Dragonslayer

Chapter 4: X777

(A/N:Well this is chapter 4. I hope you guys enjoy it. Not a lot of action in it, but I hope it will satisfy you guys. Hope you guys like it. REVIEW! Really though guys, I need you to review, it's what will give me the drive to post another chapter and as much as I appreciate the faves and alerts, but GOD DAMN IT JUST REVIEW THE STORY!)

"Fairy Tail" Regular Speech

'Fairy Tail' Regular Thoughts

"Fairy Tail" Dragon/Demon/Monster Speech

'Fairy Tail' Dragon/Demon/Monster thoughts

Fairy Tail- Stating of the year or a place

Summary: I was told I was alone...in a world where NAKAMA were every person's desire. Then HE found me, he said he saw great potential in my small body and he raised me. Because of him I lived...I learned...and I finally found someone I could call nakama. Even if he didn't call me the same. That is why I will do whatever I can to live up to his name. As the son and dragonslayer of the greatest being I have ever met. Acnologia, the Black Dragon of the Apocalypse.

October 10th-Year X776

"HAPPY BIRTHDAY, NARUTO!" Naruto gave a small smile as the cake was laid before him. Kurama rested atop his head staring hungrily at the piece of pastry.

Naruto was finally turning thirteen years old. The boy had gotten his new birthday outfit from Seiko, which consisted of the same style of long sleeved, black t-shirt, but the pattern was similar to that of blue wisps of fire along the entirety of the t-shirt making it look like Acnologia's body somewhat. He got a pair of dark blue, loose fitting pants and since his shoe size had grown with the rest of his body, he had to get a new pair of black boots to complete the look. The gold flame pendant he had gotten from Seiko was still worn around his neck. For the past three years since he had gotten it, he had never taken it off. Naruto had gotten a growth spurt now that he had hit thirteen. He now stood at the average height of a thirteen year old teenager which was 5 feet, 4 inches. This made him slightly taller than Sakura and Ino, the same height as Chouji and about one inch shorter than Shikamaru.

"Thanks." Naruto spoke.

"So Naruto, blow out the candles and make a wish." Ino smiled at her fellow blonde.

"Wishes are simply a form of entertainment at birthday parties. Wishes never actually come true" Naruto deadpanned. Everyone sweat dropped at the boy's monotone.

'He's so serious about it.' They thought.

"Geez Naruto, it's your birthday. Don't be so dull, now blow out the candles and make a wish." Sakura said. Naruto stared at the candles before turning to survey the crowd that turned up for his birthday. Sakura, Shikamaru, Ino and Chouji had shown up. Ayame and Teuchi were busy at the ramen shop, but they had already given him his birthday gift of twenty extra large bowls of miso pork ramen with extra noodles which he had devoured with gusto. There also stood Seiko, Yoshino and Shikaku, along with Chouza, Chouji's father, who were all holding cameras as they awaited Naruto's blowing of the candles. Inoichi, Ino's father, looked like he was watching the boy to see if he was going to try anything with his daughter as the blonde girl had her arms wrapped around the boy in a one armed hug. Naruto sighed before turning to Sakura.

"Do I have to?" Acnologia really did a number on the boy's vision of what was fun and what wasn't. Especially since Naruto's version of 'fun' was to destroy a wide area of land until it was nothing but a desolate wasteland in comparison to the lush forest it had once been. All thanks to our favourite Dragon of the Apocalypse. Shikamaru and Chouji sighed.

"Troublesome." The black haired boy murmured.

"Boy, just shut up and blow out the damn candles!" Kurama said. The crowd had already known of the crimson cat's ability to talk and fly, but they didn't learn of his ability to make fire and turn into a multi-tailed kitsune. That was his and Naruto's little secret...Acnologia knew as well, but he didn't really care for the Exceed's abilities. Also, they had never known of Naruto's abilities as an unofficial mage because he never had any reason to use his magic outside of his training with Acnologia and Kurama. The fox wearing cat and his partner turned to see the pinkette walk up to them.

"Hmm?" The two stared at her with a puzzled look as Sakura suddenly got a wide smile on her face. She cracked her knuckles. Naruto watched her with an impassive look on his face, but on the inside he was frightened of the pink haired girl before him, having only seen this smile whenever she was annoyed. And that usually ended with him being punched into the ground by her amazingly strong punches. Naruto let himself get hit the first few times since they were younger and she was weak as hell, but now that she was thirteen with raging hormones, whenever she was angry, she developed this unforeseen ability to gain inhuman strength and her rage allowed her to hurt him with the punches. It didn't hurt as much as Kurama's headbutt's, but they hurt enough to cause him to get huge bumps on his head. Naruto mentally gulped as she spoke in a sickeningly sweet tone.

"Naruto-kun, if you don't blow out the candles then the icing on the cake that I worked so hard to make, will melt and we don't want that now...do we?" she cracked her knuckles again. Naruto nodded slowly, eyes wide with fear.

"If you insist." Naruto then took a deep breath and made his wish before blowing out the flames on the candles. Everyone clapped and Sakura and Ino gave the boy a kiss on either cheek.

"Happy birthday, Naruto!" Naruto nodded as he accepted their presents. From Ino, he had gotten a large dark green backpack in which to carry his numerous presents. He also got a pretty sunflower with the bag.

"What do you know, something useful, and something...not useful." This earned him a glare from the blonde Yamanakas causing him to sweatdrop. Kurama face-pawed.

"You're an idiot...don't say things like that out loud." The Exceed told him. Naruto shrugged and put the backpack on the ground while placing the sunflower between his teeth. He opened Sakura's present and saw that it was another outfit for him. A navy blue t-shirt with a red spiral on the front and the image of a fox on the back. A pair of black cargo pants followed after.

"Thanks, Sakura." He said as he folded the clothes and placed them in his new backpack. From Chouza and Chouji, he got a cookbook which was actually a great present in Naruto's mind. He learned a few things from Ayame on cooking, but now that he had a cookbook he could put those things to use and see if he can actually cook his own ramen. From Shikamaru's family, he got a Shogi game for travel. The game had an electric lachryma in it that allowed for one to either play against an A.I which had several skill settings, or the lachryma could be turned off so that two people could play the game.

"Thanks for the Shogi game, I'm sure it'll cure me of whatever boredom I have...but why a travel version?" Shikamaru shrugged at Naruto's question.

"You don't seem like the person who will stay here for long." Shikamaru said. Naruto smirked before putting the game away. After that, they had eaten Naruto's cake which vanished quite quickly due to a certain red eyed cat.

"Kurama, I didn't even get a piece!" Naruto said with a small glare at the cat. Kurama pulled back his fox head shaped hood and grinned like the vulpine he could become.

"Tough luck, brat." The cat laughed as it wiped away a bit of frosting that was on the side of its mouth before eating said frosting.

"You're dead to me."

"I love you too."

Naruto growled at the cat before feeling someone tap his shoulder. Naruto turned to see Teuchi and Ayame standing behind him.

"JI-CHAN, AYAME NEE-CHAN!" Naruto's mood suddenly became happy at the sight of his grandfather and sister figures, respectively. He gave them both a hug.

"I thought you guys were still working and couldn't come...what happened?" he asked. Ayame ruffled the shorter boy's hair.

"As if we'd miss your party." Ayame said.

"Closed up shop for the afternoon." Teuichi explained. Naruto grinned widely before laughing.

"Awesome...so can you make me more ramen, Ji-chan?" Naruto asked with a gluttonous look on his face. Ayame and Teuchi sweatdropped at that.

"No." They deadpanned, "Eat your cake and ice cream."

"But Kurama ate all my...wait there's ice cream?" Naruto asked. Naruto turned to see everyone else eating either chocolate, vanilla or cookies and cream flavoured ice cream out of small styrofoam cups. Smiles adorned their faces, while Shikamaru and his father just looked bored. Even eating ice cream, those two never seemed to show much joy in things.

"OI SAVE SOME FOR ME!"

"ICE CREEEEAM!" Kurama yelled.

"OH NO YOU DON'T! THAT ICE CREAM'S MINE!" Naruto tackled his flying cat to the ground before throwing him into the wall. Kurama landed against the vertical surface with a humourous "SPLAT!" sound before he seemed to peel off the wall as the impact made him become as flat as a sheet of paper. Kurama drifted down like paper in the wind before looking up.

"My...My ice cream." the crimson furred cat sobbed as he saw Naruto eat the delicious treat in front of him as a form of torture for the crimson cat. The scene caused everyone to laugh at Kurama's expense.

For the rest of the afternoon, Naruto spent his time at the party with friends and surrogate family members at the Haruno household, which was where the party had taken place. He packed up all his presents into his new backpack and then waved goodbye before he and Kurama left the house.

"See you later, guys!" Naruto said. Naruto smiled a foxy smile before heading out of Clover Town towards the mountains. Naruto kept walking as Kurama flew next to him, the white wings of his Aera magic flapping to keep him aloft with the low air currents. Naruto and Kurama then looked back, watching the waving members of his circle of friends until they were out of his field of vision and vice versa. As soon as that happened, Naruto's and Kurama's facial expressions became serious. Their gazes as hard as any stone.

"Come on. He said he had something to tell you before you left." Kurama said with a serious tone. Naruto nodded.

"Ah, let's go." Naruto then grabbed onto the cat before a grey-green magic circle formed around his legs.

"Fuuton: Shunpo no Kazejin!" The two then vanished into the wind as the spell activated.

Acnologia and Naruto's Den

Acnologia lay in his den, snoring peacefully. However, the sound of swirling wind caused the dragon to raise its head, shining white eyes snapping open. Acnologia was actually a very light sleeper despite him being a creature that required many hours of sleep. The Black Dragon stared as the wind began to swirl into a twister in one specific area of the den before it dispersed to reveal his son and his Exceed partner.

"So...what is it you wanted to tell me?" The blonde asked. The Black Dragon watched the fox costume wearing cat before looking at him.

"Exceed, leave the den."

"Huh? Why? I wanna know too." Kurama whined. The Black Dragon growled before unleashing a roar.

"Do not make me repeat myself, Exceed. Leave my presence. This is something meant only for Naruto's ears." Kurama shrunk away from the beast before nodding and flying out of the den. Acnologia paused before looking around. The Black Dragon sniffed the air before nodding and then raised his right forelimb. He slammed his claws into the earth and suddenly a black magic seal appeared beneath them. Naruto and Kurama looked at the black light in confusion before it died down.

"What was that for?" Naruto asked. "That was a high concentration of magic power too...What did you need to use such a large amount for?"

"Please, I barely required any magic power to cast such a simple spell. The spell I just used was a Silencing-Barrier Spell. It allows no one outside of the magic seal's diameter to hear what we are saying and it also grants us invisibility to any onlookers. It also doubles as a sort of barrier so that anyone who was not in the magic seal at the time of its activation cannot enter. Kurama cannot enter"

"Okay. So, Tou-san...what's the point of all this?" The boy obviously wanted to understand the reasoning behind Acnologia's wanting to see him alone and whenever a situation required these circumstances it was always a serious matter that the dragon wished to discuss.

"I am about to tell you is a secret known to no human or beast. It is a secret known only to us dragons." Acnologia said.

"What secret?" Naruto asked.

"You must swear upon your heart, take the Oath of the Dragon...that you will NEVER utter a word about what you have heard to anyone else. Not even your fellow Dragonslayers, should you find them or should you deem them worthy of hearing information of this magnitude. You do not speak of this. Do you understand, Naruto?" The blonde nodded. The oath of the Dragon was the equivalent of a blood oath made by humans or the swearing by the River Styx from Greek Mythology. Whenever you make one, you cannot break the promise that you made.

"So...what is it that you wish to speak about?" Acnologia sighed before turning to the pile of sticks in the corner of the den. The dragon put the pile between himself and Naruto before raising two claws and created friction between them. The sparks that flew out from the friction caused the wood to burst into flames thus providing a light source within the darkness of the den.

"The Origins of the Dragonslayer." Acnologia stated. Naruto's eyes widened. He had always wondered why dragons would train humans in the art of how to kill their own kind, but he never received an answer from the Black Dragon despite the numerous times he had asked over the past few years.

"The...Origins...of the Dragonslayer?" Naruto asked. Acnologia nodded.

"Are you willing to listen because I am not going to repeat myself. If you have questions, make sure they are worth answering for I will not tolerate stupidity from you, even if you are my son." Acnologia said. Naruto nodded.

"I will listen, Tou-san." The dragon nodded to the blonde before the dragon looked into the yellow flames.

"I will start from the beginning of it all...before even I, the great Acnologia, was born." He began.

"Dragons have existed since the beginning of the universe. Among the dragons, there were several classes. There were ordinary dragons, those who are unable to use magic and are, in a nutshell, the 'civilians' of the dragon homeland. Then there were those who were able to use magic, the Kensai or Gifted. Then among the Kensai, you had those were able to specialize in single or various fields of magic. Though many dragons could use the same type of magic, the same as how you humans are able to perform the same types of magic through your affinity for a certain magic, we dragons had leaders amongst our fields. The greatest of these specialized Kensai, were those who mastered the elements of nature. Fire, Water, Wind, Earth, Lightning, Sky, Metal...the list of these great dragons could go on for an indefinite amount of time. These dragons were known as the Genso, the Elementals"

"Were there any dragons above the Genso?" Naruto asked, "Because obviously, it seems as if Igneel-teme and the others are the Genso"

"You assumptions are correct. Igneel and the other dragons who have dragonslayers are the ones who are usually members of the Genso. As to answer your question, yes...there are those above the Genso. The ones above the Genso in the hierarchy of dragon magic were the Yin-Yang Dragons. These dragons are always twin dragons. These dragons govern the higher elements, Light and Darkness. They help to keep balance in the universe"

"But Tou-san, if these Yin-Yang Dragons govern over Balance...then if one kills the other, wouldn't it cause one element to overpower the other?" Naruto asked his draconian parent.

"The Yin-Yang Dragons know of that fact, however that is why they are born with the ability to become immune to one another's elements. The enemy of Darkness is Light and the enemy of Light is Darkness. Thus they are weak against one another, but they know one cannot exist without the other. As a result, the twins cannot do anything that will disrupt that balance. Now above the Yin-Yang Dragons are the ones who have been blessed by the gods themselves. These dragons were given powers that govern over the very laws of the universe. Time, Void, Force and Energy. These four are the ones who rule over the dragon homeland and are known as the Divine, and it is out of these four Divine that the Dragon King is chosen. All four of these dragons are siblings, but are not quadruplets for the dragon ruler is determined by age and the eldest is made king and his siblings made his Council of first Dragon King had been gifted with Force Magic. Though, it is possible for the Dragon King to be challenged for his title, but there was never a time that had ever occurred for the Dragon King is given the strength of the previous kings"

"What if one of the Divine is a female?"

"Then that dragon loses the right to take place in the choosing of the King. There has never been a Dragon Queen in the history of the Dragons. Not once. The sister to the Dragon King is made a member of his Council of Advisors."

"That's a bit sexist, isn't it?"

"Most dragons tend to be male. There is a 75% chance of a dragon being a male than female thus leaving parents with only a 25% chance to obtain a female offspring."

"How many kings have there been?"

"There have been five dragon kings, the current Dragon King is the sixth. He is gifted with the use of Void Magic...the bastard" Acnologia muttered the last part under his breath.

"Now from these four dragons created the galaxies from their magic. They made the planets and the stars and through the combination of their four powers, they gave birth to the various forms of life on the various worlds. Their proudest creations were the humans, whom they gifted with the skill to use magic. The humans worshipped the dragons and gave them many gifts in the form of burnt offering as a way of thanking the dragons for their skills. Of course, being dragons who take pride in their magic and adore praises just as any other dragon would, they accepted their gifts without question. However, during the time of the Fourth Dragon King, a Dragon of Time...this Dragon King was a dragon who hated the humans because of their weakness. His hatred caused him to finally wage a war against the humans and talked with his Council of Advisors to aid in waging the war against humanity. The three siblings agreed, but while they aided their brother in preparing the assault on humanity they, along with the Genso, had secretly journeyed to the human realm before the Dragon King could attack. They had not wanted the chaos that would have resulted from the oncoming war and each member of the Genso and the Council of Advisors began to train a single child whom they deemed worthy to wield their element, in an effort to stop the Dragon King. The Yin-Yang twins were doing the best they could to aid in retaining balance, but the Dragon King had frozen them in time so that they could not do anything. Many years passed as the Divine did what they could to stall the King by telling him to prepare certain countermeasures and what not. Their lies worked and the children of the dragons were given enough time to learn from their draconian teachers...then...they attacked. Dragons flew down from the heavens and attacked the mages below. The pitiful humans could do nothing as they were completely at the mercy of the Dragon King and his army. Bodies were destroyed, blood was shed so many times that the earth was coated with it. However, the Genso and the other three Divine attacked and turned the tide of the war in the favour of the humans, but the Dragon King and his army began to beat them back with their power and sheer numbers. However, that was when the mages they trained showed up. They used the magic they learned from the dragons and aided the three Divine and the Genso in battle and with their combined might, they killed the members of his army before finally killing the Dragon of Time himself. The humans reigned victorious and in the end, the Dragons bestowed upon those mages many titles. Masters of Magic, Elementals, Gods among Men, Saviours... but one title stood out among them all and it eventually came to become the known name to all mages who use the magic taught by the hands of dragons. That was the day...that the Dragonslayer...was born. So in order to make sure the next Dragon King who aimed to plot the downfall of humans would never succeed ever again, should he attempt that task, the Genso and the Council of Advisors began to teach children the art of the Dragonslayer."

Naruto could only stare with wide eyes. The blonde teenager was in awe at the story, the light of the fire revealing said expression to the Black Dragon.

"So what happened after that?" Naruto asked. Acnologia growled lightly.

"Nothing. After the Fourth was defeated, that generation of Yin-Yang twins was released from their frozen positions in time and Balance was restored. The Fifth Dragon King was found, a Force Dragon, and all was well and peace reigned in the dragon homeland. The sixth generation was founded later on" he explained. Naruto then got into a thinking position, staring into the small fire in front of him.

"So why are you telling me this?" Naruto asked.

"Well on the day of July 7th in the year X777, the current Dragon King is having a feast. The Dragon King Feast which is used to celebrate the day of the defeat of the Fourth Dragon King. All the Genso and the Divine are invited and the dragons are forced to leave wherever they are should they face the Dragon King's wrath. The children that are being taught the art of the Dragonslayer are abandoned for it against the law of the Dragon King to notify their dragonslayers about the event as the Dragon King has the ability to watch over all dragons no matter where they are and his Void Magic ability only aids in that ability. Only the other Divine are able to escape the king's detection and the word of the Dragon King is Law." Acnologia said. Naruto's eyes widened.

"Wait, so you're leaving?" Acnologia didn't get time to reply as Naruto stood up, "But I've only mastered the basics and three of your Secret Dragonslayer Art attacks! How else am I going to learn to fight? How else is someone going to teach me what I need to know? HOW? TELL ME ACNOLOGIA! HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO BE THE DRAGONSLAYER YOU WANT TO BE IF YOU CAN'T BE THERE!" Naruto breathed deeply as he stared into the dragon's white eyes. The Black Dragon bent down and stared deep into Naruto's eyes.

"Your frustration is understandable, boy and it is evident that you wish to become strong. Your pride as a dragonslayer is a blessing indeed. However, if you had let me finish, you have known that I...am not bound by such laws." Acnologia said. Naruto's eyes raised in confusion.

"So you're not going to leave?" Naruto asked. Acnologia grinned.

"Make no mistake, I am going to leave, Naruto...but I will be training you into the ground so that you will learn the most of what I have to teach you. I have taught you the majority of the skills you are required to learn as my Dragonslayer, however...I will be placing you, Kurama and myself within a pocket dimension. Time will pass at a faster rate in this pocket dimension, but your body will not be affected as you will remain in your thirteen year old body. It is unknown as to how long it would have been by the time your training would have been completed or near completion, but the pocket dimension will last until the day of July 7th, in the year X777 because the Dragon King is searching for me. His Void Magic will be sure to take notice of it and he will find me should I continue to train you for any longer than that"

"Why is the king looking for you?" Naruto asked. Acnologia growled.

"I...will tell you on the day of my leaving." He replied. Naruto looked up at Acnologia with a hard stare, his eyes appearing to have become a darker shade of blue.

"Swear an Oath of the Dragon. You will tell everything. Why the Dragon King is looking for you? How you got on the Dragon King's hit list or whatever it is that he's now searching for you because I need to know why my father is being hunted like an animal." Naruto said. Acnologia raised a non-existent eyebrow.

"You really wish to know my tale, do you boy?" The Black Dragon asked. Naruto nodded.

"I do, Tou-san." Acnologia chuckled before standing up.

"I, Acnologia, Black Dragon of the Apocalypse, swear by my pride as a dragon to tell you what you wish to know on the day of July 7th, X777" The cave seemed to shake as the oath was made and the deal was sealed. After that, the Silencing-Barrier spell was dropped and Kurama rushed in after realizing it was down. Naruto then told Kurama about the training session they would be having in Acnologia's pocket dimension until July 7th, year X777. However, when Kurama asked for the details, neither dragon nor Dragonslayer, replied. Acnologia then turned to face the two and then concentrated magic into his claws. The originally sky blue magic suddenly shifted to an ebony colour before the dragon released a roar and clapped his claws together.

A large pulse of magic energy rocketed out of the point of contact and expanded throughout the surrounding area before receding.

"What was that?" Both Dragonslayer and Exceed asked.

"The pocket dimension has been made. The reason you have not noticed is because I transported the area where we are now, along with much of the surrounding area, into the pocket dimension with us. That area is now sealed off from the rest of the world and no one will be aware of it" Acnologia said.

"Wait, what about my friends...won't they age?" Naruto asked. Acnologia nodded.

"They will, but remember what I said...time passes faster in this dimension I made. Your friends may not have even realized a day has passed in comparison to how long you would have appeared to have remained here"

"Question?" Kurama asked for permission knowing full well he only allowed Naruto to interrupt him, but even then, the blonde was reprimanded for doing so in the end. Acnologia nodded.

"Speak, Exceed"

"Will it only be you and Naruto that will not be affected by the aging process in here or am I safe too?" Acnologia nodded.

"Your body will not be affected by the aging process just as mine and Naruto's will not be affected." The dragon answered. Kurama nodded before looking at the blonde Dragonslayer.

"Brat, I'm gonna kick your ass for so many years you won't be know it's been years"

"Please. Fluff Ball, go chase a mouse. I am a dragon, I cannot be defeated by the likes of you" Acnologia roared to stop the bickering between his son and the Exceed before snarling.

"Are you both ready?" Acnologia roared.

"Bring it on!" The two shouted simultaneously.

"Good...because...YOUR TRAINING BEGINS NOW!"

July 7th-X777

The wind howled as it moved through the air. The sound of wings beating against the wind filled the air, replacing the howling. The beast growled before descending upon the desert sands. A large amount of the combination of silt and weathered rocks were cast aside as the beast's wings gave one single flap to aid in slowing its descent. It growled before bending its head. Two figures jumped off of the beast's head. One figure was taller than the other, hitting the sands while the other suddenly sprouted a pair of wings and floated above the sands.

"Guess this is where we part ways, eh...Tou-san?" The taller figure asked as he turned to the beast. The figure had the appearance of a young, thirteen year old boy. He had spiky blonde locks and cerulean blue eyes. Three whisker marks adorned each cheek. His skin was slightly tanned and his body was lean, with barely, if not any, fat present. He wore a black, long sleeved t-shirt with blue patterns on it that made it look like small wisps of flame. He wore a pair of dark blue pants and a pair of white socks with black boots. Around his neck was a necklace with a golden flame charm on it. He wore a dark green backpack which was obviously filled with numerous supplies due to its bulging appearance.

The shorter figure was a red furred cat with black fur where its eyes were. Said eyes were a crimson colour with black, vertical slits. The cat had black claws on its paws and a long, red, fox-like tail which poked through a hole in the kitsune-like costume it was wearing. The head of the cat was covered by the hood of its kitsune themed costume, shielding it from the blazing sun.

The beast they were talking to was Acnologia, the Black Dragon of the Apocalypse.

Acnologia nodded to his son.

"Aye and I held on to my oath. I have told you why the Dragon King's eyes have been set on me and how...are you satisfied with my response?" The dragon asked. Naruto nodded.

"Hard to believe that you were..."

"For a pitiful, weak human as yourself...yes, it would be hard to believe." Acnologia snorted. Naruto growled at his surrogate father.

"As if I'm weak, I did what most couldn't do in their entire life time!" The dragon grinned widely.

"That you did...as I would expect from you...my dragonslayer." The Black Dragon smirked at the blonde as he smirked back. There was a sudden silence in the air as father and son stared at one another. Naruto looked down at his feet, finding the sand very interesting for some reason. Acnologia sighed.

"So do you miss them yet?" The Black Dragon asked. Naruto frowned, but shook his head.

"Though we had to leave and you let me say my goodbyes...I did what you told me to do. Though at first...I did feel sad, because I had to leave them...angry, because you made me do that...confused, because I didn't know why I had to let them go, but...I realize why now. I am your son...if people found out and they knew I had connections they would use them against me" Naruto sighed before looking back up with an emotionless gaze.

"I let go of my attachments to them and now all I have is Kurama" Naruto said. Acnologia nodded.

"You are indeed my son and the humans on that Magic Council would do anything for power. My power would be used for their idiotic experiments and since you are not affiliated with any guilds, which I suggest you keep that way, they cannot find you and they cannot bind you to any laws. Also, I have caught wind of the fact that the son of Igneel has joined the guild of Mavis Vermilion" Naruto's eyebrow raised slightly at that.

"The son of Igneel-teme is a part of Fairy Tail?" He asked. Acnologia nodded.

"He has built a reputation for himself, going by the title of 'Salamander'. His status as a Dragonslayer is quite public to those who know of him and I suggest you try to avoid them as much as possible because Dragonslayers have the ability to recognize one of their own. Dragons are bound together through an unnatural bond, the same goes for the Dragonslayers. Though, it is possible that though a Dragonslayer may feel like he or she knows you, but will not know realize they have that feeling because you are a dragonslayer like them. However, the ability to sense dragonslayers becomes almost instinctual once dragonslayers are able to detect one another after the first time. The most effective way to mask your presence is to use your wind nature to cover it up. The high concentration of wind magic should be able to prevent it from being noticed. To aid in this, use your wind magic more often." Naruto nodded.

"Yes, Tou-san. I can use my Energy Make as well right? Rasengan appears as though it would be effective in taking down my opponents and with Energy Make being pure magic it would also be an excuse should they somehow stumble upon my use of pure magic in battle."

"Energy Make and Wind Magic would be your best bets in keeping your dragon attacks a secret. Besides, you are MY dragonslayer. They don't deserve the right to see my power as shown through your actions. Only use it against those who you deem worthy of seeing it."

"I understand."

"Good...you have Ascalon and Excalibur, correct?" Naruto nodded and rolled back his sleeves slightly to reveal two magic seals, one on each wrist. The one on right wrist was gold and the one on his left wrist was silver.

"I got them right here. Learning Seal Magic was a bit difficult with all the theoretical knowledge, but the simple storage seals are the only things I can use right now. I also used them to help store away some of our supplies to give room for other stuff." Naruto said as he patted his bulging backpack.

"I see, seems you are not as completely worthless as I thought. You humans are actually able to think." Acnologia smirked inwardly as he saw the annoyed look on the boy's face. He just loved to annoy the hell out of his son. "Ascalon and Excalibur are swords capable of puncturing a dragon's hide and as such, I have not taught you how to wield them, so I suggest you look for a teacher. Despite my objections for you to be taught by one of your own kind... sniveling human vermin...they are the only ones capable of wielding such weapons." Acnologia turned and looked back at Naruto and Kurama.

"Now I must take my leave and remember what I told you." Naruto nodded.

"Spare the ones I deem strong...find a strong mate and...make you proud." Acnologia nodded.

"Good, now leave my presence you snivelling piece of human filth." Acnologia roared.

"Shut up you overgrown garden snake before I turn you into a pair of dragon skin boots!" Naruto roared back. Kurama sighed as he watched the two.

'If I weren't used to this, I would never have guessed they actually respected each other.' The red eyed feline thought, sweatdropping as the two argued. After Dragon and Dragonslayer had their argument a deafening silence filled the air. The only thing breaching that silence was the sound of sand grains being rolled over one another by the softly howling winds.

"Tou-san?" Acnologia nodded. "Is it true what you told me...about how and why you are being targeted by the Dragon King?" Acnologia growled.

"I have no reason to lie, Naruto. What I have told is the total truth as to why the Dragon King is targeting me and why I am not bound by his laws." Naruto growled before looking into Acnologia's eyes.

"Then I will find him...I will find Alagaesia, the dragon homeland. I will find it, I will find the Dragon King...and I will live up to my title and I will slay him for what he did. No one, but a weak fool of a dragon would do what he did in order to gain his title as king." Naruto snarled. Acnologia was shocked by the boy's outburst.

"Naruto..." The Black Dragon grinned widely in the end before spreading his giant, black wings, "Then when you are strong enough, when I deem you strong enough... I will come for you and we will kill that bastard of a dragon." Naruto nodded, eyes burning fiercely with determination and anger. His pupils became slitted and magic energy became visible around his figure in a black and blue haze. The mark of his mastery over the magic of his adoptive father.

"I will make him pay for what he did to you, Tou-san. I swear an Oath of the Dragon...I will kill the Dragon King." Naruto said. Thunder rumbled in the sky even though there were no storm clouds evident and the Dragon of the Apocalypse nodded to his son before taking off. Acnologia took off into the skies, releasing one last roar before vanishing into the clouds above. Naruto and Kurama watched the Black Dragon before turning away.

"You're going to miss him, aren't you? Despite all the hateful things he's said you, he did take care of you...and you're going to miss him" Kurama said as he flew next to his partner. Naruto growled, pupils becoming slits as his rage spiked. The blonde bared his sharpened canines, a mark of him being a dragonslayer.

"WHAT WOULD MAKE YOU THINK I WOULD MISS THAT OVERGROWN GARDEN SNAKE!" Kurama turned and his crimson eyes met Naruto's cerulean ones. Naruto looked slightly confused as he saw Kurama's lips shape themselves into a frown.

"Because..." The fox costumed wearing cat spoke. Kurama reached out with a paw and swept a single, black claw underneath Naruto's eye and showed it to Naruto. A single drop of liquid was shown at its tip causing the boy to gasp.

"You're crying."

Unknown Desert- Three Days later

Kurama panted as he watched Naruto. The blonde mage was using Fuuton: Tobu to allow him to fly across the desert sands and the costumed cat was now having to flap his wings furiously as the miniature tornadoes beneath Naruto's feet were propelling the blonde through the air rather quickly.

"OI, NARUTO!" The blonde turned back with a puzzled look.

"What, Kurama?"

"Slow down for a while, we've been flying for hours" Kurama said as he suddenly caught up with Naruto before grabbing onto the boy's head and made his resting place, "On second thought, you can continue. I'll just ride you along the way." Naruto's eyes twitched at the cat as he saw it give him a vulpine grin.

"You lazy fur ball" Naruto grumbled. The boy suddenly caught a scent in the air and he suddenly stopped. Kurama gripped the boy's locks tightly to keep him from flying off and due to Naruto's tolerance to pain, he barely felt the pulling of his hair roots as Kurama flew forward from the sudden stop.

"Naruto, why'd you stop?" The cat asked. Naruto's eyes narrowed before sniffing the air.

"Do you smell that?" He asked the Exceed. Kurama raised his nose to the sky and inhaled.

"Hmmm...smells like...dinner!" Kurama grinned widely before looking down at the sands. Below the levitating duo were a pair of sand tiger-fish.

These creatures were shaped like regular tiger-fish, but they were the size of adult Bengal tigers. Instead of fins, they sported muscular limbs with paws, but the tail and dorsal fins remained. The paws had three sharp, golden claws that allowed for them to dig swiftly beneath and through the the sands as they looked for their prey. Their diet consists mainly of lizards and cacti making them omnivorous, but their carnivorous nature reigned supreme. They are not required to drink water as they act like whales, taking in whatever water vapor is in the air through a small hole at the top of their heads and their bodies are made so that the water instantly condenses and is sent to a special storage organ.

"Sand Tiger-Fish huh?" Naruto said as he watched them jump into the air before diving beneath the sands. There were about four of the creatures and Naruto suddenly a got wild look in his eyes as his draconian instincts took over.

"Time to hunt." He growled. Kurama nodded before jumping off of his head and sprouted his wings. The fox costumed cat grinned widely before roaring. Kurama glowed a crimson colour and fire coated his body.

"Fire Rocket!" The feline yelled as he crashed into the sands. A large shockwave of fire raced out from the cat's point of contact with the sands. Two tiger-fish were sent flying through the air, burnt in numerous places. The two airborne creature righted themselves in midair and were about to land on the sands in order to escape, but Naruto appeared beneath their falling forms and took a deep breath.

"Fuuton: Tora no Tsume/Wind Style: Tiger Claw!" Naruto's hands were suddenly surrounded by slashing winds which took the form of claws. He leaped and slashed at the tiger-fish multiple times before landing on the ground. The tiger-fish were suspended in midair before slash marks coated their bodies and they split apart into pieces. Blood and organs meeting the sands and staining it red.

The other two tiger-fishes stared in shock at the blonde as it saw him cut down their pack members like they were nothing. The two quickly turned tail and were about to dive down into sands. However, before they could do so, Naruto appeared in front of the two jumping tiger-fish as they attempted to get away. The two quadrupedal fishes released a sound that appeared to be a cross between a tiger's roar and a bear's growl. The blonde dragonslayer seemed amused by the terrifying sound.

One charged him, but the blonde simply raised his hand and poked the tiger-fish in the middle of its forehead just as it was about to hit him. His hands positioned in the shape of a makeshift gun.

"Fuuton: Rekudan!" A small wind bullet suddenly shot out of Naruto's fingertips and began to drill its way through the skull of the sand tiger-fish, impaling its brain and killing it. The remaining tiger-fish growled as it tried to put up a fight. It slashed at Naruto with its claws, but the blonde dragonslayer merely laughed as he dodged the attacks with no effort at all. The tiger-fish slashed downwards before following up with an upward, diagonal strike. Naruto backed away from the first strike, but leaned backwards so his upper body was parallel to the ground as he performed a move out of the Matrix. He then gained a cold look in his eyes before lashing out with a brutal kick to the fish's face sending it spiraling through the air before it was caught in the claws of the kitsune that was a transformed Kurama.

"Fried or Grilled?" He asked Naruto. Naruto thought for a while before throwing him the dead body of the other sand tiger-fish which the fox caught in its other clawed hand.

"Both." Naruto grinned.

"Gotcha!" Kurama said before heat energy was released from the kitsune's claws. The fox's single tail swished back and forth with glee as the sand tiger-fish roared with pain before it stopped. Both fishes were smoking in the hands of the kitsune before he threw them to Naruto. The blonde raised his eyebrow in confusion as he caught the two fish.

"Not gonna eat?" he asked the kitsune. Kurama shook his head as he transformed back into his costumed cat form.

"Nah, I ate my share already. Nice job with the dicing, could have done better with the slicing though" He commented. Naruto rolled his eyes at the Exceed before digging into his meal. Naruto then froze as he chewed on the flesh he had just bitten out of before glaring at Kurama. The red eyed cat glared back at his partner.

"What?"

"The fried one is a bit burnt" The blonde commented causing Kurama to sweatdrop.

"Ungrateful brat" he mumbled as he watched Naruto continued to eat. After the small meal, the two continued to walk through the desert for a few hours. Naruto and Kurama had nearly finished their entire water supply and they had finished their food supply two days ago which is why they had resorted to eating the sand tiger-fish in the first place.

Naruto wiped the sweat from his brow as he watched Kurama hover next to him. The hood of his costume was the only thing keeping the tiny cat from suffering heat stroke.

"Any...idea...how long before...we get out...of this...FUCKING DESERT!" Kurama wheezed. He was very dehydrated and the dry desert air did nothing to soothe that feeling. Naruto quickly caught the cat as his wings vanished in a shower of light particles.

"Fuuton: Shunpo no Kazejin!" Naruto said. He had used the technique before to aid in their travelling earlier, but the desert was just so vast that he ended up realizing that even with the use of his technique, they were getting nowhere and he was losing valuable magic power. However, now was not the time for such concerns as Kurama needed to get to some place shady and cool soon or he'd be suffering from a delusional cat with heat stroke.

'Kurama's annoying enough when he's normal' The dragonslayer thought. Naruto continued moving at sound barrier breaking speeds before jumping into the air and a grey-green magic circle appeared beneath him.

"Fuuton: Tobu!" Naruto suddenly began to race through the air, sound barrier breaking once again due to the speeds he was moving at. The world began to blur around him. He suddenly began to get tunnel vision as the speed began to affect him, but as he was flying, a green blob crossed his vision before vanishing. Naruto froze as in the air before looking back. He looked down at the small, dehydrated cat in his arms before looking back in the direction of where he saw the blob.

'If that was a mirage, I'm gonna cry' The blonde thought. He quickly raced towards where he saw the blob and his eyes widened when he saw the wide expanse of vegetation before him.

"Please be real" Naruto murmured as he formed sphere of energy in his hand."Energy Make: Rasendangan/Spiralling Bullet!".

The spheroid of rotating, blue energy shot out of Naruto's palm and crashed into a tree. The boy smirked when he saw the tree release a cracking sound before falling to the ground causing a large dust cloud to form as it collapsed to the ground.

"It's real" he smirked, however he paused as he continued to survey the forest that took up the large area of desert and seemed to stretch all the way down to who knows where.

'Tou-san told me that deserts had once been ocean's once upon a time...so if I can just find something...oh, that could work' His sharp eyes then spotted a large depression in the sand. The remains of a naturally made water basin. His eyes followed from the basin in a straight line as they came to rest atop the canopy of the forest. Naruto turned his head and closed his eyes, focusing on his sense of hearing. Cerulean orbs snapped wide open as the sound he was searching for met his hearing organs.

The boy flew down into the foliage and landed with enough force to cracked the grass covered ground beneath him. Naruto looked around before listening for the sound of water once more. Naruto then began to sniff the air before his eyes brightened as he caught the slight scent of fish. And where there was fish... "Water...that way!" He took like a shot in an easterly direction, the direction of the water source.

Naruto sighed in relief as he saw the remnants of the river that once flowed through the forest, now a small pool of water. Naruto shrugged. It would do. He quickly wet Kurama's face for the cat to wake up.

"Huh? What happened?"

"You fainted from the heat." Naruto said, "Water's in front of you." Kurama looked where Naruto was pointing before panting like a dog. He went to the edge of the pool and began to guzzle the liquid. After a good half a minute of downing water, Kurama's belly was swollen and he looked like a giant red berry with a head, arms, legs and a tail.

"Ah, I never knew water could taste so gooood." Kurama made a face that made it look like he was having an orgasm of some kind causing Naruto to quirk his eyebrow at the Exceed.

"Water is said to not have any taste at all" Naruto informed his cat.

"Shut up, brat. Just cause you're a dragonslayer doesn't mean I'll be all respectful towards you and besides water can..." The cat was interrupted when a sharp sound pierced the air.

"Screaming?" Kurama questioned.

"Judging from the tone...I'd say a little girl, around five years old" Naruto said as his ears twitched. He got up and looked at Kurama, who had miraculously lost the weight from his water guzzling. "Should we help her?" The blonde asked. Kurama shrugged before flying over to Naruto.

"If we get there in time then I suppose so if not we can just kill the animals and eat them. Would you like to eat the girl if she doesn't make it?" Kurama said as Naruto's eyes twitched.

"I may be the son of a dragon, destructive and have a bit of an animal killing streak, but I'm still a human and I'm not a cannibal" Naruto said with a monotone.

"Whoop-de-doo, you're not a cannibal. Good for you." The cat spoke sarcastically, "And now you're boring me now. Let's go kill those guys so I can be rid of my boredom" The red eyed cat said. Naruto sighed before turning in the direction of where the scream came from before grabbing Kurama.

"We kill them and we go, alright?" Naruto said. A nod from the cat was his response. A grey-green magic seal then formed around Naruto's feet. The two vanished in a swirl of wind.

Unknown Forest

The girl panted in exhaustion as she continued to run. The howls of the animal chasing after her were loud indicating that they weren't that far behind. Her legs were screaming for her stop and rest so they remove the lactic acid building up her muscles, but she refused and continued to run. She pushed aside branches and brush, some of them slashing her face and caused small lines of blood to form on her young face. She continued to run, only to skid to a halt when one of the animals appeared in front of her as it came out of the brush.

The animal was a large silver wolf with shining yellow eyes Sharp teeth covered with saliva to indicate its want for food, were shown in its jaws. The wolf howled before jumping at the girl. The girl took a right, avoiding the wolf as it smacked straight into a tree. The girl continued to run. She ducked underneath a branch before crawling underneath a large tree root. She grabbed onto a vine and swung over a rather large mud puddle, but a pair wolves were still on her tail. Their powerful leg muscles allowing them to easily keep up with the girl. It was then that the girl realized they were just toying with her. Playing with their food.

The girl was about to make a sharp left to try and escape them, but then another wolf appeared out of the foliage and knocked her to the ground. She rolled along the grass covered earth before she twisted to the right to avoid the pounce from a third wolf. In desperation, she lashed out with a kick. The small black shoes covering her feet, smacked into the wolf's muzzle causing it to yelp in pain. The girl saw her opportunity and got back up and was about to make a break for it when a fourth wolf jumped out from behind a tree.

The canines growled as they cornered the girl. She was backed up against a tree. The silver furred canines were growling, saliva dripping from their mouths in anticipation to finally feast. Then the fifth wolf, technically the first, the one that the girl had avoided and resulted in its meeting with a tree, appeared from the brush. It was a bit larger than the others.

'Probably the leader of the pack.' The girl guessed. The girl shivered a bit as the wolves closed in on her. Her eyes filled to the brim with fear and she did the only thing she could do in her tired state. She screamed.

The scream was loud enough to cause the wolves to clutch their ears in pain. They shook their heads to remove the ringing sound that currently filled their ears before returning to their meal. The girl gulped before closing her eyes and curling into a ball as a feeble way to defend herself. However, she was not met with blinding pain and the sound of flesh torn off of bone...well not her flesh.

The girl suddenly heard a multitude of yelps and barks before the sound of flesh being sliced was heard.

Naruto and Kurama were moving through the trees, their noses sniffing out the scent of whatever it was that was screaming.

"I got the scent, small traces of sweat and blood in the air..." Kurama sniffed again.

"And wolves" Naruto added. The two then took off and suddenly found themselves in a tree standing above the scene of the soon-to-be murder, if you could call it that.

"Small little girl cornered by wolves" Kurama shook his head, "I'm almost tempted to watch" A sadistic smile plastered itself on the cat's face. Naruto sighed at the kitsune-like cat before vanishing in a swirl of wind. Naruto landed in front of the both girl and wolves and raised his hands. Naruto quickly vanished in a blur of speed and appeared in front of one wolf and stabbed his hand through its skull with a wind powered punch. He quickly turned and caught wolf by the throat before choke slamming it. He threw the wolf at another which tried to attack him sending both of them to the ground. The blonde dropped down on the ground and avoided the pounce from another silver furred canine before getting back onto his feet and raised his forearms so that his elbow slightly protruded outwards. He slammed his elbow back and it met the stomach of a wolf with enough force to cause it to cough up blood. The wolf fell to the ground before being impaled through the head with a wind blade. Naruto then vanished in a blur of speed and kicked all three remaining wolves into the air.

"Fuuton: Kasui/Wind Style: Spikes!"Naruto then went into a handstand and a magic seal appeared above his feet. He kicked upwards and miniatures spikes of wind flew out of the magic seal and impaled the wolves in the stomach. The blonde then began to rotate while still in his handstand.

"Fuuton: Senpuu Kyakuu!" Naruto's legs were then became encased in twisters as he spun faster. The Cyclone Leg slammed into all three descending wolves sending them flying through the air. Naruto then bent his arms and pushed off, flipping in midair before vanishing into the wind. Naruto then reappeared in the exact same position in the air before landing on the ground. The wolves that Naruto kicked were suddenly sporting large slash marks where their heads were attached to their necks causing them to fall off once they impacted with whatever tree or rock they slammed into. All this was done in one swift motion, the wind blade had severed their heads and the canines' bodies all fell to the ground.

"Fuuton: Mugon no Ansatsusha/Wind Style: Silent Assassin."

Naruto watched his blood stained clothes and hands before sighing.

"Great, now I have to wash these" He grumbled. He then turned when he heard a whimper. "Hmm?" Now that he was at a closer distance he saw that the girl was rather small, proving his opinion that she was around five years old. She had short, shoulder length, dark blue hair. Her eyes contained brown irises. Her skin was a regular skin tone colour, and she wore a white dress of some sort. A pair of black shoes were worn on her feet. Naruto noticed she had a small, white hair clip in the shape of a bird's wing. All in all she looked like an innocent little girl who shouldn't be out here thus raising the question what's she doing here.

The girl gaped in shock at seeing the dead wolves and the numerous amount of blood. She then looked up to see Naruto, his emotionless but curious gaze fixed upon her. She trembled in fear, backing up against the tree in an effort to escape. The girl hoped that maybe she could become intangible and go through the tree and escape, but sadly, she didn't posses such an ability. The girl gulped as Naruto continued to watch her. The blonde sighed as if he was bored of something before walking towards the girl with the wind blade still in his hand.

"What're you doing here little girl?" Naruto asked, his tone void of emotion as he watched her continue to shake in fear.

The little girl was too scared and confused to answer as she just kept staring at Naruto.

The blonde's eyes narrowed at the silence and as he was about to just turn around and leave the girl alone he took in one deep inhalation of air before looking at the blue haired girl with a puzzled expression.

"You..." Naruto spoke causing the girl to jump.

M-M-M-Me?" she stuttered as she finally managed to work up the nerve to talk. Naruto stepped closer to the girl, ignoring her discomfort.

"I have been taught to slay the weak, so...I bring you your death." Naruto raised his arm and a wind blade swirled to life around it. The girl's eyes widened as the boy brought down the blade of slicing air currents, but paused as the blade hovered above her head. He then sniffed her, much to her surprise.

"Yes, you...You smell of the air...clean air, feathers and reptile." Naruto watched the girl carefully. "What's your name, girl?"

"W-W-Wendy...Wendy Marvell"

(A/N: Well that's that chapter. Hope you guys liked it. Please take note that while there is barely any action, I'm hoping that my story telling 'skills' if you could call them that, were able to compensate for it. Did the addition of Wendy surprise you guys? Now to see what will happen now that Naruto has met another dragonslayer. Will he reveal what he is to Wendy or will he continue to keep it a secret?

Now then, the Sand Tiger-Fish are creatures of my own design and I noticed that not much of the Fairy Tail creatures have names so I decided that there will be times where I will make my own animals/creatures. The dragon homeland, Alagaesia is the name of the land from the Inheritance Cycle written by Chistopher Paolini. I couldn't really come up with anything cool sounding to match a place as awesome as a dragon's homeland. The reason why Acnologia is being targeted by the Dragon King will remain my little secret until I decide to reveal it so that I can give you guys a little bit of anticipation and suspense. Hope you guys liked the chapter and review.

Reviews are what will keep me striving to post more chapters and if you guys do review I will see if I can get another chapter up for you guys, but ONLY if you guys review, although I will not mind if they are accompanied by favourites and alerts too. Constructive criticism is welcome, I will ignore all flames and I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter. REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW!-K.D)