I Don't Own Naruto or Fairy Tail!

Nature's Power - Chapter 1

Mirajane Strauss, as one of Fairy Tail's S-ranked Mages, was not easily scared; her intimidating gaze would often be enough to scare off any enemy that dared block her way. As her comrades at Fairy Tail would say: Mira is the scariest woman in Fairy Tail! For a young girl like Mirajane, she took pride in her reputation and would use it when she wanted to; she worked hard to become strong and intimidating; people being afraid of her was only one of the spoils.

If there was one thing Mirajane hated, it would be being afraid of something. If there was one thing Mirajane was afraid of, it would be her little brother or sister being in danger. Unfortunately for the Demon of Fairy Tail, she was experiencing both fear and hatred at the same time.

"Elfman, wake up!" cried the white haired mage as she held her broken arm to her chest.

The rumbling was getting closer; the towering stature of her brother possessed by a beast was nearing her sister. The large and yellow feet of the beast made cracks on the pathway it was taking and shook the earth with each step. Some low register growling could be heard as the beast's menacing glowing eyes darting around.

'Elfman is completely out of control; the beast is far too strong for him to possess at his current level!' Mirajane struggled to stand on her too feet, but she forced herself up. She knew there was no way she could use her own Full-Body Takeover right now, but she refused to be impotent; she had to think of some way to save her sister from her brother.

"Lisanna, get out of there now!" cried the S-ranked Mage with clear worry in her eyes. "That's not Elfman right now; he won't be able to recognize you!"

Lisanna, the little sister of Mirajane and the darling girl of Fairy Tail, refused to listen to her sister and stood tall as the beast towered over her small frame. In her mind the beast was still her brother, the brother who sometimes resented her, but loved her nonetheless. Lisanna knew that the kind smile of her brother was still there, it was just hidden under the ugly fangs of the beast before her, and she will get it back.

"Elf-niichan, the mission's over; let's go home now, okay?" asked the girl as she placed some pressure on her ribcage; she broke a few ribs from her fall a few minutes ago. "Please Nii-chan, it's me, Lisanna!" The girl had tears welling in her eyes; she didn't want to lose her brother like this. "Wake up, Nii-chan!"

Mirajane knew perfectly that Elfman couldn't control the beast, and she had to pull Lisanna out of the way, but her heavily wounded body was not helping. Her brother taken over by the beast had landed an unsuspecting punch to her body; it broke some of her bones and greatly affected her lungs; she could feel some blood flowing against her esophagus, but she still pushed on. No matter what she had to save Lisanna; there was no way she would let her siblings suffer such a fate.

Using the last of her magic power, Mirajane made a frontal dash towards Lisanna and grabbed her shoulder with her good arm. Lisanna looked back at her older sister with widened eyes, but before she could say anything, Mirajane lifted her up by her clothes and threw her to the side.

"Mira-nee!"

With a grunt, Mirajane fell to her knees; she could feel her body breaking down with her movements and there was absolutely no magic power left in her body. The footsteps were getting closer and closer, and Mirajane found it hard to keep her eyes open enough to see the beast coming towards her. She could feel the cracks along the stone path as the large pair of feet got close to her, but she couldn't move; her only source of solace was her thinking that Lisanna was safe and will survive.

Suddenly, a pair of arms lifted Mirajane from behind, and she looked back slightly to see Lisanna. Worrying immediately filled her being again, but she was too tired to speak out. Lisanna was in her Full-Body Takeover – Animal Soul; her cat features made her a little faster and stronger, but she was also injured and tired so it was very hard for her to move while carrying her sister.

"Just…go." Mirajane whispered weakly.

"No Mira-nee; we're all going home together!"

A deafening roar blasted throughout the area as the beast slammed his own chest with his fists. It looked down at the two girls with its menacing eyes as its terribly strong fists reeled back. Lisanna gritted her teeth as she strained her whole body in order to step back as much as she could, but it was still not fast enough; she forced her eyes closed as the beast's fist came closer and closer to her and Mirajane…

"Mokuton: Mokujōheki!"

Before the large fist could strike the girls, several wooden pillars sprung up from the ground from both sides and came together to form a dome. The beast's fist slammed against the structure but it did no damage. It appeared to become even angrier and continued to slam, time and again, its fists against the dome of wood.

"Tsūtenkyaku!" a robed figure jumped up from behind the dome and lifted his leg up. The figure hovered over to the beast and cried out as he fired an axe-kick down at the beast's head. A loud crack was heard as the beast fell to the ground in a heap, making the earth shake with its heavy weight. With the one heavy kick, the beast was unconscious and was slowly bleeding on the ground.

The figure landed beside the beast and was a little shocked when it turned into a young man. He had a muscular build and was fairly tall considering the length of his body while lying down; he also had while hair that was style upward, but also had a little red in them since his head was still bleeding. There were also other wounds around his body, like several large bruises along his torso and a bad gash on his left leg, but all in all, he should be fine…just as long as they stop the bleeding on his head.

"E-Elfman?!" the figure was shocked when he recognized the young man on the ground. The figure raised his hand and the wood dome retracted back into the ground; his eyes widened again when he got a good look at the girls he just saved, especially Mirajane.

"Elf-niichan!" cried Lisanna as she ran over to her unconscious brother, happy that he no longer looked like that beast.

Mirajane looked calm, but inside she was very surprised someone had come to save them; she was sure that both herself and Lisanna would have been killed by the beast. Still sitting on the ground, Mirajane looked up at the person who saved them with the strange Wood-Make Magic and tried to see up his hood, but still couldn't see his face.

"Who are you?" asked the white haired beauty, feeling a little better than before.

"Whoever you are, thank you so much for saving us!" cried Lisanna as she bowed a little at the stranger.

A soft chuckle came out of the hood. "I didn't expect you three to be the ones I rescue." The man pulled back his hood to reveal his features. Most people, like Lisanna and Elfman, would notice his golden blond hair first, which was spiky and out of control, but for Mirajane, she saw his big blue eyes first. The S-ranked mage couldn't help but let out a gasp as she realized who had rescued them, and a part of her didn't believe it.

"Naruto-chan?" whispered Mirajane softly with widened eyes.

"Hey Mira-chan!" the man grinned as he looked over at the girl.

Lisanna, who was holding an unconscious Elfman to her lap, was also stunned to see Naruto after so many years. She almost didn't recognize him; sure he still had his crazy hair, but he was really grown up now and looked nothing like the short boy they once knew…

Mirajane smiled, not a scary one the people back at Fairy Tail were used to, but a true smile, and it was beautiful…

Flashback on

"Mira-chan!" cried a small boy with golden blond hair as he ran up to a little girl with snow-white hair; he was holding onto a white lily flower and had a grin on his face. "I got this for you!" The boy stopped right in front of the girl and gently placed the flower into the girl's hair.

"Thank you, Naru-chan, but you know I don't like these girly things!" The girl frowned as she crossed her arms. "And what are you doing here, aren't you supposed to be in school right now?!"

Naruto frowned and huffed. "Well sorry for trying to be a good friend!"

Mirajane smirked and ruffled the boy's hair. "You're more like another little brother than a friend, Naru-chan."

The boy pushed the girl's hand off and glared at her. "Hey! Even though I'm a little shorter than you doesn't mean I'm the little brother; I am a full month older than you so I am the older brother!" Mirajane glared back at that, but Naruto wasn't finished. "And who are you to talk about school?! You're supposed to be there as well!"

"I don't need to be there squirt because I'm smart, but you really can't afford to miss a single day of class!"

"Oh yeah, at least I didn't have to cheat to pass a test!"

Mirajane growled and lifted Naruto by his shirt, "That was one time and you know it!" The girl threw the boy to the ground and jumped on top of him. "And if you didn't dye my hair orange the day before I would have had time to study!"

Naruto stuck his tongue out at the girl. "Well it's not my fault you can't multitask!"

"I'm going to kill you!" Mirajane wrapped her finger around Naruto's neck and started to squeeze. The boy turned a little blue, but fought back by reaching up to choke the girl. The two kids rolled around the grass trying to kill each other, but neither actually had the strength to do so.

"I hate you!" cried Naruto as best as he could since he was lacking air.

"I hate you too!" Mirajane glared at the boy, who had been living next to her family since she was born.

Fighting, both verbally and physically, had become a daily routine for the two friends and their words have no meaning anymore. Even though they say that they hate each other every single day, everyone knew that they were best friends and would probably never really hate each other. Their parents loved it whenever they would play with each other; Mirajane's dominant personality seemed to always clash with Naruto's own playful and strong personality, but they go well together.

Naruto glared over at Mirajane, who had a smirk on her face. "You're a girl, how the heck are you so strong?!" The boy had a small pout of his face; his arm was still hurting after Mirajane had punched him hard after their small wrestling match.

Mirajane crossed her arms and towered over Naruto. "You should be ashamed Naruto; you're the boy and you're supposed to protect your pretty friend, but seeing how you are so weak I don't really see you protecting me at all!"

The boy stood up and angrily pointed over at Mirajane. "Just you wait; sooner or later I will be the stronger one and I will save your sorry ass!"

Mirajane shook her head with a smirked, "Whatever you say, little Naru-chan."

Flashback end

Mirajane couldn't help but immediately be reminded of one of the many childhood memories she shared with Naruto when she still lived in her old home town. It has been over six years since the last time she had seen Naruto, but the instant she looked into his eyes she knew who he was. Just like when they were children, his eyes radiated the same warmth and playfulness she had come to know and love. It was surreal; the one childhood friend that she had almost forgotten had saved her and her siblings at the last possible moment.

"Naru-chan…" Mirajane didn't really know what to say, but her smile said it all.

The blond ran over to Mirajane and knelt down to wrap his arms around her for support. The girl was seriously wounded and her arm had to be realigned soon in order to prevent long-term problems, but her relief was already making her feel better. Unlike what she said when she was younger, Mirajane felt very safe with Naruto near and for once she was glad someone had proved her wrong.

"Don't move too much, Mira-chan." Naruto placed his hand on the ground to make two planks of wood appear out of the ground. "Bear with me; this is just going to hurt for a second." He gently held Mirajane's arm and swiftly realigned the bone.

"AHH!" cried Mirajane in pain as she gritted her teeth.

Naruto smiled as he placed to two planks of wood along her arm before he ripped off a part of his robe to tightly tie the planks together. The constant pressure would take away some of the pain and prevent any slack for further damage. The man ripped apart more of his robe to make a sling for Mirajane so her arm would be stable as she moved; his efficiency with the process suggested experience in the medical field.

"There we go; that should be good until we get you to a real doctor."

Mirajane looked up at Naruto, who looked so much like his father. "You are the Naruto I knew right?" asked the girl just in case. "You are Senju Naruto?"

The young man smiled and nodded. "It's me, Mira-chan; I'm just as surprised as you are that we randomly met here, but it's really me."

Mirajane smiled and nodded. "Thank you for saving us."

Naruto chuckled and lightly poked Mirajane's forehead. "Well I made you a promise before right?" I will become strong and save you." The girl smiled and nodded again; she didn't really know how to say any more to her friend, which she had missed over the years.

Mirajane could still remember that one day very clearly, the day her parents and Naruto's parents died. The day when Lisanna, Elfman, Naruto and herself played all day in the park that was close to their houses only to come home to see their entire street on fire. It was extremely traumatic for the child to see such a scene. The houses they grew up in were ablaze, and the black smoke reached up to the sky. There were imperial guards fighting the fire with some sort of water magic, but they weren't good enough and there were no survivors.

That was near the end of Mirajane's shared life with Naruto. With the death of his parents, Naruto was moved to live with his grandfather, who lived somewhere far away from their hometown. Mirajane couldn't even remember saying goodbye to Naruto before they went their separate ways; that time was very dark for all of them and it just slipped their minds. But after Mirajane joined Fairy Tail she would occasionally think back to her hyper and fun friend with fond memories.

"Naru-nii?" whispered Lisanna as she walked up to their savior.

Naruto looked behind him and smiled at the sight of the little girl he once knew. "Lisanna-chan!" he stood up to his full height, which was almost a full head over the younger Strauss sister, and walked over to her. "You've really grown! You're a young lady now!"

Lisanna looked up at the boy who used to be the same height as her. "I can't believe it's really you…" Some tears started to well up in the girl's eyes as her lips quivered. "I missed you Naru-nii!" Lisanna cried as she ran into Naruto's arms and sobbed against his chest. Back when they were kids Naruto was like an older brother to Lisanna, and she was both happy and relieved he was back in her life.

Naruto smiled and hugged Lisanna close. "It's okay Lisanna-chan…it's all over now."

Mirajane smiled at the scene and slowly walked over to them. "I don't even know where to begin, but I guess I can start with: what are you doing here, Naru-chan?"

"I was just on my way to Magnolia Town and I heard some roaring." The young man smiled as he pulled away from the hug. "I had no idea what was going on; I just saw a monster attacking some people and I jumped in to stop it." Naruto looked over at the still unconscious Elfman whom Lisanna had placed against a rock. "I had no idea it was Elfman, so I hope he's not hurt too badly."

"Elfman…" muttered Mirajane as she walked over to her brother; she ran her hand through his hair and smiled sadly at his wounded form.

"Elf-niichan should be fine; the bleeding on his head isn't too bad and his wounds are not lethal, but we still have to get him to a doctor."

"Here…" Naruto walked over to the big man and lifted him over his shoulders. "I got him; let's get you all to a doctor." The blond grunted a little at the heavy weight on his back. "Man, this guy really grew since the last time I saw him."

Lisanna giggled and nodded. "Yeah, but so have you."

Naruto smirked and nodded. "Do you know where the nearest doctor would be?"

Mirajane nodded and staggered on. "Magnolia is the closest town from here, so we'll go there and visit Porlyusica-san." Regardless of how scary the woman was, she was the best medic Mirajane knew; she wanted to Elfman to have the best doctor at hand, the only bad thing about going back like this would be to let Erza see her in such a state.

"Porlyusica?" asked Naruto with clearly surprise, "Porlyusica of Fairy Tail?"

Mirajane was a little surprised that Naruto knew the old lady. "Well she's not an active member of Fairy Tail anymore, but she used to be quite famous." The girl tilted her head in thought. "But how do you even know her, Naru-chan?"

The blond chuckled as he lifted Elfman more onto his back. "She is an old friend of my Grandfather." Lisanna and Mirajane were a little surprised but nodded nonetheless. "I am going to Fairy Tail right now actually; I have a message from my Grandfather to Master Makarov, whom I believe you both know very well considering the Guild Marks you have on you."

Lisanna smiled brightly as she looked at her surrogate brother. "So you're coming back to Fairy Tail with us?!"

Naruto smiled and nodded, "Yep!"

Mirajane smiled, genuinely happy. "Great, let's all go home."

In recent years Fairy Tail had risen to become one of the most power Guilds in the world. In Fiore, Fairy Tail was only rivaled by the previous strongest Guild in Fiore, Phantom Lord. The name of Fairy Tail became a symbol of strength, and more and more people wanted to join the guild.

Gildarts Clive was no longer the only strong mage in the guild, now the name of the Demon of Fairy Tail, Queen of Fairy Tail and Laxus Dreyar scattered through the lands, more and more people wanted the service of Fairy Tail. A whole new generation was coming out of the guild, and many of them had the potential to become some of the most powerful mages to ever live.

"Eat this Gray!" cried pink haired young teen as he literally slammed a flaming punch into another teen's face.

The other teen got up holding his face with fire in his eyes. "Damn you squinty eyes!" cried the boy as he kicked his opponent hard in the face.

The pink haired one growled and jumped at the other. "Shut up droopy eyes!"

Before the boys could clash fists again a girl stood between them and caught both their fists. The girl was about Mirajane's age and had scarlet red hair tied in a ponytail; she was dressed in some torso armor with a gray dress that reached down to her knees. There was a sword strapped to her waist and she had a stern look on her face as she pushed the two boys away from each other. This was Erza Scarlet, a girl who had joined Fairy Tail a few years ago and she had become known as the Queen of Fairy Tail.

"Stop it!" exclaimed the teenage girl as she shoved the boys' head away. "You two fight too much, Natsu, Gray."

Natsu and Gray paled a little when they saw Erza as they knew they were no match for the powerful girl. "S-Sorry..."

A brown haired young woman in an orange sundress walked up to the group and patted Gray's shoulder. "You should put your clothes back on Gray." Gray freaked out a little as he completely forgot about his clothes.

Natsu smirked. "You are just a stripper Gray, Erza and Cana knows that too."

Gray glared at Natsu angrily as he placed a fist against his palm. "You want to say that again!?" cried the boy as he focused his Ice Magic in his hands.

Natsu grinned as fire erupted from his hands. "I'll say it as many time as you want stripper!"

Erza had a tick mark on her forehead as she slammed her fists on the boys' heads. "Dammit you two are annoying, just stop it already!" cried Erza as she lifted the two boys up, Natsu by his shirt and Gray but his neck. "If you two keep fighting I will beat you both to the ground!" The two boys nodded in fear as they sat on the ground.

Cana chuckled as she smiled down at the boys. "Remember guys, we are all comrades of Fairy Tail." The girl was holding onto a mug of ale, which was quite unsightly since she was clearly underage.

There was petite blue haired girl next to Cana who was also giggling at the sight. "Yeah, we should be friendlier with each other." This girl was Levi McGarden, girl who joined Fairy Tail a few years ago; she grew up with Cana, Mirajane and Erza.

"Natsu, when is Lisanna coming back?" asked a blue cat with white wings behind his back. "She said she would be back this morning but it's already six o'clock!"

Natsu rubbed his head as he sat down at one of the many tables. "I don't know Happy, but I'm sure they'll be back soon."

Some familiar voices could be heard from outside the guild, and one of them immediately put a smile on Happy's face. The cat flew over to the main entrance of the guild and cried out in joy when he saw Lisanna along with Mirajane and Elfman walk into the guild, but that smile disappeared when he saw all the wounds they have on them, especially the large bruise on Lisanna's arm.

"Oh my goodness, what happened to you guys?!" cried Levy when she saw her friend walk into the guild.

Mirajane grunted in annoyance as Lisanna chuckled a little, but Elfman was still on Naruto's back with a slightly guilty look on his face. At some point, people finally started to notice the man holding Elfman on his back. In a few seconds, everyone's attention turned to the three Strauss siblings and the mystery person carrying Elfman, including the Master.

"We're home…" said Lisanna as she hugged Happy to her chest.

Natsu walked up to Lisanna looking visibly worried. "Lisanna…what happened on that request?"

Mirajane tried to look as dignified as she could with one of her arms in a sling. "That mission turned out to be harder than we anticipated, but we completed it in the end." The elder sister walked into the guild and gave everyone around her usual stern look. "But Elfman in quite injured and we need to go see Porlyusica-san."

"She is in the forest at the moment." Master Makarov walked over to Mirajane looking quite worried since he hadn't seen her so injured for a very long time. "You look like you need some medical attention as well, Mirajane-chan."

The girl nodded. "Okay Master."

Gray placed a hand on his chin as he looked at Elfman. "Hey Elfman, who's that carrying you?"

Elfman chuckled rather sheepishly as Naruto smiled. "This is Senju Naruto, he's our childhood friend and he saved us on the mission." The big man woke up an hour after the group started to walk back to Magnolia, and to say he was surprised would be an understatement. He honestly thought he was dreaming when he realized that he was on his surrogate older brother's back and they were all heading back to Fairy Tail.

"Hello, I'm Naruto."

"Wow, did you really save Mira and the others?" asked Cana with her drink running on empty.

Mirajane sighed as she nodded. "Yes he did, and we have to go now." The girl turned around and started to walk out of the guild. "We only came back to report to you Master, but we will go see Porlyusica-san now."

Elfman grunted as he climbed off Naruto's back. "And I can probably walk now, thanks Naruto-nii."

Naruto smiled and waved him off. "No problem buddy, but it's weird for me to have to look up to talk to you now."

The tall white haired man chuckled. "Get used to it!"

"We'll see you later, Naruto." Mirajane decided to not call Naruto "Naru-chan" at the moment since she had a reputation to maintain, but her smile was still quite bright. "Thank you again for today."

"No problem Mira-chan."

Makarov walked up to the blond young man with a small smile. "I must thank you young man, for helping those children out." The Master was looking at Naruto with a small calculative gaze; the blond's magic power felt very peculiar. "Please join us for dinner tonight."

Naruto smiled and nodded. "Thank you Master Makarov, but I'm can I please speak with you in private before dinner?" Some guild members were a little surprised by the request, as was Makarov. "I have a message from my Grandfather."

"Who is your Grandfather?" asked the elderly man.

The blond nodded and reached into his jacket to pull out a letter. "This is my Grandfather's crest."

Makarov reached out for the letter and visibly flinched when he recognized the peculiar symbol etched on the letter. He had seen the same symbol before, almost seventy years ago when he just joined Fairy Tail. It belonged to one of the founding members of Fairy Tail, or in more present terms, it belonged to the Fourth God of Ishgar.

'Walrod Cken's Crest!'

Naruto smiled at the man's reaction, it was about what he expected. "I am here to deliver a message from him and request to formally join Fairy Tail."

Well, that's that! XD

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