"Normal speech"

'inner speech/thoughts or flashback'

"jutsu/magic"

'Kurama/kyuubi speech'

Disclaimer: I am sadly not the owner of either Naruto or Fairy Tail

Chapter 3

The Grand Crocus Library was vast, vast and intimidating. To call it anything less than imposing would be a an insult to the endless number of books gathered here. Books that had been added and found their way into this quiet domain over the years. The shelves and cabinets stocked so closely together and filled to the brim so much so that not an inch of space was wasted in this titanic tower of books. Nearly ten floors of knowledge with walkways criss-crossing from one end of the building to another, only adding to its commanding atmosphere. Even though the library was huge and left little doubt that it was meant for research, for some reason it only boasted four round tables in the middle of the first floor.

Researchers would make do when visiting this library, often stacking books on top of one another in the middle of walkways and reading them there. Sometimes even building their own table out of other books. Luckily for them, the library was usually empty save for one or two people at a time. Access to such a vast wealth of knowledge, in the capital no less, was strictly regulated to minimize potential damage or abuse of valued information.

Too bad there had been a certain blonde haired shinobi with a penchant for ignoring the rules all set to do research. If he wanted a way into the library, he would certainly find it. Slipping into the locked building and keeping quiet about his presence was childs play to a shinobi of his caliber. The only thing he had to worry about now was making sure to stay on task during his information hunt. He was nearing the end of his month long crusade into Earthland in search of answers so he had to do as much as possible as quickly as possible while at the library.

His biggest problem so far though was his failure to reliably identify the kinds of books he needed as he didn't know the library's catalog methods. The jutsu library and history books in Konoha were stored in a vastly different method to what was apparently the standard here. Even worse was his growing frustration at not finding the answers in the books he did find. Nothing could endanger the future of the books more than an irritated Naruto. The reason he was at an impasse for his research? Why that would be the sole blame of one other researcher in the library, a girl that looked to be about thirteen or fourteen years of age.

This pale skinned young woman, with dark purple almost black hair and brown eyes was slowly and surely driving Naruto crazy. Outfitted in a pale blue sleeveless dress that ran down to her knees, she radiated an air of a serious and calm attitude. This girl wore her hair at shoulder length and had sandals to finish off her look. All in all she was the main reason he hadn't gotten much done the last few days.

Naruto didn't know how she had gotten a pass into the library but he did know that because of her he couldn't just spam as many of his clones as possible and drastically reduce his time looking for a solution to his problems.

In the last few days that he had snuck in she had made a habit to grab all four round tables for her own use and not leave until sunset. Naruto had enough of sneaking around and finally decided to drop in on her and hopefully fool her into thinking he was allowed in. After that, he would pretend his clones were magic or something and carry on with his work. Before he could do that though he noticed that she took out a crystal ball of some kind and peered into it. Nodding her head a few times in apparent agreement she then put it away and continued her reading.

This brought up a whole slew of questions for him and most notably doubts about revealing himself. If she could, for example, call security on that thing she would definitely get him kicked out.

'Bah what are you waiting for brat? She already knows you're here just go and talk to her already. That way we can get the information we've been looking for.' Kurama growled out, having gotten fed up with all the stalling his container was doing.

'How do you know she knows I'm here? Maybe I should go and talk to her. It would definitely help me get all this done faster if I could finally use clones.'

'Think about it. That technique she used down there. Doesn't it remind you of a certain crystal ball back in the Hokage's office? And aren't you usually the subject of observation in said crystal ball there too?'

'Shut up. I swear. Paint the Hokage monument once or twice and all of a sudden you're a security risk and should be watched at all times. Whatever, I'll go ask her about it. Its not like I was doing much up here anyways.'

Deciding to finally drop in on his library companion Naruto revealed himself in the most direct way possible. By literally dropping in on the chair right next to her.

"Hey. What was that trick you just did with that fancy ball looking thing?" He asked with a smile on his face and genuine curiosity marring his features. He was hoping to open up a casual conversation with this girl so she could get used to his presence here without calling for anyone else.

Startled the girl jumped out of her chair and distanced herself from this stranger that had snuck up on her. She wasn't aware of any other person being allowed into the library today but then again, this blonde haired teenager couldn't have slipped in without a pass either. Irritation quickly overtook her feelings of surprise and she decided to get some info on this person.

"Who are you and what are you doing sneaking up on people like that?! Don't you know its rude to startle someone. And what do you want with me anyways." Fixing him with a cold glare she waited on his answer.

'Hey Kurama I thought you said she knew I was here!' A panicked Naruto asked, hoping he hadn't just screwed up and gotten himself kicked out for trespassing.

'So I lied. What's new.' Sweatdropping at the uncaring tone of voice from his tenant Naruto decided the safest way out of this situation was to answer all her questions. Perhaps after that, she would be willing to answer some questions of his.

"Uh sorry about that. Names Naruto. I guess I didn't notice how engaged you were with the book. I just saw you doing something with that crystal thing from up there" waving his hand to indicate the upper floors behind him "and was curious about it. I've seen something similar in my village so I was wondering about what you did with it just now."

Moving over to another chair so as to calm the girl down Naruto kept talking hoping to keep her quiet so no one would find out he broke in.

"Anyways. What's your name? And whats with that crystal ball thing? I think I've seen something like it before."

Eyeing the blonde boy suspiciously but in the end deciding he wasn't much of a threat she scoffed and sat back down to renew her reading.

"My name is Ultear. And that 'crystal ball thing' you mentioned is just a form of communication lacrima. I'm sure you've seen many others use it before. I was not aware I had to share the library today. When did you get here?" She asked by raising a delicate eyebrow in Naruto's direction.

Ignoring the question for now Naruto decided to focus back on the now named lacrima as he suddenly remembered its most popular use back in Konoha. Pointing a finger in her direction his indignant shouts echoed in the library.

"Wait a minute! I remember now. The old man and leader of my village used to use his crystal ball to peep on the women's bath houses. You're not perving on anyone like that are you?!"

'Idiot. He's in for a world of pain now' Kurama thought to himself.

A blush overtook Ultear's cheeks and she dropped her mouth open in shock. Whether this was from embarrassment or anger it wasn't apparent until she finally found her voice again.

"No I am not a pervert!" She picked herself up out of her chair and advanced on the blonde haired annoyance to her research. Advancing slowly but with a determined step she decided to make it very clear how wrong he was about her. "But if that's the first thing that comes to mind when you see a communication lacrima then maybe I should make sure you aren't a pervert either."

Naruto, seeing her slowly advance and cracking her knuckles could only whimper and hope her beatings wouldn't be as bad as Tsunade baa-chan's or Sakura's either. So waving his hands in front of him and quickly dropping to his knees to beg he started to quickly apologize.

"Sorry sorry. Its just that, I didn't know what those things were, and I've only ever seen one or two people use it. I just hope you aren't like either of them. My pervy old village leader who was a guy and the new closet pervert one that's a woman. I've always tried to see what they're looking at but they always acted like it was nothing."

Her face still red, Ultear wanted to make it very clear to this Naruto that she definitely wasn't a closet pervert either.

"Well I'm not a pervert! Whatever. I have to leave soon anyways. And don't even think of using lacrima in that way for yourself. Just help me put all my things away and I'll forget this ever happened." She warned threateningly while shaking her fist in his face.

Sensing a perfect opportunity to use his clones and learn where everything is put away Naruto eagerly nodded and shouted out his favorite jutsu.

"Tajuu Kage Bunshin" Instantly the library was filled with a few dozen new Naruto's and they all quickly made their way to the books on the tables to put them all away.

Never having seen this magic before, Ultear thought that maybe Naruto wasn't as harmless as he looked if he could make solid copies of himself. Inwardly she was surprised and curious at such a useful ability. So leaving the copies to do the work for her she walked over to the original to get some answers.

"You're a wizard too aren't you? What guild do you belong to?" 'If he doesn't belong to any, he might be able to help me complete my ambition' Having stopped next to him Ultear watched as he nervously rubbed the back of his head in a sheepish manner. Closing his eyes and with a bashful smile on his face he answered her.

"Well I'm actually not part of any guild." he said.

'Perfect. Now to find out how useful he can be, I won't waste my time on mere parlor tricks.' Ultear thought to herself.

"But I have been offered a position at Fairy Tail" Looking upwards and not noticing Ultear's frown at this information he continued "but I'm actually a long way from home and looking for someone. I'm supposed to go back to Fairy Tail soon to check in with someone there but I haven't found out as much as I wanted to from this library."

Curiosity getting the better of her Ultear decided to ask him more questions. "Is this person at Fairy Tail the reason you were offered to join? And what kind of information were you looking for. I might be able to help."

"Her name is Erza and yeah she is the reason I am debating whether I should join or not. I'm actually here in the library looking for maps and history books. Like I said, I'm a long way from home. I'm trying to see how far away I am, as I don't recognize any of the towns or landmarks around here." Naruto answered, he didn't want to reveal too much information about where he was from so he decided to be a little vague with the little he shared.

"Erza huh. Well Fairy Tail is an up and coming guild so she should be able to make a name for herself there if she's good enough." Ultear commented. What she really wanted to find out was if she could still use him for her plans even if he did join Fairy Tail. After getting a good look at him she picked up on his eye color. Seeing as it was unusual she decided to ask about it too.

"Your eyes. They're two different colors. Interesting. I've read about it but never seen anyone with Heterochromia Iridum, even if it runs in the family it is still quite rare. Anyways, Erza, she must be important to you if you will join a guild for her. She's family isn't she?"

Surprise shone on Naruto's face as she asked this. Not because of her thinking his eyes were natural and ran in the family, unlike what shinobi would think. Instead it was because he didn't know how to answer her question. Erza was clearly important to him, he had donated an eye after all. Was she family to him though? Sure he'd let her call him nii-san, but so did Konohamaru. In the end, since he still hadn't found out how to get home he decided that as long as he hung around Fairy Tail, then yes Erza was family to him. After that, well he'd cross that bridge when he came to it.

"Yeah, she is. Ah, well my clones are done putting the books away. I hope I see you around more often Ultear-chan. I might be leaving soon too, but I'll probably stick around Fairy Tail for now." Having answered her question he was surprised when she quickly leaned in and punched him on the shoulder.

"Don't add -chan to my name. We aren't that close." Ultear growled out but with a light red dusting on her cheeks. She couldn't decide if she was madder at him joining the guild or at his casual use of her name.

Pouting slightly Naruto rubbed his arm. 'At least she didn't punch me in the face like other girls used to do. Still, its nice talking to someone that doesn't treat me like a hero just for making clones.' A teasing smirk appeared on his face as he decided to rile this girl up like he used to all the other girls he met before he got sick of everyone's attention.

'Riiight. Thats why you enjoy talking to her, the lack of hero worship. Masochist.' Kurama added sarcastically.

'Shut up furball!'

"Aw don't be like that Ultear-chan. Ow! You did it again Ultear-chan. You know, Ultear-chan with all the blows you keep sending my way, one might think we're not even friends Ultear-chan." He was laughing as he easily evaded her punches and added fuel to the fire.

"Who said we are friends! You're infuriating." Putting an end to chasing the blonde around the library tables Ultear decided that maybe, just maybe he would be useful to her in the future. She wouldn't admit it even to herself, but she found him interesting beyond even his strange magic. In time she'd find out more about him, for now she would leave him be and possibly add him to her plans later on.

After she had finally stopped chasing after him, Naruto quickly ran over to her side once more and decided to get one last shot in. "But of course we're friends Ultear-chan. I mean you already know who I am, and where I'm going to be. I'm sure you'll want to keep in touch with someone as awesome as me."

Punching him once more, even if both knew he let himself get hit, she decided to ask him about his magic. "What was that magic anyways? I answered about the lacrima so its only fair you answer. And get that silly grin off your face. I am no pervert!"

"Heh heh sorry Ultear-chan. Those were shadow clones. A sort of special magic from where I come from. I can create solid copies of myself and when they disperse all the knowledge they gained is transferred to me." He explained to her, seeing as how he was going to stick around the shadow clones were probably going to be his signature technique here too.

'That's an incredibly useful magic. And something tells me there's more to this guy than meets the eye. Master would no doubt have his own plans for him, so for now I'll keep information on Naruto to myself.' Ultear just nodded in understanding to his explanation as she kept her thoughts private.

"Well as pleasurable as your company is," ignoring his laughter at her sarcasm Ultear continued "I have a very important meeting to go to. I will no doubt hear about your deeds if you join a guild Naruto. Goodbye." Turning on her heel she headed for the doors and was halfway out before she heard his last words.

"Bye now Ultear-chaaan!"

Gritting her teeth in frustration she only turned to glare at him one last time before she left.

'Interesting female that one. Now then, get on with the information hunt. I am immortal but that doesn't mean I enjoy wasting my time in a library. And remember, we're supposed to be back in Magnolia by the day after tomorrow.'

'Yeah yeah furball. I'll get to it. It was a nice break from sneaking around though. I wouldn't miss my deadline anyways Kurama. I did make a promise after all.'

One more application of his favorite technique and Naruto decided to sit back while he gathered as much info as possible. Reflecting on the last month that he had spent searching for Sasuke and failing he was still confident his friend was alright. Now all he had to do was talk to Makarov and Erza and then he'd decide what he would do if he found out he was stuck here.

T n T

Fairy Tail two days later

Once again Naruto walked into what seemed to be a free for all brawl. Chairs flying, tables breaking, bottles smashing and magic being thrown around like it was candy, walking through it all was akin to walking through a minefield.

Shaking his head at their antics Naruto couldn't help but think he would enjoy this place if he did join. For now he assumed he would just stick around Magnolia town and occasionally venture out to search for Sasuke and a way back home.

He'd found out a lot in that library. The sighting and confirmation of existence of dragons, even if rare, as well as the widespread use of magical items. Shinobi chakra and techniques may be more diverse and potent but it seemed that lacrima more than made up for that here. Things such as communication lacrima, fuel lacrima, and movie lacrima just some of the few choices available for all people not just mages.

Although he didn't recognize any of the historical events that had happened here it didn't mean much. The fact that there were dragons could mean he was just sent back in time. Dragons had long ago disappeared from the elemental continent, long before the Rikudou Sennin, but they had existed. Many techniques were based off of their power after all. So since he hadn't ruled out being in a different dimension, and all history before the Rikudou Sennin's time was lost, he was back to square one in finding out where he was stuck in.

Having spotted the diminutive Master as he walked in, he headed straight towards the bar and sat on the stool right next to him. Waiting for Makarov to finish his oversized mug of beer Naruto looked around for Erza in the meantime.

"She's out on a job my boy. Now then, today is the day you were set to return so I'm sure she'll be here shortly. The mission was taken a few days ago so she could be back in time to see you. Lets go up to my office to talk. Its getting a little rowdy in here." Makarov then jumped off the stool and headed for the second floor without looking back to see if Naruto was following.

Settling himself down in the offered chair once he got into the office, Naruto opened up the conversation. "It seems I am indeed very far from home Master. Unfortunately I can't return yet. So I was wondering, if after I spoke to Erza to get her opinion, would that offer to join still be open?"

Shrugging as if people joining his guild was an everyday occurrence Makarov answered Naruto before deciding to ask some questions of his own. "Sure. You can join. Before you do, you must know about us here in Fairy Tail. Like Erza said, we treat everyone here as family, when one cries we all cry, when one celebrates we all rejoice. You glossed over your home and this so called war. Could you elaborate on that. And I do know what a shinobi is even if I have never met nor encountered one yet. So you need to know that we don't condone or accept killing here." He finished that last part off with a serious look on his face.

"While I can explain about my village, I can't give away its secrets Master. Just because I don't live there for now doesn't mean I will betray it. The war was a revolutionary war in an attempt to overthrow our ruler. I believed it was well known but as I said, I found out I am very far from home. My home is far to the east of here, farther than the Pergrande Kingdom. I accept the no killing rule, as a shinobi I was part of the military force to protect my home so just because I can doesn't mean I will." 'At least not anymore' Naruto added to himself.

"That's alright I guess. Truthfully I would like to know more about what you asked last time." Makarov then held up his hand to silence Naruto before he could be interrupted.

"However, I respect that some things are secret and must remain secret even if you leave. Fairy Tail has much the same policy in place for anyone that leaves here. Have you found a safe way home or whatever it was that stopped you from returning a month ago?"

Naruto shook his head in the negative and spoke up. "Unfortunately I cannot return home just yet. You see, our village has a very strict no man left behind policy. I came to Fiore with a friend of mine and was separated. I cannot and will not return without him or at least without finding out what happened to him."

'Not to mention we have no idea how. At least you managed to tell him enough half-truths to satisfy his curiosity without giving much away. Join the guild though Naruto. It'll be your best bet to find a way back to Konoha.'

Naruto nodded and pulled a manila folder with paperwork inside out of his travel bag and showed it to Makarov. "Oh and I brought the paperwork you asked for Master. Erza told me of her last name and I decided it would be a good idea to get some papers for me as well."

Reaching out and taking the paperwork from Naruto's hands, Makarov leafed through all the necessary information that he had brought. Raising an eyebrow in curiosity at what some of the information presented he finished reading before commenting on what he saw. Letting out a slight chuckle Makarov leaned back into his chair and eyed the noble blonde across the table from him.

"She will certainly be glad about this new development Naruto. But are you sure you want this? I assume you did most of this because of the strong bond you now share between you."

Naruto just grinned and rose from his seat. "Of course I am Master. Now I think I'll just go out and wait for Erza-chan so I can talk to her. See you in a bit with my decision."

Waving him out the door Makarov couldn't help but think that Fairy Tail would certainly be interesting in the years to come. He couldn't explain it, but he got this feeling of great power from Naruto, and from the looks of it Erza would benefit from having him around. She certainly needed it. The past month had been difficult for her. Erza had become more withdrawn following Naruto's departure. She was socially awkward often maintaining a silent demeanor unless she was addressed first. That was a far cry from the excitable and smiling young girl he had seen entering the guild with Naruto by her side. Hoping that the outgoing and cheerful blonde would pull her out of her shell and help her overcome her demons from living as a slave, Makarov decided to head out and get the guild back under control.

Having arrived sometime in the morning, Naruto only had to wait until about noon before Erza showed up. Apparently she was in a hurry as she had rushed into the guild and straight past him heading directly to the bar and Master Makarov. She hadn't changed much from the last time Naruto saw her.

Erza wore a green sundress he'd bought her with a simple armor breastplate and a sword hanging at her hip. Boots and a travel bag completed her ensemble as she strode quickly to the bar ignoring everything around her.

Knowing why she was in such a hurry, Naruto decided to head her off so he could talk to her about his decision. "Ah Erza-chan. It wounds me that you have forgotten me already. Its only been a month and yet, you just ignore me to get some food after coming in. I'm crushed." Of course he wouldn't be Naruto if he didn't tease her a bit, if only to get her to calm down.

Freezing in her steps, Erza slowly turned to face Naruto. She had of course hurried back to the guild once completing her job. It was the day her nii-san was supposed to return. The job request had taken a lot longer than she had planned so she had thought to ask Master if Naruto had stopped by yet. She hadn't even thought to look around but as soon as she heard his voice she knew he had indeed kept his promise to come back. Finally having turned around she took in the appearance of the one that had helped free everyone from the tower and brought her to Fairy Tail.

She took in his appearance, as he stood near the entrance of the guild. From the black loose pants that were tied off at the legs with white bandages, sturdy looking sandals on his feet. To the white short sleeved shirt with flames on the sleeves and an orange swirl on the front, also wearing fingerless gloves and two wrist bands. All the way to his messy golden hair framing his face, framing his eyes, both of them. She gasped as she noticed the same eyes staring back at her that she now saw in the mirror on her own face. (1)

"Nii-san. You're back. What happened to your eyes!"

Grinning at the look of surprise on her face, Naruto walked over to her and wrapped her in a hug. "Well we can talk about all that and more once we get somewhere a little more private Erza-chan."

Looking around, Erza realized that everyone in the guild was looking at her and Naruto now with interest. She glared at them and was satisfied with the way they all quickly averted their gazes.

Chuckling Naruto just shook his head in amusement before taking a hold of her shoulders and saying "Hiraishin"

When Erza looked up at him to ask what he had said, she gasped in shock because they were now by the lake shore she had often visited in the last month. She didn't notice as Naruto picked up a kunai he had implanted there earlier as she was busy rubbing her eyes making sure this was real. Naruto walked over to a patch of grass and sat down, patting the ground right next to him for her to sit too.

"Come over here and tell me what I've missed this month imouto." Erza beamed at his reminder that he fully accepted his new role in her life.

For the next hour, Erza recounted the various simple jobs she'd been on with the guild. She told him of her training with Master to control her magic and of her visit to Polyusica to check on her eye. She didn't want to tell him that she had yet to make any friends here but it didn't matter since she was sure that would come with time. As she finished telling him of her latest job, she then asked him what he had done in her absence.

Naruto too told her of his travels. He told her how he searched for his friend hoping to find him. Ignoring her snickers whenever he told of getting lost he told her of his time in the library. Naruto mentioned meeting Ultear but didn't think to elaborate on it as to him it was just a standard to tease and talk to girls. Although he wasn't known as a ladies man, he certainly did attract their attention in Konoha. He ended by pulling out a copy of the files he had given to Makarov and handed them to her for her to read.

"Before I left, Master Makarov asked me to get you some paperwork to file for the guild. It took a pinch of trickery and a dash of deceit but I managed to register a birth certificate and all the necessary paperwork with the government. I also obtained some papers for me." Stopping at this point as he noticed she had tears in her eyes after reading through all the paper work he decided to get to the reason he brought her all the way out here.

In a gentle but low tone of voice he voiced his concerns "I know I should have asked you sooner Erza-chan. What with you being given the name Scarlet by Jellal and not knowing what it was before that. But since you called me nii-san I decided to list the two of us as family. Your name hasn't changed. I can't take that right away from you. You are still Erza Scarlet born on October 1st x765."

Naruto let out a sigh as he hoped what came next wouldn't upset her. "I hope you aren't mad that I listed myself as Naruto Scarlet born October 10th x763 and the last living member of your family. Erza... Erza, please say something. If you really don't like it I can go back and change my name. I can remove the part of us being in the same family and siblings. You can be emancipated instead of being in my care."

Frantically shaking her head no, Erza decided to do away with any fears Naruto had. "S-sorry nii-san. I'm not mad at this. I'm just so happy and grateful that you wanted to be and listed yourself as my brother. Does this mean you're going to stay nii-san?"

Looking into her eyes and seeing nothing but yearning and hope staring back Naruto knew there was only one answer to that question. Grinning widely and putting a hand on her shoulder he exclaimed "Of course I'm staying Erza-chan. I have to take care of my imouto don't I? I'll make sure you brush your teeth, bathe regularly, make your bed and clean up after yourself everyday. Eating three square meals a day and enjoying the wonders known as ramen. I'll even have you eat some of those gross vegetables since apparently they're good for you. Bleh!"

Giggling at the enthusiasm Naruto showed, Erza felt happier than she had ever felt before. Crashing into him much like she had on the boat a month ago, she couldn't help but let out a few tears of joy. Pulling herself back and looking him in the eye she asked the one question that had been bugging her since she first took off her bandages and looked in the mirror.

"Naruto nii-san. Did you really give me an eye like Master Makarov said so? And how come your one eye is blue and the other brown like mine?"

Smiling softly at her and picking her up so they could walk back to the guild Naruto answered her on the way. "I promised I'd protect you Erza and take care of you. I was already kind of your brother because of that. A brother will do anything to help his little sister, even if it means giving her an eye. As for why its brown. Well, I just needed to make it official that you're my sister."

Hearing this made her next action completely justified to Erza. She went up to him and smacked him across the back of his head, hard. "Master didn't tell me, but I bet what you did was really dangerous. There's no way its easy to just give away an eye and get a new one. But thank you nii-san. Just don't do anything that dangerous again."

Kurama chuckled at this and decided to add in his own comments 'Told you chibi-Kushina would be mad.'

'If you say I told you so one more time, I'm going to take up rapping just to annoy you like Bee did with Hachibi.'

Entering the guild once more Naruto went up to what looked like a completely drunk Master. He was on top of the bar dancing and waving his mug around while singing with a red tinge on his face. Deciding to enjoy it for the moment, Naruto waited until the song was over. This was going to take some getting used to after ANBU, but then again, Naruto always felt that those guys could have given even Neji a run for his money back when he had a tremendous stick shoved up his ass.

Noticing that both of the Scarlet siblings had entered the hall and were waiting for him Makarov addressed them. "Naruto, so have you decided on joining yet! Come on now. Its not official until you have a drink with me."

Naruto could only chuckle at the similarities to Gamabunta that Makarov just portrayed. "Yes Master. I've decided to join Fairy Tail if you'll let me."

"Great news! Now then where would you like your guild mark placed my boy? Pick a color any color. You look like the type that would enjoy having it on your lower back in the middle. Hahaha" Makarov nearly fell off of the bar at the image of Naruto having a tramp stamp of Fairy Tail.

"Thanks for the vote of confidence Master." Naruto responded in a deadpan tone of voice. "If it isn't too much trouble though, I'd like it in orange and on my right forearm."

Makarov pulled out the Fairy stamper and was confused when a Fairy Tail tattoo didn't pop up after he pressed it down. Deciding to keep trying to see what was wrong he didn't notice the look of understanding flash across Naruto's face.

'Must be because you don't actually have any magic. I think that stamp somehow connects to your magic, so that the guilds can keep track of their mages. While I can't give you chakra just yet I should be able to give you a small dose of magic, hopefully enough for the stamp to stick and not fade away.'

'Thanks Kurama. I'll have to ask about that sometime. For now I'll just make do with this stamp and if it fades I'll draw it back on later or something.'

"Ah finally. My aim must be off with this thing. No more beer. Wine only from now on for me! Now that that's done, what are you going to do now Naruto." Makarov asked as he tossed his mug at some random wizard, starting an entirely new fight in the guild hall.

A smirk crossed his face as Naruto answered. "Well Master, I think its high time I start doing some jobs. I was checking them out earlier and found one that's just perfect for me and Erza-chan to do together. It'll give me some time to catch up with her and see how good she is."

"Oh and what request was that?" Makarov asked.

"A simple bodyguard mission. We have to protect this archaeologist guy transporting an important artifact to Era. Piece of cake." Naruto responded. After Makarov wished them luck he walked over to Erza and they both traveled to Magnolia station to meet with the client in Hargeon Town.

'Heres hoping this escort mission doesn't turn out like his first one out of Konoha. Stupid brat doesn't have me to fall back on anymore. Bah who cares. Maybe he'll take my words seriously from now on if he loses a finger or something.' Kurama mused quietly to himself.

A/N Next chapter the Scarlet soon to be Storm Siblings first team mission! As for Ultear, I realize she may be a bit OOC, but she's also a lot younger than in canon. She has some time to grow into that role. Now sorry about the delayed posting, so I would like to ask if anyone would care to take on the role of being my beta reader. I can't guarantee I'll post significantly quicker updates, but I'm sure they will have fewer mistakes.

(1) If you want to get an idea of what Naruto's clothes look like I have embedded with permission from the very talented artist, a drawing of the outfit Naruto is wearing. Just imagine the same outfit on a young Naruto.

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