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How does one define a home?
(Re-edited by etheral-23)
Chapter 2: Home sweet guild, welcome to the madhouse!
Water drips from a dozen pipes attached to walls around him. His shadowed cerulean eyes gaze ahead at the being that is imprisoned within his soul since he was an infant.
"Why do you limit yourself, Naruto, around such weaklings…? With my power you could claim this world as your own."
For two years he had heard this talk with some many different words. Naruto honestly wondered if the damn fox was ever going to give up trying, tempting him into releasing him. Some days he wondered why he kept coming back here, but he knew better.
Thus, here the blond was in his mindscape again, standing near the prison which holds the Bijuu king himself. The ancient fox demon gazing down at him as the blond's cerulean eyes narrow; "I never cared for that and you know it."
The Kyuubi snorts; "All humans crave power. You sought the power from those wretched amphibians to avenge that perverted fool Jiraiya, thus becoming a Sage, did you not? What makes you different than the rest of those hairless monkeys?"
Almost snorting himself, the blond replies. "I won't lie, saying I wasn't pissed off at Nagato for what he did to Ero-Sennin, or to Konoha for his twisted sense of peace. But I would be no better than Sasuke by holding onto vengeance." Naruto gave small absent thought. "I never did ask, but how am I still able to use nature chakra?"
A dry look comes from the ancient fox; "Two years in Earthland and you finally get around to asking that? Chakra is an energy that exists in all things, under different names, no matter what the dimension within space and time. Such was Lady Kami's decree. It is no different here. And though while these mages store it within their bodies as well, it appears to be more linked to their mind and spirit rather than biologically like shinobi's. So it allows them to use it differently than ninjas. Thought that old fool of a toad explained the nature of chakra to you?"
Naruto did not rise at the mocking tone of the fox. The blond knew the Kyuubi was not the easiest person to get along with. He had come to terms with that a year after being stuck in Earthland. He stopped hating the fox and blaming him for things like a spoiled child would do.
The honest truth is; Kyuubi did not want to be sealed away any more than Naruto wanting to be a Jinchurriki. But neither one had any real say in the matter.
Meeting the ghost of your father can help change a person's thoughts. Although he would be lying, saying it did not still feel satisfyingly good in punching his Tou-san in the stomach.
Instead he has been trying to speak kindly and be friendly with the Kyuubi which has been an uphill battle from the beginning. Trust was the first issue and still is. But he would not stop trying.
Even if he did want to pull his hair out. One little strand at a time.
XxX ~ xx ~ XxX
Sitting in a passenger car of a train, Lucy watches Naruto quietly. The trio, plus cat, was able to get onto the last train departing to Magnolia before the local guard could ever hope in catching them, and in time for Lucy to change back into her previous clothes.
How could someone be so perfectly still while in a moving train?
Is he sleeping or is he meditating? She wasn't really sure. Looking to her right she sweatdrops seeing Natsu and Happy devour some food like a dying man that came from the passing trolley a few minutes ago.
Still she could not stop smiling. I can't believe I am actually going to join Fairy Tail! However a thought hit her, a memory of what Naruto had said while fighting Bora. "Why did Naruto call himself a ninja?"
Taking the fish out of his mouth Happy answers; "Because that's what Naruto told all of us he is."
Lucy pales at the thought. Ninjas were assassins, and like all assassins, they had a terrible reputation as cold blooded killers.
Naruto opens one eye looking dryly over at Lucy. "Right now you were thinking a ninja is supposed to be ruthless cold blooded assassins that lurk in the shadows and only fights at night, right?"
The buxom blond girl blushes as she looks down in embarrassment. "Yes." However she blinks and looks back to her fellow blond. "You were awake the whole time?"
"Lightly napping, and trust me Lucy, not everything is like what you read from a manga or book or even what you hear about ninja. We have to do normal things too, like everyone else, in order to survive."
Now Lucy's curiosity get the best of her. "So what do you do besides guild jobs?"
"Oh he is all over Magnolia helping out when someone needs something done. From walking dogs to repairing people's houses, carrying overly heavy crates for an old lady's shop, arrange flowers, that sorta stuff." Natsu said, deciding to bring himself in the conversation.
Lucy lifts an eyebrow, not believing her ears. "Arranging flowers?"
Naruto rolls his eyes, clearly not amused by Natsu's jabs at his day to day skills. "Pinky means gardening. I have been doing that since I was little kid." One of the few small hobbies he really enjoyed and never stopped besides pranks.
Smiling, Lucy decides to change gears, current ones broken from confusion. "So what is Fairy Tail like?"
Natsu smirks while Naruto chuckles, Happy deciding to speak for them both. "We won't spoil it."
"Aye, sir!"
XxX ~ Era ~ XxX
As the early morning sun raises, the governing body of over all the guilds; otherwise known as the Magic council, is called in to an impromptu session. The nine members convene in the main chamber which is a large magic seal as the floor.
All of them take a, save one, look dryly at the destruction of the port town Hargeon left by Naruto and Natsu.
"Those idiots in Fairy Tail have gone and done it again! Now they gone and destroyed an entire port!" A male councilman almost yells out.
"What is the matter with them?" Another councilman asks out loud.
"Do we know which members were involved with this 'little' mess?" The chairman speaks in an exasperated tone.
A diminutive elderly man in tan slacks and stripped sweater with large bushy eyebrows and odd triple pointed hat speaks. "Natsu Dragneel and Naruto Uzumaki." Most eyes shift towards his way when hearing the second name.
The gorgeous raven haired woman wearing a low cut one long sleeve kimono with a red choker stands at the old man's right slightly licks her lips. Naruto Uzumaki…
"Uzumaki? He normally is the sanest one of the whole guild. Rarely get any complaints about him. Or is it mainly due to him repairing all the damage done with those weird clones of his he can make?" The chairman asks. His actions may diminish a bit of the damage done, but it doesn't replace destroyed property. Not to mention the fact that some of that destruction was caused by him in the first place.
Fairy Tail, they were all the same.
"I believe he calls it 'Kage-Bunshin' sir. And for the most part people really love him for all the work he does outside of normal sanctioned jobs. He truly believes in hard work that much is plainly clear to see." The raven haired woman says smiling with voice a sultry tone.
Most of the council raises an eyebrow to her tone. "You're quite taken of him Ultear."
To the short elderly wizard's left a handsome man wearing a fancy white suite with short blue hair and strange tattoo over his right eye smirks. "Well I for one am rather quite fond of the dimwits and their lazy fare attitude."
"That is very true Siegrain. They may behave like fools but let's not forget they are an extremely capable lot." The short elderly wizard nods.
Another councilman grunts, intrigued as well. "That is true. They do pose quite the quandary."
The blue haired man smiles. "I think we should leave them be. After all if it wasn't for those fools... Think how boring this world would be."
Ultear stops an image of Naruto using that strange spell or, a jutsu, whatever, called Rasengan on Bora. His power is so fascinating. Along with that very strange magic of his. I know he would never sway to us. But I still want to see more of his power.
XxX ~ Magnolia ~ XxX
Lucy could not believe what was in front of her as both Naruto and Natsu smirk at her with Happy sitting on the blond sage's shoulder. In front of them was the very guild their new friend couldn't stop smiling at the moment they left the train station. In fact, her smile only grew with even more excitement.
The guild itself is by far the largest building in Magnolia, next to the Kardia cathedral. A three story building that, to Naruto, looks a lot like some of the pagoda style houses from the old clans back in his own world. At the top of the building is a golden pointed tip dome that looks like something from Sunagakure. The large Fairy Tail banner hanging proudly on the second floor exterior.
All in all a really damn cool looking place by the young Sennin's standards. And by Lucy's face, she was already in love with the building alone.
"Welcome to Fairy Tail Lucy!" Happy smiles brightly.
Lifting up his leg Natsu kicks open the doors. "WE MADE IT BACK ALIVE!"
"We're home." Naruto and Happy say together, giving a deadpanning look at Natsu.
Inside, Lucy sees that the first floor of Fairy Tail resembles a large tavern complete with a well sized bar with bar stools. Around the bar are at least a dozen tables where the members of the guild cheer loudly now seeing two of its members are back.
Leaning back on chair a man with beaver-like front teeth smirks at the dragon-slayer; "Hey Natsu heard you destroyed a-GAH!"
Before finishing that sentence, Natsu's foot makes contact with the man's face sending him and table he sat at flying. Lucy only looks mortified while Naruto face palms and Happy sighs.
"Why on earth did you do that?!" Lucy screams.
"You lied about that Salamander! I am going to kick your ass!" Natsu roars, almost failing at keeping the fire in his belly from coming out his mouth.
The beaver toothed man sits up from under the broken table with a tick mark on his head. "It is a rumor I heard you dumb-ass! Don't get mad at me!"
Just barely containing his inferno, Natsu screams. "It was just a rumor?!"
Lucy only gawks as soon as Natsu and the other guild member start fighting and literally ripping through the guild hall sparking mostly everyone else into a massive brawl. Naruto only shakes his head while Happy wisely stays on his shoulder.
"And this is a normal day" The blond Sennin sighs.
"You're just kidding right?" Lucy asks meekly.
Happy only sighs on Naruto's shoulder. "Aye, we are not kidding."
"So, Natsu finally made it back, HUH?!"
Looking over to the bar the buxom blond blushes a storm seeing a man around Natsu's height and same build with short raven dark hair standing proudly in only his boxers and a necklace. On the right side of his chest is a blue version of the Fairy Tail symbol.
"That is Gray, Fairy Tail's residential nudist, also normal." Naruto explains feeling his eye twitching.
Gray stomps over to epicenter of the brawl. "Time to settle things once and for all Natsu!"
"Gray, your clothes!" A sultry female voice speaking over the chaos.
Gray jumps in without a second thought about his outfit. "I don't have time for that!"
Sitting on one the bar stools is a tall beautiful fair skinned voluptuous young woman with mid-back length wavy brunette hair with two long bangs framing her face as her only eyes look on dryly. wearing a pair of hip hugging carpi pants, a light colored belt with a heart shaped buckle, high-heel sandals, four metal bracelets with two one biceps another on his wrists. Last part of her outfit is a blue bikini top holding her perfectly sized breasts. Her Fairy Tail mark on her left side of her waist.
"Our fortune teller Cana. Loads of fun, you'll see." Naruto points to the bar for Lucy.
Cana sighs. "This is why I don't date the men here. They just have zero to no class."
Naruto feels a few tick marks on his face as he glares over at the brunette; "So says the woman who, when was really drunk off her ass, liked trying to get into my pants!"
Cana only winks back as she nearly purrs, clearly proud of her attempts. "Come on, a girl has to have some fun!"
"I am surprised you never went out with that female ningen," Kyuubi chimes in his opinion.
Cana-chan is a really good person but I am not into drunks. We can thank baa-chan for that.
"Come over here and fight me Natsu!" Gray yells kicking away a broken chair.
The said rosette haired man glares over while punching away a guild member. "Not until you put some clothes on!"
Walking past Naruto, Happy and Lucy, who is currently hiding behind her fellow blond, now gasps seeing a tall towering short white spiky haired man with his arms crossed. Wearing the same Gakuran style outfit like Naruto but blue dark blue with the collar open and sandals.
A now eighteen year old Elfman scowls at the scene. "It's not even noon and you brats are whining like spoiled babies!"
Naruto smirks and waves up at the towering figure. "Yo, Elfman!"
Shifting his gaze right the tall man sees Naruto squinting at him while waving his hand and Happy eating a fish on his friend's shoulder. Elfman lifts an eyebrow seeing a young blond woman meekly hiding behind Naruto. Mentally shrugging it off he looks back to his best friend.
"Mira-nee has been waiting for you."
Almost instantly, to Lucy's disbelief, she sees Naruto go ghostly white with a look of pure terror in his eyes. "She heard about Hargeon."
However, before Naruto could ever bring up weak retort dual fists slams into Elfman's face sending him flying. Lucy only sweat drops. "They took him down that easily?"
"Well it got nosier in here." A smooth male voice catches Lucy's attention.
There sitting at a table is a handsome average height man with a beautiful girl in each arm with short burnt orange hair wearing rimless azure glasses. He is wearing an open green jacket with a white fur collar with orange shirt with odd face underneath. Finally he wears baggy jeans with brown shoes.
The buxom blond looks over to Uzumaki. "And that is?"
"That is Loke. Don't let his charm fool you the man is a pure player. He really is a good loyal friend but still a womanizer."
Both wince seeing Loke take a hit from a can that would hit the girls.
"Are you okay Loke?" one the girl asks with concern.
Grunting Loke gets to his feet showing the girls a charming smirk. "I'm going to go fight. So I can protect you two."
"Good luck Loke!" The girls say together swooning.
Naruto does a double take while Happy sweat drops seeing Lucy having a book out marking Loke's picture with an 'X' with a red marker. "Well he is off my list." They also notice other male members of the guild.
She has a potential boyfriend list? Both Naruto and Happy thought the exact same thing.
"What the hell is wrong with these people?" Lucy deadpans.
The young Sennin was about to object till they see Natsu slamming a broken table at someone. Naruto chuckles rubbing the back of his head sheepishly. "I would like to say we're just a little bit of a rowdy bunch here."
"~Oh, Foxy-Kun!" A soft melodic voice speaks above the brawl.
The whole guild suddenly freezes and goes deathly silent as Lucy sees Naruto going ramrod straight and pale white as a ghost with Happy flying off his shoulder and landing on hers. Looking behind them the buxom celestial wizard cheeks turns pure scarlet as she feels her heart rate slightly jump.
It's her! "Mirajane..." Lucy whispers warmly. In the flesh!
Her moonlit blue eyes look sternly right at Naruto as she wears her usual elegant and sleeveless ankle-length maroon dress with a pleated skirt. On the chest is adorned by a large pink bow, and similarly colored trimmings framing her neckline that is acting as the straps, as well as circle around the waist and finally her high-heel shoes. Around her neck is a silver necklace with a beautiful azure oval gem.
"Turn around Foxy-kun." Mirajane places her hands on her hips.
As if his body is on a turning wheel Lucy sweat drops as Naruto slowly begins to make eye contact. The blond Sennin weakly smiles; "H… Hey Mira-chan."
For such a supposed bad ass ninja his sole fear is a woman who barely comes up to his chest. Is the exact same thought among everyone in the guild hall? With a single eye open even the Kyuubi was watching silently while trying not to laugh his ass off.
Mirajane says nothing as she only continues to stare at Naruto. "If that look is about Hargeon I can explain."
Now crossing her arms under her breasts the take-over wizard lifts an eyebrow but still stays silent.
"That lead we had of Salamander was actually some jabroni pretender using illegal charm rings on women into thinking they were in love, but was actually using them for a slave ring. So Natsu and I stopped him. We just happen to blow up half of the port along with it." He was still proud of stopping that bastard Bora.
The white haired beauty sill stays quiet, but she was now sporting a dry look on her face. Not able to take it anymore, Naruto slumps his shoulders and bows his head. "I promise not to blow up another port Mira-chan."
Those words leaving his lips a sweet smile appears on Mirajane's lips as she pats the blond's head. "That's a good boy."
Saying that a large goofy smile appears on Naruto's face looking back up as Mirajane giggles at him. Gazing over the beautiful white hair wizard now sees a gawking blond girl. "Oh, are you new here?"
Within seconds the entire guild members plus Lucy face fault onto the ground but quickly rise. "THAT'S ALL HE GETS!?" All of Magnolia stopping hearing the thundering yells from Fairy Tail.
With that, the brawl resumes like nothing had happened.
Clearing his throat Naruto looks over to his fellow blond. "Lucy this is Mirajane Strauss. Mira-Chan this is Lucy, a Celestial Wizard."
"Welcome, you would be the first Celestial Wizard we ever had!" Mirajane says smiling sweetly.
The blush returns to Lucy's cheeks seeing the take-over wizard's warm bright smile. Meekly bowing her head with a near whisper, a thank you coming from her lips, before Naruto puts his hands on each lady's shoulders making them duck from a stray beer bottle which flies safely over the trio. Standing normally the Sennin lightly glares.
"HEY!" The blond Sennin's voice roaring over the brawl. "Throw that at someone else Dattebayo!" Naruto growls shaking his fist.
"AYE!" Happy getting into the spirit of things, though from the side-lines only.
When shaking out of her stupor, hearing the white haired busty woman giggling at Naruto, Lucy weakly points in the direction of the ensuing madness while looking at a smiling Mirajane. "Shouldn't we try to stop them?"
"Oh, they are always like this, I just leave them alone." Mirajane waves off Lucy's concern. She was about to speak again before both ladies find themselves standing on the rafters with Naruto holding them just as Elfman is sent flying where Mirajane was standing and slams into a large table.
Lucy only blinks as the trio plus cat are back on ground level with Naruto letting go of their shoulders looking dryly over at an unconscious Elfman. "Thank you Foxy-Kun. It's kinda fun; don't you think Lucy-San?" Mirajane grins warmly.
A weak dumbfounded nod comes from the buxom blond as she shakily looks over at Naruto; "What did you do?"
The taller blond winks, playing coy. "What did 'I' do indeed?" Glad Kakashi-Sensei taught me shunshin.
"Just took the lazy masked pervert for you nearly getting killed by his own technique from that wretched Uchiha brat to do something," Kyuubi chimes inside Naruto's head.
He made up for it didn't him? Kakashi-Sensei helped both me and Sakura-Chan by training us for real. It was damn nice for Ero-Sennin to help me rebuild my skills from the ground up on that three year trip. From Taijutsu, chakra control, to even Fūinjutsu. Hell even Kenjutsu, who would guess I would find my gift in those last two. Nice knowing I took after Kaa-san
The fox says nothing; he remembers well his container learning about his parentage when becoming a Chūnin upon returning with the pervert of a Sage from that training trip. It was a bittersweet moment for Naruto, learning he could be the last of his mother's clan.
Lucy pouts now knowing Naruto was not going to say what he did seconds ago. Soon the trio sees Gray slamming into a table now minus his boxers, which are now in a smirking Natsu's hand. The buxom blond blushes a storm covering her eyes while Mirajane, Naruto, and Happy only shake their heads.
"Give me back my underwear you jerk!" Gray roars, standing while naked as the day he was born.
For whatever reason the nudist turns, seeing Lucy blush becoming almost full body and having to covering her eyes. The blond Sennin only snorts catching his fellow blond's eyes looking through her fingers downwards at Gray which only makes Mirajane lightly giggles.
"Excuse me miss, may I please borrow your underwear?" The raven haired naked man asks politely.
Naruto's and Happy's jaws drop, clocking the floor so hard they would feel it later. "Did he just ask that?!"
Without missing a beat, Lucy miraculously grabs a giant paper fan out of nowhere and slamming it into Grey's face sending him flying. "AS IF!"
The buxom blond soon finds herself being carried bridal style by Loke giving a charming smile. "A woman needs to be treated with care."
A hard fist from Elfman rockets the residential lady killer away making Lucy yelp as she hits the ground. "REAL MEN SPEAK WITH THEIR FISTS LOKE!"
Naruto sweat drops, clearly seeing resemblance time and again. Guy-Sensei and bushy brow would just love Elfman. He hears Kyuubi snorting. Both Mirajane and Naruto help Lucy back up to her feet as everyone gets rowdier, seeing Natsu straight kick into Elfman's face, sending him flying.
Cana sighs, tossing her current empty drink away. "So much for having a drink in peace." Picking up a single card from her deck it begins glowing green. "Alright you guys I suggest you knock it off!"
Slamming his fist into his open palm, Gray, who recovered his boxers, glares over to Cana as frost builds around his hands. "Oh yeah Cana!? Says who?!"
Back to his feet, Elfman roars raising his right arm into the air as it shifts into stone. Not too far away flames cover Natsu's fists while Loke lightly touches the ring on his finger.
"What a bunch of nuisances." Loke glares to Natsu.
The dragon slayer only grins with a primal feral pleasure. "I'm ready for ya!"
Lucy hides fearfully behind Naruto who only sighs, Happy eating a fish on his shoulder while Mirajane stands beside him smiling. "Do they always fight like this?" The buxom blond asks weakly.
"AYE!" Happy replies taking the fish out of his mouth.
"Yep." Both Naruto and Mirajane say in unison.
As if this day couldn't raise her blood pressure anymore, she looked flabbergasted at the trio. "None of you sound worried!"
Lucy's eyes almost bulge out of her sockets as a giant horned figure appears in the middle of the guild hall slamming his foot on the ground shaking the entire building. "WILL YOU FOOLS STOP BICKERING LIKE CHILDREN?!" His deep authoritative voice echoing throughout the entire hall.
"HE'S HUGE!" Lucy squeaks out with her eyes like dinner plates.
Everyone within the guild freezes save Naruto and Mirajane who both look at the giant smiling. "I am sorry; I did not know you were here master." Mirajane speaks up.
"Yo, Jiji!" Naruto promptly getting a sharp elbow to the stomach from his white haired friend looking at him dryly while the blond glares back at her.
Lucy gawks. "Did you just say master!?"
Soon the trio looks over hearing Natsu laughing, not letting the giant intimidate him. "You guys are a bunch of babies! Looks like I won this round you-GUH!" Before he could finish that sentence the master stomps on him, making Lucy squeak.
The master shifts his head to Lucy as she quickly hides behind Naruto. "Seems we have a new recruit."
"Yes, Sir!" Lucy squeaks out behind Naruto.
Roaring as magic gather around him, the buxom blond only gawks with her eyes bulging as the master soon begins to shrinks.
Naruto snorts, rolling his eyes. I swear he does this on purpose.
"Like you can talk." Kyuubi growls out.
Lucy's jaw almost unhinges watching the master shrink down to his natural very short height wearing a white shirt with the guild emblem in the center and orange shorts, and orange hoodie over his shirt. Finally on his head is an orange with blue stripes jester hat and papers rolled up in his left hand and waves with his right to Lucy with warm smile.
"Nice to meet ya!"
Jiji wears orange and looks cool. Meanwhile I used to wear orange and people bitched at me, unfair I say! Naruto mentally grumbles.
The Kyuubi now could not stop himself; "BECAUSE A NINJA IS SUPPOSE TO 'BLEND' IN WITHIN THEIR ENVIRONMENT! NOT LOOK LIKE A FUCKING WALKING CAUTION SIGN YOU DUMB ASS!"
The blond Sennin winces hearing the fox yelling/roaring at him.
"He's tiny! This guy is really in charge here?" Lucy asks while still gawking.
Mirajane giggles, having fun at Lucy's expense. "Of course he is. Let me introduce you to our guild master; Makarov Dreyar."
"Or Jiji as me, Natsu, and Gray call him. More fitting for his age." Naruto chimes in getting an elbow to the stomach again by Mira.
Turning around Makarov jumps into the air to the second floor balcony. He stops as his head hits the wooden railing of the stairs to S-class lounge. Groaning, Makarov recovers as he stands on the railing looking down at the guild members.
"You gone and done it again! You bunch of clods, look what the council sent to me." Makarov lifts up the papers in his hands shaking it angrily. "NARUTO! I thought you were supposed to watch Natsu, not join in and destroy a port!"
The blond Sennin's eye twitches, annoyed at being blamed for this. "Don't look at me Dattebayo! Besides I agree with Natsu on kicking that Bora's ass for impersonating us! Besides, god knows what he would have done to Lucy and those girls if we did not stop him!"
The guild is silent as Naruto and Makarov glare at each other before the master breaks it when sighing. "I do not disagree on stopping that man and his thugs but did you both have to blow up Hargeon?"
Naruto sighs raising his hands stopping any further argument while Natsu sheepishly scratches the back of his head. Lucy looks at her new fellow blond friend with concern as he lowers his hands.
The old master then resumes at the rest of the guild members. "Grey!" the said exhibitionist lifts and eyebrow looking up. "Good job in taking down that smuggling organization. But did you after to walk around the town NAKED afterwards! Then ran off after stealing some underwear while it was being dried!"
The raven haired man looks sheepish while scratching his cheek; "Least I wasn't naked then right?"
Naruto face-palms while Mirajane shakes her head sighing. Even the Kyuubi sweatdrops at Grey's antics.
Elfman sweatdrops looking at the man dryly; "Then don't be naked to start with." Idiot…
Makarov sighs; "Elfman, you had a mission to escort a VIP, but assaulted him during the mission!"
"Well he said 'men are all about education' so…" the tall man rubs his chin awkwardly.
Mira looks dryly over at her brother while the blond Sennin snickers watching his buddy shrink under his sister's gaze.
"The Council does not pay for your tab after drinking 15 barrels of alcohol Cana," A vein pops on Makarov's head as he glares down at the fortune teller.
Damn they found out; Cana mentally curses looking away.
"Holy shit," Naruto actually gawks to the buxom brunette. And people say I'm ballsy dattebayo…
"More like fucking insane in my grand personal opinion."
OI!
"Loke… Flirting with councilman Reiji's granddaughter. And that talent agency charging us for damages compensation as well!" The said playboy of Fairy Tail looks away sheepishly.
Makarov soon slumps forward; "Once again Natsu… Wiping out the Devon thief family but destroying seven houses that belong to the townspeople! Not to mention leveling a historical clock tower in Tully Village. Burning down a church in Freesia. Damaging parts of Lupinus castle. Nazuna Ravine observatory COLLAPSING and closed till further notice!"
Lucy sweatdrops while gawking at the rosette haired man; all of those incidents were Natsu!
Rubbing his eyes Naruto only shakes his head while Mirajane softly giggles at him.
"Have you all lost your minds?! Is all you kids are good for is getting the higher ups mad at me?!" Makarov trembles with some rage.
Everyone looks down sheepishly while Lucy lightly bites her lip and Mirajane rests her head on Naruto's shoulder.
"Well… I say to hell with the magic council." The old master smirks setting the papers on fire.
Throwing the burning papers into the air Natsu quickly leaps up grabbing his new snack with his mouth. Looking on Lucy watches with surprise while Naruto and Mirajane smile.
"Now listen up. Any power that surpasses reason still comes from reason right? Magic…" Naruto interrupts by clearing his throat as loudly as possible, which he earns a glare from the old Wizard and roll of the eyes from Mirajane "Or Chakra… is not a miraculous power; it is a talent when the flow of energy within us and the flow of energy around are in perfect synchronization. To perform magic you must have a strong mind and ability to focus. It must take over your very being and come pouring out of your soul! If we always worry about rules then our magic will never progress! Follow the path you believe in and never be afraid! Cause that's what makes Fairy Tail number 1!"
Everyone soon cheers while Lucy smiles brightly with Mirajane while Naruto chuckles. These guys are fun that's for sure.
XxX ~ xx ~ XxX
After things finally settle down and Naruto uses his clones to take everything broken out in the back and brought new tables and chairs for the hall. Lucy smiles as Mirajane stamps the Fairy Tail guild symbol on the top of her right hand. Naruto smirks while watching sitting on a stool at the bar by Makarov who sits on top of the bar with a mug in his hand.
Mirajane takes of the guild stamp as now a pink guild symbol is on Lucy's hand. "Now you are a full-fledged member of Fairy Tail!"
The blond Sennin and Take-Over wizard both chuckle seeing Lucy lightly dancing around and slightly cooing as she cannot stop looking at her new Fairy tail symbol. Lucy literally skips over to Natsu who stands at the request board beside Nab.
Naruto only watches while chuckling. "That girl is different, I will say that. But she does have a good heart, and absolutely loves magic."
Makarov grunts with a soft smile while Mirajane giggles watching the said buxom blond yell at Natsu for calling her Luigi. The trio soon sees Lucy walking over and sitting on a stool beside Naruto, thinking. She looks over to the master. "What is chakra?"
"That is what I use Lucy." Naruto answers gaining a few people's attention. "Chakra is combining both the physical and spiritual energies within the body. And you saw what I could do with it in Hargeon. It's energy like magic, but I use it differently"
Lucy nods, thinking back to that town. "You were standing and walking on top of the water, used that wind jutsu-thingy. But what was that one thing you used on Bora?"
Resting his elbow on the bar table opening his hand Naruto forms a perfect Rasengan at the center of his palm. Lucy, Mirajane, and now Natsu coming over looking at the blond Sennin's jutsu. The dragon slayer always found the Rasengan cool to look at. Makarov opens a single eye looking keenly at the spinning ball of energy.
"This is the Rasengan!" Naruto smirks before getting serious. "This is a very dangerous Jutsu and I have different versions of it more dangerous than this."
Lucy had her hands to her ears. "It sounds like a drill."
"The Rasengan is made from a high amount of energy condensed and compact into this small sphere. When it hits a target it grinds into them, just like a drill." Naruto explains seriously. "This is not a jutsu to be used unless I want to cause some damage."
The buxom blond shivers at how serious he sounds.
"That is just the tip of the iceberg. Naruto is highly proficient at hand to hand combat, art of the sword, and fūinjutsu correct?" Makarov gains the kids attention. Naruto gives him the thumbs up. "That last one has been quite handy for the guild and Magnolia."
"Fūinjutsu?" Lucy tilts her head at her fellow blond.
"The art of seals. They have been useful all over Magnolia and even Natsu-Kun with his motion sickness, Foxy-kun is quite literally a jack of all trades!" Mirajane comments while giving a guild member a drink.
Natsu smirks. "Hell, he actually beat Erza in a sparring match. And no one ever has done that."
The buxom blond's eyes widen as she gawks at Naruto. He beat the Queen of the Fairies!
Rubbing the back of his head the Sennin looks sheepishly to Lucy "To be fair, we kicked each other's asses all over Magnolia and I only got very lucky with Erza-Chan. I may be good, but she is damn wicked with those swords, much better than I'll ever be."
Elfman, who has been sitting quietly by Naruto, snorts and rolls his head to the side. And he is the only one who can get away with calling her Erza-Chan.
Makarov shakes his head. "You sell yourself too short lad. While it was a difficult fight you proved the better. You did brilliantly."
Naruto shrugs as he sips his drink. Erza had acknowledged that his hand to hand skills were much greater than hers. They helped train each other in what the other excelled at. Erza tutored him in the way of the sword, while Naruto taught her all he knew of taijutsu.
Natsu goes back to the request board standing beside Nab. Lucy watches quietly as Mirajane cleans a glass before looking to Naruto. "Want to go on a job tomorrow? Found one not far from town."
The blond Sennin smirks at his friend, wanting to get back to jobs with a less 'explosive' teammate. "Sounds fun."
Lucy looks at the two curiously but the voice of a child catches her attention. "Jiji, how come my Tou-san is not back yet?"
Turning on his stool, Naruto and the others see a young boy they have known for quite a while. Around six years old with short deep purple hair with bangs mostly around his face, wearing a green shirt with and's' on it and orange shorts and sandals. His blue eyes almost shine like Naruto's but they were full of worry.
Seeing Lucy's confusion, Mirajane leans slightly over the bar and whispers the answer to the unspoken question. "That's Romeo Conbolt, his father Macao is a guild member."
The buxom blond nods as Makarov grumbles. "Romeo, you're a wizard's son. Have some faith in your father that he will return home."
Naruto quickly stood up as Romeo was about to yell till seeing the blond stand. "NIISAN!" The Sennin kneels down picking up the boy as he ran over hugging him tightly.
"Where is Macao Jiji?" Naruto asks standing while rubbing his little brother's back soothingly.
After a careful consideration and thought he spoke evenly. "Last I heard he took the job to Mt. Hakobe."
Romeo tried fighting his tears, but was losing. "And Tou-san's been gone for a week! Mt. Hakobe is not that far can someone please go looking for him!"
Makarov sighs as Naruto speaks up, not letting the old man give any sass. "I will Otouto."
Romeo, along with the guild, looks at him with surprise till a large teary eye smile comes from the little boy as his big brother figure puts him down and starts leaving. Mirajane sighs, though hides a smile. "I'll go too. Levy-chan, can you please take over the bar for me? Be a dear."
The petite blue haired woman nods as the beautiful take-over wizard soon catches up to her friend. Feeling a hand on his head, Natsu walks past Romeo as Lucy soon follows with Happy flying beside her.
Getting behind the bar, Levy adjusts her yellow bandanna as she watches the four leave with a light smile. "I swear; Naruto can be more stubborn than a bull."
Makarov chuckles, smiling as he watches them leave. "True, Naruto may not show it but he is a very empathic person. The moment he senses something is wrong he won't hesitate to help anyone." The guild master looks down at Romeo. "Your father will be alright."
XxX ~ Naruto ~ XxX
While Mt. Hakobe was not too far from Magnolia, it would still be a long walk. And while Naruto could have made it there quickly on his own, he would not leave his friends who also wanted to help. So the four, plus cat, take a carriage ride up to the mountain.
On the left side of the small carriage sits Naruto and Mirajane while Lucy and Natsu sit on the right. On the Sennin's shoulder Happy somehow has a fish which he munches on greedily. The dragon slayer keeps his gaze out the window while Lucy fiddles with the hem of her skirt.
Mirajane tilts her head looking at the celestial wizard, curious why Lucy was anxious. "What's on your mind Lucy-San?"
The blond lightly 'eep's before taking a small breath, focusing on the matter at mind. "You two are in a team? I didn't know guild members formed their own teams."
"It happens most the time. Some people form teams just for a tough mission while others form long term teams which last for years forming strong friendships." Naruto explains flipping a Kunai in his hand. "In Fairy Tail, there is Shadow Gear and the Thunder God Tribe." The blond looks over to Mirajane. "Mira-chan and I have been a team for two years now… Say, did we ever name our team?"
Putting a finger to her chin in thought before shrugging Mira shakes her head, "I don't think we ever did Foxy-Kun. And if we're not doing jobs I usually work at the bar in the guild while Foxy-kun helps around town or other guild members." Then a sly look comes on her face. "Or playing pranks on people when you think I am not looking."
Naruto quickly averted his gaze to the ceiling while whistling a tune. Natsu chuckles while Lucy sweats drops and Mirajane giggles. They notice Lucy in thought. "Well how about Team Foxy?"
Mirajane beams at the name from Lucy while Naruto feels his eye twitching. In the back of his mind he can hear the Kyuubi laughing like a madman at him. Looking over to his partner he sweat drops seeing Mira giving him the puppy-dog eyes which always make him cave in.
Slumping his shoulders in defeat the Sennin nods, defeated by the eyes of power he both loved seeing and dreaded. "Team Foxy it is…"
The two girls cheer as they high five each other while Natsu laughs at Naruto who glares at him. The sudden jerking of the carriage makes them know they stopped as they soon hear the carriage rider, clearly in distress about moving any more. "This is as far as I will go; the rest is up to you."
Opening the carriage doors, Lucy is given one hell of a shock seeing a massive snow storm at the base of the mountains and looking worse going up. "How could the weather change from summer to winter so fast?!"
Mira looks up to the mountain peak, happily answering. "Mt. Hakobe has always been known for its raging snow storms." Her eyes widen at the feeling as she sees Naruto's sage coat gently put around her shoulders, she turns smiling, "Thank you Naruto-Kun."
Mirajane soon blinks seeing her favorite blond taking off his Gakuran jacket showing his chain mesh shirt and giving it to Lucy. She only smiles wider, loving that about him. You always care for others more than for yourself. Pulling the coat on she can smell his scent which makes her lightly blush but shakes it off.
Lucy looks unsure as she puts on the jacket. "Are sure this is alright Naruto? What if you catch a cold?"
To her surprise her fellow blond laughs, proudly mocking that statement. "I never caught a cold in my life!" Not when you have giant malicious surly old furball sealed inside you keeping you healthy and fucking hyper.
"Love you to kit…" Only an idiot would not get the blatantly thick sarcasm from the fox.
XxX ~ xx ~ XxX
Going up the snow covered path of the mountain the now called Team Foxy and Natsu, Happy, and Lucy try making it through the heavy snow coming down. With Naruto's jacket zipped up she was surprised it is keeping her warm, granted the thing is huge on her but surprisingly soft and comfy. Looking over she sees Mirajane also warm despite the short sleeves but Naruto's red coat really looks big on her.
Ahead of her and Mira she saw Naruto amazingly unaffected by the cold and Natsu with Happy on the rosette haired man's arm. "What job brought Macao here anyway?" Lucy calling out through the high winds. How can Naruto and Natsu not be bothered by this weather?!
"He came to slay some Vulcan; I think that's what he said." Naruto calls out while keeping his eyes and senses sharp.
"HEY MACAO! WHERE ARE YOU BUDDY!?" Natsu roars out for which he gets the back of his head slapped by Mirajane and Naruto. "What was that for?!"
"You want to cause an avalanche!?" both answer sternly.
Lucy giggles watching Natsu pout. Naruto's eyes widen as his senses scream at him. He sharply looks up only for him and Natsu to be slammed by two large snow balls.
"NATSU/NARUTO-KUN!" Mirajane and Lucy yells out.
Both ladies quickly back up as a large creature slams into the ground in front of them shooting up snow. As it begins to clear they see a giant primate looking creature with white fur on its upper body except his bare muscular chest, and finally with massive muscular arms, pointy ears and head. It smells the air, creeping out Lucy.
"Human women..!" It actually spoke.
Soon a lecherous smile appears as it surprises both ladies on grabbing them around the waists and running off. Lucy screams for Natsu and Naruto.
XxX ~ Summit of Mt. Hakobe ~ XxX
How did we get ourselves into this mess!? The buxom blond mentally whines.
Inside a gigantic cave made of pure ice a slightly frighten Lucy stands beside a calm Mirajane as they both watch the Vulcan dancing around the two while gyrating his hips back and forth. Lucy interlocks her arm with Mira's as the Take-Over wizard keeps her eyes on the giant monkey.
"Why is this giant ape so excited?!" Lucy asks out loud.
Mirajane raises a finger with her free hand, explaining academically. "Vulcan males are attracted to human females. Long story short they're perverts."
Lucy eyes almost bulge out of their sockets looking at Mira as both soon slightly lean back with the Vulcan looking at them with a creepy lecherous smile.
My first time is not going to be with some creepy giant ape pervert! Lucy roared in her head.
Lowering her free hand Mirajane first hears noise behind the Vulcan as Lucy pales. Three more of the giant white apes jump out of the shadows dancing around with the first. The buxom blond starts shaking as Mira slightly narrowed her eyes keeping her focus on all of the Vulcans.
"HEY YOU BIG APES!" Hearing a familiar voice almost makes Lucy smile as she looks to the entrance. "WHERE IS MACAO?! TELL ME!" Natsu roars as he charges in.
As quickly as her smile came Lucy jaw nearly drops seeing Natsu slip on the ice floor with his sandals, slamming on his back and slides passed all of them with the, now the four Vulcans blinking thinking they heard something. Mira's eyes narrow as large bat-like wings appear on her back as she flies holding Lucy and stays in the air. The four beasts look up dumbfounded while Lucy hugs Mira as the said woman looks down at the Vulcan.
Lucy sweat drops and winces seeing her new friend Natsu slam into the ice wall. "Why does he always feel like being dramatic?"
Mira keeps her gaze on the Vulcan, choosing to concentrate on the Vulcans than Lucy's curiosity "You lot have all been very naughty and I would like to know where our friend Macao is please." Mira asks in her usual soft voice but underlined with a strong tone.
The four apes tilt their heads while scratching them. They look at each other as Natsu gets back up. "You guys understand what we're saying right?! Macao is a human man; he came here about a week ago! Now where you assholes hiding him!" The four look over to Natsu blinking.
Lucy only gawks at Natsu then looks to Mira who sighs. "He's always like this isn't he?"
"Yep, pretty much… FOXY!" Mira voice echoes through the cave.
The first Vulcan feels a weight landing on his body, shifting his head to his right he sees a blond human man sitting on his shoulder glaring at him. "You threw giant snow balls at me and Natsu, then kidnap Mira-Chan and Lucy. I am so kicking your Ero-primate asses Dattebayo."
The Vulcan got mad at the ninja on his shoulder, and took a wild swing to get him off. Naruto flips over the Vulcan and lands behind him before twisting around and firing his own punch, slamming his fist into the creature's back and making him stagger and fall to the icy floor.
The other three were going in rage to take the intruder out, but were all stopped as Natsu gets in front of them, sliding on the ice and managing to stop for once to gain some ground. Leaping forward, Natsu rose a harsh sandal-heel kick into the middle Vulcan's face, making him fly back as well from the force.
Natsu lands from the blow and was going for another when he slips, again, and falls flat on his face, skidding between the two perverted monkeys. A second of silence passes before the Vulcans take to beating the crap out of Natsu, a wild flurry of blows going between the three.
Lucy was staring in surprise at the entire thing. Natsu was, more or less, flailing about in rage, whilst Naruto was keeping his cool and going for the joint, which reminds her to wince as Naruto made the elbow lock he was giving the one monkey start to hurt, and the popping was horrible.
"This is so unreal!"
Mirajane was just smiling, watching in amusement as the beasts got their deserved beatings. "It's just their way. Foxy-kun is quite the ninja, he doesn't fight halfhearted... Though he does tend to be just as rowdy sometimes."
As if to prove her point, Naruto kicks the Vulcan to the ground and huffs, crossing his arms and yelling. "Did that get through you thick skull, pinhead? Cause there's more comin' if you don't tell me where Macao is! No answer? Then come get another can of punishment, Dattebayo!"
As the punishment from Naruto continues, Natsu finally gets the upper hand, kicking one so hard it slides along the ice away, and wrestling the other from its arm and head lock over his head and slamming it into the floor. "DAMMIT YOU PERVERTED YETI'S! YOU WILL TELL ME WHERE MY FRIEND IS NOW! MACAO!"
Jumping up into the air Natsu goes for a dropping heel kick, but was then tackled by the fourth Vulcan, and slammed into the ice before being rolled up into a pseudo-ball and flung at the fight with Naruto.
Naruto heard the rumble behind him and didn't even hesitate to jump out of the way; looking to see it was Natsu, flailing around as he collided with the Vulcan he was fighting. The fight was going on for quite some time, and Naruto was not pleased with their inability to take on four perverted monsters. "Natsu! Time to eat!"
Natsu groaned as he got up from being dizzy, shaking himself clear. Seeing Naruto he seen the familiar signals and grinned. "Oh yeah, baby, give me that FIRE!"
Naruto aimed right for Natsu. "Open wide! Katon: Gōkakyū No Jutsu! (Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique)" With that a large ball of fire spewed from Naruto's mouth, forming a giant ball and leveling towards Natsu.
Lucy remembers how he ate the fire from that scumbag Bora. Still, it didn't make sense to her why Naruto would try and attack Natsu. Though her eyes went wide as her jaw drops. Happy, who was eating a fish again on Mirajane's shoulder, laughed. "Aye, Natsu and Naruto are quite the team. When Natsu's running on smoke, Naruto can give him some firepower"
Natsu gobbled up the huge ball of Fire, cheeks bulging as he sucked every wisp and ember into his gullet. Finally finishing he sighed and pats his belly. "Man, most fire is generic and tastes okay, sometimes I get bad ones like Bora's substitute fire, but I ALWAYS love a good Fire Jutsu for a meal!"
Grinning manically, he slams his fists together, fire pouring around him. "Naruto! Line 'em up for me!"
Naruto was already on it, slapping each and blowing raspberries in their faces. As they started chasing them, he dodges their attempts to tackle him and scribbles on their faces. Once they surrounded him, Naruto grins, holding the marker he used. "Marked and ready!" The Vulcans could only look to each other and see Naruto had drawn on their faces. One with make-up looking like a lady, another had a weird red lip extension and shadowed eyes with white stuff all over, the third with a crab and seagull on his face, and another with random scribbles. Looking back to that one Naruto hummed. "Too bad I had no time to really get artsy with you. See ya!" And with that he leaps out of the way.
Before the Vulcan could jump, Natsu clasped his hands together and blew through them. "FIRE DRAGON'S ROAR!" A spiraling flame was sent directly at the four Vulcans, and it hit immediately, setting them all ablaze.
As the fire danced, Naruto stood by Natsu, landing by him, and held up some of their lunch they brought. "Roast some marshmallows?" Though their victory was short lived, as the Vulcans came for the fire, their faces clean, and looking very mean. "...So much for that plan..."
Natsu groaned, holding his stomach, clearly not happy. "I lost all that delicious fire for nothing? Aww man... What a waste, surely they could have gone down and we'd be done with this. Now that fire will go out before we are through."
Naruto's eye twitched, he had a very do-able, high chance of succeeding, plan. But he knows he will be hunted down and badly hurt for doing it right in front of Mirajane. "Well... It was a good life. Cover your eyes Mira-Chan, Lucy, you too Natsu, you don't wanna see this."
The girls looked at each other as they land but do what they were told.
Natsu looked at Naruto confused, and was starting to ask. "What kind of plan you even thinking about Naruto? We just hit them with a full fire assault! What else can we do?"
Naruto sighs as he steps up and creates a few clones. "Just... Don't say I didn't warn you." All clones and Naruto himself put their hands up in a familiar cross seal, and the Vulcan start charging at him recklessly, howling to beat him lifelessly. "This will hurt..." Sweat dropping, he made one last prayer. I really wish I didn't have to do this!
Just as the Vulcans were about to strike, all Naruto's went up in smoke, covering everywhere. As it cleared, everyone looked to see what happened, Vulcans curious as to why someone would explode... Then they stared with eyes turning to heart and their jaws on the floor, tongues rolling out onto the floor, as in front of them were a few VERY voluptuous women, all naked, and posing provocatively for them.
"~oh, don't you brutes have anything better to do? ~ we're waiting~!" their voices soft and welcoming.
With that, the Vulcan's noses erupted into fountains of blood and their bodies were sailing back into the walls, knocking themselves unconscious from rapid-blood loss. Natsu to a less extent just had a minor powerful jet of blood send him on his back unconscious as well.
As the clones dispel and Naruto return to his normal self he looks over to Natsu in sheer disbelieving shock. To think Natsu of all people is actually bit of a pervert. Hāremu no Jutsu, finds the inner perv no matter who you are.
Removing their hands from their eyes Lucy and Mirajane look around in surprise seeing the four Vulcan plus Natsu unconscious on the group with silly goofy smiles on their faces. Looking over to Naruto they see the Sennin only shrugs while thanking god he gave Happy a fish. The talking cat was too busy eating to see what he used.
Lucy runs over to Natsu trying to wake him up while Naruto and Mirajane walk over to the unconscious Vulcan. Both with Happy now on the blond's shoulder again waiting quietly as light envelopes the four giant apes. Lucy looks over in surprise while Natsu begins to stir.
With the light fading as the buxom blond begins helping stand up Natsu who was about to say something to Naruto till seeing a familiar face. "Macao!"
Lying unconscious is a man in his thirties and about Naruto's height with dark blue hair slicked back a stubby chin. Wearing dark blue shirt with silver 'S', brown trousers black shoes, over his outfit is white trench with blue lining. Mira kneels down beside the man as Natsu runs over beside her with Lucy looking on dumbfounded.
Soon where the other three Vulcan were now there are three unconscious human men. "What is this? These guys were those perverted monkeys?" Lucy feels her eye twitching.
"Something like that." She turns looking to Naruto now standing beside her. "You see Vulcan possess people and take over their bodies for themselves."
Happy nods, smiling wickedly. "Aye, they're nothing but rotten body snatchers. Besides being massive uber perverts."
Taking out a scroll and kneeling down Naruto unrolls it on the frozen ground. Lucy sees strange letters written on the paper then sees her fellow blond going through odd hand signs. Slamming his right hand on paper's center it soon glows as Lucy sees first-aid supplies appearing out of a puff of smoke!
What was that! Is that that strange fūinjutsu stuff? Lucy's mind wanders till seeing Naruto walk over to Natsu.
Naruto gave Natsu some supplies. "Help me with these guys Natsu."
Smiling wide and rubbing the blood from his nose, Naruto followed Naruto. "You bet!"
XxX ~ xx ~ XxX
After some quick patching up, Naruto made clones and had them take the three guys possessed by Vulcan back to Magnolia. The blond Sennin recognized them as just some folks who lived in town. The clones quickly took them to the hospital while they took Macao to their medical wing in Fairy Tail.
Lucy sits beside Macao's bed as Romeo sits in her lap trying not to cry. Natsu paces around the room while Naruto stands on the other side with Mira sitting in a chair in front of the blond. His large warm hands rest gently on her slim shoulders, one of her own hands interlocks with his fingers.
Hugging Romeo from behind, Lucy gently rocks him back and forth with her chin softly resting on his head. Humming gently trying to soothe the worried child, Lucy looks over between Macao and to Naruto and Mirajane.
The door opens to the room with the guild master walking in. "Calm down Natsu, Macao is fine he just needs some rest."
"Think we will all feel better when he wakes up Jiji." Naruto responds looking over to Makarov.
The old wizard nods sitting into a chair his size with Natsu slumping into one glaring at the ground. His cerulean eyes shift to everyone in the room.
"This is the one time…" Naruto's voice is soft but is above a whisper. "I wish I could understand what you two are going through, Natsu, Romeo."
While the said two plus Lucy look at the blond with confusion Mira lightly grips her friend's hand tighter. Makarov says nothing as he lightly grips his cane harder. Before anyone could ask what Naruto was saying they all hear rough groan from the bed.
Romeo's eyes widen as a tearful smile forms on his face. "TOU-SAN!"
"Romeo?" Macao's voice sounded tired. Trying sit up he only falls back down as his son leaps from Lucy to hugging his father tightly.
One could not help but smile warmly at seeing father and son reunited. Macao rubs his son's soothingly as he looks to the people in the room. "How long?"
"It's been a week since you went to Mt. Hakobe. You had us all worried my friend." Makarov speaks first.
Macao nods as Naruto takes over. "Next time, take some back up with you. Wakaba or, hell, even me. Unless I am with Mira-chan, just come find me next time."
The older fire Mage does have the decency in looking sheepish. "As the lad said my friend. Come find one of us or Naruto at the very least." Makarov speaks again coming over beside the bed.
Macao nods while Romeo who calmed down looks Natsu and Naruto smiling. "Thanks Niisan, Natsu, Mira-Chan, Lucy-San."
The buxom blond smiles along with Mira, while Naruto ruffles Romeo's hair with his hand. Natsu gives thumbs up with a large smile.
XxX ~ xx ~ XxX
The guild that had been oddly quiet when seeing Naruto and Natsu bring in Macao begin cheering seeing the flare wizard coming out with Romeo beside him. The others soon follow as Mira retakes to the bar letting Levy happily go back to her table. Sitting back on a stool Lucy keeps a keen eye seeing Natsu and Naruto talking with Macao while Romeo plays with Happy.
Lucy smiles as she looks back to Mirajane. "This guild is really just like one big family."
Mira looks up with a warm smile. "So, Welcome home Lucy-Chan."
Naruto stares at the crazy, crazy bunch that he had come to call family… He felt ashamed that there were small moments in where he forgot about Konoha. His home, and the promises he made to Ero-Sennin
XxX ~ xx ~ XxX
Lightning shrouded hand and wind coated kunai clash. Two figures dash across the field at high speed. They stop as they find themselves in opposite sites facing each other.
"You've grown well, Naruto" Says a silver haired cyclops. Doing a particular gesture with his eye that seemed to take the shape of a smile.
Naruto lets out a blinding smile; "Thanks, Jiraiya may be an old pervert, but he's a great teacher"
"Oh is that so" A new voice says. Naruto feels his hair being ruffled roughly by a large hand. "While I appreciate you recognizing my awesome talents, I don't appreciate being called a pervert boy, after all…"
Naruto rolls his eyes and sighs; "Here we go"
"…I'm a super-pervert!" He finishes with a haughty laugh.
For all his efforts, the blond can't help but chuckle, his younger teaching joining him. The Jinchuuriki looks at both men who had been such strong influences on his life. His father's teacher and his student, both who would become his own teachers in time. He was part of legacy, one started by the First and Second Hokage themselves when they had first trained the Old Man Sandaime, the closest thing he ever had to a grandfather figure, who in turned had trained Jiraiya.
It was a legacy of Konoha, one who embodied the ideals the village stood for. He promised he would do anything to live up to them. And to one day inherit his master's will.
XxX ~ xx ~ XxX
Sometimes it pained him, but he knew he had to return. He left too many promises unfulfilled. People he had to protect… it had already been two years and yet he still hadn't found a way back, not even with Master Makarov's help. Regardless, he had to keep trying. He would always treasure this Guild and this people in his heart, but his duty laid with Konoha, with a promise he had made to his godfather.
