I do not own Naruto, Fairy Tail, or any manga/anime. If I did then I wouldn't be on this website now would I?
I've decided to write this as a side project while I focus on Fox tail. I'm having a hard time writing the next chp for FT so I decided to make this as a distraction though I do plan on finishing both stories. I have narrowed down the pairing for this between two people who I will name in the author note at the bottom. As always constructive criticism is welcome and encouraged.
Chapter 1: The day things changed
It was a peaceful morning in Rosemary village. A quiet murmur could be heard in the streets as people began their day. Despite the early hour everyone in the streets looked happy and everything was peaceful.
In an average sized two-story house a young blond boy about eight years old was sleeping the morning away peacefully in his bed. The boy was so wrapped up in his dreams of ramen that he was unaware of the small figure standing next to his bed.
"Get up." The figure demanded in a feminine voice which held all the authority in the world.
No response.
"Naruto, I told you to get up." The figure stated before pushing the boy, now named Naruto, off his bed with a shove from her right boot. Naruto ungracefully fell to the floor with a thud. He laid there for a moment, disoriented after his wakeup call, but soon realized what had happened and sprung to his feet in indignation.
"What was that for Erza?!" Naruto asked in a loud voice.
"Oh good your up." Erza said ignoring her younger brother. "Mom's making breakfast so I decided it was time for you to wake up. Get showered and come down stairs." The young girl commanded as she turned and left the room.
"She's even bossier than mom." Naruto muttered under his breath and went to the bathroom to get showered up. When he was done he quickly got dressed in long tan pants and a white t-shirt. Once he was ready Naruto left the bathroom and made his way down stairs where he knew his mother and sister would be.
Upon entering the kitchen Naruto was met with the combined glare of his mother and elder sister by three years. Naruto was afraid of both girls separately so he was unable to hold back the cold sweat that came from being under their joint glare. Naruto's eyes shifted nervously from his mother, Kushina Namikaze, to his sister, Erza Namikaze.
The two women were so much alike it wasn't even funny. In fact the mother-daughter combo made just about everyone fear for their lives. Erza had inherited her mother's long red hair and the temper that came with it. While their facial structure was slightly different and Erza inherited the brown eyes of a distant relative, nobody had any doubts that the two were mother and daughter. The town had dubbed the two 'The crimson terrors' some time ago.
Naruto, on the other hand, took after his father. Naruto and his dad, Minato, both had the same blond hair, blue eyes, and completely rational fear of girls with red hair.
The strange thing about the Namikaze family though was that despite the children clearly taking after one parent or the other physically the children's personalities were more like the parent they didn't resemble, not including Erza's temper. Naruto was laid back like Kushina while Erza was serious like Minato.
Back in the kitchen Naruto was about to ask if anything was wrong but Erza beat him to it. "You're late." She stated, not once losing her glare, "breakfast was ready seven minutes ago but you kept us waiting."
"Why didn't you begin eating without me?" Naruto asked nervously.
"Because Erza wouldn't let me." Kushina muttered under her breath.
"Because it would be rude to eat without everyone present." Answered Erza not hearing what her mother had said. "Now sit down so we can eat."
Breakfast proceeded the same way it did everyday with small talk going back and forth between the three.
"When is dad getting back?" Naruto inquired.
"He should be getting back tomorrow but he told me that their was a chance he could be delayed." Answered his mother.
Naruto let out a soft sigh. It had been a couple of weeks since the man of the house had been home but it felt like months to Naruto.
"Don't worry he'll be back soon. The wizard saint meeting should be over by tonight and he will come straight home in the morning." Kushina said in an attempt to reassure her son.
Deciding to change the subject, Erza turned her attention to her younger brother. "Naruto, when your done eating get ready to leave." Erza commanded.
"What? why?" Asked Naruto.
"We're meeting Simon and Kagura in the park today or did you forget?" The young red-head explained. Naruto thought back to yesterday when they last saw the two and vaguely remembered such an agreement.
"Oh that. I remember it... kinda." Naruto admitted.
Erza buried her face in her hand and let out a quiet groan. "Sometimes I wonder how you remember your own name."
"Hey! I'm not that bad. Am I mom?" Naruto asked turning to the women who had been silently laughing at her children's exchange.
"I don't know Naruto. You can be pretty forgetful." She said with a smile.
"Ha! Now get ready we only have five minutes to leave before we're late." Erza told Naruto with a cocky smirk.
Naruto didn't answer as he shoved the last bit of food in his mouth and made his way over to his shoes. Once he was ready he shouted a goodbye to his mother and walked out of the house side by side with his sister.
As the duo walked towards their favorite park in town they began making small talk. "Do you think Dad will finally teach me some magic when he gets back?" Naruto asked excitedly.
"He already told us he wouldn't start teaching us until we're at least twelve. I don't understand why you keep asking." Erza responded.
"But I could totally master Dad's rasen magic if he would just teach me." Naruto whined.
"Don't be so cocky. It took Dad a decade to create and master that magic despite his talent." The girl scolded.
"Exactly. If I can master his magic faster than he did than it means I can surpass him right?" Naruto asked with a big grin.
Erza frowned slightly. "Naruto, you do know that Dad isn't great just because he's skilled with magic right? He's kind and puts others before himself. Don't go around thinking strength in magic is everything."
Naruto gained a sad look. "I know that." He mumbled. After a few more steps in silence Naruto decided to ask the question on his mind. "Do you think I can surpass him?" He asked quietly and avoided his sister's gaze. When the silence became too much for him he looked back up towards Erza and found a warm smile.
"I know you can." she said with nothing but confidence. Upon seeing Naruto's own smile she jogged a few steps ahead and turned around. "Come on I'll race you to the park." She declared and took off. Naruto's smile grew wider as he gave chase.
The race ended with Erza winning by a land slide. Naruto was panting on his back under the shade of a tree while Erza stood next to him seemingly unaffected by the race. Both children were waiting patiently for their friends to arrive. Five minutes had passed before Simon and his little sister had finally arrived.
"Sorry we're late!" A young boy called out as he jogged towards the Namikaze siblings. Naruto and Erza turned to their left where they found their friend Simon heading towards them flanked by his little sister Kagura.
Simon Mikazuchi was a few months older than Erza and three inches taller. Simon was large for his age and it was clear he would be a very big adult. He had broad shoulders and muscle could be seen forming on his arms. His eyes were black and his hair was a dark brown. Simon was a pretty laid back guy and took his role of big brother as seriously as Erza took her role of big sister. Naruto happened to be aware that Simon held a big crush for his sister, who was completely oblivious about his feelings.
Kagura Mikazuchi was a small seven year old girl with brown eyes and black hair cut in the princess style. People often said she would be a beauty when she becomes a women. She was a very happy child who looked up to and adored her big brother. The two siblings were very close and rarely apart.
Erza and Simon have been friends since they met in the school-house at the outskirts of town years ago. Eventually Naruto and Kagura tagged along when they hung out together which led to the four of them playing together very often.
When the Mikazuchi siblings finally got to the Namikazes they were a little out of breath. "We would've been here sooner but I overslept by accident." Simon explained while scratching the back of his head.
Erza looked at him for a second and turned towards Kagura. "It appears we both have lazy brothers who prefer sleep over being on time." Erza spoke in a serious tone. "From now on whenever Simon refuses to wake up you have my permission to throw ice-cold water on him. Ok?" Kagura smiled and nodded happily to the red-head. Simon, in the meantime, was crying anime tears at being called lazy by his crush while Naruto patted his back in sympathy.
After the initial greetings were over the four kids sat in a circle and discussed what they would do for the day.
"How about tag?" Naruto suggested.
"Wanna climb a tree?" Simon suggested.
"I wanna play house." Chirped in Kagura
"We are playing hide and seek." Erza declared.
Naruto and Simon broke out in a cold sweat. Playing hide and seek with Erza was never fun. Erza was many things but being subtle was not one of them. She aways chose obvious hiding places and was found right away. After losing she would go on a tangent on how she must better herself at the game and demand a rematch. However both boys knew there was nothing they could do to persuade Erza into playing something else, so they chose to keep their mouths shut. Kagura on the other hand let out a groan, "But we play that all the time." She complained.
Erza gained a determined look in her eye before she replied, "Let's just play it one more time I think I can win this time. You three hide I'll be it first."
Knowing the discussion was over Naruto and the Mikazuchis went off in separate directions in search of a good hiding place.
Due to the lack of hiding places in the park Naruto took to the streets and headed towards the town square. The rules were that they could hide anywhere in town as long as it wasn't inside a home or store. Upon reaching the town square Naruto sought out his favorite bench and flopped down on it. He wasn't too concerned about being found as he wasn't interested in winning. Naruto decided to close his eyes and catch up on the sleep his red-headed sister so rudely interrupted.
A few minutes passed and Naruto was peacefully asleep until the low murmur in the streets was interrupted by the sound of many thundering footsteps. Opening his eyes Naruto looked down the street and was met with the sight of a small army marching towards the town square. The men wore black robes and had smooth masks over their face with a strange symbol painted on them. Each person held some weapon or another with the most common being a gun or spear. The men were leading strange featureless creature behind them as they marched.
The citizens in the streets were whispering amongst themselves and kept glancing at the strange men with fearful looks. Naruto felt the desire to get away but he wanted to know what was going on so he stood on the bench to get a better look at the men since a crowed was begging to form around them.
When they got to the center of the square a man got up on one of the creatures and cleared his throat. "Attention citizens of this backwater village! We the disciples of Zeref are giving you a once in a lifetime opportunity. Come with us and aid in the revival of the greatest mage known to man." The man announced with a sick grin.
The whispers and murmurs increased at the name Zeref. Naruto was vaguely aware of the name, he was supposed to be some big dark mage from a long time ago.
"Why would we go with you?" One man shouted out.
"You can come with us or we can take you, but we'd prefer keeping our resources unharmed." The man answered.
"Resources?" A middle-aged women questioned.
"Oh yes. You should be honored to serve as lord Zeref's sacrifices." The crowd's reaction was half fearful and half angry.
"What makes you think we're just going to lay down and surrender?" A youth shouted out.
"So you won't come peacefully?" The man asked almost disappointed.
"Of course not!" One guy shouted.
"Like Hell we would!" Exclaimed another.
The mans face contorted into a bloodthirsty grin. "That's too bad." Once those words left his mouth. The man raised his spear above his head and shot a small beam of light into the air. "Round them up! Don't let a single one escape!" The men around them all gave out a battle cry and shot into the crowd with their magic guns.
As Naruto turned and ran he heard many explosions go off around the town but payed them no heed. 'I've gotta find Erza and mom.' Was the only thought in his mind as he ran through town.
With Erza a few minutes earlier
Erza was strolling down the paved roads in town in her search for Naruto and Kagura. Erza had found Simon pretty quickly up in a tree at the park. 'I guess he really wanted to climb that tree Erza thought to herself.' Simon kept in step behind his red-headed crush as he tried to make conversation.
"What do you think I should get Kagura for her birthday?" Simon asked.
"You're her brother shouldn't you already know?" She asked with a raised eye.
"Yeah but she's a little girl so I thought you might have some good ideas." He explained.
"I'm sure she'll love anything you get her." Erza said simply.
Simon was about to start another conversation but was interrupted when a high-pitched scream pierced the silence. The two eleven-year olds snapped their heads in the direction of the town square and saw some black smoke rising into the air. Explosions were heard near the outskirts of the village. People around them were running around in a blind panic.
"What's going on?!" Simon shouted over the noise.
"I don't know but I need to find Naruto!" Erza screamed out. She was about to run off but stopped when Simon grabbed her wrist.
"I saw him going towards the town square if you go after him you'll be caught up in whatever's going on!" He yelled out, desperately trying to keep her out of danger.
Erza didn't have time to argue so she twisted her wrist out of his grasp and grabbed his wrist instead. She turned to face him and used her grip to pull him in before slamming her fist square in his face. Simon fell on his but with a thud and looked up at Erza shocked.
"HE'S MY BROTHER!" She screamed with tears in her eyes before running off. Simon remained seated just watching her retreating figure before getting up to look for Kagura.
With Kushina
Kushina was enjoying the peace and quiet that followed her children's departure at home. Unlike most days, when she would be dusting or vacuuming the house, she was resting on the couch with her feet up on the coffee table. In her hands was the latest copy of Sorcerer Weekly. As she flipped through the pages she couldn't help but compare the featured mages to herself back in younger days. Kushina was once a very respected and feared mage. But after she gave birth to Erza she decided to become a stay at home mom so as to not miss a moment of her children's childhood. She might go back to being a wizard eventually but that day was still a few years off.
When Kushina finished the magazine she quietly set it down and reached for a different magazine about a multitude of cooking recipes but froze when the sound of people's screams met her ears.
Kushina quickly stood at full alert. Knowing something bad was going down in town, Kushina let her maternal instincts kick in and flew out the door in search of her children, subconsciously taping into her magic power.
Omake-1: Tomato girl
"Do I have to go to school?" A young Erza asked as she and her family approached an old brick school-house.
"Come on Erza don't you want to learn how to read and write?" A tall blond man asked with a smile.
"No." Erza told him with a pout.
"You'll make lots of friends." Kushina chimed in.
Erza perked up at that. "Really?" She asked.
"Oh yes I bet you'll be especially popular with the boys later on. Right Minato?" She teased her husband.
Erza seemed confused about the last thing her mother said while her father, now identified as Minato, was barely holding back his anger. "Erza if any of the boys ever start asking you to do things for them let me know ok." Minato told his daughter with a forced smile.
Erza was even more confused at her fathers sudden seriousness but gave him a hesitant nod. Minato still seemed irritated but Kushina was barely holding back her laughter while a three-year old Naruto giggled in response to his mother.
Inside the class room parents were saying goodby to the children who were about to start their first year of school. "Bye Dad. Bye Mom. Bye Naruto." Erza told them before she ran off to join the other kids. Minato and Kushina decided to stay and watch their eldest child interact with her class mates.
"Hey can I join you guys." Erza asked as she approached a group of four boys.
"No way you're a girl." One boy said.
"Yeah and look at her hair she looks like a tomato." Another boy mocked.
"Go away you tomato girl." And with that the four boys broke out in laughter.
Erza looked sad for a moment before she became irritated. "WHO ARE YOU CALLING A TOMATO GIRL?!" Erza screamed and began pummeling the boys into the floor.
Across the room two adults had very different reactions to Erza's outburst. "Ah to be young again." Kushina sighed as she wiped away a tear of pride.
"She really is your daughter." Minato deadpanned with a sweat drop while Naruto watched his sister in awe.
Erza felt a set of eyes watching her so she quickly turned to face a big kid behind her. "You think I look like a tomato too don't you." Erza said with anger in her eyes.
"Y-yes" The boy stammered out in fear. Erza raised her fist to deck him before the boy raised his hands in front of his face for defense and yelled out. "But I like tomatoes."
Erza stopped her punch and studied the boy. She gave a quick nod, "Okay we're friends now." Erza stated before sitting down at an empty desk.
"Um okay." He said before sitting in a seat next to her. "I'm Simon."
"Erza."
"Look at that Minato she really did make a friend." Kushina cooed.
A dark aura radiated from Minato scarring all the adults in the room. Minato opened his hand and a blue sphere of pure ethernano formed in his palm. "He better not try anything."
Kushina swatted him on the shoulder. "Minato they're six. What do you think he's up to? That he's manipulating Erza for something he's not even old enough to understand himself?"
"I wouldn't put it past him." Minato growled while his wife face palmed.
"Hey Erza can you let me borrow your pencil?" Simon asked.
Erza was about to respond when she remembered the promise she made to her father. She looked around and saw that her parents were about to leave. "Hey Dad, Simon is asking me for something." Erza shouted to her dad.
Kushina had to restrain Minato when he tried to lunge at the poor boy.
Author notes
Sorry if you guys wanted me to focus on Foxtail but the fight scene I'm writing might be a bit too ambitious for me. I don't feel like I'm writing it as well as it should be written and I'm dead set against just uploading it without getting it up to par. In other words I now understand how difficult it really is to write these things. I'll try to get the next chapter of foxtail out sometime soon and the good news is that I have spring break soon.
Now I'll get into the possible pairings.
NarutoXLucy
This was the pairing I was planning on when I started this story. I have a good magic planned for her in addition to her gate keys. I rarely see this pairing and I don't understand why they seem like a good pair.
NarutoXHisui (princess of Fiore)
While I was writing this chapter I realized that since Naruto would join the rune knights, (spoiler if the title didn't already give it away) i could easily have this for the pairing. Classic knight and princess story. These were so overdone people stopped doing them now they're underdone. Hisui was barely around in the manga so to me she's a blank canvas. I don't want to do a pairing just because it's underdone but if they do get together Naruto could wind up the King.
I briefly considered Kagura for the pairing but decided against it.
I also need to decide what magic I'll give Naruto I have a few ideas but it seems like whenever I decide on one and begin to think up fight scenarios it becomes overpowered or underpowered.
on a side note I also had a hard time deciding on what age to make them. Timelines are difficult.
I guess that's all so later.
