Well, I'm back with another chapter, just a few things before we begin.

1. I'm sure you all noticed, I've changed the name of the story from Dawn of the shine dragon to Rise of the spirit dragon. I did this because I only named it shine dragon because I didn't want to call it light dragon and I couldn't think of something else at the time. But now I have.

2. I'm going to make Lucy a couple of years older than in canon because when the story catches up to the manga, Naruto will be 20 and Lucy would be 17, so I'm aging her two years so it seems more appropriate.

3. Yes, Naruto will be getting an Exceed that will be introduced in this chapter.

4.I made a mistake in chapter two that I went back and fixed, You should go back and re-read the chapter if you've seen the old version as It does change the context a bit..

5. I'll be using some Japanese like honorifics but only a few.

I think that's it for now so enjoy the story

-000-

It had been a year since Naruto joined the guild, and honestly, he couldn't be happier. While it took him awhile to get used to the rowdy bunch, Naruto could finally say he was settling in for the long haul.

Thinking back, he remembered how he became a member in the first place and it had to do with his talk with his grandfather and Gildartz.

Flashback

Shock. That's what was written across the faces of Makarov, Laxus and Gildartz as they processed what the blond streaked, black-haired boy had said.

'Did he just say his last name was Dreyar!' Thought all three of the men.

Shaking himself from his shock first, Laxus asked the question on all their minds. "What do you mean your last name is Dreyer, only people in my family have that name."

Naruto looked to the skeptical blond in front of him and replied " It's a name I inherited from my Father."

"And just who the hell was your father?" Laxus shot back hotly. Gildartz and the master however didn't miss the venom in Naruto's voice when referring to his Father.

Taking a deep breath, Naruto replied, "My father's name is Ivan Dreyar."

Shock was once again was plastered over the faces of Laxus and Gildartz, the master on the other hand had a look of awe upon his visage. The child he had wondered about for the last 13 years was standing right in front of him, he couldn't believe the boy had found his way to them by himself.

Gildartz could only look upon his enemy's child in wonder, this kid was Ivan's son, that was crazy and yet the evidence was staring him right in the face. The boy's aura didn't even feel like Ivan's cold and ruthless aura like Laxus's did, it felt more like the master's calm and protective.

Laxus couldn't believe what he was hearing, his father had another child, this punk standing before him was his brother, BLASPHEMY.

Enraged, Laxus stepped forward and grabbed Naruto by the front of his shirt and all but yelled "That's a load of bullshit, my father doesn't have any other children!"

Shocked that this guy holding him by his shirt was his brother, Naruto couldn't believe that Laxus didn't know about him at all. He was about to say something before the master beat him to it.

"Laxus! That's enough, put your brother down this instance!"

"What, Jiji you don't really believe this punk do you." Laxus asked back sharply.

"Of course I do." The master replied matter-of-factually. " I have always known my foolish son fathered another child. What I didn't know was what became of that child, but it would seem he has found his way to his family all on his own. If you need more proof, just get a good look at his face, He looks a lot like you does he not."

And sure enough once Laxus got a good look at Naruto's face he noticed some key features that could only come from a Dreyar.

Hesitantly, Laxus let go of Naruto, scowled at him, then left the room no longer wanting to be in the presence of his so-called brother.

Naruto looked at the door where his brother left then turned to the master with a look on his face that clearly said 'what crawled up his ass'.

The master could only sigh and look at Naruto with a sad smile and say, "You'll have to forgive your brother, he's been rather distant lately." Although Makarov knew what Laxus's problem was, he could only hope it was just a phase. Noticing the frown upon Naruto's face, he decided to change the subject.

"Well, enough of all the gloomy stuff, I would like to know about my long-lost grandson." Makarov said with a smile.

At that, Naruto smiled and proceeded to tell his grandfather about his life, about his uncle, how little he remembered of his mother as she had died sometime after his birth, the destruction of his village, but most importantly, he told him about Pyildra, how she raised him, nurtured him, and taught him her magic.

By the end of the tale, Makarov and Gildartz were in awe, they couldn't believe that the boy went trough so much and yet seem so unaffected by it. They were also saddened to hear of his mother's passing. Makarov also couldn't help being slightly giddy about his grandson being a dragon slayer, he wondered what element he got.

"Wow kid, that sure is one hell of a story, but what I don't get is why did you wait to come to Fairy Tail if you knew you had family here?" Gildartz asked.

Naruto smiled sadly as he looked down, "It, was more of a selfish reason on my part." That caught the two adults attention. "You see, I wanted to be stronger. I felt so weak when my village was destroyed, I know I was only 6 years old but still. I made myself a promise that day... I promised myself that I would never allow myself to let my loved one and my precious people come to harm, because I would do everything in my power to protect them, even if it cost me my life."

Gildartz was flabbergasted, he just couldn't believe this kid was Ivan's son. That speech was something he would have said.

Makarov felt a swell of pride from his youngest grandson, and he's only known him for about an hour or two.

"Well Naruto I must say I am extremely proud of you my boy, I couldn't have said that better myself." Makarov said proudly. Naruto couldn't help feel good getting praise from his grandfather.

Makarov hopped out of his chair and approached Naruto, once he was in front of him, he pulled him into a hug. (don't ask how that's possible with Makarov being 3 feet tall)

"Although, I must apologize that it took so long for us to come together, If you need anything, do let me know."

"Well." Naruto replied. "There is one thing I would like more than anything."

"Oh, and what would that be?"

Naruto then gave a big grin and said. "I want to join Fairy Tail."

Makarov instantly agreed and introduced Naruto to the rest of the guild. Once the initial shock over the fact that the master had another grandchild had passed, a big ass party was thrown, during which Naruto received his guild stamp on his left shoulder in black with a yellow outline.

Flashback End

Naruto couldn't help the smile that creep-ed upon his face remembering the looks on some of the girls in his age group when they saw his muscled arms, Priceless.

Thinking about the guild, Naruto got along with the guild members easily enough, they seemed hesitant to approach him at first, probably due to how Laxus acted around the guild, but they were all pleasantly surprised to find that he was nothing like his brother and was rather pleasant to be around and talk to.

Speaking of Laxus, Naruto couldn't help but scowl slightly at the thought of his brother. The guy was such an asshole. Every time Naruto tried to reach out to him, the guy completely blew him off. Hell, the few times Laxus did acknowledge him he wouldn't call him by his name, he would call him little brother with a sneer. Naruto just tsked, if Laxus wanted to act that way fine. He didn't need his approval.

-000-

During his time in the guild, Naruto got acquainted with the other members in his age group.

The first person he met was Cana Alberona. She was part of the guild the longest in the age group and used card magic. Naruto thought she smelled a bit like Gildartz, but he chose not to comment.

The next person Naruto met was Gray Fullbuster. He used Ice make Magic and was a pretty cool guy, no pun intended. The only problem Naruto had with the kid was his habit of taking off his clothes.

Next up was Erza Scarlet. Naruto supposed she was nice enough, but he didn't really get along with her due to her overbearing personality, not to mention she didn't seem to trust him. He wasn't to sure what her magic was, but he knew it had to do with weapons and Armour.

After that, Naruto met the Take over Siblings, Mirajane, Elfman, and Lisanna. Like the name suggest, they each use a brand of take over magic.

Mirajane or Mira used Satan Soul take over magic. To everyone else in the guild except her siblings she was scary, but she seemed to take a liking to Naruto and would often flirt with him, much to the shock of everyone in the guild.

Elfman used Beast Soul take over magic. Unlike his sisters though, he couldn't do a full body take over, Naruto simply gave him a pep talk and he seemed to feel a bit better.

Lisanna used Animal Soul take over magic. It was easy to get along with Lisanna due to her warm and bubbly personality.

Naruto also met Levy McGarden. Levy used Solid Script magic and Rune magic as a secondary. Naruto could easily classify Levy as a book-worm due to her being surrounded by a mountain of books when he met her.

Last but not least, Naruto Met Natsu Dragneel. Naruto found he was growing tired of the little fire dragon slayer that constantly challenged him to brawls. Especially after he found out Naruto was a dragon slayer as well.

Flashback

Naruto had just officially joined the guild and met with some of the kids around his age. He was rather enjoying the party being thrown in his honor, at least he was until...

"Hey, new guy!" A squeaky little voice said from behind him. Naruto turned to see who had called him only to see the pink haired kid, that he had come to find out was named Natsu, that was fighting when he first arrived. While normally this wouldn't be a problem, the boy was currently charging him with his fist ablaze. "Fight me!"

Naruto not wanting to really hurt the boy with an actual fight simply swatted him away as if he were swatting a fly. This, however did two things.

One: It showed that even though Naruto was definitely nicer than his brother, it didn't mean you could walk all over him.

Two: It showed he was stronger than he let on.

Once Natsu pried himself from the wall, he immediately went into what Naruto would later refer to as "Fan-boy Mode".

Natsu, with stars in his eyes began to shoot off a bunch of questions to Naruto, who was currently sweat-dropping at the kid.

"Whoa, whoa slow down kid, calm down" Naruto told the pinkette.

Natsu took the older boys advice and took a deep breathe through his nose. That was when he picked up a scent that, while different from he one he was use to smelling, still smelled close enough that he recognized the smell. "Hey, Why do you smell like a dragon!" Natsu yelled catching the attention of the whole guild.

Naruto just gave a smirk and replied, "For the same reason you do, I'm a Dragon Slayer too."

Natsu, as well as the rest of the guild, was astonished. Natsu had thought he was one of a kind, yet here was a person that claimed to have the same magic as he did. The rest of the guild was shocked because they all assumed Natsu lied about being raised by a dragon. "What, no way, you're a dragon slayer too, that's awesome! Who was your dragon?! Do you know where Igneel Is?!" He would have went on had Naruto not covered the boy's mouth with his hand.

"Seriously kid, deep breath. If you must know, My dragon mother's name is Pyildra, the gold dragon of light and I don't know who this Igneel is." Naruto answered Natsu.

"Oh, well then as a fellow dragon slayer I challenge you to a fight!" Natsu all but yelled making the Guild members sweat-drop at his antics.

Naruto was going to decline until he saw the 'Wont take no for an answer look' in the kids eye.

"You're going to attack even if I say no aren't you?" Naruto asked. Natsu just nodded in answer. Sighing Naruto replied. "Lets go to the back than I'd rather not destroy the guild I just joined."

Natsu as well as the rest of the guild followed him out toward the back of the guild.

Outside

"Alright kid before we do this, how bout you tell me your name." Naruto asked nicely.

"I'm Natsu Dragneel and I'm gonna kick your ass!"

"Sure you are, come on show me what you got "Chibi' dragon". Naruto said mockingly.

"That's it you're asking for it!" Natsu yelled setting his fist ablaze and charging Naruto.

"Fire Dragon's Iron Fist!" Natsu called out as he sent punch after punch at Naruto's face, only for Naruto to weave between each punch before disappearing in a gold flash.

The next thing Natsu knew, he was being sent flying from a hard kick to his head as Naruto reappeared behind him.

The people watching were stupefied, even the Master was shocked they hadn't seen him move before Natsu was sent flying.

Regaining his bearings, Natsu yelled out "Hey, how'd you get behind me like that."

Naruto only smirked in reply. This seemed to set Natsu off even more as he began to inhale.

"Fire Dragon's Roar!" Natsu yelled as he shot out a blast of flames toward Naruto.

In response, Naruto just smirked again as he inhaled as well and readied his own roar. "Gold Dragon's Roar!" A blast of bright gold light shot out at the incoming fire-ball, swallowed it and continued on its course straight for Natsu.

Natsu only had time to utter out an "oh crap" before he was hit with the roar.

An explosion and a small tremor rocked the area when the blast connected with Natsu. The spectators were all wide-eyed and a little worried for Natsu's well-being. When the dust around the combatants cleared it showed Natsu down with swirls in his eyes.

"Heh, you're lucky I held back on that attack or there wouldn't be much of you left there." Naruto said with a smirk

That made the audience's jaws drop. That blast had been huge, and he still had more power to put into that. It made them wonder just how powerful this guy was.

Natsu finally came to and slowly started rising to his feet, once he did that he gained a giant smile and proclaimed "Alright, I have a new rival." This just made everyone sweatdrop.

Once he calmed down Natsu thought of something (1)

"Hey, wait a sec," Natsu yelled as he looked toward Naruto, who was headed back toward the guild. "I thought you said your dragon was the dragon of light? Why did you call your spell out as Gold Dragon?"

This made the other members pause as they wanted to hear Naruto's response.

Naruto looked at Natsu and said. "Like I said earlier, Pyildra is a gold dragon. Her golden scaled shine brightly in the light and fuel her power. Because of that her spells are called Gold Dragon Slayer Magic."

That seem to make sense to everyone except Natsu, who responded with "I don't get it." Making everyone sweat drop at his foolishness. Natsu shook his head and said "Forget it, the point is I'm going to get stronger and kick your ass."

Naruto just laughed and said "Really, how you gonna do that when you haven't even finished your training."

Natsu just looked shocked. "H-How did you..." "Your eyes." Naruto interrupted. "Your eyes should be slits like a dragons. Instead, they're slanted."

The guild members listened intently to the conversation the two were having. Natsu realizing he didn't know how to finish his dragon training looked down sadly.

Naruto, not liking the look on the boy's face, came up with an idea. "Hey Natsu I'll make a deal with you." Naruto said, catching Natsu's attention. "If you get strong enough on your own to where you can land a clean hit to my face without me using my magic, I'll help you finish your training in the Dragon slayer arts."

Natsu instantly perked up hearing this and proceeded to hug the life out of Naruto. Naruto didn't realize the hell he just unleashed upon himself.

Flashback End

Since that day, Natsu had started picking fights with Naruto every chance he got. It got to the point where Naruto would take long missions just to get away from the little pink haired menace.

-000-

Currently we find our blonde hero, (Yes blonde, everyday since Naruto joined the Guild, the blond streak in his hair steadily grew before he became a full blonde. Naruto would look exactly like Laxus if not for his tanner skin, blue eyes and whisker marks) headed back to Fairy Tail after meeting with his Grandmother, Porlyusica(2).

She had been another oddity in Naruto's life. She claimed to hate Humans, but when he met her and told her his story, she did something that shocked both him and his Grandfather, who had taken him to meet her after he joined, she pulled him into a hug and shed a few tears. Since then Naruto was the second person that could be in her presence and not be hit with a broom, the first being Makarov. Another thing that confused him was that even though his grandparents were married, his Grandmother lived all the way in the east forest while his Grandfather stayed at his cottage just outside Magnolia.

Naruto would have continued his thoughts about how far away his Grandmother lived had he not picked up on the sound of crying. He took a moment to figure out which direction it was coming from before heading in that direction. After a few minutes jog, Naruto came upon a bush. He realized the crying was coming from behind it. Looking over the bush, Naruto was shocked at what he saw.

It was a cat... An orange cat... An orange cat that looked a lot like Natsu and Lisanna's new cat Happy, just a little bigger and with a small tuft of hair reaching to its forehead.

Naruto approached the cat, who had just noticed his presence, and asked "Hey little guy, whats the matter." Because he was sure it was male by its scent.

The cat looked up at him with tear filled eye's and replied "I-I'm all a-alone and don't h-have any friends or f-family."

Naruto, after getting over the fact that the cat just spoke to him, could sympathize with the cat, he was all alone before Pyildra found him. "Well, if that's the case how about you come with me to my Guild, there you'll find a bunch of friends, we even have another cat like you."

Looking up at the boy with hope in its eyes, the cat said "Really, you mean it."

Naruto simply nodded his head while the cat hopped up and hugged his face happily.

"Before we go though, I'm Naruto, do you have a name?" The cat sadly shook its head no. "Well I'll just have to give you one."

Taking a moment to think, Naruto looked to the sky before smiling.

Looking back to the cat, that had at some point ended up on his shoulder, Naruto said "How about Sora?" Loving his new name, Sora ended up hugging Naruto's face again.

With that Naruto with Sora on his shoulder headed back to Fairy Tail, where Naruto introduced Sora to the Guild, then afterwards, in true Fairy Tail fashion, threw a big ass party.

Sora not only became a member of the guild that day, but also became Naruto's New partner. Those two where rarely seen separated from that day on and Sora had taken to calling Naruto Tou-san, much to Naruto's amusement.

-000-

1. Natsu... thinking, is the world coming to an end.

2. I challenge anyone to look up Porlyusica and Makarov's Relationship and tell me they don't sound like they're an old married couple.

I'm going to end it here. I've introduced Naruto's Exceed partner and given you Insight to his Dragon slayer abilities and his relationship with some of the Characters.

Next chapter will be the start of canon and the appearance of Lucy.

I'll also explain Naruto's other magic's next chapter.

Til next time R&R.