The Dragon of the West
A Fanfiction by: Sniper Artist
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or Fairy Tail. I am only using their respective characters for a fanfiction.
Summary: Upon his tearful death, Naruto meets a dragon. Given a second chance to live, he is sent to Fiore or more specifically Magnolia. Pre-canon Fairy Tail. Naruto X Fairy tail.
The Ruins of the Dark Night
3 years later
"Not bad, not bad at all..."
Tridantes, the dragon of the West and traveler of the starry night looked down from his hilltop position and watched his pupil finish up the last of his training. The blonde had grown considerably from his 12 year old form. The black dragon snorted in amusement at the blonde's condition. A 26 year old man inside of a 15 year old's body, not even a dragon like him would see that often. He sighed, it was time for his departure and Naruto still hasn't completed his final technique. Maybe the blonde wasn't the best student for him after all.
BRRROOOOOOOOOM
Or not, man what perfect timing the kid had. His smile grew larger if possible and flew to his student and took a good, final look at his masterpiece production. The blonde was 5'11, he wore a black leather armor that was sleeveless on his right side but had shoulder pads and sleeves going down below his elbows on his left. He also had black baggy pants and a gray sash wrapped around his waist.
"Done I see. You're definitely a fast learner boy." Naruto sighed. Even after spending 3 years with the elder dragon, he was still plastered with that nickname. But he was pleasantly surprised by the upgrade the anti-dragon training gave his body. Though he lost over half his techniques, all the training made up for it. The consequences of being in a different dimension had hit him after his first year into training.
The incident happened when he suddenly started to lose the memories of his past. It wasn't really a problem at first but when he started to lose his ability to do ninjutsu, the blonde started to panic. He also didn't want to forget his old friends like Shikamaru, Sakura, Sai and etc... In the end, Naruto was forced to write down notes of his memories so he could remember them when he eventually forgot. He retained his signature moves, Rasengan, Kage Bunshin, Sage Mode and a few dozen wind/water techniques but forgot all the rest sadly. He was more focused on the memories of his friends rather than techniques at the time. Luckily he also retained his sealing skills and placed a bounding seal to attach his memories to a medium. Tsunade's necklace.
So in short, as long as he had the necklace around his neck the memories would stay with him forever. That was without a doubt the scariest week Naruto's ever had in his 26 years of life. The stupid dragon didn't even tell him about the memory loss symptom and replied with a "You didn't ask". That made Naruto angry like never before but let it go deciding that he only lost expendable memory.
"Yep, so you're leaving huh? You did say it was overdue." The dragon nodded and grinned proudly at his pupil. Naruto was saddened by the information but it was overshadowed by the sheer excitement in his body. He was finally gonna go out and do missions like the good old days. Sure the conditions were a bit different but this was the beginning to his fresh start. His fresh identity.
"Before I leave, I have a gift for you." Tridantes threw a small object at him. Naruto caught it and looked at it with a confused expression. It was a beautifully designed black gourd with white petal designs. It was filled with royal black sake.
"What's this for?" The dragon laughed and told him to drink it. Naruto was hesitant to do so but complied and immediately felt the effects.
"Whoa!" The dragon laughed at him.
"The sake of the dragons. Night sake. Helps you go to sleep, cures symptoms of depression and fuels your Dragonslayer power." Naruto laughed and understood the use for it. It was for an emergency if darkness was ever out of reach. That situation was high unlikely but he wouldn't take any chances. This world was a mystery to him after all.
"Awesome. What happens when it runs out?" The dragon looked at him as if he just said the most brilliant thing in the world. Naruto fell down in exasperation at the implications his master had just given him. Tridantes immediately broke down laughing and carefully patted the blonde with his pinky.
"Just howl at the sky and come back here a week after it runs out. I'll have someone deliver it to ya." Naruto smiled and nodded at his teacher.
"So...um this is goodbye." He was holding back tears. Though the thing was a jerk at times, he was like a third father to him.
"For now. Remember don't tell any other Dragonslayer the "secret'." He gave Naruto a goodbye pat on the back making him fly 20 feet backwards at the impact. Laughing at his pupil's expense one last time he proceeded to fly off into the night and disappeared into the skies.
Standing on top of the hilltop, Naruto stared at the form of his disappearing master. He shed a few tears but quickly forgot it and went to get his traveling items. Naruto looked at his master's gourd one last time and let out a genuine smile. His brain then clicked.
"Wait! What "secret'? Dammit, he tricked me again!" He cursed his master and howled at the sky, angry at his forgetfulness. He was unaware of the laughter of his master from a far.
"I love messing with that kid."
Week later
Naruto was tired. He had been traveling for an entire week without rest due to his blazing excitement. His hyperactiveness finally become his downfall when he collapsed in a heap right in front of the town he'd been aiming for. Magnolia the home of the mage guild, Fairy Tail. He had heard rumors of another dragonslayer being there and his curiosity turned into interest from that. His blood was boiling for battle. Shinobi or mage, it didn't matter because it was the blood running in his veins that made him addicted to fighting. He really wanted to get up and run to the guild.
But his legs weren't listening to him.
"Are you ok?" He looked up and saw a woman with brown hair and dark blue eyes. She was wearing a bikini style top and knee high black shorts. On her lower body she had a very noticable tattoo.
"That's one sexy tattoo you got there. Yeah I'm fine, thanks for askin Miss..."
"Cana." She smiled at the comment.
"I'm Naruto. Hey I recognize that tattoo... Are you part of Fairy Tail?" She nodded and showed off her mark with pride. She truly loved her guild more than anything and she had no shame when showing it off where ever she went.
"Yep, you a mage?" She saw him nod and pulled out one of her cards.
"Let me help ya." He saw her cards glow majestic green and red for a second and struck his legs.
"Magic Cards: Queen of Hearts!" When the glow wrapped around his legs, he immediately felt the fatigue leave him. He stood up and looked at her with awe.
"Hey that's awesome! I didn't know you could do that with cards." He chuckled at fond memories of him and Tsunade playing poker together every friday night.
Cana looked at him curiously. "What exactly can you do with cards?" Naruto smirked.
"Win money." She chuckled at the joke.
"So you're a mage huh? Come on, I'll show you to the guild." She saw his excitement and stifled a chuckle. He was like Natsu except more interesting and not as loud.
"So where'd you come from?" Naruto put his hands to his chins in a thinking posture.
"A small town near the west." Cana rose her eyebrow by a fraction, interested in the vague answer.
"Which one?" Naruto's eyes immediately saddened. Cana took notice of it and regretted asking the question.
"I don't know the name but it was destroyed by Deliora when I was a kid." Cana nodded her head and patted his back.
"Sorry if I..."
"No worries, now I'm here. It's all in the past." His smile threw her for a loop. She didn't pry and decided to change the subject.
"So what's your magic?" Naruto sighed inwardly in relief. He didn't like lying but he was so damn good at it!
"Yep, congratulations brat. You fooled another human with no skills in reading another. Real skills." The fox didn't speak often but whenever he did, it was usually a snarky and sarcastic comment. So he replied in the usual way.
"Go back to sleep before I shove a rasenshuriken up your ass!" He heard the fox snort but complied. Naruto sighed. Even after taming him, he was still a big pain in the ass.
"Hmm, my my that's a secret hehe." She couldn't help but be annoyed by the answer but relented. She stopped and looked up at the building she considered a second home to home.
"And here it is! Welcome to Fairy Tail." She smiled widely as did the blonde. Naruto's eyes looked at the building with awe and amazement.
"It's huge! Man this is gonna be fun." Immediately entering the guild with his luggage, they walked in and saw a good number of people around chatting and eating like everyday people. Naruto saw the request board and was impressed by it's size. He'd never go broke again.
"Oi, master. We have a newbie here tryin out for the guild. His name's Naruto." All eyes were instantly on him. Completely used to attention he smiled a million watt smile and waved at everyone.
"Hmm...a new guy huh, let's see what you got." An elderly man approached Naruto and seized him up for a moment. Naruto couldn't help but feel the sheer amount of magical power the smaller man/midget had. It rivaled the amounts that Kisame had back in the days, maybe even more because he was surpressing most of it. Naruto shivered slightly, this man/midget was definitely the boss if his magical power could rival that of Kisame and possibly Nagato, master of the seventh path of Pain (1).
"Welcome to Fairy Tail young man. I can tell you've got some experience in those eyes of yours." Naruto nodded.
"Well than, you can take jobs anytime you want but notify me or the front desk first." Makarov put his hands to chin in a thinking posture, he looked at the young man infront of him. His magic power was being completely hidden and the amounts he had were still phenomenal. He looked upstairs and saw that his S-ranked mages excluding Mistgun, who was absent, were thinking the same. He looked at the top floor and saw Gildartz sigh and rub his head.
"Cana found a good one. His magical energy is so light on the outside...but it's also dark somewhere inside. Not to mention his dark powers out-numbers his light in quantity." Gildartz whispered to himself.
"Oh yeah, you need the mark...Oi Mira!" The white haired teen walked up to Naruto with a stamp in her hand and a scowl on her face.
"Where?" Naruto thought for a moment and grinned. He lifted his shirt, ignoring her growing blush and pointed to his stomach. Right next to where his seal was. She nodded and complied.
"Sweet." Makarov nodded and smiled widely and jumped up to the top floor.
"Oi! We're havin a welcoming party today! Get the drinks out!" Everyone yelled ecstatically for the party to get started.
Later that Night.
Fairy Tail's roof
The party was fun for Naruto. He hadn't laughed and drunk like that in a longtime being that he never had time for it in the past. It was always taking lives day and night for him and his friends. He had to go through never ending training to catch up with the "genius" of his best friend. Eventually he would have cracked but he died before than. He looked down at his new guild and produced a grateful smile. Remembering his master's present, he picked up the gourd tied to his waist and took in it's appearance.
"To a new beginning!" He said to himself and sipped it, immediately feeling the power of the Night fueling him.
The power of Darkness running through his veins.
End.
Not that long but it was enough of an introduction for now. As you can see and most have guessed, he's the dragon slayer of the night a.k.a darkness. Naruto has grown very strong now so don't expect him to go all out from the beginning.
1) Nagato was strong and was said to have been the 7th pain. The master of life an death. He also had an inhumane amount of chakra if he destroyed the Leaf and take on a sage form Naruto.
Naruto/Cana all the way. I was tempted to do Erza but someone else has that one and I like to be original in pairings.
I have his dragonslayer moves laid out so don't worry too much about that.
~Sniper Artist