Reading The Fox Scroll Chapter 2 "You'll Fit Right In
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or Fairy Tail. I have the permission SpiritSage124 to a reading of their story.
Naruto is owned by Masashi Kishimoto and Fairy Tail is owned by Hiro Mashima respectively.
AN: Thanks for tall the follows, faves and reviews! It was amazing! To clarify in this reading the only official "ships" are Juvia/Gray(more or less), Kinanna/Cobra(wont be mentioned) and Elfman/Evergreen(which won't really be effected either way). Some characters like Gajeel, Laxas etc wont have any real lines until they appear in the book (they aren't super interested right mow)
For people wondering Mavis can spoil if she wants but she wants them to read the book instead of asking her for everything. (for stuff she thinks is trivial enough she will personally answer).
Reader-Mira Strausse
Mira started reading "Chapter 2 You'll fit Right In"
"Mira can you hold on a minute?" Lucy asked politely making the famous model stop. "Shodai-sama I just want to ask. Is it possible for me to summon any of my spirits while we are in this space?" Lucy asked ignoring Happy suggesting she wants to see Leo.
"Hmmm… this magic is rather complex but It could let you summon one spirit into this space at a time as long as you close the gate and wait abit before summoning someone else. Lucy since I am the castor of the spell you will need to tell me beforehand and I will give you permission when you need to do so." Mavis explained getting a nod from Lucy. Lucy quickly waved Mavis on to continue reading.
Magnolia Town...
Naruto looked up at the old building in front of him. "So, this is Fairy Tail?"
"Yeah, home sweet home!" Natsu said with a bright smile.
Lucy was literally shaking with excitement. "Well, what are we waiting for!? Let's go!" She said and pushed the two boys through the doors, Happy just followed behind them casually.
When they walked in, the place seemed like it was an ordinary bar. People were seated around the place, drinking and having casual conversations.
That is until Natsu jumped onto a table, knocking a shirtless guy to the ground in the process. "Hey, I'm back!"
The person who was knocked down got up and growled in anger. "What was that for flames for brains!?"
"Gray think of some original names! You stripper freak!" Natsu screamed at his rival who instantly got in Natsu's face.
Natsu looked down with a challenging glare. "What was that snowballs!?"
"Like you're any better pink-haired freak!" Gray shouted back. Lucy and Happy merely sighed already used to this routine while Juvia was cheering Gray on. Most of the rest of guild looked on indifference until Erza bonked both teammates on the head before it could escalate to magic. With a quick burst of Sky Dragon Slayer magic by Wendy, Mira continued to read.
The two then proceeded to brawl and eventually the who place seemed to get dragged into it.
Naruto and Lucy just stood there and watched the bar fight awkwardly, both not really sure what do. This continued for a while until they noticed someone at the bar calling them over.
"Hello, can I help you?" Asked a gorgeous young woman. She had white hair worn in a small upward pony-tail and was wearing a red dress with pink.
"Hey Mira its you!" Lucy stated happily realising this must be when her other got introduced to Fairy Tail famous pinup model. Mira smiled as Lissanna looked in interest knowing these events happened before she arrived from Edolias. Makarov. Macao and Wakaba eagerly grinned at the "gorgeous' model comment making Mira sigh already used to the constant attention.
Lucy gasped, immediately recognizing who this girl was. "You're Mirajane! The real Mirajane! My name is Lucy, and this is Naruto."
Mirajane giggled at the celestial spirit mage's enthusiasm. "Nice to meet you both."
"Shouldn't we stop those guys?" Naruto asked and pointed at the chaos in front of them. "If this goes on the whole place might go down."
Lucy seemed pleased that Naruto seemed to have some common sense unlike most of her teammates (who thought destroying the guild hall and property was "part of the job").
The barmaid just waved it off nonchalantly as a bottle flew over her head, literally missing by a hair. "Oh, don't worry about them. This normal here."
Mira stopped reading for a few seconds remembering how the bottle did hit her on the forehead in her past. While Natsu grinned remembering about the fight in the guild hall when they had over 100 members.
The fighting was getting crazier and everyone looked like they were about to get serious.
'This doesn't look good' Naruto thought and moved in front of the two girls defensively.
Cana could not help but take the opportunity to tease both Lucy and Mira. "Aw Naruto has known you both less then a day and he is already your knight in shining armour!" Cana cooed while Lucy merely rolled her eyes while Mira had her usual smile on,
"THAT'S ENOUGH YOU FOOLS!"
Naruto jumped in shock as the booming voice caused everyone in the building to stop. Daring to see the owner of the voice, he turned around to find a giant standing right behind him. "EHHHHH!?"
"Makarov-sama you are in the story now!" Erza said proudly while the rest of guild had soft smiles knowing how they all looked up to the Third Master as a father figure.
The giant looked down at Naruto and Lucy. "HMM… NEWCOMERS?"
They both gulped. "Y-yes... sir?"
Lucy couldn't not help but shudder slightly remembering how terrified she was meeting this giant who Mira had called 'master' while Natsu was disappointed that like in his timeline Gramps had stopped the fight.
The giant then shrunk down until he was only a small old man. "Nice to meet you." He greeted cheerfully.
All Naruto could do was look at the old man in disbelief as he jumped onto the balcony of the second floor of the guild, and then proceeding to pull out some papers before coughing into his hand to get everyone's attention.
"You did it again, fools!" He yelled and began to read off some of the things that the members destroyed, and Naruto was surprised when he began to hear all the things the guild has destroyed.
Lucy simply thought to herself 'yup that's what the guild does. Destroy everything making the magic council made at us.' While Erza glared at each person knowing that this happened while she was out on her own job making everyone shake in fear from Erza wrath
Shaking his head, Naruto then turned to Mirajane. "That's the Master here?"
Mirajane nodded. "Yup! That's master Makarov."
Makarov burned the papers in his hands and threw them to Natsu, who gobbled up the flames. "The council members are always mad at me… But who cares! If you worry about what the higher ups think then you won't get stronger! Do not fear those fools in the council! We are Fairy Tail!" He yelled and the guild members cheered.
Naruto smiled, this old man sort of reminded him of the third Hokage, if the third was a really short old man who wore silly elf clothes and didn't seem to care what the authorities thought… Maybe they weren't so similar.
The Third Master was pretty annoyed at the description Naruto gave him until Mavis grinned using illusion magic to show a picture of the Third Hokage in his Hokage robes and battle armour. While a majority of the guild was impressed that somebody so old could still be great shape Makarov merely grumbled silently admitting that compared to that old man maybe he shouldn't be surprised at Naruto's thoughts.
Makarov jumped off the balcony and landed on the counter next to Mirajane. "So, what brings you two to Fairy Tail?"
"My friend here would like to join your guild." Naruto answered and Lucy looked at the master hopefully.
"I don't see a problem, since she's cute…." Makarov said, and Naruto nearly face-faulted. "Mira-Chan, would you?"
Lucy crossed her arms in annoyance at that description realising her looks may have actauly played apart in getting into Fairy Tail while Erza gave her master a quick warning look that he ignored. Mira rolled her eyes fully aware that although kind their master was perverted.
Mirajane nodded and took the cheering teen to get her guild stamp.
"And what of you?"
'Well, here goes nothing…' Naruto thought and let out nervous breath. "This might sound crazy but, I'm not exactly from here..."
"Oh? And where might you be from?" The old man asked and took a sip of his beer.
"What if I told you I'm from a different dimension?
"This will be something definitely be something different." Makarov noted realising that the world that Naruto came from was not a parallel world like Edolias but a completely different world.
Makarov spewed his drink all over in surprise. He then looked at Naruto in disbelief and saw his serious expression.
'This brat's not lying.' Makarov hopped down and started walking towards the stairs which led to the second floor of the building. "Come with me to my office."
Naruto nodded and followed. 'This is going to be fun…'
Makarov looked at the scroll in front of him. "So, you come from a place called the Elemental Nations and were brought here because of this scroll?"
Naruto nodded. "That's what I'm thinking, though I can't tell if the scroll was a summoning jutsu or your world's magic. I know it sounds silly, but seeing as no one seems to know what the Elemental Nations are, I'm starting to think it's true."
Makarov looked at the first master "Shodai what exactly is that scroll and who made it?" he asked only for Mavis to pout and shake her head childishly. The guild face faulted seeing how childish Mavis was acting and realising she prob wasn't that different from the Mavis they knew.
Makarov nodded, he could see where the boy was coming from. "Where did the scroll come from?"
The blonde shrugged. "Lucy got it at a magic shop, but the owner didn't even know where it came from."
Makarov sighed. "I don't know what to say. The scroll somehow ripped you from your dimension and into ours. I've never heard of any magic like this. Except maybe..." He paused.
"Maybe...?" Naruto repeated.
"There is a member in our guild that may know a little about dimensional travel."
Mira stopped reading as the entire guild (although not so much, Gajeel or Juvia) remembered their old comrade Mystogan (who was the Edolias counterpart of Jellal).
Naruto's face brightened at this information. "Really!? Who is it? Where can I find them?"
The old man chuckled at the blonde's enthusiasm, he was beginning to like this kid. "His name is Mystogan. But he's out on a mission right now and is just about impossible to track. Your best bet would be to wait for him to come back to the guild for another mission."
Makarov seeing how bright and positive this young man was agreed with his other and thought Naruto would make a great Fairy Tail member.
"Shodai-sama does that mean Edolias exists in your dimension as well?" Erza asked getting a nod from Mavis. "Does a Naruto exist there too?" Erza inquired as the guild grew in anticipation waiting for Mavis response. Only to lower their head in disappointment when Mavis merely shrugged her shoulders.'
"Geez Shodai-sama really is trying to avoid giving spoilers away." Lucy grumbled while Natsu shrugged not caring either way.
"Guess that answer must be in the book." Gray noted while Erza nodded her head in agreement.
"Oh..." Naruto seemed to deflate into seat.
Makarov put on a reassuring smile. "Don't worry, he shouldn't be gone for long. You're welcome to hang around the guild until he returns."
Naruto gave Makarov a thankful smile. "Thanks, old man!"
Makarov faulted at being call old, but quickly recovered and coughed into hand. "Well I'd like to know a little more about your home land. It was called Konoha I believe?"
Levy quickly grabbed her trusty notebook and started writing as much down as possible making Lucy smile knowing how interesting the idea of a whole another world would be to Levy.
Naruto nodded, not seeing a reason to be secretive. He was asking for the man's help, and he seemed trustworthy.
Makarov continued. "And in Konoha, your people don't use magic, but this chakra you called it?"
All the wizards were eager to learn exactly what chakra was and how it differed from magic along with what it could do.
"Yeah, there are five hidden villages in The Elemental Nations, Konoha being the one I'm from, and our armies consist of ninja, or shinobi." Naruto stated proudly while pointing at his headband.
Natsu began what he thought was a cool ninja move getting some laughs until Erza glared at him for making light of the information.
"You are one of these ninjas?"
"Yup. Ninja are ranked from genin, to chunin, then lastly jonin. With genin being the lowest."
Makarov raised an eyebrow. "Which of these ranks are you?"
Naruto scratched his cheek awkwardly. "Well technically I'm still a genin... But that's only because I wasn't there for the last chunin exams!" He said and pouted childishly at the last part.
This got a laugh from the entire guild at how childish Naruto was acting while Mavis smiled knowing he would become Fairy Tail strongest member along with one the strongest ninjas.
Makarov bellowed with laughter. "I like you boy. How would you like to join Fairy Tail?"
Naruto stopped pouting and looked at the master. "Me, join? But I'm not even from here."
Makarov shrugged. "What if I told you that's not the strangest thing I've seen in this guild? You'll fit right in!"
Makarov nodded agreeing with his other that a person of Narutos character was definitely worthy of joining his guild.
"I don't know how long I'll even be here, I gotta find a way back home." Naruto said with a slight frown. The people here seemed nice, and joining this place would probably be fun. But he had promises to keep. 'Sasuke…'
Seeing the troubled look on the youth's face, Makarov sighed. "Tell you what, you can think about it for now. Go downstairs and get yourself something to eat, but keep the dimensional business between us for now."
While some members like Natsu, Gray and Elfman were outraged that Makarov was telling Naruto to keep it a secret other more mature members like Erza and Laxus agreed that it likely cause a panic at this point if their other leaned about Narutos origins.
Naruto nodded thankfully and left the room.
Makarov frowned at the scroll in front of him. 'This scroll... I hope it's not what I think it is.'
This got concerned looks from most of the mages especially Makarov himself who wondered what his other was thinking at that moment.
Naruto sighed as he walked down the steps, the reality of things hitting him like a train. He hadn't really given it much thought till now with everything that had been going on, but he was stuck in another world with no way back.
'What am I going to do if this Mystogan guy doesn't come back for days, or even weeks. I don't even have a place to sleep.' He thought and walked over to the bar, which he assumed was where they served food.
'Oh well, best not to think too hard on it now.' Naruto thought and put on a smile. "Hey Mirajane-Chan, could I get something to eat?"
"Sure. You can just call me Mira, everyone calls me that." She said then walked off to fix Naruto something to eat.
Lucy smiled at how nice Mira was to all the members including newbies like herself and Wendy. Lissanna was proud of her older sister knowing how rude and abrasive she was when they were younger.
"Thanks Mira-Chan." Naruto sat at the bar to wait for his food and his stomach growled from hunger. 'I wonder where Lucy is?' He thought as he began to twirl a little on his seat. It's not like Lucy had promised to help him find a way home, but she just seemed like the type that liked to help others. At least that's what he got from her. She did goes as far as helping him find the magic shop.
Lucy smiled liking that description until Happy and Natsu started teasing her that Naruto already liked her.
"Hey, are you the guy that came here with the new girl?"
Naruto turned around and saw a guy in his boxers standing behind him send him a lazy wave. He noted that it was the same person Natsu had picked a fight with earlier. "Umm… Where are your clothes?"
"Same old Gray." Happy chanted while the guild nodded their head. Gray quickly looked down sighing in relief for the moment he had his clothes on.
The guy looked to see that he indeed had no clothes on. "Ah crap!" He ran off to find his missing garments.
Naruto sweatdropped before feeling a tap on his shoulder. Turning around again, he found a brown-haired woman wearing a bikini top and jeans take a seat on the stool next to him. He could already feel his face heating up from the way she was smiling at him.
Cana instantly grinned already realising her other was going to have a field day teasing the hell out of the new guy. Lucy could only feel sorry for Naruto knowing how much a flirt the drinker was.
"That was Gray, he has a bad habit of leaving his clothes everywhere." She said and rolled her brown eyes. "Name's Cana, what's your name sweetheart?"
Naruto laughed nervously, feeling his cheeks burn a little brighter. "I'm Naruto. Nice to meet you, Cana."
"I am calling it!" Cana said smugly.
"calling what Cana?" Lucy asked curiously?
"the new guy has never had a girlfriend before! Hey it would work out great with other you and him! You still haven't had a boyfriend yet." Cana teased while Lucy face turned red before shaking the older brunette to stop telling people that much to her amusement of the guild.
Mira being the matchmaker thought to herself "hmm maybe that Lucy and Naruto would make a good couple, I wonder if my other self sees this too?" while Mavis mentally grinned already loving the drama.
She leaned in a little closer. "Those are some cute whisker marks. Are they real?"
"Y-yeah." Naruto said, growing even more flustered. Did he just stutter!? Curse this nervousness! Why was he acting like this!?
Cana almost squealed from the blonde's reaction. 'How cute!'
Most of the female members agreed it was cute while the guys merely laughed at the poor guy embarrassment.
"Hey Cana, stop teasing the new guy. It's un-manly!"
"Its time for a REAL MAN to make an appearance!" Elfman declared while the guild mostly ignored him used to his quirks.
They both looked up to see a giant of a man walk up to them.
Cana sweatdropped. 'That's because I'm not a man...'
"Seems like the Shodai was right. All of other selves basically act the same as us." Cana noted while the guild members who were in the story nodded their heads.
"this story is pretty boring so far. When will other me get there and start kicking ass Ghihi?!" Gajeel grumbled to himself while Pantherlilly rolled his eyes knowing exactly what his partner was thinking.
"Hey, the name's Elfman." He said with a grin.
Naruto grinned back. "Nice to meet you, Elfman."
Before long, people from all over the guild had gathered around to say hello to the ninja.
"Hey what kind of magic do you use?"
"Wanna join our team?"
"What's with those weird clothes?"
Not used to the attention, Naruto was starting to get a little overwhelmed.
Erza was abit annoyed that the guild was harassing the new guy on his first day at the guild especially since he was not an official member yet.
Mirajane came to his rescue, carrying a tray of hot food in her hands. "Now now everyone, let's give Naruto some space to eat."
Some of the older members like Macao and Wakaba were getting abit jealous of the new guy getting personal attention from Mira herself while Mira was glad her other self was helping Naruto settle in.
Naruto cried anime tears. 'Mira-Chan!'
Mira simply smiled and placed a plate full of food in front of him. "Here you go."
"Thanks!" Naruto said and began to wolf down the food. "This is great!"
After Naruto finished eating he spent the next couple of hours talking with some of the members of Fairy Tail. So far, he'd met some interesting characters. Gray, who was the guy that always seemed to lose his clothing, was a pretty chill dude. He learned that the guy didn't get along with Natsu at all and were fighting again. Which kind of reminded him of his rivalry with Sasuke.
Gray was not exactly pleased being compared to Naruto black haired friend who looked like a loner and well dark.
Elfman, who he learned was Mirajane's younger brother, reminded him of Lee back at home. Well, that is if Lee was a giant of a man that was obsessed with being manly that is.
Elman was instantly interested. "I wonder if other me will get to meet this Lee person? If so Naruto will be a real man! I wonder if Lee is a real man as well!" Elfman screamed getting out of his chair. It took both Lissana and his girlfriend Evergreen to put him back into his seat.
Naruto was now sitting at a table with Cana, Elfman, and Team Shadow Gear.
"So, Lucy left with Natsu to go find this Macao person?" Naruto had asked where the girl had gone since she was nowhere to be found.
"I guess Naruto won't be on all the adventures with us huh?" Natsu asked with Lucy nodding along.
"Maybe if he does become a member he can join our team?" Erza remarked to some people surprise. "Well he is on very good terms with Natsu and Lucy already and personally I wouldn't mind having another person on it once we find out his skills." Erza explained getting some nods although Makarov was hoping for his other's sake that Naruto was not as destructive as team Natsu was on a daily basis.
"Yeah, knowing Natsu and his keen sense of smell they shouldn't be gone for too long." Cana said and took a swig from her barrel. Yes, a barrel. Naruto just couldn't get over how much the girl could drink. She was already on her second barrel! He was sure that she'd even be able to out drink old lady Tsunade.
"Shodai-sama who is this Tsunade?" surprisingly Kinanna asked with a small blush as everyone turned to the attractive barmaid.
Mavis thought for a moment and decided she might as well show them who Tsunade was. The guild was expecting a middle-aged woman with a drinking problem but they were in for a surprise. Tsunade wore an open top gray blouse that exposed her generous bust. Along with green jacket, black open toed sandals, and soft pink lipstick. Overall she had an incredibly attractive look in her mid 20's with a very ample bust.
Male members like Macao (to Romeos embarrassment), Wakaba and Makarov had perverted grins and nosebleeds seeing this woman through illusion magic. Gray had a notable blush much to Juvia anger who tried to use her hand to cover his eyes. Wendy and Levy were once again jealous at another female with incredible bust while Lucy and Mira wondered how she was an "old lady". Erza wondered if she should start dressing like that in public while Elfman could hardly contain his excitement much to Evergreen anger.
"How old is Tsunade Shodai?" Makarov asked still transfixed on this gorgeous lady on screen.
"Oh she is about 53 at this point" Mavis stated non-chalently already expecting such reactions.
"NANI!(what)?!" the whole guild exploded hearing that this lady could actually be in her 50's.
Mavis sighed and explained "Tsunade uses a special transformation jutsu to retain her looks in her early 20's. It is special that even if you damage her the jutsu does not come undone unlike most transformation spells and jutsu. It only gets undone if she runs out of chakra or gets close to death door." She quickly waved the magic away to certain members disappointment waving Mira to continue reading.
"Hey Naruto, what kind of magic do you use?" The blue haired girl he came to know as Levy asked, she was a member of Team Shadow Gear.
'Oh yeah, dimensional stuff in a no go...' The blond thought and rubbed his chin. "Um, well where I'm from we call magic chakra. As for techniques, I know a few."
Levy was wondering how Naruto was going to use his techniques and pass them off as magic.
"Can you show us?"
Naruto shrugged. "I guess I can show you a few. Though most of my techniques are a little too destructive to use inside." He got up from his seat and put his hands in a hand seal.
"Henge!"
A burst of smoke consumed Naruto and he transformed into Elfman.
"Whoa!"
"It's just like Mira-Chan!"
Mira was impressed noting that if he was using transformation magic is would be advanced class. Elfman starting crying tears of joy at how 'manly' this scene was much to his sister and girlfriend embarrassment.
Elfman stood up and slung an arm around the transformed shinobi. "What a man! Ahahaha!"
"That's quite a manly thing to say!"
"Thanks man!"
Everyone laughed and Naruto changed back to normal.
"What else can you do?" Droy, another member of Team Shadow Gear asked.
"This!" Naruto jumped onto the nearest wall and stuck to it with chakra, then proceeded to run up to the ceiling and stand upside down.
The whole guild was interested in this as although people with magic could run up walls they couldn't not actually stick on it. Makarov and Erza in particular could see the strategic value of having such a skill for combat.
"He can stick to walls too?"
"Cool!"
Naruto dropped back down to his seat. "I'd show you more, but I gotta save some tricks for later ya know?"
Now the guild was abit disappointed but could understand not wanting to show off all the skills at once especially if he was trying to hide the fact he was from a different dimension.
"Now I am really interested in what kind of fighting skills he has!" Erza decalred getting everyone to turn to her. "I mean the wall sticking and transformation skills are impressive tricks but in combat I am guessing he must have skills to damage his opponents." Erza reasoned looking at Blonde master who only winked back.
"You said you're not from here, do you have a place to stay?" Cana asked.
Naruto remembered that he didn't. "Now that you mention it-"
Slam!
Everyone's attention was drawn to the front of the guild when the doors burst open.
"Hey everyone! We brought back Macao!" Natsu yelled and charged at Gray, who was looking for his clothes again.
Everyone went to see Macao who was a bit bruised up, but for the most part seemed alright.
"Naruto, there you are." Lucy said and walked over to the ninja.
"Hey Lucy, so the search went well then?" Naruto asked looking over at a now laughing Macao.
"Yeah…" Lucy said tiredly and slumped onto the seat next to him. "Fairy Tail mages sure are amazing though. Macao had defeated nineteen giant monkeys before being taken over by the twentieth."
Naruto raised an eyebrow. "Taken over?"
Lucy nodded. "I just learned about it too. It's a type of magic that you can use to take over someone's body."
"That's sounds creepy…" Naruto said before shuddering. That magic reminded him of Orochimaru and how he tried to take over Sasuke's body.
The guild was interested and looked at Mavis for an explanation only to see a rare sight. Gone was the cheerful, playful first master and currently was a master with a darkened look. "Everyone please do not ask about this. It is truly a despicable act and I will speak no further on this subject." Mavis declared with such a coldness even powerful mages like Laxus and Gildarts shivered.
"Hey Naruto, are you going to join Fairy Tail?" Lucy asked while looking at her stamp with a bright smile.
"I don't know yet. I just don't think it would be a good idea to join if I'm just going to leave when I find a way back home." Naruto said with a shrug.
Lucy frowned, the thought of parting ways with her new friend made her a little sad. But it only made. Naruto was from another dimension, and she was sure he had people waiting for him back home. "I guess that's true. Did you get any info from the master about the scroll?"
Normally both Cana and Happy would be more then glad to tease the blonde celestial spirit mage but seeing the look in her eyes they wisely choose to stay quiet. Lucy looked both thoughtful and even a little sad for her other. You could tell by reading that her other already felt that Naruto was a great friend and would be sad to have such a good friend leave to go home made her sad as well. Lucy looked up with a smile to cloud these sad thoughts only for them to disappear once Mavis gave her a hopeful smile.
Naruto shook his head. "No, he didn't know anything about it. But he did tell me to wait here for a member named Mystogan."
"Mystogan?" Lucy tapped her chin in thought. "I think I've heard of him. Though I don't know anything about him, just that he's pretty mysterious."
Naruto crossed his arms. "Yeah, for now though I should worry about finding a place to stay."
'Oh yeah that's right. He doesn't have anywhere to go…' Lucy thought, and she couldn't help but feel a little guilty. So after giving it some thought, she spoke. "Well, I found a nice cheap apartment today. If you don't have anywhere else to go... I guess you could stay with me."
Cana and Happy both couldn't keep it in anymore. "You definitely love this guy! All the signs point to it Lucy!" Happy flew happily while Cana snickered. Juvia thought this might be a good thing with Lucy out of the way her other could keep Gray much easier.
"Yeah Lucy with you living together maybe you both can finally not have to admit being single forever!" Cana sang while Lucy face kept getting more and more red.
"Cana-chan didn't you hear it say that my other felt guilty! She is not in love. And Shut up Stupid Cat!" Lucy raged completely in denial that this gesture could mean anything else.
"Dude this guy is going to get so lucky with a hot girl like Lucy!" Gildarts chortled while several members gave him strange looks. "Hey come on. Its not like I am every going to do anything with women so young but it healthy for men to appreciate the finer things like the girls in our guild." Gildarts justified.
Naruto looked at Lucy in surprise. Did she just offer him a place to stay? "Really? Are you sure it wouldn't be too much trouble?"
She played with her hair. "Well, yeah of course. It's kinda my fault that you're stuck here and all, so this is the least I can do."
Mira whispered to Erza "see other Lucy is totally flirting with him." Making Erza nod in agreement which Mavis saw and happily grinned.
Naruto grinned widely. "Hehe, thanks!"
Lucy smiled back, a tad bit of red in her cheeks. Wait, did she just offer to let a boy stay with her?
"Wow other Lucy-san is so bold and mature going to that step!" Wendy remarked only for Carla to give her a lecture about ladies never living together with boys unless they are married and very seriously in love.
"They like each other..." Happy said while giggling to himself. The cat must have sat at their table at some point in their conversation.
"S-shut up, you useless cat!" Lucy yelled and chased after the laughing feline.
Naruto just laughed at them. Since he was stuck here anyway, he might as well have some fun.
A Couple Days Later...
The last couple of days with Fairy Tail were... unique.
For Naruto to stay at the apartment Lucy had found, the rent was raised since there were two people staying in it. They came to an agreement that they would split the rent between and did a couple of jobs from the guild's request board.
Lucy started freaking out about the rent increase as she could barely afford the 70000 jewels per month while Mavis sighed and explained that for 2 people it was 100000 jewels getting Erza to agree it was a far price for 2 people to stay there.
Their first job at Fairy Tail was to find a book for the client and destroy it. The task was easy. All they had to do was sneak into a rich man's house to obtain the book. Being the skilled ninja he was, Naruto got them in with no problems.
They got the book with no detection until they were about to leave, they were found by a round man and his ugly maids, one of which a behemoth. Though the fight ended in no less than five seconds.
Lucy insisted on reading the book before destroying it and discovered that the client of the job turned out to be the author's son.
The client had lied about being rich and wasn't able to give them a reward for the job, but it didn't bother them. That is until they realized that they still had no money for the rent. On the bright side, Lucy got a new golden key for her Celestial Spirit magic, so all was well in the end.
"Well even with Naruto there we still didn't get paid…" Natsu remarked.
"Its because Lucy decided NOT to destroy the book we failed the mission." Happy had to add in making Lucy enraged.
"Stupid cat the guy didn't have the money! We wouldn't have gotten paid either way!" Lucy screamed back.
"You got the Gold Key while we got nothing!" Natsu whined only to get a thump on the head by Lucy.
"its not my fault I collect things that are useful unlike you and Happy who only buy food!" Lucy lectured until Erza cleared her throat making them all quickly apologize in fear.
"Hey Natsu, which one of these missions aren't boring and pay good?" Naruto called out to the dragon slayer, he was currently standing in front of the request board looking for a job to do.
"Read them yourself!" Natsu answered back.
"You know I can't read this!"
The language in Earthland, while spoken the same as in the Elemental Nations, was written differently.
Levy quickly looked at Mavis for an explanation only for the master to write on a piece of paper something in the Elemental Nation script. Levy was disappointed and Mavis winked feeling pride at her prank.
"Naruto would've loved what I wrote!" Mavis thought to herself happily. The paper had said 'pranked ya Dattebayo!'.
"Why don't you ask Lucy to read it for you, or just learn to read?"
Naruto stamped his foot on the ground impatiently. "Come on! Lucy doesn't want to go on a mission today so help me out man! We can go on a harder mission if you want?"
That seemed to have gotten Natsu's attention, as he immediately stopped what he was doing and ran over to the ninja. "Fine! Let's see... Ah! There's a mission to slay a demon that's been terrorizing a village."
Natsu was instantly interested realising this had never happened in their timeline. Lucy and Natsu exchanged looks realising at this point Erza had come in to take them to get rid of the dark guild. "I cant wait to see what kind of demon Naruto and I get to slay!" Natsu said happily while Erza was more interested to see if they could get a glimpse finally of Narutos's fighting power.
Makarov realized that this completely different events could be part of what Mavis said about the saviour changing the world.
"A demon? What's the pay?"
"200,000 jewels! It says it's too strong for the royal army to handle, must be a strong demon! I'm all fired up! Let's go Happy!"
"200,000 jewels? Half of that would be exactly what Naruto and other Lucy would need for rent!" Lucy cheered while Natsu was more interested in the idea of fighting a strong demon.
"Aye sir!"
Natsu showed the job request to Mirajane and ran out the door.
"Hey Mira-Chan, could you tell Lucy I'm going out on a job with Natsu and Happy?" Naruto asked while walking towards the guild's entrance.
The white-haired beauty nodded and waved them goodbye. "Sure! Be careful."
Naruto gave her a thumbs up and ran after Natsu. "Thanks, we will!"
Cana walked up to Mirajane. "He says he doesn't want to join, but it looks like he's already in."
Mirajane giggled. "He's as stubborn as Natsu, how cute."
"Well Mira isn't wrong there. Naruto is exactly like Natsu in that regard. He is a fairy at heart." Erza said rather fondly while Mira had her own warm smile liking this story immensely already.
At Destroyed Town...
Naruto looked at the destruction in front of him. "Jeez, what happened here?"
"The town's gone..." Happy said sadly.
Natsu sniffed the air. "It's this way!"
Naruto nodded. "You go find the demon, I'm gonna go look for survivors."
Natsu nodded back and ran off with Happy on his head.
Naruto waited until Natsu was out of sight before he closed his eyes and started drawing in the surrounding natural energy.
Instantly every member of Fairy Tail was interested. Although they didn't know exactly what natural energy was it appeared that Naruto was taking in raw Ethenano into his body. It was a well known that wizards could get sick if they tried to absorb Ethenano directly instead passively letting their magic container.
Mavis thought to herself "now you can show off abit of your strength Naruto."
Not long after he closed his eyes he opened them, his now yellow eyes with a horizontal slit like the toads were wide in surprise. "Whoa, this world is full of natural energy! I went into Sage Mode almost instantly!"
Laxus spoke "hmm… It appears that his world has something similar to Ethenano that allows him to enter this so called 'Sage Mode'. Mavis smiled proudly knowing that her friend Yuri had some great descendants who inherited the Fairy Tail way.
He then started to feel for any people. He could feel Natsu and Happy slowly approaching something with a vile presence. That had to be the demon, he'd better hurry up.
The S-class wizards were interested in the ability of Sage Mode to sense magical presences. While it was fairly simply to gauge how much magic power a wizard had at close range it was quite rare for sensing magic power to be used to track people. Dragon Slayers usually used their sense of smell.
"There!"
Naruto ran to a collapsed house not too far from where he was standing and began to remove some of the debris.
He then found a little boy that was hiding under a sturdy looking table.
Instantly the entire guild felt their hearts go out for the little boy who was clearly scared.
The kid looked up and Naruto with teary eyes. "H-help me s-sir..."
Naruto smiled gently and reached out his hand. "No need to worry, my friend and I will take care of everything."
The little boy nodded and grabbed a hold.
"Do you know where your parents are?" Naruto asked the kid as he pulled him out.
The kid started to cry again and pointed to the rubble. "T-the monster..." Was all he could say.
Every wizard knew at that point that the little boy was the last survivor and certain members particular Gray felt a need for revenge against the demon who did this to the town. Even Natsu who wanted to fight a strong demon wouldn't want to fight a demon who finished destroying a town and almost all its people.
Naruto frowned and put his head down.
GROAWR!
A loud roar shook the destroyed village.
'Looks like Natsu found it.' Naruto thought and made a shadow clone.
"Nani? Is that a thought projection?" Erza asked as despite them normally being incapable of interacting with objects certain strong wizards like Jellal could make one that be mistaken for life like.
"Nope it far superior to a thought projection. It is a living fully operational clone created by dividing a part of a ninja chakra or life force and giving it the ability to function on its own." Mavis answered enjoying the glob stopped expression.
"We're gonna to kick that thing's butt okay? So stay here with my clone and wait for me to get back"
"But t-the monster is s-strong!" The kid cried out, remembering how all of the people from the town who had fought back were struck down like flies.
Naruto looked back and gave the kid a thumbs up. "I'm stronger, ya know!"
"Ya know?" Mira said with a giggle. While Lucy, Erza, Levy and Cana thought it was cute habit.
"Its something Naruto has done since he was a kid hehe." Mavis confirmed hiding her own giggle at Naruto's frequent habit.
He then turned and ran off to help Natsu.
"Roar of the Fire Dragon!" Natsu shot a beam of fire at the creature but it seemed to have little effect.
"What the hell? Other me should've had this in the bag! Its only one demon!" Natsu complained.
"Natsu don't be overconfident. Remember it took you, Gray and myself to defeat Lullaby another demon." Erza chastised her fire dragon slayer teammate.
"Also Ur had to give her life and remain iced shell for 10 years to weaken Deliora enough for it to die." Gray added.
"I know I know." Natsu grumbled remembered how difficult it was to defeat the 9 Demon Gates of Tartarus.
He wiped the sweat from his forehead. "Damn, it's not working!"
"Hey, Natsu!" Naruto yelled out.
Natsu looked over to see the blond running towards him.
"Naruto!" Happy yelled and they all grouped up.
"Hey! Did you get all the survivors?" Natsu asked.
Naruto nodded, albeit sadly. "Yeah, but there was only one."
Natsu growled and turned towards the demon.
"Seems like other Natsu is just as fired up to defeat that demon a our is." Happy said trying to make people not dwell on that world losing an entire town to that demon.
"None of Natsu's attacks are working on this thing." Happy said.
"Yeah, it keeps blocking everything with sand!" The dragon slayer grunted as his flame enhanced kick was blocked yet again.
"Sand?" Naruto took a closer look at the creature.
It was a giant squirrel-looking creature with a long bushy tail and had to be at least fifty feet tall.
"Holy Crap that's a pretty big demon! And whats with that weird look!" Natsu exclaimed seeing the image of the demon. The others were equally intrigued at the demon that did not exist in their world. Mavis showed no reaction but sadly thought of Zeref and knowing exactly why he created those demons.
"Happy! Fly me over it!"
"Aye sir!"
Happy picked him up and flew up into the sky. As soon as they were over the beast, the cat dropped his friend.
"Take this! Fire Dragon's Iron Fist!"
Natsu drove his flaming hand down at the creature, but with the swing of its tail, sand collected in front of it like a shield and blocked his attack.
"Sand?!" Natsu said looking at Max the only sand magic user he knew.
"I mean I can do some impressive stuff with Sand magic but nothing to that scale." Max admitted looking envious and scared at the scale of the battle shown.
"I can't get through!" Natsu cried out in frustration as he landed back on the ground.
The sand dropped to the ground and the creature swiped at him with its claws, but Natsu easily evaded it by jumping back.
'Its sand is just like Garra's.' Naruto thought as Natsu kept trying to land a hit.
"Rwahh! Why can't I hit this thing? It keeps moving its stupid sand wherever I go to hit it!"
An idea formed in Naruto's head. "Natsu! Do that fire roar thing again!"
"And Here I thought Naruto was going to be smart!" Happy exclaimed getting confused looks. "I mean he has seen Natsu attacks failing (hey!) and he still wants Natsu to keep trying!" Erza however thought that Naruto had a plan.
He just looked at Naruto in confusion. "Huh? It's just gonna move the sand to block it again."
"Just do it! I got an idea!" Naruto yelled and started to circle around the creature, drawing its attention.
"If you say so." He said and took a deep breath."Fire Dragon's Roar!"
The fire sped its way towards the demon and upon noticing it, the giant squirrel took its attention away from the ninja and moved its sand to block the incoming attack.
Erza got a glint in her eyes and realised Naruto's plan. "Very impressive Naruto. I Guess you aren't just a cheerful person." Erza thought as she saw Naruto seeing the demon weakness in a short time.
'Heh, just as I thought!' Naruto thought as he stopped and summoned two clones. He put out a hand and they went to work on making his most powerful technique. A loud screeching noise filled the air as his most powerful technique neared completion.
Mavis used her illusion magic to produce a video showing the power of the technique. The entire guild was in law of its power and appearance. Wendy in particular being a sky dragon slayer could gasp how fast the winds were moving in that sphere.
"Suigo That Technique is awesome!" Natsu exclaimed with Elfman and Gray instantly agreeing. However Erza, Makarov, Laxus and Mira realised with such a powerful technique the recoil could seriously hurt Naruto if he attempted to hit the demon with that. Lucy was just happy she wasn't there thinking to herself that the wind itself could make her flash people her panties plus it looked like she would be tossed away by the technique if she stayed there.
Naruto lunged forward and threw it.
"Fuuton: Rasenshuriken!"
"Nani?! He threw it!" Makarov was shocked at the screen as the technique left Naruto hand and flew towards the demon at high speed.
"What the deal gramps? Is suppose to be a Shuriken right and ninjas throw those right?" Natsu asked while certain members also didn't get what the bug deal was.
"You fool such a powerful and dense technique would normally just hit the ground in front of the boy if he attempted to throw it and blow him up! It is amazing he can use that technique as a long range attack and such high speed." Makarov explained getting shocked looks from the guild members.
The spiraling blades hit the monster square in the back and caused it to hiss in pain, the micro wind blades easily slashing through its hide.
"He did it!" Happy cheered making Mira smile.
"He got it!" Happy cheered.
Then the Rasenshuriken exploded, consuming the entire beast.
The Video showed the blast radius of the explosion making everyone shocked at such a large and powerful explosion from a single technique.
"I wouldn't want to get hit that wind." Gray said getting Lucy and Levy to instantly nod their head in agreement. Even Gildarts and Laxus were impressed by the boys power shown so far.
"Whoa!" Natsu said while jumping back with Happy in his arms.
"Did that do it?" Naruto wondered aloud.
After the explosion ended the creature fell to the ground, dead.
Natsu, and Lucy cheered while other members just smiled at seeing Naruto avenge the town and complete his job.
'Phew!' Naruto thought and deactivated sage mode before walking over to the cheering duo.
"That attack was awesome! What was it?" Natsu asked with excitement.
"That was my Rasenshuriken, it's the strongest technique in my arsenal. When it explodes, the enemy is cut by a bunch of tiny wind blades." Naruto stated proudly.
"Wow. But why did your attack work but not mine?" Natsu asked looking puzzled.
"Yeah I wanna know that too! I know if my fire dragon slayer magic hit other me could've defeated the demon too!" Natsu said childishly.
"Maybe Natsu but it wouldn't be as cool as seeing that wind Shuriken thing explode!" Happy exclaimed.
"I know what Naruto's plan was." Erza remarked getting all eyes on her. "Mira does it explain in the book?" when Mira looked ahead and nodded. "Hmm I suppose there is no point saying it if Mira is going to read it in a minute." Erza declared getting sweat dropped all around.
"Geez Erza if you were going to let the book explain anyways why bother announcing it anyways?" Lucy thought not wanting to get Erza ire.
"I noticed that it could only move sand with its tail."
Natsu deadpanned. "Well yeah, I told you that."
Naruto laughed and put a hand up. "Hold on let me finish. I thought that maybe if the sand was only moving because of its tail, then I would be able to hit it if it was already blocking something else, and it worked."
Besides certain people the rest of guild got realization looks seeing Naruto's plan. Erza saw that flaw when Naruto told Natsu to attack again while Mira had skimmed ahead.
Realization dawned on Natsu's face. "Oh. OH!"
"You're pretty smart Naruto, unlike Lucy." Happy joked.
Natsu snorted. "Haha, you better hope she doesn't find out you said that."
"Stupid cat! I am plenty smart! I am writing a novel while all you do is eat fish all day!" Lucy angrily argued with the blue Exceed.
"Well I can fly!" Happy exclaimed getting Lucy even more ticked off.
"How is that relevant?!" Lucy shouted in frustration. However, both of them shut up instantly when Erza started to give them the stink eye.
Naruto laughed. "Okay, let's go get that kid I found to the Rune Knights and get our reward."
Both Natsu and Happy flinched at him mentioning the Rune Knights.
Naruto sweatdropped. "You didn't do anything bad so you don't have to be scared of them."
"The End of the chapter." Mira declared.
"Wait everyone before we start chapter 3 there are certain mini adventures not in this book." Mavis said getting surprised looks from everyone. "they don't happen not in every chapter but lets read them shall we?" Mavis asked as she took a smaller book and flipped to the first page.
Omake…
While on their way back from their first job, Naruto and Lucy had decided to take a short in the town square at an outdoor restaurant.
"It's too bad we didn't get paid…" Lucy moped as she watched Naruto eat away the remainder of her cash. 'How can he eat so much ramen…'
"Hey this happens after the Everlue mission!" Natsu said pleased he figured it out himself Happy praised him.
"Should I mention its pretty obvious since it said it was after the other Lucy and Naruto's first job?" Lucy whispered to Mira.
"Nah let him have this one." Mira answered sweetly.
Finishing his last bowl, Naruto leaned back in his chair and sighed. "It's not so bad. You did get that golden key thing, ya know?"
Lucy smiled happily thinking of all her gold and silver keys that were her family. "Now all I need to do is find Aquairus' key and then we can be a compete family again." Lucy thought to herself as she lightly grabbed her keys for comfort.
Lucy brought out her newest golden key and smiled. "That's true. I'll have to sign a contract with her later. Though to be honest, I'm kind of scared to…."
"That's true…" Naruto said with a sweatdrop. "So what other spirits can you summon, besides that little white dog thing and the crab guy?" Naruto asked. Ever since Lucy had first used her magic, he'd been curious to see what other weird things she could summon.
"Oh, do you want to meet some of them?" Lucy asked and when he nodded she grabbed her keys, growing a little excited to show off her magic to the ninja. She stood up from their table and raised a silver key into the air.
"Showing off for your boyfriend huh Lucy?" Happy teased with Cana making Lucy sigh.
"Look can you guys stop that? Naruto wants to go home and tbh I dunno if I even want a boyfriend right now." Lucy said calmly.
"Open! Gate of the clock! Horologium!"
In a flash of golden light, a grandfather clock with arms appeared.
"You called, Lucy-Sama?" The clock asked in a very polite manner.
"A talking clock?" Naruto said and stood up to get a closer look.
"This is Horologium. I've had him ever since I was a child." Lucy said while gesturing to her good old friend.
Naruto grinned. "I'm Naruto! Nice to meet you!"
Horologium bowed. "Likewise, Naruto-Sama."
"Lucy does that spirit say 'Sama' to every person?" Erza asked curiously.
"Pretty much anybody I am associated with he will." Lucy answered.
"Lucy summon that spirit in front of me!" Happy demanded.
"No! Why would I summon a spirit just to boost your ego?" Lucy said coolly knowing exactly why right away.
'Sama…?' Naruto thought with a chuckle.
"Well then, if that is all then I shall return to the spirit world. Farewell Lucy-Sama, Naruto-Sama." With that said, Horologium disappeared.
"Bye Horologium!" Lucy said and began to shuffle through her keys to decide which spirit to show him next. 'Maybe I'll introduce him to Taurus next…'
"Hey, can't you summon one that can control water?" Naruto suddenly asked. "Cause If I remember correctly, you were the one who caused that tidal wave back at the port and I don't think Natsu or Happy could have done that."
Lucy already had a bad feeling and knew where this was going but could not help feel happy to see Aquarius again even if it was only in book form.
Lucy felt proud to think that she had the ability to do something a Fairy Tail mage couldn't. Even if it was technically her spirit's power…
"That was Aquarius." Lucy said nervously. "I'm not sure if it would be a good idea to summon her for something like this She's kinda… Strict." There was a large fountain not too far from where they were sitting but…
"Aw, come on~!" Naruto whined childishly. "I'm sure she's not that bad. What's the worst that could happen?"
If only Naruto knew.
Having given up to his pleading, Lucy brought out Aquarius' key. 'Well, it shouldn't be too bad. I'm sure she'll like Naruto. He's really easy to get along with…'
"Maybe?" Lucy answered uncertainly when people stare went to her. She knew her eater sprit typically didn't get along with anyone except her late mother Layla.
With her mind somewhat at peace, Lucy dipped the key into the fountain.
"Open! Gate of the water bearer! Aquarius!"
Light shined in the water as a form rose to the surface.
Naruto was in awe. Never in his life did he think he'd ever see a mermaid, but this was just what he'd pictured one to be like. She was beautiful, to say the least. Her elegant form was floating in the air as she cradled a large urn. She looked so calm. 'I wonder why Lucy was so hesitant to summon her-'
"Tch!"
"how rude." Mira frowned not liking that greeting.
"That's Aquarius for you." Happy added.
'Eh?' Naruto thought, his pictures of a mermaids going down the drain.
Lucy's eyebrow twitched. "Stop doing that when I summon you!"
"Stop summoning me when I'm about to go on a date with my boyfriend!"
Lucy cringed at the mermaid's tone of voice, she knew this was a bad idea. "Sorry… I just wanted to introduce you to a friend of mine-"
"HUH!? That's what you interrupted my date for!?" Aquarius turned over to Naruto, who immediately straightened himself in a proper stance. "You!"
"H-hai!?" Naruto squeaked.
"Who are you?"
Naruto, not wanting to piss the mermaid off any more than she already was, answered immediately. "My name's Naruto Uzumaki!"
Aquarius grunted. "I see your taste in men is as lousy as usual… The kid has no spine."
"See Lucy even Aquarius sees it! Your other should claim him before someone else does!" Cana teased again.
"Yes Lucy your other should be with Naruto and not worry about any other men." Juvia said robotically. Lucy had a feeling Juvia wanted other Lucy to be with Naruto so other Juvia would have 'less competition' for other Gray…
Lucy and Naruto fumed, both for different reasons.
"He's not my boyfriend!"
"I'm not a coward!"
Aquarius blinked and stared at them blankly for a couple seconds before bursting out with laughter. "Ahaha! This might actually be pretty fun!"
"She laughed?" Lucy was stunned knowing how picky her Water spirit was. Natsu and Happy were also surprised as they had spent most an afternoon with Lucy trying to make Aquarius laugh.
Naruto sent Lucy a questioning look and the girl muttered a silent apology.
"You two!" Aquarius yelled after regaining her composure.
"Hai!?" They both answered at the same time.
"I'm going to leave for my date now. Have fun~!" She said and waved at them sweetly before disappearing, leaving the two blondes by themselves once again.
"What was she talking about?"
"Don't worry about it…"
Naruto sweatdropped. "You didn't do anything bad so you don't have to be scared of them."
"The End" Mavis declared closing the smaller book. "before we start chapter 3 I think we should all get some rest. Even in this timeless realm your bodies can get tired so boys of the left and girls on the right. No sneaking off as these doors have bathrooms inside and magic seals to prevent people from sneaking off." Mavis showed off leading the girls to the staircase to the right.
AN: hey everyone I hope you enjoy this one! My update speed ill prob slow down a bit so I don't burn out or anything. It will prob be a few days before I work on the next chapter. (not till Monday or Tuesday at least so please don't expect another super quick update!)
Somebody asked me to bring in Naruto characters (canon post war) and I will be honest and say unlikely to happen. It would make it a lot more complicated and I admit I would not be great at reactions from them. I might bring in Fox Scroll Naruto in a few chapters but we shall see. Other Fairy Tail characters ay pop later in the book (as right now It is only Fairy tail members in the book so new people wont have a lot to say). Certain characters like Gajeel and Laxus wont have much to say till their counterparts appear as they aren't super invested in the book (yet).
Also if there is anyone you want to read the next chapter please put in the review! Or if you want one of Lucy's spirits to appear!
I will post a poll on my profile for a few days for which spirit will be the first to appear for the reading. (will prob appear sometime after chapter 4)
Please vote on Poll! I Will leave up for a few days!
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