forest animals that he has heard of a lot in the past.

Naruto couldn't help but let out a dry chuckle as he scratched the bag of his head "Why do I always find myself in these types of situations." He said as he looked at the group of cute animals surrounding him.

And by cute animals he meant huge green furred anthropomorphic primate like monsters with large hands and muscular torsos -which he was sure had enough strength to kill those a normal human, and also possessed smaller legs in contrast to its large frame which made him let out a slight chuckle.

Oh and by a few he actually meant around a whole band of them making it a group of roughly about sixty primates or as they are called throughout the lands Vulcan or specifically Gorian's which are known to inhabit forests as seen at the presence of the very creatures as they jumped from tree to tree surrounding Naruto.

Grinning the biggest among the ape-like creatures and probably the leader of the band jumped from its tree and took a step forward placing him only a few feet away from Naruto. "Puny human give us your food…. Give it now!" shouted the beast as it pointed its rather large fingers towards the vagrant's bag.

Yep definitely cute forest animals just prancing about without a care in the world.

"I said puny human give us your food!" the ape repeated before roaring out loudly prompting the others to roar out as well to intimidate what they thought would be their future victim.

Naruto slowly tilted his head to the side as he just stared at the great ape with a dead pan expression "Um… no?"

"Then you can die human!" what the teen now confirmed as the leader of the band roared out before it came charging towards the hunter with its shoulder's aimed at him in what clearly looked like a tackle.

"You know attacking me won't really change my answer." Naruto said as he carefully watched and predicted the course of the primate's attack enabling him to dodge the last second by a hairs breath by simply side stepping and twirling around its huge body to find himself now standing directly back to back with the beast. "Actually it makes my next course of action even worse for you and your cute little friends here. So would you please just leave before I kick your monkey ass?"

The largest Gorian growled in anger at the thought of a smaller and to its perspective weaker creature threatening it. Turning around the Gorian did its best to throw several wild punches at the blond hunter only for the teen to respond by mockingly dodging its blows.

"Can I go now?" he asked as he could have sworn the creature's pink face turned pure red for a moment as it pounded it's chest for a moment before shouting its next words which made the blond hunter sigh "Everyone attack!"

"Figures…" whispered Naruto as he dropped his bag on the ground while dozens off Gorians jumped from their respective positions. In a span of seconds as his bag hit the ground producing a barely audible thud several pillars of earth shot out of the ground and covered him in a large circle protecting him from the incoming primates. "Earth Pillars" he whispered as he heard several thuds coming from the other side of his newly constructed fortress.

"Now how do I take care of this" he mumbled out before suddenly smirking at a random idea that just popped in his head.

"Well I haven't used that in a while" the teen mumbled as he snapped his finger "Crumble" he said -no more like ordered, as the pillars quickly crumbled into small particles covering the entire area dust, effectively masking his presence from his attackers.

Most of the Gorian's –largest one included, had enough common sense to jump away from the huge cloud of dust perching themselves upon their trees as they await for the smoke to recede so that they may rain down unearthly pain upon the mage.

However the monsters found themselves gaping as the dust slowly settled revealing not only the unconscious body of their comrade's whose faces met the pillars of earth but also not one, not two, but nine identical copies of blond mage.

"Earth Clones" the nine shouted simultaneously as they suddenly kicked off the ground and ran towards their comrades before proceeding to knock them out with an array of punches, kicks, headbutts, and even earth based magic attacks from time to time.

What the monsters thought was supposed to be a one sided battle…

Did turn out as a one sided battle…

Just not exactly the way they were expecting to.

Yes for what was guaranteed to be an easy win for their side slowly descended into absolute chaos as the nine blonds quickly dismantled many of those who oppose them.

Seeing that its group was slowly getting overwhelmed further increased the beast's rage prompting it to roar loudly once more. "Don't let them fool you... only one of them is real! Attack them all!" it shouted as it rushed towards one of the nine blonds and punched him right in the face smashing the teen's head into pieces. However to his surprise the large ape was caught off guard when the now headless blond suddenly grabbed a hold of him.

"What are you-" the ape tried to say as he struggled to get out of the teen's ridiculously strong grip only to quickly cut itself off as it heard the sound of several explosions around the area.

The beast snapped his head to the side and saw that the earthen clones exploding one by one after sustaining a form of debilitating injury or damage. The force of the explosion itself was nothing to be trifled with as many members of his band were taken out.

It was then that the Gorian heard a sizzling sound forcing him to look back at the clone that held it and finally notice a strange symbol written on what was the last remaining clone's chest. It was a well-known fact that the creatures known as Vulcans and by extension Gorains were capable of communicating with humans through speech.

However just because they how to speak the language did not mean that they knew how to read it as well. With that in mind there was no way for the Leader of the band to know that the symbol it saw was actually the kanjis for the word 爆発 (Bakuhatsu/Explosion) nor did it know the meaning behind this word which proved to be its downfall.

The Gorian had little to no time to react as the clone exploded right in front of him sending him crashing towards a nearby tree. The remaining of the Gorain's stood dumbfounded at the sight of their leader battered and wounded as sharp wooden splinters pierced through the creatures hide.

The ground suddenly shook as the blonde haired earth mage rose from underneath the ground putting the remaining Gorians in a state of pure and utter shock. "That didn't go too well… they could have taken out more if they didn't explode too fast." He sighed clearly disappointed at his clone's performance. "It looks like I need to adjust the timing of 爆発 (Bakuhatsu/Explosion) to make it more effective."

The blue-eyed teen nodded before directing his attention towards the remaining Gorians "So do you guys want to continue?" he asked this time releasing a tiny portion of his Maryoku (Magic Power) causing the apes to flinch before they opted on doing what was more rational and ran away with their tails between their legs.

"Good choice."Naruto said as he let out a small smile before looking towards the downed form of the great Gorian "Don't worry I didn't kill any of them." The creature let out a small smile before it lost consciousness.

The blond hunter smiled sadly for a moment as he picked up his bag before placing it once more over his shoulder. "Now time to take care of some other pending issues." The vagrant said as he slowly turned his head to his left and grinned before disappearing leaving only a cloud of dust behind his wake.

-He Who Hunts Dragons-

"Ara… where did he go?" a certain orange haired mage with a penchant towards destruction said as he looked around the area for the very same teen who just demolished a band of Gorain's as if it was child's play, as far as he knew only he and a few other people had it in them to pull that off with relative ease.

It was as continued to look for the teen did he feel a gentle tap on his shoulder which was followed a rather amused tone. "So mind telling me who you are and why you were watching me?"

"Teleportation Magic?" the mage muttered in shock as he turned around and saw the still smiling teen standing just a few steps behind him.

"Well it's not really Teleportation parse but really close to that it's called Shukuchi (Reduced Earth)"

Gildarts rubbed the back of his head and let out a chuckle "Ah I see hehehe"

"So mind telling me why you were watching me again Mr…"

"Gildarts… Gildarts Clive" the older mage introduced himself as he offered a hand shake towards the blond to which the teen replied by just staring at the extended limb.

"So mind answering my question Gildarts-san?"

Gildarts let out a sigh knowing full well that he might have started off in the wrong foot. "I'm sorry about that kid" he said not noticing the teen glaring at him for the use of the word kid "I was just looking for the one responsible for taking my job."

The blue-eyed hunter tilted his head to the side "Taking your job?" he asked confusion evident in his tone.

"Yeah I was the mage called by the elder to get rid of the Ultimate Predator "Tigrex""

Naruto's eyes narrowed as his muscles tensed while his posture slowly shifted to a battle ready stance. It wasn't the first time he had to deal with disgruntled mages or mercenaries whose jobs he unintentionally took. "I see… sorry for taking your job from you but if you're here to express your discontent then I should warn you that if you strike me I shall become more powerful than you can ever imagine."

"What? Wait No! As tempting as that sounds I'm not here for a fight." The older mage said as he waved his hands in front of him, as much as he itched for a good scrap he knew better than to try and attack someone he was trying to recruit to their guild.

"Well then what's your business Gildarts-san?" the blond asked while still keeping his guard up ready to react to any of the older mage's actions in a moment's notice.

"Actually I just wanted to ask you if you were really the one who defeated the Tigrex"

"I did kill it."

"Did you actually give most of the reward money back to the elder?"

"Yes"

"Why?"

"Because they needed the money more than I"

Gildarts barely restrained a smile. It wasn't often to find someone as generous as the teen in front of him. "Mhmm you must be a pretty strong mage to defeat what Mages consider as an S-Rank Monster. Tell me what guild do you belong to?"

"I'm not a member of any guild."

This was what he was waiting for. "Do you w-"

"No" the teen said as he started walking away from the older mage.

"Wait you didn't even let me finish!" shouted the black clad man as he chased after the blond mage.

Naruto sighed "You were going to ask me to join your guild right?" he asked to which the older mage nodded. "I've actually met a lot of people who tried to ask me to join their guild but really I'll give you the same answer that I gave them." He then took a deep breath before saying three simple words. "No thank you."

"But you haven't even heard of my Guild's name" countered Gildarts still adamant on the idea of trying to recruit the mage.

Naruto scratched the back of his head "Fair enough… jiji what's the name of your guild?"

"Jiji? I'm just 36 you know!"

"So what's you guild's name Jiji?" asked Naruto as he ignored the mage's retort.

"Whatever. I'm part of Fairy Tail the strongest guild in all of Fiore and I'd really like it if you'd join our guild!" the only answer he got in response was the sound of the teen's bag suddenly dropping. Turning his attention to the teen the magician of Fairy Tail noticed that the boy's eyes were wide.

"Hey are you alright kid?" Gildarts asked only for his words to fall on deaf ears as Naruto blocked him out after hearing those two words. A wave of vertigo hit the earth mage as he recalled a conversation from the distant past.

"Neh what guild did you belong too?"

"Oh little Naru-chan is interested in guilds?"

"Hai, I want to join one one day!"

"Then I guess its okay to tell you… I was once a mage of Fairy Tail!"

Fairy Tail

The guild he promised himself to join ages ago. The guild he planned to join if not for that day happening. The teen gulped his throat felt dry as he opened his mouth as he tried to respond to the older mage that was kind enough to give him the opportunity to join the guild of his dreams.

He was tempted to say yes, tempted to just agree and take the man's offer and join the guild. However before the simple three letter word of confirmation came out of his mouth another scene from the far past replayed in his mind.

A scene of pure red.

"Oi are you okay?" the worried shout of Gildarts caught Naruto's attention effectively breaking him out of his thoughts.

"Yeah I'm okay." replied the earth mage as he steadied himself. "As for your offer… I'm really sorry… but as much as I want to join… I need to be somewhere else…" he then took a few breaths to further calm himself down. "Because I'm looking for… someone…"

"Then who are you looking for? I may not look much but I'd have you know I travel a lot and know a lot of people"

"Thank you for the offer but I know you can't help me out that much"

"Why is that?"

"Because I'm not looking for a person."

"Huh? I though you said you were looking for someone"

Naruto let out a chillingly cold smile that even managed to make Gildarts flinch "I'm looking for a dragon." he said as he grabbed his bag before he resumed walking away from the Fairy Tail Mage.

The older mage's eyes widened in surprise as his brain processed the teen's words, as far as he knew Dragons were only creatures of legends. But then again stranger things have happened in this world so if dragons did exist then it wasn't much of a surprise. Shaking his head the older mage ran after the retreating earth mage. "So where are you heading?" he asked as he caught up.

"I'm heading for Caelum"

"Then mind me tagging along with you?"

"Why is that?"

"Well because you already took care of my mission I need to report back to my guild… and I know you need to pass Fiore before you could make your way towards Caelum so might as well travel with someone." Gildartz answered as he thought of this as an opportunity to subtly try to convince the mage to join Fairy Tail.

The blue-eyed hunter thought about the pros and cons of travelling with someone for a moment before replying to the mage. "Sure, no problem…"

"Thanks man" said the older mage before letting out a small chuckle as he suddenly stopped walking. "But you do know Fiore is that way right?" he added pointing to the direction to the opposite of the blond mage's current direction making said mage halt in his tracks and quickly turn around and walk towards the right direction whilst trying desperately to hide his embarrassment.

Gildarts shook his head as he walked just a few paces behind the earth mage."So do you want to join-"

"No"the younger mage replied immediately as he increased his pace to which the other mage replied kindly by increasing his pace as well. "Huh?" the blue eyed hunter mumbled as felt that he was being watched. "Must be some more Gorains" he whispered as he kept walking away whilst ignoring the older mage's further attempts to recruit him.

-He Who Hunts Dragons-

A figure garbed in a black cloak stood on top a tree a few kilometers away from the two mages. Despite the large distance in between them the figure's eyes focused on one of the two mages, specifically the ever familiar mop of spiky blond hair. "I've finally found you…" the figure said as a magic circle appeared beneath its feet. "Naruto Namikaze." It said before vanishing in thin air as if it never existed.

-He Who Hunts Dragons END-

EN: Who was the speker at the start of the story? Who is this Naruto? Where did he learn his magic? Who is the Dragon he is looking for? Well all of those questions will be answered in the future! so stay tuned! Also when life gives you oranges and lemons you better take it!

EN2: Yeah now I really like some comments whether this chapter was MA or not or if it violated guidelines...

-Character Profile-

Name: Naruto Namikaze

Birth Land: Bosco (Specifically: Konoha)

Gender: Male

Age: 17 (Birth year X758)

Affiliation: N/A

Enemies: Dragons (and by extensions wyverns, pseudowyverns, lizardmen)

Occupation: Mage, Vagrant, Dragon/Wyvern Hunter

Likes: Eating Kitsune Ramen (especially if it's free), other types of Ramen, Drinking Booze, Training, Hunting down/Killing Wyverns or Dragons, reading a good book, seeing a smile on his family and allies' faces, the color red.

Dislikes: Dragons (and by extension wyverns, pseudowyverns, lizard men), Maps specially the ones made of paper since he always loses them for some reason, People who sneak up on him while he's asleep, People asking why he doesn't wear shoes, Evil mages, Dark Guilds, the color pink.

Hobbies: Reading books of all kinds, travelling around the world, training his body, landscaping by using his magic, and gardening.

Fighting Style: Self-thought style centered on fast foot movements and strong punches that goes in conjunction with his magic.

Magic:

Earth Magic (Caster-Type Magic) - The ability to freely manipulate or bend the earth and all its properties to his very whims. Naruto is often shown using this magic to create pillars and spikes off earth to attack his opponents however the true extent of his abilities is yet to be seen.

Orient Solid Script (Caster/Holder Type Magic) - Allows the caster to create words in midair and use them for various effects. The extent of this ability varies from user to user as it is a versatile ability that can be used for both combat and non-combat purposes.

Shukuchi (Caster-Type Magic) - Literally meaning "Reduced Earth" this spell allows the user to, as it said reduce the earth or distance between oneself and a chosen target. Essentially this magic allows limited short range teleportation/instantaneous movement making it a highly efficient spell for combat purposes.

A▅▅▅▅▅▅▅ (will be revealed in chapter 4)

E▅▅▅▅▅▅▅ (will be revealed in chapter 10+)

Background: Son of one Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki, not much is known about this mage/ dragon hunter aside from his large magical reserves and skill at both orient solid script and earth magic that rivals an a certain up and coming mage of Lamia Scale. For now the teen appears to be reluctant with sharing any information regarding his past.

Spoiler for Future Chapter:

Naruto wiped a small bead of sweat from his forehead effectively breaking the tension between him and the cloaked figure that he just spent the last few minutes fighting against. It was then that he came to a sudden realization that he really knew nothing about his enemy. "What did I ever do to you?"

"You left me…."

The blond gulped as he rubbed the back of his head. "I'm sorry it was just a one night thing… you see I'm not really looking for a relationship and-" he had no time to finish his sentence as he was suddenly forced to jump back to evade several invisible blades that tore apart the very earth that he stood on mere moments ago.

"Baka!" the cloaked figure shouted whilst stomping her foot on the ground "What the hell are you talking about?"

"Umm… what the hell are you talking about?"

"Don't you know who I am?"

"Not when you're wearing that cloak… so would you take it off for me?"

"Ghack… fine then! You wanted me to take it off then I'll take it off!" the figure said as she placed a hand along her as she pulled her cloak off before suddenly tossing it away.

Naruto felt the blood drain out of his body as he saw who the person under the cloak was "You're…"

"Yes…me"

"Ah shit…"

"Yes it's good that you remembered seem to remember me" the girl said as she focused her eyes on the dumbfounded blonde "Aniki"

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