"Talking"
"Thouhghts"
"Spell/Jutsu"
"Demon/Summon"
Narutomaniac: Thanks for the advice; I'll think over those things.
Lednacek: No one's perfect, Makarov just forgot. As for the Clones, no one can really see up in the second level so people could miss the clones.
Cerulean Knight: Naruto can use all five elements but doesn't have many jutsu for earth and lightning. No sub-elements, sorry.
megaslayer321a: There will be a pairing, not 100% sure yet but it will only be one girl.
Guest: I planned on him republishing the books, for money and to honor Jiraiya. Nor sure about the carrying on, he may have perverted thoughts but Naruto won't be a blatant pervert like Jiraiya.
*Still looking for a Beta.
Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail or Naruto
Naruto enjoyed the walk to the train station, he had yet to explore the town and this was an excellent chance. The station was located on the opposite end of Magnolia Town so Elfman took the long way to show Naruto the sights.
"This is a really beautiful town." Naruto said as they walked through the gates to the train station.
"Yes it's a very manly town." Elfman said with a nod. "The train schedule is over here." Naruto followed the large man to a giant board with several words and times all over it.
"What's this?" Naruto asked as he inspected the board.
"This is a schedule for all the train arrivals and departures." Elfman pointed up to the right. "The green letters are the town names the train is departing to, red are arrivals. Yellow are the track numbers the train is on while blue is the time it departs or arrives."
"I see, so when will ours be leaving?" Naruto asked, though he wished he had the knowledge prior to leaving the Guild in case it was going to be hours.
"Luckily in thirty minutes." Elfman said before turning. "The tickets can be bought here." Naruto followed the man's finger to see a medium sized building with several windows, lines formed in front of each window.
"Wait we have to buy tickets?" Naruto asked suddenly.
"Yea?" Elfman looked at Naruto like he grew another head. "Did they not have trains where you're from?"
"No." Naruto said with a sigh. "Well this is just great, I don't have any money." He turned and glared back in the direction of the Guild. "Damn Ero-Gramps he should have mentioned this to me."
"Hey don't worry I can cover you." Elfman said as he looked around and realized people were giving the blonde odd looks.
"I'll pay you back after the missions, I mean jobs." Naruto saidk, he was trying to get the new terminology down.
"It's no big deal." Elfman shrugged and headed to one of the lines. "So I guess you don't have a bank account, clients pay the Guild and then master transfers it to whoever went on the job."
"No, I didn't think of that." Naruto again sighed and ran a hand through his hair.
"When we get back you should ask Nee-chan to help you setup one, she's good with that kind of stuff." Naruto nodded but kicked himself mentally for not thinking of the small detail.
As the two stood in line Naruto started going over other small details he might have over looked. "Let's see other than getting a bank account I should find a realtor or with the mayor's office about buying a plot of land. I should as Master about the carpenter he mentioned for an estimate on a house." Naruto listened when the price came up for the tickets, while Elfman said it wasn't a big deal Naruto didn't want to take advantage of the man's kindness. The two then headed to their train, Naruto was impressed by the large metal constructs. Of course it was easy to when they didn't have large compartments that shot out kunai at him. Showing their tickets to the conductor the duo found a set of seats and got comfortable for the ride.
"So what magic's do you use?" Elfman asked after the train started to leave the station. "I think it's good for us to know each other's skills."
"I agree, I have a couple magic's actually." Naruto said as he leaned back in his seat. "I can use wind, water and fire plus I have a few jutsu, I mean spells, for earth and lightning."
"Why do you call them Jutsu?" Elfman asked, he noticed Naruto corrected himself a couple times about other words and figured it was all connected.
"Where I'm from we called them jutsu instead of spells, just like jobs were missions." Naruto said with a shrug while Elfman simply nodded. "I have a bunch of other non-elemental spells." Suddenly a second Naruto popped up next to the original. "This is my most commonly used."
Naruto chuckled as Elfman jumped back in his seat at the sudden appearance of another blonde. The large man regained his composer and leaned forward to poke the clone. "So you can do thought projections."
"Well I call them shadow clones, not only are they solid but anything they learn I do as well when they disperse." Naruto wasn't surprised there was a clone magic but wondered how close it was to shadow clones.
"From what I know about them that's what a thought projection does to, though they can also be intangible." Naruto nodded to the words.
"So what is your magic?" Naruto asked, after the spars he figured he didn't need to use Hiraishin or Rasengan yet. "I know it's something to do with transforming your arm."
"I use a magic called Take Over, it allows me to use the power of entities I have copied. In my case I use Beast Soul; Nee-chan is a Take Over mage as well." Elfman said proudly.
"Why can you only change one arm?" Elfman suddenly looked away and out the window but Naruto saw a flash of sadness in his eyes. "So what kind of security is on this train?" Naruto started to look around the train, hoping the question would snap Elfman out of his funk.
"The conductors have some magic guns but they have limited shots and are not very powerful." Elfman said though he didn't turn from the window.
"So if someone were to attack us on the train it would pretty much be only us." Naruto said with a sigh. "Plus we need to take into account civilians."
"Maybe we should rent a Magic Vehicle instead of talking the train." Elfman turned to see Naruto looking at him confused. "It's a personal vehicle that works off of the driver's magic."
"How long would it take us traveling that way?" Naruto asked as he thought over the idea.
"I would have to look at a map but depending on the roads it could be less than a train." Elfman rubbed his chin in thought. "The downside to that is one of us would lose magic during the trip so if a problem came up we would be weaker."
"So both have pros and cons." Naruto said absently as he weighed the options. "But with the Magic Vehicle if one of us runs out of magic before we get there we would have to stop for the night or risk using the others reserves."
"Being a man I'm sure it wouldn't be a problem." Naruto smirked at the statement. "He's a lot like Lee." Naruto thought. "Plus I don't know if the vehicle will run on chakra so Elfman would have to drive the whole trip." "Can we rent a whole section of a train for ourselves?"
"I've never asked, why?"
"I think riding the train would be fastest and enable both of us to fight." Naruto explained. "But if we could rent our own section it would keep us from involving civilians."
"A very manly idea." Elfman said with a smile. "We should ask a conductor comes by." Naruto nodded and the two fell into a comfortable silence, both closing their eyes and leaning back in their chairs.
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Arriving in Rosanna Naruto and Elfman got directions to the art gallery and started that way. They had talked to a conductor on the train and learned they could rent a train cart for just them but it was somewhat expensive. They planned to check the prices of Magic Vehicles but figured they would just have to ride the train normally if it was out of Elfman's budget. Looking up the time for the train they would need to take the duo headed into the city. Rosanna was a beautiful city, larger than Magnolia but all the buildings were older looking. Elfman told Naruto that Rosanna was a historical city and one of the first cities created when Fiore became a kingdom.
Walking down the main street the Fairy Tail mages soon came to the gallery, it was a large white stone building with a gold dome on it. Walking inside they were meet by a man in a black suit with a light green dress shirt underneath, his blonde hair was cut short and spiked in a stylish way. "Welcome gentlemen, how can I help you today?"
"Were the mages from Fairy Tail here to deliver the artwork." Elfman said, Naruto let him take the lead so he could see if he needed to learn anything special.
"Oh yes we've been waiting for you!" The man said excitedly. "Please follow me." He guided the duo through a double set of doors and down a hallway to an office. The office was a large room that was heavily decorated, a desk sat in front of two large windows with a woman sitting behind it. She looked to be in her mid-thirties; her dark blonde hair pulled back into a bun and wore a stylish white blouse.
"Yes Clinton?" She said as she looked from her paperwork.
"These are the mages that responded to our request Ms. Kane." Clinton said as he waved his hand at Naruto and Elfman.
"Please have a seat." The woman said as she rose and gestured to the chairs in front of her desk. "Can Clinton get you anything? Water, coffee, tea?"
"I wouldn't mind a cup of tea." Naruto said with a nod to the women.
"A real man never turns down a drink." Elfman said as he turned to Clinton. "Water please." The man nodded and quickly left the room to get the beverages, Naruto and Elfman both took a seat while Ms. Kane pulled out a file from her desk.
"Last week we had an auction for a collection left in the will of a well-known art collector. Four of the paintings sold were part of a series and were coveted by many collectors." She passed the file to Naruto; it contained pictures of all the works sold. "The bids got very high and people were very upset that the whole series was bought by one woman, Duchess Allred."
"Is it common for the Galley to be responsible for deliveries?" Naruto asked, he didn't have much experience with auctions.
"Not usually but wanting to bring in more high class patrons we offered to provide delivery to all buyers." Naruto nodded and passed the file to Elfman.
"So why hire us for only one delivery?" Ms. Kane sat down with a sigh.
"We have a competent security team but with the high interest in these pieces and the fact many of those wanting it have shall we say deep pockets." She gave the mages a look to ensure he hint was understood. "We want to be absolutely sure the delivery was made."
"You need not worry Ms. Kane." Elfman said as he put the file back on the desk. "Real men always get the job done."
"Well good." She said but gave Naruto a confused look, a knock at the door made them all turn to see Clinton walking back in.
"You beverages sirs." He wheeled in a silver cart with a coffee pot and tea kettle, two white mugs on either side, and parked it between the mage's. He poured the duo's beverages before standing and turning to his boss. "Anything else."
"If you would be a dear and tell security to prepare the delivery for the Duchess I would appreciate it." Clinton smiled and started to leave the room.
"Will you be putting them in a crate or something?" Naruto asked over his cup before the man could leave.
"We have special magic cases that will keep them safe from the elements." Ms. Kane said with a nod.
"Before they are closed I would like to look over them with you." Both Elfman and Ms. Kane looked at him with raised brows. "To insure they are the art pieces the Duchess bought, this way if she complains they are not we won't be blamed."
"Or if we are we know you stole them." The woman said with a nod. "I agree, Clinton please tell security not to close the cases."
"Of course Ms. Kane." Clinton gave another nod and left the room.
"Well do you have any questions?" Naruto looked to Elfman but when he received a shake Naruto turned back to the women.
"Would it be possible to receive an advance on our pay?" Ms. Kane hummed in thought.
"Might I ask why?"
"Travel expenses." Naruto said before Elfman could speak, he doubted the mage knew much about secrecy and the need to withhold information. The older woman hummed again before reaching into her desk and pulled out a black binder.
"How much?" She asked as she opened the binder, inside were slips of paper.
"100,000." Naruto said, it was more than they needed but wouldn't give away what they were doing with it. Plus it would give Naruto some pocket money.
"Very well." She picked up a pen and wrote on one of the slips then tore it from the binder and handed it to Naruto. Looking at it he saw it had writing on it along with the amount he asked for. "We will send the rest to your Guild when we receive confirmation of your delivery."
"Thank you." Naruto passed the paper to Elfman; he had no idea what it was but knew the white haired man would. "I believe we can go confirm the art now." Nodding the woman stood and started around her desk for the door, Naruto and Elfman finished their drinks before following after her. Leading them back down the hall way they walked to another set of doors near the back of the main room. Walking down a flight of stairs Ms. Kane stopped at a metal set of doors with a keypad on the side, she stepped in front of it and Naruto saw her arm move. He heard a couple beeps before the doors opened to reveal a large white room, multiple tables were setup along the walls and people were inspecting different pieces of art.
"This is our certification room, ever piece that comes into our gallery must pass through this room." Ms. Kane said as she guided them through the room and towards a couple men in black suits. Four metal cases lay on the table near the men and Naruto figured it was the paintings.
"Ms. Kane if you will look them over and verify that these are the pieces I would appreciate it." Nodding the woman walked over and began to inspect the pieces; Naruto was pleasantly surprised when she spent a long time inspecting each one.
"These are the pieces we sold." She finally said after an hour of inspection, she then gave a nod to the men in suits, who lifted the lids onto the cases. "These pieces are now in your care."
"Thank you." Naruto said with a nod. "Hold on Elfman." Naruto held up his arm to keep the man from grabbing a case. Naruto ignored the confused look and walked over to the cases, sealing each one into a storage seal on his arm.
"You never mentioned you knew Re-quip magic." Elfman said as he realized what Naruto was doing.
"It's not exactly Re-quip but I'll explain later." Naruto said before turning back to Ms. Kane. "Have a nice day ma'am." Turning Naruto led Elfman out the doors and out of the building.
"So what's the plan Naruto?" Elfman asked, he thought Naruto was doing a great job leading them and decided to go with it.
"Well since we got the money I think we should take the train." Naruto said.
"It will allow us to both be at our best." Elfman said with a nod. "We can go to the bank and cash the check." Naruto nodded and was glad he now knew what the paper was called.
"Lead the way." Elfman nodded and turned down the road with Naruto following close behind, neither saw the man crouched on the roof across from them.
The figure pulled out binoculars and stared down at the Fairy Tail mages while they exited the gallery. Once the duo was out of sight the figure pulled out a crystal from his pocket and activated it. "Dirk you there?"
"Yea." A gruff voice answered from the crystal. "What's the word Taki, those pictures finally leaving the gallery?"
"I think so." Taki said. "I saw two people enter, stay for a while then leave. One of them had the Fairy Tail symbol on his neck."
"Fairy Tail? Shit!" Dirk said over the crystal. "What did they look like?"
"One was tall with spikey white hair, wore a blue high school looking uniform."
"I know that one." Dirk cut off the man. "Beast Arm Elfman, might be a problem but who's his friend?"
"Not as tall as Elfman but at least six feet, long spikey blonde hair, red short sleeved jacket with strange writing."
"Hmmm, doesn't sound familiar." Dirk said. "Must be a new or low level member, follow them and call when your close."
"On it." The man said as he deactivated the crystal. Pocketing it he turned and ran across the roof to follow the Fairy Tail members.
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Naruto and Elfman walked in to their private car of the train, after leaving the gallery Elfman took Naruto to the bank and cashed the check. Naruto had asked about opening an account but the bank clerk said you needed to open it in the town of your residence. After that they went and reserved their seats for the next train to Violetta than got a late lunch.
"Man that was a good meal." Naruto said as he rubbed his stomach.
"Quite so, it was very manly of you to eat eight bowls of ramen." Elfman said with a grin.
"Yea." Naruto said as he let out a burp. "Not as good as Mira-chan's though."
"Nee-chan is an excellent cook." Elfman nodded as the duo sat down. "It's a six hour ride, do you want to get some sleep and we can switch after a bit?"
"I'm good if you want to." Naruto shrugged, Elfman stretched a bit then lay down across the seats.
"Men do need their rest." Elfman said as he closed his eyes, Naruto waited a few minutes before pulling his legs up and getting into his meditative position. Naruto planned on using his Senjutsu as an early warning sign for incoming mages. When he started to focus on gathering the natural energy he found that he couldn't, scrunching his face in confusion Naruto tried to focus harder but was unable to gather any energy.
"What the hell?" Naruto said as he opened his eyes and scratched his head. He had never come across this problem before. "I know I'm not moving." He then heard a bump and turned to see the moving scenery and a light went off in his head. "Oh come on!"
"Wah!" Elfman said as he bolted awake. "What happened?"
"Ah sorry Elfman." Naruto said sheepishly as he scratched the back of his head. "I came to a realization about something."
"Anything I can help with?" The man said as rubbed his eyes.
"No its okay go back to sleep." Nodding the white haired mage lay back down and soon fell back asleep. Naruto however was grumbling to himself.
"Stupid trains and their moving me while I try to gather natural energy." Letting out a long sigh he looked back out the window and watched the world pass them by.
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"Dirk." Taki said quietly while hiding in the bathroom. "Are you there?"
"Why are you whispering?" Taki covered the crystal with his shirt to muffle the voice.
"I'm in the bathroom on the train to Violetta; the Fairy Tail mages got a private car so I couldn't keep an eye on them but were ten minutes out."
"Good, me and the boys have a trap setup for them." Dirk said with a dark chuckle. "Head on back to the Guild."
"Got it." Taki said before deactivating the crystal and headed back to his seat.
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"Alright so where does this Duchess live?" Naruto asked as he and Elfman walked off the train.
"Wasn't it on the flier?" Naruto stopped in his tracks and blinked for a second.
"I'm going to kill that old pervert!" Elfman jumped back at Naruto's sudden anger. "Senile old man forgetting to tell me important things like that!"
"Calm down Naruto we can ask someone." Elfman said quickly trying to calm the blonde. "We do know her name."
"Fine but I'm still going to get that old man." Naruto said with an evil glint in his eyes that sent a shiver up Elfman's spine.
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Makarov stopped drinking his beer as a cool feeling went up his back causing goose bumps on his arms and his hair to stand on end.
"Is something wrong Master?" Mirajane asked as she saw the older man shiver.
"I feel like something terrible is about to come my way." Makarov said as he looked around the Guild for any signs of trouble, well more trouble than the usual.
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Luckily it was easy to track down where the Duchess lived; apparently it was the most well-known fact in the town. Elfman led the grumbling shinobi towards the mansion, keeping some distance because he heard words like murder, glue and paint. Naruto had already created a few very well thought out pranks by the time they exited the city proper and started walking along a paved road through the surrounding forest. The road diverged at certain points, each one labeled with names or coat of arms representing the family that lived at the end of the path.
"Wait." Naruto said as he held up his arm, Elfman stopped and looked at Naruto.
"What is it?" Naruto motioned for silence and closed his eyes, going into Senjutsu mode he focused his senses out. His assumption was right when he found three magical sources ahead of them, two near each other and another across the road from them.
"There are three mages ahead of us, hidden in the bushes." Naruto said as he stopped his sage mode and opened his eyes.
"How do you know that?" Elfman asked confused.
"Another magic that allows me to sense magic within a certain range." Naruto said as he twisted the truth.
"That is a real manly magic." Elfman said before slamming a fist into his open palm. "Let's go show them how real men fight."
"Hold up Elfman." Naruto grabbed hold of the tall mage before he could run towards the waiting trap. "Let's use our heads first." The blonde sighed when Elfman gave him a confused look. "I mean we make them spring the trap but not on us." Before Elfman could say anything Naruto created two clones than one changed into the tall mage.
"You can use transformation magic as well?" Elfman asked as he poked his copy.
"Yea." Naruto said as the three figures chuckled at the curious mage. "These two will go ahead of us and spring the trap, then will come in and take the mages by surprise."
"That kind of thinking proves you're a real man." Elfman said once he collected himself. The two clones chuckled again then headed up the road towards the waiting mages.
"Will let them get a head start and then follow." Elfman nodded and started to crack his knuckles, ready for a fight.
The two clones cared on towards the Duchess's mansion without a care in the world; both knew if they showed any signs of awareness they could blow the plan.
"The hell?" The Naruto clone said as the two suddenly sunk into the ground they we stepping on.
"Seems we've caught some Fairy's boys." Both clones turned their heads to see a man walking out of the tree line on their left. He had shaggy brown hair and wore a brown short sleeve shirt under a black leather jacket, and black pants.
"Look pretty mangy Dirk." Another man said to their right as he approached, he and the man next to him were dressed in leather breast plates with metal shoulder guards and bracers. They both had shaved heads and a tattoo of a claw on the opposite side as the other.
"Maybe we should throw them back." The other man said before both broke into a chuckle.
"Now, now we can't do that until we get what we were paid for." Dirk said as he walked to the edge of the sinking earth, both the clones were now sunken to their elbows. "Here's how this is going to work boys, you give us the paintings and I'll undo my spell so you can get out."
"What if we don't?" The Naruto clone asked.
"Well then we see how long you can hold your breath underground." Dirk said as the other men laughed.
"But then how will you get the paintings?" The Elfman clone said as it tried to break free.
"I think two dead Fairies are a fair compensation for a loss of pay." Dirk said with a wicked smile.
"Well then you're going to be very disappointed." Both clones smirked as they went up in a puff of smoke.
"What!" Dirk yelled as his eyes went wide.
"Dynamic Entry" Dirk was kicked into a tree as Naruto's foot connected with the side of his head.
"Beast Arm: Black Bull" Elfman landed behind the two men and backhanded one, before twisting and punching the other into the sinking ground.
"Zane!" The man yelled as he recovered from the hit, he rn to the edge of the sinking dirt to see Zane stuck up to his elbows.
"Kill that bastard then get me out of here." Zane said as he struggled in the dirt.
"Re-quip: Heat Blade" Elfman watched a red bladed long sword appear in the man's hand. "Burn in hell you bastard." He charged Elfman and went for an over the head slash to cut down the Take Over mage.
"Real men can't be beat by such weak moves." Elfman said as he moved to the side, avoiding the strike but feeling heat coming from the blade. He then reared his fist back and punched the man in the face, knocking him back and making him drop his sword.
Naruto watched amused as Elfman finished his opponent easily; despite losing to him easily Elfman seemed to be skilled enough. "So you alive over there?" Turning he saw Dirk struggling to his feet, using a tree to steady himself.
"How the fuck did you get out of my trap?" Dirk asked as he spit out some blood.
"Cause I'm awesome." Naruto said, after all it was true.
"Fine if you don't want to talk I'll make you." Dirk said as he pointed his arm at Naruto. "Swallowing Earth" Naruto immediately jumped to the side as he felt the earth beneath him shift, however Dirk followed Naruto with his arm and the earth gave way along the trail. Naruto smirked and just barely keep ahead of the sinking ground, he heard Dirk growling in anger at the blondes antics. "Stay still."
"Now where's the fun in that?" Naruto said with a grin. "You should aim for where I'm going not where I am."
"Idiot." Dirk said with a triumphant smile. "Swallowing Earth" He aimed his other arm ahead of Naruto, but lost his smile when the shinobi leapt over the forming hole.
"Wow you almost got me." Naruto said with a smile. "But your time is up."
"What?" Dirk said, Naruto was in front of him and he didn't understand how his time was up as he had Naruto on the run.
"Naruto kept your attention like a real man." Dirk spun around in time to see Elfman's black fist before he was knocked unconscious.
"Good hit Elfman." Naruto said as he walked back to his teammate, he noticed the ground had stopped sinking when Dirk was knocked unconscious.
"A real man can finish things in one punch." Elfman said as he raised his arm in triumph.
"So what do we do with them?" Naruto asked as he kicked the man lightly with his foot.
"There is a Rune Knight barracks in the town." Elfman said as he picked up the man. "Could your clones take them while we finish the mission?"
"Yea but they can't read so they might get lost." Naruto said with a shrug.
"I'm sure someone could point it out." Elfman said as the two began walking to the other downed man. "What about him" Naruto looked down to see the last man still struggling in the dirt.
"I'll handle him, here." Naruto reached into his back pouch and pulled out some wire. "Tie those guys up." Elfman looked at the wire but nodded as he took it, Naruto turned and hopped down to the trapped man. "So who hired you?"
"Fuck you." The man said before spitting on Naruto's shoe, the blonde raised an eyebrow as he stared down at his foot. Quicker than Zane could see he was kicked in the back of the head and his face slammed to the ground.
"I'm sorry." Naruto said as he grabbed the man by his shirt and put him up right. "Had to wipe my shoe off, now I believe I asked you a question."
"F-f-fuck you." Naruto sighed than grabbed the man's nose, making him scream in pain.
"We can do this all day ya know." Naruto twisted the man's nose making his scream more. "Elfman can finish the job while I talk with you." Naruto let go to see what the man had to say.
"I've got nothing to say to you." Letting out another sigh Naruto thought about what to do, he didn't want to torture the man. Torture was one of the few things he never studied so he wasn't sure how to properly do it.
"Plus I don't think Ero-Gramps would like that." Standing Naruto channeled chakra into his fist then struck the ground in front of the man to free him. Now that he could move his arms Zane tried to use his magic but Naruto struck him in the back of the neck, knocking him out cold. "Oh I'm sorry were you trying to do something?" Naruto chuckled at his own joke as he lifted the man.
"He's almost as scary as Erza." Elfman thought as he watched Naruto question the man. Naruto walked back to the top of the pit and created three clones, each grabbed a man and headed back towards town.
"Alright let's finish this job, I'm getting hungry." Elfman just nodded and followed Naruto towards the Duchess's house. The trip took only minutes and soon they were walking up to the front doors of a giant stone mansion. It was easily one of the largest buildings Naruto had ever seen, even the Fire Daimyo's house didn't compare to it. Using the large brass knocker the duo waited until the door was opened by a butler, the man looked to be in his later years and had a thick grey handle bar mustache.
"May I help you?" The butler asked as he eyed them.
"We are here to deliver the paintings bought by Duchess Allred." Naruto said.
"I see no paintings." The man said as he looked around the duo for anything and slowly started to close the door. He flinched back when four cases appeared on the ground in front of Naruto and Elfman.
"I had them sealed away for safe keeping." Naruto said with an amused smile.
"You are mages then?" The butler said as he straightened up again. "May I see your Guild Tattoo's?"
"Of course." Elfman Said as he turned his head so the man can see his better. Naruto guessed this was something that happened often and lifted his shirt to reveal his, the butler paled some when he saw Naruto's scar but corrected himself.
"Yes thank you." He then opened the door and bowed, gesturing them in. Naruto and Elfman both grabbed two cases and entered the home. Walking in to the foyer Naruto let out a whistle, the whole room screamed elegance. "Please follow me." The two followed the butler out of the foyer and through two large doors. Inside was a large room with chairs set around a wooden table, a bar sat along the back of the room with many different liquor bottles behind it. "If you will wait here I will get the Duchess."
Nodding Naruto walked over to the table and set his cases down, face up so they could open them. Elfman followed his lead and then the duo sat in the chairs facing the door. They only waited a few minutes before the butler opened the doors again; several men in suits entered the room first. Four took position behind the Fairy Tail members while the rest spread out around the room.
"Announcing Duchess Allred." The butler said before bowing, a woman in a fancy black gown entered after. She was older but had a light brown tint to her greying hair, it was in a bun but had tresses falling over her shoulders. Fancy jewelry hung off her neck, was in her hair and several rings glittered on her fingers. Naruto sprang to his feet and gave a quick bow, Elfman quickly followed suit when he realized what Naruto was doing.
"Gentlemen." She said with a small head nod. "These are my paintings?" She waved her hand to the four cases.
"Yes ma'am." Naruto said then moved to one of the cases and pulled off the lid. "If you would like to inspect them."
"No need." She said then nodded to some of the guards, the men quickly picked up the cases and left the room. "Fairy Tail's reputation is enough for me to trust you, if there is a problem I have no doubt it was from the Gallery."
"Thank you." Naruto said, he was actually surprised by the action.
"I will inform the Gallery of your successful delivery." She said before turning to leave the room. "Have an enjoyable evening gentlemen." As she left the room all the suited men followed her, leaving only Naruto, Elfman and the butler.
"I will see you gentlemen out." The butler said as he gestured to the door, Naruto looked to Elfman and shrugged. He thought there would be more to the job but guessed he was wrong. The two men followed the butler to the door and with some quick pleasantries started back towards the town.
"So what now?" Naruto said as he put his hands behind his head.
"I think we should go find a place to stay the night." Elfman said, Naruto nodded as his stomach began to rumble.
"I hope they have ramen around here." Elfman chuckled as Naruto gained a faraway look and drool started to come out his mouth.