"Ehhh.. I don't get it!"
"It's so simple, ugh... Just go in that direction, ok? Go straight and then turn to the left."
"Y-Your left or mine...?"
"JUST GO, STOP BOTHERING ME!"
"Hai, hai, calm down old man..." With a sweatdrop and a goofy and slightly irritated expression, Naruto walked away.
A strange conversation it was. Naruto, a fairly tall; slightly muscular and a good-looking teenager with weird whisker marks around his cheek had just asked for directions from a random stranger - drections he couldn't quite comprehend or more like he was just messing around. Keeping them in mind, he walked where directed and seemed to reach his destination. He looked up to stare at it, "Looks quite good!" he thought to himself. The building seemed to have three floors, with each floor becoming smaller, meaning it was meant to be for less people. "I guess the second floor is where the s-class mages are..." he continued to stare for a bit more... "Um... what am I doing here? I should just walk in instead of staring at it like an idiot... Yosh!" with that said, the blond walked to the door excitedly and opened it quite hardly, pushing it open.
Inside the building was... quite... chaotic. Literally everyone was being weird and wacky, there was this pink haired guy beating up a naked guy in just boxers, another slightly taller than them guy was screaming about being a man, a girl in just bikini was fondling another blonde girl who was trying to interact with this blue-haired girl with glasses on, holding a book. Another red-haired girl seemed... quite angry, she was walking to the duo that was fighting. It was indeed quite chaotic, so much so the door opening sound didn't even register in anyone's brain nor did anyone hear it.
"Eto... is this really the place? Everyone seems retarded here..." Naruto sweatdropped and sighed and walked inside, he noticed this girl serving drinks to middle-aged men and an old guy, she seemed nice and sane so the blond made his way to her, trying to avoid getting in the way of everyone else.
"Welcome to Fairy Tail, how may I help you?~" The silver-haired girl namely Mirajane spoke to him as he approached the bar, with a smile so gentle and bright and her delivery of said words very cheerful. Naruto smiled back, "SHE IS MY SAVIOUR IN THIS SHITTY TOWN!" the teenager shed comical tears as his heart felt full of happiness.
"Um, I have money issues and therefore, would like to work here as a mage temporarily. If that's possible..." Naruto responded to her. Mira kept her smile, "I see, hehe. I'd like to help you with that but you should honestly consult the master about that. Sorry.."
Raising an eyebrow, he gently asked "And where is your master? Master Makarov." Makarov was quite famous, being one of the ten wizard saints, he was bound to be. The girl pointed her finger to at one of three men she was serving drinks to, the oldest of them and the... weakest looking. Makarov who was drinking his stuff looked up to Naruto while the blond turned to him to take a proper look.
"THIS SHORTY IS THE MASTER?!" after a few minutes of observation, the blond just couldn't accept that this tiny little guy could be the guild master "I KNOW LOOKS CAN BE DECEIVING BUT WHAT THE HELL IS THIS THING?!" Makarov felt a teensy bit offended to Naruto's remark about him and grew a tickmark on his head, and seeing the two made Mirajane giggle to the small exchange.
"YES.. I'm the master..." The old man replied quite angrily.
"You sure don't look like it.." Naruto almost laughed but tried to contain his laughter, pissing the old man off even more.
"I won't let an insulting brat like you join the guild who has no idea of how to respect his elders!" Mira was surely amused by the conversation, but Naruto was not - his job was at risk and Makarov wasn't enjoying being fun of too much either.
"Alright alright, I'm sorry. Jeez..." The blond apologized, hoping he'd get forgiveness and not lose his spot. The old man just sighed to his as he folded his arms and looked away, somewhat denying to forgive and let the guy join.
"Aw come on master, he even apologized~ He seems like a good person. Forgive him, for me?" Mira interrupted before the blond could further say anything. She really was a sweet girl, or so the boy thought.
"Well..." The old man sighed and continued "If you are asking me to, I will."
"Yaaaay!" She hugged the master, "I knew you were just puting up an act. Master may seem like a stoic, serious, shitty old geezer but he is really kind, um..." the girl realized she didn't even know Naruto's name.
"I'M NOT A SHITTY OLD MAN DAMN IT!" The wizard saint wanted to respond to how smartly Mira had called him a shitty old guy but her hug was quite relaxing and even he was weak to it so he just stayed like that.
"... What's your name again?" She asked with curious eyes as she made an o shaped mouth.
"Naruto!"
"Ah, Naruto, gotcha. Welcome to Fairy Tail, Naruto-kun~" Mira gave him a wink with a huge grin on her face.
The young man slightly blushed to that, "A-Arigatou, so how do I sign up!?" The blond was excited and hungry and broke. He needed a job as soon as possible and he was about to get it, his excitement and rush was understandable.
"Wait..."
They both looked at Makarov who had just uttered the word, "Being a mage is risky in and of itself but being part of a guild is even more difficult. Fairy Tail has friends, but it also has rivals and even enemies, can you really hold your own?" Mirajane looked in awe and clapped her hands "The master can sound really serious when he wants to!"
Naruto slowly nodded, "Yes sir. I can definitely do that... I won't drag you people down or create trouble for you!"
"Why would I believe a total stranger like you?" Makarov raised an eyebrow and stared right in the boy's determined eyes. The blond waited a few seconds before he finally made a respose, "I'm not so stupid as to go ahead and challenge you. You are a wizard saint, but you I can fight any member of your choosing and win against them and prove my worth!"
"Oho, any member?"
"Preferably no s-class mages! Those are troublesome... Yes. Anyone will do." The blond firmly replied while Mirajane just continued to observe, slightly excited for a new member to join her guild family. Hearing Naruto's words Makarov slightly smirked "Alright! I hope you don't regret this... NATSU!" His voice echoed for a bit and the pink-haired guy stopped fighting with the now-naked mage and walked over to the old man.
"What is it you geezer? I was almost done beating that naked monkey, Gray!" The teenager called Natsu furiously responded. "Remember that mess you made last week? I was called by the council and had to deal with quite a lot... I STILL HAVEN'T FORGIVEN YOU FOR IT!"
"O-Oh.. I-I destroyed a b-building... BUT it was unintentional I tell you!" Natsu was sweating a bit, he knew the master was kind but he could also be quite strict and he was strong. The blonde girl who was finally done being fondled by the girl who now drunk and on the floor also walked to Natsu. The armored girl and the naked guy now known as Gray walked over as well, some interested in the stranger and some going to see what the conversation was about - after all they didn't want to be left out of any fun.
"Unintentional you say? WELL... I'll forgive you on one condition..." Makarov said, his voice becoming vicious as his body grew in size slightly and more muscular.
"Oh boy, master is going giant mode!" Thought the naked guy as he smiled, punishment for Natsu? He was all down for it. The blonde girl just looked terrified "No! No! No!" and cried comically, she thought she was going to get a beating too since she was with Natsu on that quest. A blue cat flew over from the chaos and sat on the pinkette's shoulder, panicking as well "Let's make a run for it, Natsu!" he suggested.
"True men never run away!" screamed the manly guy from the background, doing his own little thing. The redhead while walked beside Naruto and just observed him and Mira was amused by this all.
"What condition?" Natsu fired up his fists and was ready to fight the master if need be for his survival. Makarov suddenly went back to his original, smaller form and sighed "Fight this guy." He pointed at Naruto.
"A fight eh? You can count on me!" The pinkette grinned and walked close to the blond with his cat of course, "Let's do it you cat guy... because whiskers. Let's fight!"
"So he is the one, huh?" Naruto looked over at Makarov who nodded his head, Naruto nodded back "Yosh! Then I'm not losing either!"
"Hehe, we'll see about that cat guy!"
"Don't call me that you girl, I'm not a cat. Baka!" Both readied themselves to fight as the rest just quietly observed.
"I can't afford to lose this... I need to keep my promise and go back.. I must!"
AN: Eh, yeah. That was it. I was just sitting around lazily, doing nothing and felt like killing time and came up with this thing. I do have an idea of where I want to take it and have an ending planned but let's see how it goes. Anyway, I hope you enjoyed the read, and thank you for reading! Have a good day.