So I've been told that I should answer some questions, which I've never really done except through private messaging, but seems like a good idea for this story. I'll also use this to clarify a few things as well.

Cerulean Knight: Gajeel was using his standard Iron Dragon Club to break into the guild, so when Naruto intercepted the attack, Gajeel retracted it back into his arm. So it wasn't like what happened in Fairy Tail where the pillars stayed inside.

Kurama Thunderstorm: The tailed beast thing will be explained later on, and there will be multiple gifts.

Some things may seem unclear about the story at the moment, but they will probably start to make more sense as the story progresses.

Gajeel realized after less than a minute of fighting the blond that he had made a huge mistake underestimating him.

When Naruto started moving towards him with the blue sphere, he didn't think much of it. He took so much pride in his Iron Scales that he hadn't anticipated what would have happened if the sphere had hit. He now knew exactly what would happen.

Gajeel had started strolling forwards leisurely with his sword arm buzzing. Gajeel had planned to meet his opponent halfway, but much to Gajeel's surprise Naruto vanished and reappeared in a crouch right in front of him. Gajeel didn't even have a chance to swing before he heard the blond yell "Rasengan!"

The next thing he knew, his scales had shattered and he was sent tumbling down the road where he had come from. Gajeel was still very much alive, but he felt like someone had slammed an immense weight into his gut while someone else stabbed it repeatedly. Gajeel struggled to get up, which was very clear to Naruto. Naruto decided to take his time and drag out the fight as long as possible.

'From the mark on his shoulder I'd have to guess that he's from a guild. I've seen everyone in Fairy Tail with marks in random parts of their body. I've got to make sure that he and his guild won't try this again.' Naruto thought as he summoned another clone to create another Rasengan. His original plan was to test this guy's fighting abilities and then take him out quickly, but now he was going to beat this guy within an inch of his life, just so he can return to his guild and tell them not to try attacking Fairy Tail again.

Gajeel could hear the whirling sound of the Rasengan as the blond powerhouse drew near. At this point Gajeel was standing, but weakly, or so it seemed.

Once Naruto was within five feet of Gajeel, Gajeel snapped his head up and yelled, "Iron Dragon Roar!" The attack was something Naruto certainly wasn't expecting. He didn't have any time to dodge, so all he could do was dispel the Rasengan and cover his face with his arms. Gajeel quickly took advantage of this chance and retreated into an alley, taking random twists and turns just in case Naruto decided to follow him.

"Dammit!" Naruto yelled. He could feel his clothes tearing and small cuts forming from the attack. It was like being put through a grinder, but given Naruto's tough body and remarkable healing abilities none of the cuts were fatal. After a few seconds the attack finally stopped, allowing Naruto to breath. He looked around for the Iron Dragon Slayer, but there was no sign of him.

'Well my plan was for him to go back to his guild, but I don't think I hurt him enough to see me as much of a threat to someone of higher power than him. His scales must've absorbed more damage than I thought.' Naruto thought to himself. He turned back towards the guild building to survey the possible damage.

The building itself was completely intact, but te ground right outside had a hole from where the iron pole ended up getting imbedded into, small holes from where his shuriken landed before the Iron Dragon Slayer ate them, which he was still mad about, and two small trenches from when Naruto hit the man with his Rasengan. At first it just pushed him, but then it sent him flying.

"Dammit I'm tired, I've had enough fun for one night." Naruto muttered to himself. He walked into the front doors of the guild building and quickly made his way to the medical area. Thankfully Elfman went home with the care of Mirajane, who said he'd just have to remain at his house for a few days, so none of the beds were occupied. Naruto found one in a far corner and discarded his torn clothing. He still had several sets of his usual outfit in storage scrolls, which he still wasn't sure how he obtained such things. Once he was in only a pair of boxers he fell onto the bed and went to sleep.

"Hey, brat."

'What?' Naruto tried to voice, but could only think. He looked around the void that was his dream to find the source of the voice, but only saw the white void of his dream.

"Look, I know you can't talk to me right now, or ever again for that matter so just listen and save your questions for when you remember this conversation." The voice said with a slightly annoyed voice.

Naruto recognized that voice, but he couldn't place a name on it. It was on the tip of his tongue, but he couldn't put it into words, not that he would be able to anyways.

"I know you're confused right now, and as much as it annoys me, I'm the first up to give you something that could help you in this shitty situation you're in." The voice said in a harsh tone. Naruto still couldn't find the figure, but a light mist was rolling in.

'Dammit, this is so familiar, but I can't place a name on it!' Naruto raged mentally.

"I don't regret what I did in the past, it was what I did best after all," The voice chuckled as even more fog rolled in. Now Naruto couldn't see the white void that was around him due to how thick the fog was. "But I do regret what I did to Haku. I used him for my own gains and he followed through without question. He wanted to see my ambitions through, but it was all in vain due to you and your team. You were the only person to stay alive long enough while fighting us to give me a reality check, so I guess this is my thanks to you."

Naruto saw the outline of a figure in the dense fog. It was approaching him slowly, taking it's time with every step. After a full minute the figure was only a few feet away from Naruto, and for the first time since his dream began, he could see who the figure was.

The man was tall with defined muscles and darkened skin. His black hair was short and spiky. His face was almost completely wrapped in bandages, save for his man also wore a forehead protector, which was standard to wear for any ninja in a village, but his was turned towards the left side of his head. He was shirtless and had black and white arm warmers with blue pants covering his legs. Attached to a strap that wrapped around his chest was a large, menacing blade that was almost as tall as the man in front of Naruto.

'Zabuza,' Naruto thought as he finally remembered who this person was. He hadn't seen him in nearly four years, what was he doing here.

"I'm going to give you three things that will help you out. Believe me, they will help." Zabuza said while drawing the massive blade from its sheath. Zabuza held it outwards before dropping the blade. As the cleaver touched the ground, it shattered like glass and dissipated. Naruto continued to stare at the man before him.

"That's the first 'gift,' my sword, The Executioner's Blade. Don't worry about the blade being dull or damaged. It absorbs iron from blood, so you'd better kill some people with that or you're just letting its name die along with me," Zabuza said in a serious tone, staring directly into Naruto's eyes. Naruto stayed silent, but nodded. Zabuza accepted this response with a nod of his own.

"My second 'gift' is going to be just how to use this weapon. You look strong enough to wield it, but without the proper technique you'll be a sitting duck on the battlefield. Now hold still," Zabuza said, reaching his hand out to press his palm against Naruto's own forehead protector. After a moment Zabuza backed away. "You won't be able to remember this information, along with everything else happening until… I don't even know when. I'm sure glad I'm not you right now because this crap makes no sense to me."

Zabuza backed up and held his right hand above his head. All of the sudden the mist surrounding the two ninja began to condense just above Zabuza's palm. Once all of the mist was collected, it seemed like Zabuza was holding a thick cloud.

"My final 'gift' goes quite well with the sword, believe me." Zabuza chuckled darkly to himself, but it abruptly ended, turning serious once again. Zabuza held out his mist shrouded hand in what seemed like a handshake gesture. Naruto stared at the hand for a moment before hesitantly raising his own hand to meet Zabuza's. Zabuza let out an impatient sigh and firmly grasped Naruto's still rising hand. The mist seemed to surround both hands before traveling up Naruto's hand, then his arm. It then expanded, covering his entire body for a brief moment, and finally seeping into Naruto's body.

"That's the Hidden Mist Jutsu. You can use the Silent Killing technique if you use the Executioner's Blade along with the mist. Have fun with that. You deserve the chance at a second life." Zabuza said, but muttered the last part.

Naruto reached out to Zabuza, he was still so confused. What was even happening? Was this really a dream? It seemed so real… And why was he even seeing Zabuza? He's been dead for several years!

'Wait, what's going on?' Naruto thought in a panic. His surroundings were fading out, leaving only a dim light that seemed so far away…

Naruto woke up in a cold sweat, breathing heavily and shaking. He saw that Makarov was sitting on a bench just to the right of where Naruto was sleeping. Makarov was looking at Naruto with a look of concern on his face.

"Are you alright boy? You've looked like you were having a nightmare." Makarov said.

"Y-yeah, I'm good. Don't even know what to call that dream." Naruto said. He looked towards the window. Seeing the sun high in the sky he guessed it was close to the afternoon.

"I would like to ask about the damage outside the building, but that can wait. Team Natsu has returned and they've been notified of you. Needless to say they want to meet you." Makarov said with a grimace. The damage was sure to be pricey.

"Um… alright, give me a minute to get dressed," Naruto said, not soon after he said that his stomach growled loudly. Naruto gave Makarov a sheepish grin, "And some food. I haven't eaten since my fight with Elfman."

Makarov hopped off his stood, "I'll let Mirajane know about your hunger problem. Please take your time. You're going to wish you did." Makarov chuckled before leaving the room.

Naruto sighed. He was still thinking about his 'dream,' but he would have to think about it on his own time. He had to meet this seemingly destructive group of people. This brought a smile to his face as he stared to pull a new set of clothes on. He'd bathe later. He felt like he was just going to get dirty again as the day progressed. A thought struck Naruto as he rummaged through his supply pouch that held his scrolls and small weapons. He dug through the pouch until he found one scroll that looked different compared to the other ones. Most of his scrolls were just a plain green color, but the scroll he had found was blue with a black trim to it. He slowly unrolled the scroll and read the description below the seal. His eyes couldn't have gotten wider when he saw what was written.

'The Executioner Blade!' Naruto mentally screamed. Does this mean his dream actually happened? If so then when would it have happened? Zabuza seemed like he was talking as if the conversation was taking place before Naruto's arrival.

Naruto was snapped out of his thoughts when a soft knock tapped against the door. "Naruto, you're food's ready! Also the others are getting anxious to meet you! Natsu's about to start a bar fight again!" Mirajane's sweet voice said, but eventually died off when something crashed into something else. Then there was silence, and finally there was violence. The sounds of fighting and yelling was the only thing Naruto heard behind the door. With another sign, he rolled up his scroll and placed it in his pouch. Finally ready, he opened the door that led to the guild hall. Naruto's senses blared upon opening the door as he ducked a chair that was thrown directly at him. Naruto stood back up and watched a scene of complete chaos. Mages fighting mages, broken tables and chairs, and the people that weren't getting involved were sitting at the bar drinking large amounts of alcohol.

Naruto made his way to the bar where he saw Mirajane smiling from the other side pointing at a large plate of food in front of an empty bench. Naruto smiled at the white haired girl and sat down. His hunger kicked in and he dug right into his food, practically inhaling the first plate.

While Naruto was trying to swallow the large amount of food, he heard something like metal hitting the wooden floor. The sound grew louder as the source made its way to Naruto. Once the noise was close it stopped, but was followed by a stern feminine voice.

"Are you Naruto?"

Naruto swallowed the food in his mouth, nearly choking himself in the process. After hitting his chest a few times to clear his throat, he spun his swivel stool around to meet this voice. What he saw was certainly not was he was expecting.

It was a woman, which he could have easily guessed by the voice, but the figure it resided in was certainly unexpected. This woman had long, blood red hair and sharp brown eyes. She wore a full suit of armor that had a golden cross design right in the middle of her chest plate. Her lower half consisted of a dark colored skirt, metal boots, and a sword in a scabbard. Her expression was serious, which was strange considering the ruckus happening behind her. In all honesty she looked like a younger, more medieval version of his mother. In all honestly it unnerved him a little bit.

Naruto remembered what Cana had told him, about the woman named Erza. The chance that this was that person was now very high. "Yup, that's me. Are you Erza?" Naruto asked, just to be sure. It was only natural after all.

"Yes, I am Erza Scarlet. I was one of the people that were with you when you first arrived here through the roof. I apologize for almost drawing my sword during that situation. You moved with such swiftness with your knife I assumed that you were a threat to us." Erza said with the same seriousness that matched her expression.

"Don't worry about it, you were just worried about your friends. I would've done the same thing." Naruto said with a toothy smile. To his surprise Erza returned it, but it was much more reserved.

"Good, now that that's out of the way. I've heard about your fight with Elfman. Quite a shock I must say. From what I've heard he didn't hit you once." Erza said, clearly impressed, but also clearly skeptical.

"Well technically he did hit me once, but I was able to block his punch. He hits pretty hard." Naruto said. He absentmindedly rubbed his left arm where it had taken its portion of the attack. Even though it was healed the memory was still there.

Erza nodded in understanding, "I see. That is impressive. I would actually like to request a spar with you if you're up for it." Erza said. Naruto saw that she seemed slightly excited at the prospect of fighting a possibly challenging foe. Naruto was feeling the same.

Before he could even word his acceptance to the challenge, he heard another, much louder voice.

"Fire Dragon Iron Fist!"

Thanking his own reflexes, Naruto vaulted over the bar just in time to see his previous seat explode into pieces by a fist that was covered in hot orange flames.

"Hold up Erza! I'm fightin' him first!" The owner of the fist yelled excitedly. Naruto looked at this new challenger with surprise. Mainly due to the person's hair.

His hair was pink, much like his old comrade, Sakura's. It was spiky and had some length to it, but it was hard to tell since it had a wild look to it. He wore a black open vest with dark orange trim and no shirt underneath, exposing his chest and abdominal muscles. His dark red Fairy Tail Emblem was on his right shoulder. He wore a black sash that held his white pants up. The pants themselves went down until it was cut off in the middle of his calf and tied off with black fabric. Finally he wore a pair of black sandals that strapped over his foot and around his heel.

'Wait, he said Fire Dragon, right?' Naruto wondered, remembering the other person Cana had mentioned. The symbolic light bulb turned on inside of his head.

"You're Natsu, right?" Naruto asked, on guard for the attack that was sure to come.

"Hell yeah I am! Now let's fight!" Natsu roared challengingly.

"Okay, but can we take it outside? I'd rather not give the old man a heart attack about the damage I've been told you can and will cause." Naruto said with a smirk. This insult did nothing but rile up the pinked haired teen more.

"That's fine by me, let's go!" Natsu said, already rushing towards the door. Naruto looked over at Erza with an apologetic smile, but she just shook her head. She fully understood Natsu's desire to fight the blond. She could wait.

Naruto soon followed the excited mage. Seeing Naruto leave drew the eyes of the other guild members. They wanted to see what would happen in this fight as well. Some people even started to make bets.

Within a few minutes, every guild member was in the field once again, completely silent as they waited for someone to make a move. Natsu was practically hopping on his feet while Naruto was completely still, his eyes never leaving Natsu's bouncing form.

"C'mon Natsu, you can do it!" Naruto heard from an unnaturally high voice that he hadn't heard before, but he wouldn't bother with it at the moment. He had more important matters to focus on.

"Begin!" Erza announced, and just like that, Natsu was rocketing towards Naruto.

"Fire Dragon Sword horn!" Natsu roared as he came at Naruto like a flaming missile. Naruto quickly jumped into the air, avoiding the attack, but Natsu wasn't done.

"Fire Dragon Roar!" A hot flame shot out of Natsu's mouth and sped towards Naruto. Seeing as how he couldn't move from the air, Naruto made a cross with the index and middle fingers of both hands.

"Shadow Clone Jutsu!"

The clone popped into existence to Naruto's right side. Knowing what its creator was thinking, it grabbed Naruto by his collar and sleeve and threw him to the side. The fire hit the clone, causing it to burst into smoke. Naruto landed on the ground in a crouch and stood back up.

'At least I'm getting more action out of this fight than the one with Elfman.' Naruto thought. He wasn't sure how he should attack Natsu. He seemed to be able to control fire with ease. The fire users back in Konoha would have been jealous.

"Hey, you're pretty good!" Natsu congratulated, so far his blond opponent had dodged two attacks so far with skill and ease. This was shaping up to be a good fight.

"You're not too bad yourself," Naruto said back. Naruto was still trying to think of a plan of attack against Natsu.

'I can't use my kunai, it's too short. I'm not sure how hot his flames can become, so shuriken are out. What do I have that has some range? Not a whole lot of my jutsu are long ranged, but what if I…" Naruto cut his train of thought off when he remembered the blue scroll in his pocket. From what he remembered from his 'dream' Zabuza had given Naruto the sword and the skill to use the sword, as well as the Hidden Mist Jutsu… That would do just fine.

Natsu seemed to become impatient. As Naruto went to reach into his pouch, Natsu charged Naruto with ignited fists and feet. Naruto dodged the incoming punches and kicks with ease, but they weren't slowing down at all. Naruto noticed that Natsu didn't really have a real technique when it came to hand-to-hand combat. It seemed like he just focused on overpowering his opponents.

Natsu left an opening for Naruto when he went for a wide, overhead punch. Naruto sidestepped the punch and followed up with a quick kick to Natsu's stomach. This sent him sliding back a few feet, but that was all the time he needed. Naruto jumped back and dug into his pouch until he found the desired item. With haste, he unrolled the scroll onto the grassy ground and slammed his hand onto it, pumping his chakra into it upon contact.

All Natsu saw when he recovered from the kick was a large cloud of white smoke. This time he waited for his opponent to some out. Sure, he could just send his breath attack into the smoke, but he was sure Naruto was planning something. He certainly wasn't wrong.

The smoke was pushed away by an application of Naruto's wind chakra. Natsu stared at Naruto, or more importantly, the massive butcher knife that was propped on his right shoulder.

From the crowd, Erza stared at the blade with an appraising eye. She easily considered herself a weapons expert, considering her type of magic, but this sword was strange.

It was nearly as tall as Naruto himself and it looked incredibly heavy. Naruto was actually leaning forward with his knees bent to compensate for the sword's weight. The blade curved only at the top before it ran straight down. It had one hole near the top going through the blade itself, and one half circle near the bottom of the blade. The handle was also rather long. She could tell that the handle could be retractable due to her experience with swords. While the sword certainly looked intimidating, it also seemed impractical and overbearing, but she could very easily be wrong. She would soon find out that she was.

"You use re-quip magic like Erza?" Natsu asked with an excited grin.

"Yeah, something like that." Naruto said with a shrug. Naruto gave the blade a few practice swings, finding that it was heavy obviously, but as he ran through the stances in his mind they seemed to make the blade highly versatile. Some of the techniques used the weight of the blade to the users advantage and some just relied on pure momentum. He had to say… he felt really cool using the Executioners Blade.

Despite his desire to remain on the defense, Natsu charged at Naruto once more. This time he propelled himself into the air with flaming feet. Once he reached a height he thought was good enough, he propelled himself back down towards the ground one more.

"Fire Dragon Talon!" Natsu yelled, sending a flaming axe kick aimed for Naruto's head. As he expected, his foot hit flat metal, but that he didn't expect was for Naruto to shove him back towards the sky again. As Natsu tried to right himself in the sky, Naruto jumped into the air with the assistance of his wind chakra, ascending a higher height than Natsu himself. Naruto timed his jump perfectly as he saw Natsu finally right himself, but that was all according to plan. Naruto slid the open circle of his blade around Natsu's head, surpising him. Before Natsu could remove his head from the circle, Naruto let out a grunt and began to spin with the blade. This locked Natsu's head in as the speeds grew faster and faster. Both of the fighters finally began to fall. From the outsiders prospective, it looked like a small, sharp tornado was swinging a pink haired, slightly green faced teen around rapidly. As soon as the ground was in sight, Naruto pulled his blade out from its place around Natsu's neck, sending the poor pink haired mage into the ground hard. Naruto landed with a roll to reduce the momentum of his fall. Naruto propped the blade on his shoulder once again and walked towards Natsu. Natsu was unconscious from the fall, but still very much alive.

"Damn, you Fairy Tail mages are made of some tough stuff." Naruto said with an impressed tone. Naruto stabbed his blade into the ground and leaned on it for support.

"Aw man, I forgot to use the Hidden Mist Jutsu!" Naruto yelled, confusing the awe struck observers. A few guild members ran up to Natsu and pulled him out of the crater that had contorted to look like his own body. They hurriedly carried him back into the guild building.

Erza walked up to Naruto with a smile on her face, "I had my doubts about that blade, but you certainly knew how to use it. Good work. Natsu's not an easy one to put down." Erza praised. Naruto smiled back and stood straight up.

"Yeah, he was fun to fight. That definitely got my blood pumping a little bit." Naruto said.

Erza looked at him challengingly, like she did back inside the guild hall, "Well if you're still up for it, I believe it's my turn to fight you, and please use that blade as well. I'd like to see what else you can do with it." Erza said, her serious expression changing into one of friendliness.

Naruto pulled his blade out of the ground and laid the flat of the blade on his shoulder, "I've still got energy to spare. I'm looking forward to this!"

Yeah yeah, I know Naruto gets Zabuza's sword a lot in fanfiction, but theres a reason why that is. Because it's badass, obviously.