Well this is the 7th chapter! I corrected the spellings of Jiraiya as asked by an awesome reviewer in the last chapter. The strange thing is that I usually have correct spellings on all of my writings or bits of scrap that I have on my laptop and sadly the autocorrect recognized "Jaraiya" instead of "Jiraiya" as it is supposed to be spelt. Thanks for the heads up! Oh and thanks to all those that are so supportive of my writing. It pleases me greatly to know that for a first time writer there are so many of you that are so cool with the reviews and comments. You wanted a lengthy chapter well now you got one! Let's move on with the latest chapter of my story!
Naruto, Jiraiya, Kushina, Mikoto and Haku appeared on the outskirts of a small village after they were transported to Earthland. They gasped at the sheer beauty of the place they were sent to. There was lush green grass, flowers all over and water surrounding the west side of the land. The sun was shining brightly and that added to the overall beauty of the area.
This place wasn't like the Elemental Nations at all as the people here looked like they had more peace than the shinobi lands ever did.
Jiraiya was first to regain his composure and turned to inform his friends. "You guys stay here, I will find out where this Fairy Tail guild is from the people in this town. Hopefully one of them would know where to look. If it is further away than we thought then we would have to think of some place to stay for the night and the problem is that we don't have any money." He explained before taking a deep breath.
The others agreed and the toad sage went off into the crowded town to find out more about this land. They had to go to Fairy Tail as soon as possible but what Jiraiya told them could be right. If Fairy Tail is located at a faraway distance then they would have to stop somewhere for the night.
Well they could always sleep in the forest or something but they were done roughing it.
Moments later, Jiraiya returned with a perverted grin. "Ohhh those women were so curvy! I hit the jackpot!" He exclaimed before giggling uncontrollably.
Everyone noticed the blood trickling down his nose and wondered if he even found out anything useful. Meanwhile. Naruto sighed as he knew what was going to happen to his sensei now.
"You good for nothing pervert!" Kushina, Mikoto and Haku screamed in unison as they slammed his head with a chakra infused punch, sending the toad sage flying into the distance hitting a nearby tree.
Jiraiya didn't seem very affected by the punches and groggily stood back up with a goofy grin in face.
Naruto once again sighed at his sensei's antics before getting on with the situation at hand. "Sensei what did you find out about this place? You know that we have to get to Fairy Tail soon." He questioned the man in a discomforted tone.
The women nodded their heads irritatingly as they were getting rather annoyed by the Sannin.
Jiraiya simply huffed in annoyance as he crossed his arms in a childish manner. "Come on gaki you never let me have some fun!" He whined before stiffening as he saw the hardened looks that rapidly formed on the three kunoichi.
The toad sage quickly jumped back with his arms up in a placating manner before explaining, "Okay okay! We are in a country known as Fiore. This place is known as Gargeon Town and it is a large port town. Now this place has a nearby something known as a train station which we can use to travel to Magnolia Town where Fairy Tail is located."
The toad sage sighed as he knew that travelling with women would mean no fun for him. He cried anime tears making the others sweat drop at the display. How could one man be such a pervert?
Naruto nodded graciously at the explanation. "Okay so now that we have that figured out, how can we get to Magnolia Town when we don't have any money on us? We need to think of something that can help with the financial problem we have here." He stated, to which the others gave a quick nod as they began formulating a plan.
Kushina slung her arm around Mikoto's shoulder with a playful grin in place. "I can go with Mikoto-chan to see what we can do." The redhead exclaimed happily, to which Mikoto smiled in return before nodding in agreement.
Haku hummed for a while and then gasped as she realized something making everyone stop in their tracks. "I can make jewellery with my Hyouton kekkei genkai and that could help with cash." She said with a smile as she had never done this before and it sounded like fun to her.
The group smiled and nodded their approval. "That's a great idea Haku!" They voiced out in unison, making her blush from the praise.
Haku gave them all a nod and started to form ice crystals from the water that was nearby. She melded the crystals into three necklaces and then stopped. The blackette slowly started examining the jewellery and then smiled when she saw that they were made perfectly.
Kushina and Mikoto looked at the necklaces with a dreamy look. They looked so beautiful and of course it looked like a perfect thing for them to wear.
Both of them shook their heads as they got back to reality. "This is excellent Haku-chan! We can easily sell these necklaces for a good enough price." The duo chirped cheerfully as they gave the blackette a bright smile.
Naruto and Jiraiya agreed wholeheartedly and congratulated her for the quick thinking, once again making her blush at the praise.
Now they had to find a jewellery store to sell the items.
The group strolled around the town looking for a good place to sell the necklaces to while Jiraiya made a shadow clone to find out how much did a train ticket to Magnolia Town cost. It didn't take them long to find a reasonable store and they stepped in with the necklaces in hand.
The shop didn't look like anything flashy, but it certainly looked decent enough for them to possibly sell the crafted jewellery. Naruto noticed that the jewellery here was very familiar to the ones in the Elemental Nations. This was good because now he didn't have to go around asking ridiculous questions regarding jewellery.
The shopkeeper noticed the group walk into her store and noticed them observing their surroundings. Inwardly she was hoping that these people weren't here to cause trouble, she wasn't a mage who could defend herself. However the blonde man in front didn't look like the type to go around causing unnecessary trouble so she would try and help them out.
The shopkeeper approached the blonde man with a kind smile before asking, "Hello young man, how may I help you?"
Naruto turned to the woman with a kind smile of his own. "Hello, we're kind of new to this town so sorry if this is a silly request, but we were wondering if you'd be interested in purchasing these necklaces?" He questioned before carefully laying the three ice necklaces on the counter.
The shopkeeper gave a quick nod before examining the jewellery in great detail. While this was going on, the three kunoichi took a look around the store to see what kind of jewellery there was.
After thinking for a while, the shopkeeper cleared her throat to get the group's attention. "That is no trouble at all young man, these are some finely crafted necklaces also. I will pay 10,000 Jewels for these necklaces. Usually this sort of jewellery goes for around 5,000 each but no one buys them. That is my offer." She explained before looking at the people intently.
Naruto and the others didn't even have to think about it as Haku made the necklaces with the use of her kekkei genkai, so the price didn't matter to them. They agreed and happily took the currency of Earthland from the shopkeeper and left the store with a smile on their face.
Naruto turned towards Jiraiya with his smile intact. "Sensei what is the cost of the train ticket and when does the train to Magnolia Town leave?" He asked as he was happy to see that Haku got them out of a troublesome situation.
However, they needed to get to Fairy Tail as soon as possible so they could learn about magic and what not.
Nodding in affirmative, The toad sage looked intently at the group before explaining, "I got the memories from my clone when we were about to exit the store. A single ticket to Magnolia Town costs around 3,000 Jewels each. Other than that one train has already left and there is another one going to leave to our destination in 2 hours."
Jiraiya frowned slightly, seeing as they didn't have enough currency with them to make the trip at the moment. They really needed to come up with another idea. Unknowing to the toad sage, two of them had already figured it out.
Kushina whispered something into Mikoto's ear, who grinned immediately before rushing off into the distance with the redhead following suit. The others grew confused but shrugged their shoulders slightly before quickly following the duo.
Naruto, Jiraiya and Haku arrived at the center of the town square where they noticed Kushina and Mikoto forming a stance. They watched on in interest as the redhead threw a few rocks in the air, while Mikoto quickly formulated some hand signs.
"Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu!" Mikoto yelled as intense flames escaped her mouth and went shooting at the rocks, completely annihilating them into ash.
Mikoto turned towards Kushina as she began running through another sequence of hand signs and Kushina did the same thing. The duo grinned at each other while their hand signs were being formulated before the two of them finally called them forth.
"Fire Style: Fire Dragon Jutsu!"
"Water Style: Water Dragon Jutsu!"
The two kunoichi yelled out their moves as the two elemental dragons collided with each other as a loud smoke formulated as a result.
Kushina and Mikoto quickly high-fived each other before bowing in front of the gathering crowd, that were highly intrigued by the show. People in the vicinity cheered at the display and placed Jewels on the ground. The kunoichi duo counted the currency and smiled as they had just earned 6,000 Jewels. This in turn, gave them more enough money to buy the train tickets, seeing as they earned 10,000 Jewels from the ice necklaces.
Naruto, Haku and Jiraiya smiled at Kushina's and Mikoto's teamwork and thanked them for their quick thinking, causing them to grin at the praise.
They all proceeded with walking towards the train station to get their tickets to finally get to their desired location, Fairy Tail. It was a rather brief walk and after paying for the tickets at the station counter they all sat down on the benches by the terminal as they waited for the train.
Several girls passing by looked at Naruto with lust and suddenly, the temperature dropped several degrees. Why that was is quite simple. Mikoto, Kushina and Haku were currently glaring at the women with the intent to kill and that... simply is the only logical reasoning. 'STAY AWAY FROM NARUTO-KUN!' They raged in their heads, as their expressions held no sympathy for those women. Yep... that's the reasoning right there.
Jiraiya gulped nervously and moved away from the scene, not wanting to get caught in the cross fire. He had faced Mikoto's and Kushina's wrath in the Elemental Nations in the past and there was no way he was going to face it again.
Naruto just sighed seeing this display unfold, as he had started to get bombarded with fan girls outside of Konoha when he was with Jiraiya, on their three year training trip together. The blonde kept sighing until the moment passed and luckily, the pedestrians walked by.
After the episode, Naruto and the others spent their time talking to each other while they waited for the train to show. They sat down for an hour and a half until it arrived, to which they got up from their seats and headed into the confines of the train. They sat down in a large booth at the back of the train, and got their tickets stamped by the conductor moments later.
Mikoto, Kushina and Haku observed the beautiful scenery that they were passing by on the train with a smile. They knew that they had some work ahead of them as they had the choice of simply sticking with their chakra usage and stay as ninjas, or use the magic that was given to them and become mages. Naruto and Jiraiya were on the same page as the girls were, as it was something to think about.
Soon enough the group succumb to sleep, with Haku's head in Naruto's lap. The blonde was already asleep at this time so he showed no reaction to this.
Kushina and her best friend were glaring hotly at the display, while Haku stuck her tongue out at them and formed a peace sign. The redhead and blackette narrowed their eyes at The Ice Princess once more at her antics and the girl in question simply nuzzled into Naruto's chest, causing them to frown deeply.
Jiraiya was looking at his apprentice in severe jealousy as he began to wonder how Naruto attracted all of those beautiful women. Looking at Haku snuggling up with the blonde, he sighed before leaning back into his seat. "Lucky blonde baka." He muttered under his breath before drifting off to sleep as well.
(Several hours later)
"Passengers we have now arrived at Magnolia Town. Please check your belongings on the train before exiting. We hope you had a wonderful time travelling with us. Have a good day."
Upon hearing this announcement, Naruto and the others woke up and quickly rushed out the train. They group now made their way towards the terminal of Magnolia Town before their eyes widened.
"Wow" They harmonically muttered under their breaths at the magnificent sight before them.
The town was rather peaceful, the people were lively and just about everything about the place was perfect. The group was really happy to be close to the Guild of Fairy Tail, seeing as it was their first priority. They started walking along the streets of Magnolia, wondering where the Guild would possibly be. It was during their walk, that an elderly women accidentally bumped into Naruto's shoulder.
"You smell like human. I hate humans!" The women snarled before walking away with a hard look on her face.
Naruto twitched slightly at the blatant disrespect, but didn't bother pressing her on the matter. "What the hell was that about?" He asked as he turned to his companions, not knowing what more to say right now.
They shot the blonde a blank look and simply shrugged their shoulders, as they had no idea either. Old people can be so weird sometimes.
A very tall and muscular man accompanied by a much shorter girl with silvery white hair approached them, with a friendly smile on their face.
The silverette girl sighed as she observed the group. "That was so not cool. Hi! My name is Lisanna Strauss and the big dude with me is my onii-san Elfman. The woman that just crossed you was Porlyusica. I don't know what her deal is sometimes, nor do I know why she hates humans so much. Anyways you guys look like you need help. Anything I can do for you?" She explained before looking at Naruto intently with a slow rising blush on her face, but kept calm seeing as her brother was there at the moment.
Naruto smiled as he introduced himself and Kushina, Mikoto, Haku and Jiraiya followed suit.
As his smile remained intact, Naruto began to explain to the brother and sister about him and the others joining Fairy Tail, along with them wanting directions towards the place. The group noticed that the siblings perked up at the mention of the Guild and that surprised them.
Lisanna's expressions brightened. "That is so great! Elfman-nii and I will take you to Fairy Tail! When we reach there, I will take you to the Master who will accept you all into the Guild. We are just going to leave for there any ways, so you all can follow us!" She chirped cheerfully as she was happy that Naruto and his companions wanted to become a part of their Guild.
Elfman nodded with a smirk before fist pumping. "You're a real man Naruto!" He exclaimed, to which everyone around him sweatdropped while Lisanna simply facepalmed at her brother's antics.
Naruto rubbed the back of his head awkwardly, not really knowing how to react. "Uhh… okay? Thanks I guess." He said in confusion as he didn't have anything more to say to the man. His companions chuckled in amusement at the strange sight.
Shortly after, Naruto and the others followed Elfman and Lisanna towards the Fairy Tail Guild, where they would meet Master Makarov. That was the man who will decide if they are worthy of joining the Guild or not, so they were rather anxious to meet him.
Kushina, Mikoto and Haku were talking to Lisanna who they really found interesting to talk to, seeing as she had a bright personality and the plus point was that they could have their girl talk.
Meanwhile, Naruto and Jiraiya were conversing with Elfman, who was quite an eccentric person to say in the least. The toad sage took out his 'Research Notebook' and started scribbling furiously when he saw a man and his girlfriend making out in the corner of a street. Elfman seemed confused as to what the man was doing, but Naruto assured him it's best he doesn't know.
Soon they reached the gates of Fairy Tail and all of them grinned knowing that they had finally arrived to their destination. Lisanna and Elfman turned to the group with their arms spread. "Welcome to Fairy Tail!" They exclaimed, to which the group smiled in return.
The Strauss siblings then took the ninja squad to a bar which they stated most of the Guild members came by to buy food or drinks. That and the fact that they would simply come to hang out at times. As the group entered the crowded joint, they saw a whole bunch of people in a rather joyous mood, talking to each other without a care in the world.
Naruto, Kushina, Mikoto, Haku and Jiraiya sat down at a free table and Lisanna walked towards the counter of the bar.
A couple of minutes later an older woman with a strong resemblance to Lisanna came up to where they were seated. "So you are the newcomers that my baby sister was talking about. Hiya! My name is Mirajane Strauss and I am Lisanna's sister!" The woman said with a bright smile on her face.
The woman now known as Mirajane looked at Naruto and blushed seeing how damn attractive he was. She narrowed her eyes slightly at the other women that were with the blonde, and wondered if any of them were in a relationship with him. His very aura was making her demon instincts scream out to take him, as he radiated the aura of the ultimate alpha, but she pushed those thoughts aside for now was not the time.
Naruto was first to arise from his seat, as he approached Mirajane with his kind smile still in place. Mirajane on the other hand was blushing up a storm, as her instincts were going into overdrive with the close proximity.
The blonde kindly extended his hand. "Hello Mirajane-san, my name is Naruto Uzumaki-Namikaze." He introduced himself warmly before waving his hands towards to others in the group, so they could introduce themselves as well.
"Ohiyo! I'm Kushina Uzumaki dattebane!" Kushina introduced enthusiastically with a friendly wave, not even noticing her verbal tic.
"My name is Haku Momochi." Haku said simply with a nod.
"I'm Mikoto Uchiha!" Mikoto stated with a bow.
Mirajane smiled and shook their hands before turning to the last member of Naruto's group expectantly.
"Yo beautiful! I'm Jiraiya. You can send me your love letter later!" Jiraiya exclaimed before giggling perversely.
Naruto sighed before facepalming at his sensei's perverted antics. "Why do you have to do this, you baka sensei?" He questioned himself sadly while watching the women in his group repetitively bonking Jiraiya's head with fury.
"Umm is he always like this?" The Strauss sisters asked before fixing a glare at the toad sage.
The three kunoichi never stopped glaring at Jiraiya as they explained, "Yes he is and it's so disgraceful! The nerve on that pervert is so outrageous, why can't he ever be normal for a change!?"
Jiraiya weakly got up from getting his head bashed in and sniffled. "Why do you always do this to me?" He questioned with mock tears trickling down his cheeks.
Naruto simply sighed at the man. "…sensei stop being a pervert around them. You know better than that." He said before sighing further, knowing that his teacher would always remain the same regardless of what happened. The blonde seriously admired that of the toad sage, as he would sometimes wonder if the pervert had a healing factor of his own.
"Hey! I am NOT a pervert!" Jiraiya yelled indignantly with a frown on his face.
Elfman looked at the man expectantly. "…so what are you then?" He asked as his curiousity was peeked.
Naruto rolled his eyes before palming his face once again. The blonde knew that asking his sensei that very question was the most foolish thing you could ever do in your lifetime. It is to be avoided at all costs!
Jiraiya instantly smiled brightly before clearing his throat. "…I'm a SUPER pervert!" He declared proudly before looking around confusingly, as he could have sworn that he heard 'chirping' noises in the background.
The room went silent and the women had blank looks on their faces.
Kushina, Mikoto and Haku were deciding whether or not to draw their weapons and just start beating the toad sage until next week. They couldn't believe the nerve of that damn pervert for saying such things. To people that didn't even know him for goodness sake. They huffed and leaned back in their seats with a deep frown on their face.
Lisanna and Mirajane just didn't know what to say. How could they? They had been at the Guild for a very long time now and this... was the most ridiculous thing they had ever heard in their life. The two sisters simply tapped their feet in annoyance at the man before them.
"Hahahaha! That is hilarious!"
Everyone turned around to see see the chuckling newcomer that had walked in. The newcomer was an extremely short and elderly man. He had black eyes and had a balding head, with only the outer rims of his head containing white hair, and a thick white mustache. He was wearing casual clothing of a white shirt with a black colored stamp on the middle which was covered by an orange hoodie, along with plain shoes.
Mirajane smiled at the newcomer. "Master! You're here!" She chirped cheerfully, to which Naruto and the others turned towards the man with raised eyebrows.
'That is the Master of Fairy Tail?' They thought to themselves.
The Master nodded with a smile and walked towards the group of shinobi. "Hi there, I can see that you are new around here. I am Master Makarov; it's nice to meet you." He said warmly with his smile still intact.
Naruto smiled in return and introduced himself with the others following suit. The blonde then explained to the Master that they travelled here to join the Guild and that made the man smile, as he now had 5 new possible recruits.
Makarov asked the group where they came from and luckily for them, they made a background story for themselves so they wouldn't have to speak of their origins in public. The Master nodded in understanding at the explanation before turning towards Mirajane, who immediately understood what the old man wanted. The silverette quickly went to the back of the bar to get what was now required.
Mirajane returned moments later and grinned. "So where do you all want your Guild marks and in what colour?" She asked cheerfully while looking at the group as her cheerful expression never wavered.
Naruto and Jiraiya smiled as both of them pointed towards their left arm. Naruto took the colour blood red, while Jiraiya got sea green.
Mikoto, Haku and Kushina asked for the mark to be on their right arm, with Mikoto getting black, Haku getting ice blue and Kushina getting blood red.
Mirajane happily gave them all a nod and began to stamp the magic marks on where everyone desired it.
Makarov smile increased as he waved his little arms wildly. "Congratulations as you are now official members of Fairy Tail!" He exclaimed happily as he now 5 new members into his surrogate family.
Mirajane and Lisanna smiled and congratulated them as well, while Elfman had other plans.
The male Strauss sibling simply punched Naruto's chest and grinned. "Naruto! You're a man!" He boasted proudly, making everyone sweatdrop.
The blonde groaned as he realized that this was going to be a regular thing with the tall man. Mikoto, Kushina and Haku giggled at Naruto's discomfort before looking away whistling nonchalantly as he turned dangerous eyes to them.
Jiraiya smirked seeing this. "Well gaki this is payback for all the times you called me 'ero-sennin' in the past" The toad sage said to himself as a chibi version of him was doing a victory dance in his head.
Makarov loudly exclaimed, "Everybody! I am proud to introduce you all to the newest members of Fairy Tail. They are Naruto, Kushina, Mikoto, Haku and Jiraiya! Free drinks for all!"
The whole crowd cheered in agreement and raised their glasses to the group.
Naruto smiled as this was a really easy going place and he realized that life here was going to be just fine and he knew that now. He turned to see Kushina, Mikoto and Haku smiling as they were on the same page as him. Looking to see where his sensei Jiraiya was, he blinked as he didn't see him.
He turned his head towards the nearest table and saw the toad sage shamelessly flirting with a woman.
Naruto smirked as things were going to stay the same with his sensei. He laughed hysterically as he watched Jiraiya get slapped by the woman who stomped out of the bar with an annoyed look on her face.
He realized that he needed more information about magic and everything else that the Guild needs. With that in mind, Naruto walked towards Makarov and approached him with a serious expression. "Master we need to speak as soon as we are done here" He said as his expression didn't change.
The Master looked at him and nodded upon seeing the seriousness. With that, everyone drank in celebration. They all had a rather fun time enjoying themselves in their conversations and drinking. After it was over and dealt with, The Master walked towards the blonde.
Makarov whispered to Naruto, "Follow me."
The young man and his companions walked alongside the Master towards his office where they could talk more privately. After stepping inside of the room, they all sat down on the chairs and Makarov locked the door behind them.
Well what is this about?" Makarov asked in a curious voice.
He knew that the people in front of him were hiding something, but it wasn't in him to pry on personal matters. They simply figured that the group would talk to him in private and that is what is to transpire now.
Naruto sighed before looking at the Master intently. "We need to learn more about magic and the things we will have to know about the guild as we don't know anything at this current moment." He said, to which the others from his group nodded in agreement.
The blonde remembered that Kami told him that his training was going to get covered, but he totally forgot about asking the Goddess about that. He frowned as he realized he should have done that when they were going to depart for Earthland.
Makarov nodded and cleared his throat. "There are different types of magic. Now I can sit here and talk about it all day but it would be better if I just give you all this," He stated before handing them a book.
The Master explained that the book he just handed over to them covered just about every type of magic that exists in Earthland.
Makarov grew serious for a moment. "Now with that book magic will be an easy topic for you all to understand. Now let's move on to the part about the guild. Basically guilds such as Fairy Tail are officially recognized by the Magic Council. Those that are not are known as Dark Guilds." He said before taking a breather so that this information could sink in with the group.
Naruto frowned for a moment before asking, "So these Dark Guilds are like criminal organizations?"
Makarov shared the frown as he gave a nod. "Yes you are right in thinking that. Indeed, Dark Guilds are treated as criminal organizations." He answered, knowing just how terrible those evil Guilds truly were.
Naruto's frown deepened hearing that those guilds were just like the Akatsuki in the Elemental Nations. He realized that he had to do something about that. He turned to Jiraiya who understood what his student was thinking about. The toad sage gave him a nod showing that he was being serious about this as well, and is on the same page.
The Master then continued, "Now moving on from that. Guilds in general allow members to take jobs and earn jewels. They also allow members to train and hone their magic and individual skills."
Naruto nodded in content with that information. "So if I become a mage then I will be able to take jobs so that we can earn Jewels?" He questioned the old man as he was seriously considering joining the team, so that he and the others could buy a permanent residence.
"That is absolutely correct. For now since I see none of you have any place to stay I can give you a house free of cost for three months. That should be enough time for you all to find a home to live in since if you become a mage then earning jewels won't be much of a problem." Makarov explained warmly before handing the blonde a key to a home, not too far from his office. He then proceeded with giving them the directions to the place.
Naruto graciously accepted the welcoming gift that they got from the Master. They had three months to get their own place which was more than enough time.
Makarov continued, "There is another thing you all must know. In Earthland there are a number of races that exist. They are: Humans, Dragons, Exceeds, Vulcan, Winged Fish, Wyvern, Goblins, Giants, Demons, Celestial Spirits, and some other rare races that are listed in this book."
As the Master let that information sink in, he handed them another book showing the descriptions and details of each races. The group quickly thanked the old man again for everything that he's done for them.
Now Naruto and the others had a much better understanding of what Earthland was about. It was rather interesting to hear about the number of races that existed in this world. They had to admit, the thought had peeked their curiosities.
The blonde took a serious expression for a moment. "Master I have something to tell you as I can see that you are thinking about where we are actually from." He stated as he knew that the Master was trustworthy and would keep this information a secret.
The leader of Fairy Tail smiled as he gave a nod to the blonde, to which Naruto sighed as he began explaining everything.
Makarov being shocked was an understatement. The people in front of him were actually ninja from another dimension? Well seeing as time travel and dimension hopping weren't really something that was impossible to do so he let the information sink in. He frowned hearing the battles that Naruto and the others fought as it was a rather tough pill to swallow.
The Master nodded hesitantly and looked at the group intently before saying, "I understand but you will have to refrain from killing your enemies here if you want to be a part of the guild. It is not as acceptable as it was in your world. It's rather a serious matter."
Naruto and company understood that the world of the mages was very different but it seems agreeing to the terms was the best thing to do. So they accepted what the Master was telling them without hesitation.
Naruto blinked before remembering something. "Oh and how do we find out what type of magic we can perform?" He asked as reading about the types of magic from the book the Master gave them was fine in theory, but the practical approach was much different.
They knew that just by relating the magical theories to the elemental affinities in the ninja world.
Makarov gave them all a quick nod. "I'll call you back tomorrow so you all can find out what your magic affinities are." He responded with a kind tone, knowing that the group would appreciate it.
The ninja squad smiled as that sounded like the best course of action indeed. They could research on the types of magic tonight and would understand everything better once they know their affinities. They had to admit, learning more about the magical properties did intrigue them highly.
"Umm, so ji-ji how do you become a mage?" Naruto asked the old man as his curousity was peeked.
Master Makarov grew a tic mark at the name and everyone chuckled in amusement. He regained his composure before answering, "Well I have already decided to give you all the benefit of the doubt but you can be tested against others in the guild to see where you stand if that is what you wish."
The old man knew that there was more to the blonde than meets the eye, but talking to him made him realize that Naruto would become a really good addition to Fairy Tail. His instincts were reassuring him of that.
Naruto smirked instantly. "That sounds like a good idea. It would be fun having a go at some of the members of the guild. I agree to a match up." He said before cracking his knuckles in anticipation to have a warm up exercise against a mage. He didn't know how shinobi stacked up against mages so it was exciting.
Jiraiya, Kushina and Mikoto were interested as well seeing as they were itching for a fight as well.
The "Red and Black Deaths" looked at each other and grinned as they knew they would reintroduce that moniker in Fairy Tail.
The toad sage was seriously considering setting up a spy network for Fairy Tail so he would talk to Makarov about that later.
Haku wasn't really one to fight but seeing as Earthland was a much better choice for her than the Elemental Nations and that she had Naruto with her she agreed to become a mage as well.
"We'll hold an exhibition match for you all tomorrow morning to see what rank I can assign you all with. After the match is over with you guys can come back here to find out your affinities. For now you all can enjoy yourselves. If you face any problems feel free to come to me and talk about it. It's good to have you all here." Makarov explained as he smiled at the group before him.
Naruto and the others smiled back in return and waved the Master goodbye and left his office. They were on their way towards the bar to grab something to eat when they heard a loud ruckus in the area.
"Gray fight me!"
"Are you crazy Natsu!? I just ate for goodness sake. Go away!"
"Get back here baka!"
The group saw two male teenagers facing each other with hard looks on their faces. The first one had spiky pink hair and a white scarf wrapped around his neck and the other had spiky black hair, strangely enough he only had his boxers on.
They were watching this in amusement as the two kept arguing. They stopped when they saw Mirajane walking outside of the bar with a sharp look on her face. They gulped and ran in the other direction.
Mirajane giggled slightly. "The pink haired goofball is Natsu Dragneel and the black haired stripper is Gray Fullbuster." She said in an amused tone.
Naruto and the others chuckled and gave her a nod and walked back with her to the bar to get some food. Mirajane told them that she was the waitress there so they could come there to hang out anytime. They stepped into the bar and had a fun time eating and talking to each other. Lisanna and Elfman were still there so the brother and sisters had a great time getting to know Naruto and company.
Kushina, Mikoto and Haku quickly turned towards the Strauss sisters. "So where is the nearest clothing store? We don't really have anything to wear other than what we are wearing." They asked them as they were rather eager to know about this.
Mirajane and Lisanna blinked twice before rushing to get up and dragging the girls to their favourite clothing shop, while leaving the guys at the table with confused looks on their faces. Naruto and Jiraiya got up and followed after the girls leaving,
Meanwhile, Elfman behind crying anime tears of being left behind. "That was not manly of you guys" He muttered under his breath.
The toad sage and his apprentice arrived to where the girls were browsing through a couple of items in the market and they took their sweet time too. Naruto had to literally force Jiraiya away from the female dressing rooms so he wouldn't make a scene in the store.
Mirajane turned to the only redhead in the group. "You really remind me of my friend Erza Scarlet. She is on a mission right now or I would have introduced you to her. I could swear you would be considered relatives or something." She said warmly before nodding in content.
"Oh and why's that?" Kushina asked as she was rather curious at this.
Mirajane simply smiled at the kunoichi. "It's because you both have red hair!" She chirped cheerfully before looking at the clothes in the store.
Kushina was surprised by this, but smiled seeing as she wouldn't be the only redhead around. Mikoto and Haku chuckled seeing the look on Kushina's face.
After spending what seemed like an eternity to the two men, the girls walked out with their clothes. Naruto and Jiraiya picked themselves some trousers and a couple of shirts as they needed something to wear seeing as they only had the clothes they had in their possession.
Mirajane had bought the clothes for them as they didn't have enough money at the moment. They thanked her wholeheartedly for the kind gesture.
Naruto stopped suddenly as he realized he had no idea where the place Makarov recommended was. "Say Mirajane-san do you know where this place is?" He asked her as he handed Mirajane over the paper, which had the directions to the house he and the others were to stay in for three months.
Mirajane nodded with a bright smile. "Of course I do! Follow me." She exclaimed warmly, and her sister Lisanna walked along with the group as well.
Upon reaching their destination, Mirajane and Lisanna waved them goodbye and walked back to their own place. Naruto and the others stepped inside the house and were delighted to see that it was furnished and was rather well decorated as well.
There were 6 bedrooms in the house so they could each have their own room which was good to know.
The shinobi group were rather tired from their journey considering everything they had to do in a single day. They waved goodnight to each other and headed towards their own rooms and went to sleep as they had a big day ahead of them.
Naruto was sleeping soundly when he was pulled into his mindscape.
(Inside the mindscape)
He looked around and was pleasantly surprised to see a lush green environment instead of the sewer he was so used to with Kurama being in there. He will admit that he rather misses the furball, having befriended him during the war and bonded with him in such a short time. Once again he did a silent prayer to wish Kurama and the other tailed beasts a happy life.
"Hello again Naruto-kun, I see you have joined Fairy Tail already." A familiar melodious voice from behind him spoke.
Naruto turned around to see Kami standing there with a smile on her face. "It's good to see you again Kami-chan. Why did you call me here?" The blonde asked the Goddess while forming a smile of his own.
Kami smile never wavered as she continued, "Do you remember when I said that I would help you out with your training Naruto-kun?"
Naruto hummed for a while and then realized that it was true. He was thinking about it in Makarov's office and just forgot about it again. He gave her a nod as he remembered her saying so.
The Goddess slowly raised her hands. "Well I am here to provide you with your training!" She exclaimed before a bright light engulfed the entire area.
On queue a giant White Dragon appeared roaring as it landed on the landscape making Naruto wide-eyed. The dragon had ocean blue eyes and it looked so majestic with its wings flapping in the air. Its sheer size would easily match Kurama.
Naruto stared at Kami like she was insane for a moment. "W-What the hell Kami-chan!?" He shouted, to which the Goddess giggled cutely.
Kami could understand his confusion, having never seen a dragon before in the Elemental Nations; this was all new to him.
Kami smiled again before responding, "Naruto-kun you will be learning under Timaeus, leader of the great and powerful White Dragons. They aren't of this world any more but just for you I have allowed him to stay for one week in your mindscape to train you in the art of White Dragon Slayer Magic."
Naruto went wide-eyed hearing this. He had a chance to learn such a powerful style of magic? Well this was Kami, the Goddess of Creation so it wasn't that much a big deal for her to provide him with such a unique honor of bringing Timaeus back from the dead was extraordinary. Just the thought of training under a dragon made the blonde smirk with unhidden glee.
He thanked Kami graciously for the amazing gift and she happily waved him off.
Timaeus voice boomed throughout the entire mindscape, "I've never trained a human but seeing as Kami-sama wanted me to do so, I cannot refuse. I will train you for one week. In your mindscape 2 weeks will equal to one night in the outside world so at the end of the week you will have reached near perfection in your skills and I don't want you to slack off as I won't teach this stuff to you twice!"
The dragon was not used to seeing a divine being vouch for a human but it wasn't in his place to question the Goddess's judgment.
Naruto was surprised as hell hearing this and he gave the dragon a swift nod. He was going to learn a legendary art and he wouldn't slack off even if it killed him in the process. He would show this dragon that he was worthy of becoming his student and that his talents would not go to waste.
Kami clasped her hands together before smiling. "Well I'll get going now Naruto-kun. You'll train in the mindscape each night for one week and then Timaeus-san will have to return to his resting place." She explained as her smile only grew brighter with her wording. It was considered an upset of power reviving the White Dragon but The Goddess had already made her decision and she stuck by it.
"Thank you so much Kami-chan for everything, I will do my best." Naruto warmly said before giving Kami a warm hug.
The Goddess smiled returning the hug and kissed the blonde's cheek before separating. "You've already made me proud Naruto-kun. It's time for your training. I'll see you again sometime in the future. Goodbye!" She whispered and then vanished out of the mindscape.
Naruto smiled before it turned into a bloodthirsty grin as he turned his attention to the great white being. Naruto's grin only increased as he held up his hand in a "bring it" motion. "Show me what you got, you overgrown lightbulb!" The blonde exclaimed with his grin still remained plastered on his face.
The dragon stilled for a moment before registering what this human said. A few second later the dragon let out a fearsome roar that shook the very grounds, but Naruto was not intimidated in the slightest, having faced the fury of the Kyuubi no Yoko and the legendary Madara Uchiha before, both of which could give this dragon a run for its money.
Inwardly Timaeus smirked at the balls this mortal had and figured he wouldn't be as boring as he originally thought. The leader of the White Dragons roared a final time before charging at his first and final apprentice.
Author's Note: That ends the 7th chapter. Now the first type of magic Naruto is going to be learning is as you've just read, the White Dragon Slayer Magic. Yes, I realize Dragon Slayer Magic is something which has been used constantly for Naruto in several stories on the Naruto/Fairy Tail crossover section but believe me, I'm going for something totally different here with this magic style. You'll find out why in the future so just trust me when I say, this magical power will play a big role in the future chapters. That's all I have to say regarding this magic for now.
Other than that, I want you all to have a little fun and have a moment of creativity here. What type of magic should Kushina, Mikoto, Haku, and Jiraiya have? You can post your answers within your reviews and I will leave it to you all to answer the question. I figured since I'm writing a story for the first time, my readers should have a say in something sooner or later. I'll appreciate the support. Thanks for reading!
To plums: Honestly I see nothing wrong with the placing. It could be because it's my first time ever writing something so I will make mistakes but that is all part of the learning process. My writing, placing and wording of the stories will surely get better with experience. That's the way I see it. The reason for why up to 6 chapters was not leading up to Naruto leaving for Fairy Tail was because I wanted to make the background a little detailed. Surely you can understand that. Oh and yep I totally agree about the length of the chapters and I am focusing on that now as you can see this chapter was lengthier than the rest. For now I will try what I can. If there are any problems I will ask for help from friends. Thanks for the advice as I like people helping me out. It makes the transition of writing first time much easier. Thanks again.
To montana15: The suspense has been building up slightly. The Kushina / Erza rivalry is a good idea actually lol. :D
To BloodINCarnate: Right you are my friend! Lol!
To Notice Me Sempia: I'll make it work don't worry!
To meowy1986: I know that it wasn't listed in the series of how Kushina was a badass kunoichi but that was the series. I made her a powerful ninja because I honestly wanted to make her one. It doesn't suit her being a weakling as she was Kurama's jinchuriki, had proper training, had the use of chakra chains and knew Fuinjutsu from the Uzumaki homelands. Nope I refuse to think of her as a weakling. The Habanero part was just for kicks but that turned out well I guess. As for the harem… you'll just have to find out! :)
NOTICE: The NEXT chapter will be an 'unofficial power ratings' that I will use to show what skill set Naruto, Kushina, Mikoto, Haku and Jiraiya are currently at, as well as their current age in the story. Thanks again for the reviews!
