Author notes
opsie daisy, I updated this chapter but ended submitting the first chapter instead. So as a sort of apology I'll leave a preview of the next chapter at the bottom
just for reference again
italics is for dreams/flashbacks
"quotation marks are for speech"
'whatever these are(apostrophes I think) for inner thoughts'
bold is for demons/monsters speaking
What seemed for an eternity of sobbing, Naruto finally got his bearings together and remembered who he who was with. "You! I don't give a crap if you're Sasuke's great-great grand brat. For all I care you could god himself. You need to be stopped, and I'll make sure of that. I haven't seen my kid in more than ten years and you pull this shit! What did you to her dammit?!" His only sharingan blazing into life, the black man received, what should be impossible, hundreds of images of his death.
The man, staying quiet through the whole tantrum, hesitated to answer. "That is of no concern. What matters now is what course of action..." he responded but suddenly interrupted by the blond's outcry.
"SHUT UP! Don't tell me that crap! Tell me what you did to her! And while you're at it, give me your name to remember what to put on your grave after I'm through with you!"
"I am Zeref Dragneel. And as for..." The now identified Zeref answered but again was interrupted by the 'wise' blond.
"Wait you're not Zebra Uchiha or anything close to it. Now that I mention it who did that teme get with? Was it the one red head? What was her name? Katy? Kayla? Karina? Cheese and crackers am I really losing my mind? Am I finally getting old? Forget that! What did you do to her 'Zeref'" The blond finally remembering what he came here to do, 'kindly' held Zeref who was returning his gaze. The blond finally noticed the red eyes Zeref held, but if it was from anger or from crying he wasn't sure. After finally noticing what the blond had asked, Zeref turned his gaze elsewhere, remembering the cause of this catastrophe.
"Hey why are you looking away!?" Naruto yelled back when he noticed Zeref wasn't going to answer. Getting irritated from the lack of response, he started wiggling him. Just when he had enough, Zeref muttered something incomprehensible. Naruto for some reason couldn't hear what he said, and to be honest he felt as he didn't want to hear it. "For crying out loud talk louder. Aren't you supposed to be a man feared by many?"
"We kissed, and moments after she..." Zeref again was interrupted with what seemed impossible a more furious blond.
"YOU WHAT! You better start praying to that puny god you believe in. I'm gonna make you wish you were born ga..." Out of pure frustration from the blond's lack of understanding, Zeref bravely, or stupidly depending on the point of view interrupted him.
"Sir please understand that I loved her, and she loved me back" 'or at least I'd like to think that she did, she was never clear on how she felt' " I would never do anything to purposely harm her" Zeref spoke with a clear conviction, while his mind was going in overdrive of what Mavis meant to him, and what she thought of him.
Naruto, who miraculously listened to the dark mage's words, was at a loss of words. 'Didn't I tell that idiot to stay away from Zebr- I mean Zeref? Now that I think about it, wasn't she sleeping when I told her? Idiot! That's why I tell all you youngsters to listen to an old man's words of wisdom. The great and powerful Naruto Uzumaki knows all! I can tell he's being sincere, and his body feels tormented with this emotion sensor I got after Kurama and I became partners.'
Zeref, who noticed that the blond was frozen after his declaration, approached Mavis' body. He looked over for a second, in which he had committed to a decision. Using his magic, he inserted a lacrima through Mavis' stomach. After doing so he enchanted a few spells that resulted in a purple magic circle appearing with intricate designs and caused Mavis' body to be lifted three feet in the air. Wind begun to escalate around her body, and the designs were slowly being transferred into the lacrima, with the lights flashing, thus awakening Naruto from his stupor.
"Hey grand-teme what do you think you're doing!?" Naruto yelled over the now screeching wind.
"I am bringing Mavis back from the dead. Now if you could kindly shut up as this requires an immense concentration." Though the situation proved to be hard on Zeref, as you could tell with the sweat forming and intense gaze on Mavis' body, he spoke calmly.
"Stupid brat that's not gonna work! That's only going to destroy her body and cause her soul to be forever lost! Where did you even learn this? Have you tried it on anyone?" Naruto spoke back.
"I have only done this procedure a handful of times. I learned it when I tried to revive my brother." Zeref answered careful to not let out any valuable information.
"Brother?! Where is he right now?"
"...that is of little importance. I'd rather not speak of it." The way he spoke gave Naruto an eerie feeling. He was holding off information, that he was aware of, but how much?
"Look kid I have no idea what happened to your brother, and to be honest I don't care either. What I do care about is protecting Mavis. I know you understand the loss we immortals face. Watching your loved ones die right in front of your eyes isn't something pleasant. But you need to be strong and let things go when they're meant to be. So just stop what you're doing, and let Mavis rest in peace."
Naruto's words caused a momentary pause in Zeref's actions, but that was it. He put even more effort into resuscitating Mavis, but in doing so his focus was haywire. Mavis' body was slowly deteriorating, with cracks appearing on her, what used to be flawless pale, skin. Upon taking notice of what was happening to Mavis', Naruto immediately lunged forward towards Zeref and tackled him hard to ground, ending the spell and causing Mavis' body to fall hard on the ground with a resounding thud. Zeref's anger was at an all-time high after that small scene. He appeared to have an aura of death luminescing over him, with plants and wildlife all around the area losing their life and color.
"Why did you do that?" He calmly spoke, yet you could hear the venom in his voice, as if daring the world to oppose him.
"Why?! Idiot! Don't you see what's happening to her?! Her body's breaking apart! If you kept at it, her body would have been completely destroyed, with no way to put it back together. Not to mention, her soul would be in the hands of the Shinigami, never to be freed. God dammit! Just let me handle this."
Taking a long breath to prepare for the upcoming exhaustion, Naruto closed his visible right eye and spoke in his mind. 'Yo! Kurama! You awake!' Silence was all he received, his thoughts echoing through all the calamity of the situation. 'Come on Kurama, I know you hear me! At least tell the others!' Again silence was all he got. 'Look Kurama I'm sorry that I haven't let you guys out in a while, or even spoke to you guys. I really am. It's just that times have been more peaceful than they were back then. I know that's not an excuse but please lend me your power.'
While Naruto was having his internal struggle, Zeref was having one of his own. 'Are you gonna do something! It's been more than five minutes and you have yet to act! And why do you have your eyes closed?! I thought she was your most precious person. Do something already. I love her. Please...'
Seconds later after both had come to terms to the situation, a voice finally responded to both their prayers. 'Kit. It's been a while hasn't it?' The voice in Naruto's mind was all groggy, and exhausted, yet it filled hope into the host. 'Kurama! Thank god! I was starting to get restless. Did you hear what I had to say?'
'Hey keep your voice down, I was in a slumber you know. Feels like I slept for two centuries. And yeah we all heard you. The rest of them just want to keep sleeping though.'
'Pretty sure it was only one century. Anyway, what did you guys think? Are you guys gonna help out? You guys have an idea of what I'm planning right?'
'Yeah, yeah! You're planning on leaving some entities on her like your father did with me by sealing my yang in you. Too much of a hassle if you ask me. Well, do as you please, not like can argue with you.'
'Come on Kurama, I know you guys actually like me, if not then why was I chosen as the jinchuuriki for all nine of you. Besides I'm only planning on leave you guys yin half, that is if you guys agree on doing this.' You could hear the desperation in his voice even though he tried to hide it. He was sincere with his explanation but time was an essence.
'Look Kit! I already said that we do whatever you like. We're the slaves and you're the master. Simple as that. Isn't this how things work?' From the years of living together, Naruto got what Kurama was trying to say.
'Huh? Seems this bastard still won't admit that he'll help out just cuz he feels like it. Who's this fur ball trying to fool with the whole I'm the epitome of evil act?'
'You do realize that I just heard that right? As for me acting like I'm evil, should I remind you WHO THE MIGHTY AND FEARSOME KYUUBI IS?!' Naruto could have sworn that the earth itself shook from the outburst. Therefore, Naruto immediately took action before Kurama started another rant on his evilness.
'Get on with it you say? Okay don't mind if I do.' Ignoring Kurama's outburst on how he was being ridiculed by a puny human, he concentrated to find that inner power he hadn't used in a while. 'Okay breathe and release,' he thought, and moments later he felt the surge of power. Finally opening his eye, he found the shocked look on what used to be an always calm Zeref. 'Looks like I broke through the calm facade he always has.' But who wouldn't be surprised by the scene. There stood a golden flamed Naruto and black markings covering his body. The ground was cracked and there were rocks and other particles flying off from the power emanating from him.
"HIS POWER LEVEL IS OVER 9000!" Joked Naruto, though it seemed Zeref didn't understand, or even heard it, as he was still in shock and just stood frozen. Ignoring Zeref, which wasn't too hard since he lacked a reaction, the last ninja went to work.
"ATTENTION ALL PASSENGERS! WE HAVE ARRIVED AT MAGNOLIA TOWN, OUR FINAL DESTINATION! PLEASE EXIT CAREFULLY! THANK YOU FOR PICKING US AS YOUR TRAVEL! HAVE A NICE DAY!" Came the loud voice of the speakers that informed all the passengers except one who was in a peaceful slumber before the announcement. The words fell into deaf ears of the blond man. Naruto jolted due to the sudden change in pace of the train and the loud sounds reproduced from the announcer and passengers exiting. The abrupt stop had caused not only for him to wake up from the flashback, but also caused the book that was resting on his temple to fall. The sudden loss of the book caused him to be blinded by the lights.
"Ugh stupid daylight! Now where's my book The Tale of the Utterly Gutsy Shinobi." Trying to find it, though still partially blinded, the blond stood up, with his long blond hair swinging from side to side by his hips, only to feel a tug on his red coat. Finally regaining his vision in his lone eye, Naruto saw a little boy, no older than eight holding on to his book. Behind the boy stood his mother, who had a proud look on her face for how responsible her boy was acting.
"This is yours! Right mister?" The boy spoke in a soft, innocent voice.
"Yeah. Thanks for picking that up for me."
"No problem mister. Mommy always says to pick up stuff that old people drop because they can't do much from laying on the bed all day long. Here you go!" The boy spoke again in that innocent voice, but you could hear excitement in it for doing something his mother would surely be proud of. Upon hearing what her boy just said, the mother tried to hurry her son before anything more embarrassing happens. She took the book from her son, and was handing it to the blond, who was muttering something about him not looking old and kids these still don't respect their elders, when she noticed the title and the very explicit images on the cover. It read Icha Icha Paradise 6 and had an image of the top portion of a beautiful, naked blond woman with a large bust that was barely covered by the title.
"What type of literature is this?! Have you no shame?! Ah! My little boy touched it! Peter, hurry up! I'm taking you to a church to cleanse all the evil out!"
"Woah woman calm down, it's just a book. And I'll have you know that the book was what inspired my parents in naming me. As a matter of fact, my life is loosely based off that book's main character." Naruto responded to the mother's insults, oblivious to what the book actually was.
"What vulgar things are you saying?! And in front of my little Peter!"
"Look ma'am, that book has an incredible story, and if 'Peter' here wants to read it, I'll gladly lend it to him and retrieve once he's done, though it appears that not the case. So can I just my book back?"
"Gladly! Here!" The mother turns away, dragging with one hand little Peter, who was waving goodbye to the blond, and uses the other hand to throw the book back without even looking. Naruto reacted right away by dolphin diving towards the book and catching it before it could hit the ground.
"My precious. My precious." Naruto repeats hunched over, with his eye closed, and holding the book close to his face, still oblivious to what he was holding and doing. Finally opening his lone eye, he takes note of the book. "My precious? Wait! Why am I holding onto this book? Shouldn't it be The Tale of the Gutsy Ninja, not Icha Icha Paradise 6? Don't tell me I grabbed my memento from Kakashi sensei instead of the actual book from my bag last night. Then... Wait! Ma'am it's not what you think! Wait!" So thus he took chase after the fleeing mother and son.
Upon looking back and not seeing any trace of what she considered a perverted man, she stopped and took a breather, along with her boy. "Phew! That was close! Listen here Peter, you stay away from people like him okay?"
"Yeah kid listen to your mother. Stay away from perverts, and any suspicious people." Hearing the voice from behind her, she immediately reacted by screaming and shortly after fainted.
"Huh? Didn't expect that to happen. Guess I'll just wait till she wakes up. Hey Peter! Let's go sit on the bench by the shade over there." The blond gently picks up the unconscious woman, and proceeds to carry her towards the bench with the boy following him. He lays her down on the bench, using his bag as a pillow.
"What to do? Hey kid do you know where you're supposed to be going?"
"With my daddy. He lives here, but I don't know where because mommy and daddy don't live together. This is my first time meeting him." The little boy answered back and Naruto could tell even without his abnormal affinity in reading people's emotions from being the kyuubi's jinchuuriki that he was really nervous about visiting his father.
"Hey don't worry about it. I'm sure your mother's alright, and once she wakes you'll be on your way meeting him. I'm sure he still loves you. Tell you what, while we wait for your mom to wake I'll read a chapter or two from my favorite book. What do you say?" Spoke Naruto trying to ease the kid and to kind of inspire him through the use of very emotional and exciting scenes from the book.
It wasn't until half an hour later that the mother regained her senses. The first thing she saw was her little boy being attentive to every word spoken from a blond man. 'Wait! Blond man?!' She immediately screeched once she noticed who the blond man was. "You! What did you do my body while I was asleep? Forget that! What did you do to my poor boy?!"
"Oh you're awake?! Great! I just need to say a couple things, and ask one question and you can be your way."
"I'm not answering anything!"
"Please I just need to do this. You can refuse to answer my question, but let me do this to clear things up."
"Forget it! Peter we're leaving! Come over her..."
Before she could finish speaking the blond did something she would never consider he could do. There stood Naruto with his head bowed down, showing he was sincere in his apology.
"I'm really sorry for what happened in the station. I was sure that the book I picked to cover me from the lights was the book I claimed, but apparently it wasn't. It was actually a book my late sensei gave to me as a memento. I deeply apologize for scaring you back there, and for wasting your time. Would you allow me to speak about your son however?"
Finally getting over her shock and understanding his words, she dumbly nodded as she was still at a loss of words.
"I commend you on how you single handedly raised your boy, but trust me, that boy is going to need his father. Living without parents is a painful experience that no child should face. It is possible to move forward and have a great life without them, but you're forced to mature earlier and have somewhat of a bittersweet childhood. Please allow Peter to meet with his father more since he has the opportunity to do so, unlike many." At the last sentence, Naruto bowed again to show respect. The words touched the mother as she recalled all the times Peter was always trying to make her happy, instead of the other way around. He was always acting polite and trying to make her proud.
'My little Peter sure is growing fast. Stupid kid, I'm the one that's supposed to make you happy, not the other way around. I'll make sure to fix that.' She thought displaying a small genuine smile. "Yeah I think I understand what you're getting at. I'll make sure he has the best childhood he can."
"Thanks for listening, I'm sure things will work out. Now you should hurry up and take him to his father. Time's a-wastin'!"
"Alright then. Thanks for looking out for him while I was passed out. It also seems he isn't nervous about meeting his father anymore, so thanks."
"Don't worry about that, that was all my fault, it's the least I could do."
The mother accepted that, and began to walk away holding hands with a clearly excited Peter. The scene appeared to be like a scene out of a movie with the perfect setting. The sun was setting, giving the sky an intense red color. The streets were dying out with people going home, giving of a mood of serenity. The boy suddenly turned around and waved at Naruto.
"Bye mister! Thanks for reading me that book!" The boy spoke with clear excitement and gratefulness. That book the 'old man' read gave him a strong conviction in meeting his father.
Naruto just waved back until he remembered something. He forgot to ask them the question. 'I'm really starting to lose it!' "Hey! I forgot to ask you guys my real question. Do you guys happen to know where the Fairy Tail guild is?!" He called out to the retreating family.
The mother turned around and pointed towards the center of the city. "Fairy Tail? It should be in that direction. It's one the biggest buildings in town, and it's really hard to miss."
"Okay! Thanks! The name is Naruto Uzumaki and I'm at your service. Just give me a heads up." Naruto then bowed his head again towards them and moments later disappeared from view in an impressive speed. The mother was left in awe again, but shortly after smiled at knowing there were still good men in this world. It wasn't until she and her boy met the father that she realized the mistake she made by taking the opportunity of them being with each other. All because of a stupid argument she decided to leave the man she loved, and still loved. They were most likely going to restart their relationship as he was still single ever since she left him. That itself proved he still loved her. Living here in Magnolia wouldn't be too bad, and she had a feeling that the town was going to go through big changes and that man was at the center of it. 'Naruto Uzumaki, huh?'
There stood Naruto, in a brown robe with its hood covering him, in front of an old, red two-story building. "So this is your legacy Mavis-chan. Fairy Tail huh? Well, let the adventure begin!" He said, proud of what his granddaughter (he lost the count of from generation she was from) accomplished. Thus begins the true story with the push of those sturdy old doors.
Author notes
Hope you enjoyed that new chapter. There isn't going to be much or any more on the mother and son, I only had this scene to show more of Naruto's character. Just showing that even though he matured a lot there's still some of his old persona, though this is only happening at the moment because he hasn't made a lot of contact with people due to his isolation. You'll see how he'll progress in future chapters.
so this is the preview of the next chapter. Again I'm sorry for mixing up the chapters
Understanding that something was needed to be done, he acted. He approached who seemed to be the master as he had this air of power. The short, old man with a bald spot on his spiky, gray hair dressed in a peculiar outfit that resembled a joker, was currently chugging a mug of beer on top of the bar counter. As he approached the old man that was steadily watching him, the last ninja was aware of the stares he was receiving from the guild members. Finally standing a meter of the master, the hooded man spoke in a groggy, raspy voice that gave him off as an old man with the long beard he was adorning and the covered face due to the hood of his brown robe.
"The master, you are? Hmmm."
"Huh? What's that sonny?" Inquired the old man, surprised by the manner this new arrival was speaking.
"Strong and powerful, you are. Join, I wish to. Hmmm."
"You okay kid? Here I think you need this." The master said handing him a beer. The whole guild was at a loss at what was happening with the socially, awkward hooded old man and their old master. Naruto, however, proceeded as if nothing weird was happening.
"Understand, you do not. Strong in you, the magic is. Naruto Uzumaki, I am. Hmmm."
"Okay Naruto Uzumaki, what brings an old coot like you to our humble abode?"
"Join, I wish to."
The scene may seem weird now but I'm sure you'll understand it better next chapter. Until then!
