I do not own Naruto or Fairy Tail

This is written based off of an idea by lgreg01.

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"What's up with this key?"

Natsu looked over at a struggling Lucy while sipping a soda, "Huh?"

Lucy groaned, "I found this Celestial Spirit key on one of the animated corpses that Dark Mage was using. I figued that a corpse would have no use for it, so I took it. But the damned thing won't work."

Natsu shrugged, "Ask one of our other spirits how to open it."

Lucy's eyes it up, "That's a great idea!"

"Open the Gate of the Maiden! Virgo!"

A small woman with pink hair and a maid's outfit appeared, "How may I be of assistance to you Princess Lucy?"

Lucy dangled the unresponding key form her fingers, "I found this celestial key, but it won't open at all."

Virgo took the key and examined for a second before her yees went wide with shock, "Princess Lucy, this is one of the 9 Bijuu, the strongest Ceestial Spirits in all of the spirit realm."

Natsu, Lucy, and Happy all looked at her confusedly.

"Hold on, I thought the twelve Zodiac Kes were the strongest." Lucy said.

"Technically that's true. The Twelve Zodiacs are the strongest active spirits. But the 9 Bijuu are far stroner. They serve as the personal bodyguard to the Spirit King himself They rarely ever leave their homes, let alone the Spirit Realm. It's been over 100 years since one of the Bijuu has been summoned to the human world."

By now Lucy had stars in her eyes, imagining all the possibilities of having the most powerful Spirits on her side, "Can you please help me summon him, Virgo! Oh I can't wait to meet him!"

Virgo nodded and held out the key. At first nothing happened, but after a few minutes the key started turning into sand. Horror filled Lucy, as she watched the destroyed key float away in the wind. But her horror was replaced by confusion as more and more sand began erupting until the four of them were surrounded by a sandstorm. Eventually the stand stopped erupting and began to take the shape of a person. A rather short person. With red har. And a gourd. And a weird tattoo on his forehead.

The boy opened his eyes, looking around, wondering where he was and why he was there. Finally spotting a familiar face he began speaking, "Virgo, is that you?"

Virgo nodded, "Yes, Master Gaara, it is I."

An irritated look overcame his face, "Where the hell am I?"

"You are in the human realm," Virgo replied, "I apologize if I bothered you. You may punish me."

"Leave that for another time," Gaara said, "So, why am I here?"

"My own master, Lucy, discovered your key and asked me to summon you," Virgo said, gesturing to Lucy.

Lucy shivered as the boy scrutinized her, "Hello, Mr. Bijuu. It's nice to meet you." Lucy shot a warning glance to Natsu who was about to make a loud comment on how strong the boy would be.

Gaara continued looking at Lucy, "Do you know how many humans in this world's history have been able to summon me?"

"N-no," Lucy shook her head.

Gaara raised two fingers, "Only two. And I immediately killed the second one because I determined he was not worthy enough to handle me. The first one was Zeref. I know he's become a legend of sorts among you humans, so I'm going to ask you this. Do you think you have the wilpower and determination of Zeref, to handle me?"

Lucy choked on air. She glanced at Virgo, who gave her a reassuring nod, "Y-yes. Yes I do!"

"Hm," Gaara muttered under his breath a few indistinguishable words before he took a few steps towards Lucy. Lucy tried to step back but was unable to due to sand constricting her feet. Gaara walked up her and pressed his thumb to her forehead. Lucy felt a strange sensation overcome her body. Relaxing and serene, Lucy felt herself calm down. Gaara took a few steps back, "How did that feel, woman?"

Lucy nodded ecstatically, "That felt good."

Gaara nodded back, "You're lucky. There were two possibilities. The first was what you felt, meaning that you are worthy to handle me. The second outcome would've been you crumbling away into nothingness, dying instantly."

Lucy gulped, sweating profusely.

"What're you trying to kill her?" Natsu shouted, charging fire around his fists.

Gaara shrugged, "She wanted to be the holder of my key. It was her decision to undergo that, not mine."

Gaara grabbed his key out of Virgo's hands and tossed it to Lucy, "Take care of that. Let's go Virgo."

Gaara was about to open his gate, with Virgo in tow, but stopped and turned around, "Ms. Lucy, a word of warning. Two of the other Bijuu are currently in the hands of your enemies. Take caution, and if you ever encounter either of them, summon me immediately."

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Yes, this was a very, very short chapter. The next few will be much longer than this one. But I just wanted to this story started so I don't slack off and forget about this later.