Chapter 1 the beginning of a legend

"people talking"

'people thinking'

"dragon/demon talking"

'dragon/demon thinking'

Flashback

Crimson lotus exploding flame blade

In a cabin on the outskirts of one of the many villages in Fiore there is a red haired woman lying on a bed with a tired but joyful look on her face. Her name is Kushina Namikaze, and the reason for her joy would be the small bundle in her arms. Sitting next to her is a man with blond spiky hair and blue eyes her husband Minato Namikaze. "Kushina he's amazing" Minato said as he wiped a stray tear from his eye.

Kushina smiled at Minato "yes he is just like his father" Kushina said as she forced herself to stay awake. "you should get some rest Kushina dear" a third voice replied making their presence known. The voice belonged to none other than Kushina's childhood friend Aurora. Unlike Kushina and Minato, Aurora had no potential when it came to magical capabilities it was the only reason she stayed in the village when Kushina left to make a name for herself. Not only did Kushina make a name for herself she also joined the fairy tail guild and was renowned as a S class mage. Then there's her husband who happens to be one of the ten wizard saints to say Aurora was surprised when Kushina introduced them would be an understatement. Aurora had long blonde hair green eyes and a petite build she was a few inches shorter than kushina.

Kushina smiled weakly " I can't sleep Aurora I'm just to excited at the moment you understand right" Kushina said trying to convince her long time friend she wasn't tired. Though everyone knew it was obvious she was bluffing.

Aurora smiled at her childhood friend "relax Kushina Naruto isn't going anywhere, now gets some rest trust me you're going to need it" Aurora ordered. As Aurora left the room Minato took Naruto and set him in the crib next to his mother's bed. Slowly Kushina began to drift to sleep wondering what else life had in store for her ever growing family, if only she knew.

It's been seven long years since the day naruto was born and Kushina was currently in the kitchen cooking up a storm. Today was a special occasion it was Naruto's birthday today and Kushina wanted it to be perfect. The best part is that the little ball of energy had no clue what Kushina had planned so she sent him off to go play with the other kids in the village. Once Naruto was gone she got started on the surprise party for when he returned home.

Minato was in the living room reading the Fiore times. 'zeref cultist attacked another village huh' Minato thought as he read through the article. 'the attacks seem to get more frequent every year" Minato said to himself.

"well better go ahead and get his present ready" Minato said as he kissed Kushina then grabbed his white haori and walked out the door.

While he walking through the village he started to think about how everyone at fairy tail was doing. The only ones they've seen since they temporarily left the guild to raise Naruto was Makarov And Gildarts who dropped by to visit a couple times over the years. Then there was the wizard saint meetings but those didn't happen very often. 'Wonder how many new members master has brought to the guild in our absence' Minato thought as he continued to make his way through the village.

Once Minato reached his destination he entered the building to be greeted by Aurora's husband Deaton. "Greetings Minato you're here for your order I take it" Deaton asked Minato getting a nod as an answer.

"yeah he's always been fascinated with my haori so Kushina thought we should get him one" Minato said.

"well it's all ready to go only thing missing is those runes you talked about placing on it" Deaton said as he walked in the back to get the haori. Deaton was a average looking man toned muscles, tanned skin just an inch taller than Minato with onyx colored eyes.

'Naruto's gonna love this' Minato thought with a smile on his face while he waited on Deaton to return.

"Here it is Minato one black haori I'll let you make the finishing touches on it while I finish up on another project" Deaton said as he walked into the other room leaving Minato alone again.

"Well might as well get this over with" Minato said to himself as he prepared to apply the enchants to the haori. A few minutes later and Minato finished "alright it's finished a durability rune, a repair rune and a growth rune that should be it" Minato said as he waited for Deaton to reappear.

It was later on when Naruto got home that his parents got the jump on him with the surprise party. To say the seven year old was ecstatic would be a understatement. The blond child couldn't contain his excitement even if he wanted to. Everyone was there his friends, his uncle Deaton and Aunt Aurora not to mention his parents. Aurora still looks same same as she did seven years ago just a bit more aged. "alright Naruto settle down I know you're excited but you don't get your presents until you calm down" Minato said blackmailing the seven year old.

"Alright who wants cake and ice cream" Kushina said gathering everyone's attention. When all a sudden a blond blur sped past everyone with a bowl in his hands.

Kushina smiled at her son's enthusiasm "so I'll take that as a yes Naruto" Kushina asked already knowing the answer.

Naruto nodded vigorously "you know if I didn't know better I would of thought he was using your hiraishin Minato" Deaton said while Minato rubbed the back of his head and laughed sheepishly.

"well what can I say the boy loves his food you should see him eating ramen" Minato said involuntarily shuddering at the memories of the nightmare known as ramen night.

Thirty minutes later after everyone finished eating knowing what was next Naruto was sitting next to his father waiting patiently. Seeing her son's eagerness she couldn't help but laugh a little. "Alright Naruto are you ready to open your presents" Kushina asked.

Naruto nodded and Kushina grabbed something off the table "Here you go sweetheart this is from your father and me" Kushina said handing him a present which Naruto unraveled in seconds.

Naruto just stared at it he finally had his own haori just like his dad's except this was black and didn't have symbols on the back. Getting up Naruto turned around and hugged his father muttering a thanks then bolting over to Kushina and doing the same. After he tried on the cloak Minato approached his son "now Naruto a few things you should know about your present first would be it was custom made by Deaton. Second would be I've inscribed a few runes on it so it won't tear as easy and when it does it will fix itself,all you have to do is apply some magic into the cloak. You also won't have to worry about outgrowing it because it will adjust to your size as well" Minato said.

"Thank you mom,dad,uncle Deaton I love it" Naruto told the three adults as Kushina approached her son.

"Naruto we have one more thing for you" Kushina said getting her son's attention as she took of a necklace she was wearing to reveal a green crystal. "This belonged to you father's mother that he inherited and in turn gave it to me as a present. I think It's time you've had It seeing as we've decided to start teaching you magic" Kushina said as she tied the necklace around his neck enjoying the shocked expression on the seven year old's face.

"really your gonna teach me magic" Naruto asked getting a nod from Kushina. "Yes Naruto your mother and I will start you on it tomorrow morning" Minato said loving the reaction he got out of his son.

A little while later after everyone else gave Naruto his gifts people started to depart the birthday boy in question was out cold on the couch. Once everyone else was gone Minato picked his son up and took him to bed.

The next day Naruto was up and ready to learn. Kushina's promise to teach him magic had him excited and rearing to go. The young Namikaze was already wearing his necklace and haori. After they ate breakfast they were seated in living room Getting ready for Naruto first lesson in magic when someone knocked at the door. "I'll get it" Minato said as he walked towards the door to be greeted by a short old man with teal eyes. "Master what are you doing here" Minato asked stepping aside to let him inside.

The old man walked in and eyed Naruto who stared dumbly at him. "how are you doing young man I'm Makarov Dreyar you probably don't remember me though last time i saw you was three years ago" Makarov said introducing himself.

"I'm Na..Naruto it's nice to meet you sir" Naruto said not knowing who this old man was.

"Naruto dear why don't you go out In the backyard and play while the three of us talk okay" Kushina said with a smile.

Naruto nodded and ran for the back door. "alright what's going on master" Kushina asked getting straight to the point.

"Don't know just got a message from the council. They've ordered for all S class mages to assemble for a meeting and asked me to inform you" Makarov said.

"when is the meeting master" Minato asked wondering why all of a sudden they were being summoned. Wizard Saints Were One thing but all S class mages something was going down.

"The meeting is tomorrow at noon. I know you're thinking it as well as I am the council has something planned. What it is I do not know but I have a feeling it's going to be big" Makarov said.

"looks like you'll have to see if Aurora can watch Naruto for a few days Kushina" Minato said getting a nod from his wife. "I guess I'll go get Naruto and take him to Aurora's then" Kushina said as she went to go collect her son.

"Naruto come here a moment" Kushina said as she watched her son run over to her. "yes mom" Naruto asked with curiosity in his voice. "I'm sorry I know we made you a promise but we're going to have to postpone your training" Kushina said.

"Why you said that we could start today did I do something wrong" Naruto asked. Kushina shook her head "no you didn't do anything wrong your father and I just have some wizard business to attend to so you're going to stay with Aurora until we get back it'll only be a couple days I promise" Kushina said as they started to head to aurora's house.

Once she met up with Minato and Makarov they headed to the train station. "sounds like he took it well" Makarov said as they found an empty compartment after Kushina told them how the young Namikaze took his training getting postponed getting a nod from Minato and Kushina.

A few hours later Naruto was sitting on the couch glaring at the wall. "I wish you would cheer up Naruto they'll be back in a few days" Aurora said trying to cheer the child up.

"They promised they would teach me magic today but they left before I could even learn anything" Naruto pouted. Before Aurora could continue they heard an explosion coming from the center of town. Naruto bolted out the door Before she could stop him. "Naruto wait" Aurora yelled but to no avail.

'What could have caused that noise' Naruto thought as he sped his way to the source of the commotion. When he got there he couldn't believe what he was seeing children were being bind with handcuffs and the adults were being slaughtered but what happened next made him break into tears. Trying to stop the men in the black cloaks Deaton rushed one of the men slashing him with a katana only to be pierced in the chest with a spell cast by another cultist killing him. "Stop it" Naruto screamed drawing unwanted attention to himself, realizing what danger he just put himself in he ran away as fast as his small legs could carry him.

With Aurora ten minutes earlier

Realizing Naruto wasn't coming back she ran after him. Problem was the boy had always been to fast for his own good. By the time she caught up with him he was already running back in her direction, that's when she noticed he was being chased by men in black cloaks. 'Zeref cultist damn it' Aurora thought as she tried to gets the boys attention. "Naruto over here" she yelled.

Hearing his name being called Naruto spotted Aurora waving at him frantically. Seeing his aunt Aurora raised his spirits enough to increase his speed a little bit. One he reached her he cried into her "Aunt Aurora, uncle Deaton they" Naruto sobbed unable to finish his sentence.

Aurora started to tear up realizing what Naruto was going to say.'Come on Aurora you can't breakdown now you still need to get Naruto out of here' Aurora scolded herself.

Bending down to look Naruto in the eyes for what she was about to tell him. "Naruto I need you to run, run and don't look back" Aurora told him.

"But aunt Au…" Naruto started. "Don't argue get out of here now" Aurora yelled making Naruto jump a little as he took off running as fast as he could not bothering to wipe the tears from his eyes. Steeling her resolve Aurora looked around for something she could use as a weapon. Once she spotted a shovel she picked it up and waited for them to round the corner.

Naruto was near the outskirts of the village he didn't even know if they were still chasing him he just kept on running. 'Aunt Aurora please be safe' Naruto thought. Before he could think anymore on it an explosion knocked him off his feet. After he stopped rolling he looked up to see three of those men dressed in black cloaks.

'not these guys again' Naruto thought as he took a step back. Each time he would step back they would step forward. Naruto eventually ended up backing into a tree 'crap' Naruto thought as one of the men raised his staff.

"you know the boss wants us to capture all of you kids alive. But between that bitch giving me a headache and you running us ragged I think I'm gonna kill you" the man said as he charged magic into his staff "prepare yourself for the afterlife brat" the man added before releasing his attack.

Naruto closed his eyes knowing what was coming next but nothing happened. When he opened his eyes he saw a man in a Grey haori with a kanji fierce Wind on the back. The man had black hair and glowing green eyes. Glaring at the three men across from him with his sword drawn in front of him. "so you guys think it's okay to attack little kids huh. Well looks like I made it just in time, stay back kid I promise I won't let these bastards lay a hand on you" the man told him

Naruto just nodded dumbfounded not knowing where this guy came from. "ha you think you can stop us it's three on one pal" the leader of the three stated.

The mysterious man just smirked and charged wind into his blade. "Are you sure about that" he asked. Before they could reply he dashed forward at blinding speeds and reappeared behind the three cultists. Seconds later the leader of the three fell face first in the ground.

"you're gonna pay for that" the man on the right yelled as he charged the black haired man. Right when he swung with his sword he took a vortex of wind to the chest sending him crashing into a nearby boulder knocking him out cold. Before the third one could make a move he dashed forward and struck the third cultist in the temple with the pommel of his sword dropping him where he stood.

Naruto closed his eyes when the man approached him thinking he was next. Seeing the boy scared he tried to calm the child down. "relax kid I'm not gonna hurt you my names Azrael you're alright now" the now identified Azrael said.

Opening his eyes slowly Naruto decided to introduce himself "Naruto" Naruto said not trusting the man enough to give him his last name.

"Alright Naruto you better come with me it's not safe here anymore" Azrael said as he started to walk off until Naruto stopped him.

"I can't leave, my mom and dad will be back in a few days" Naruto yelled.

Azrael sighed "listen kid even if they are more of those guys might show up. What are you gonna do then, everyone else in the village is either dead or captured" Azrael told him. He knew he was being hard on the boy but he needed him to go with him so he could pass on his magic before it was to late even if he had to lie to the boy in order to do so.

"But you can stay until they return your strong they won't stand a chance" Naruto pleaded only for Azrael to sigh again.

"Look kid I'm only one man I can't take on all of them And trust me once they find out these three aren't coming back, they'll leave with their slaves and come back in full force. We don't want to be here when that happens" Azrael said lying straight to his face knowing they won't be coming back.

It took awhile but once Naruto accepted that Azrael was right the pair disappeared into the horizon but not before Naruto took one last glance at his destroyed village. One thought going through his mind would he ever see his parents again.

A couple hours later Naruto decided to ask Azrael a question that he's been dying to ask since they left the village."Hey Azrael can you teach me magic" Naruto asked as they made camp that night.

Azrael studied Naruto for a few minutes which unnerved him a little bit before answering."So you want to be a wizard then" Azrael asked getting a nod from Naruto."Even after you saw what those men used their magic for" Azrael added waiting for Naruto's response.

"Especially because of what they did I need to learn magic so I can protect people like you protected me today" Naruto told him with conviction in his voice.

Azrael cracked a small smile "alright very well from this day forward you are my apprentice now get some sleep we have a lot to do tomorrow" Azrael told him as they both went to sleep 'Naruto I'm placing all my hopes on you' Azrael thought before he drifted off to sleep.

And that's a wrap hope there weren't to many mistakes I'm new to writing fanfiction but I'm looking forward to seeing how far this story goes.