The Fox Scroll

Disclaimer: I do Not Own Naruto Or Fairy Tail

A/N: This chapter has been revised as of 3/15/2017


Naruto hopped from building to building, he had just left the guild after dropping off some of the injured. He glanced up at the floating crystals in the sky. 'There's only a couple more minutes till those things go off. I better hurry and find Laxus.'

He was pulled out of his thoughts when he heard the sound of shattering glass, and a lot of it.

All the glass on the church had been blown to smithereens. "Found you! Laxus!"

Now knowing where he needed to go, Naruto sped his way towards his final destination.


Jumping from the rooftops and landing in front of the the entrance to the church, Naruto found Erza and Natsu staring at who he thought was Mystogan at first, but then he saw the man's veil had been blown off.

"J-Jellal!?" Erza gawked. "You're alive?"

Naruto stared at the man with wide and unbelieving eyes. "Wait a second! Mystogan, you were Jellal the whole time!?"

Mystogan looked at Erza before shaking his head. "I didn't want you to see this face, Erza. But I am not Jellal." A shroud of mist began to swirl around him. "I'm sorry, but I leave the rest to you."

"Hey! Where do you think you're going!?" Natsu fumed.

Naruto turned his attention to Laxus. "Deactivate the Palace of Thunder before someone gets hurt Laxus!" After seeing first-hand what it did to people, he could only imagine the destruction the rest of them would bring.

The man in question smirked. "Now why would I do that and ruin the game?" Laxus thrust a hand forward and shot a thunder bolt at Erza, causing her to scream out in pain when the lightning struck her body. "And wipe that stupid look off your face!"

"Erza!" Natsu was about to charge at Laxus but stopped when Naruto stood in front of him. "Naruto! Get out of my way, I'm gonna kick Laxus' ass!"

Naruto shook his head. "Sorry, but I got a bone to pick with this guy." He then turned to Erza. "Hey Erza, are you alright?"

The knight stood up and nodded.

Naruto nodded back to her. "Good, you and Natsu do something about those lightning lacrima, I'll take care of Laxus."

"What!? No way! I haven't fought a single person yet! Natsu whined. He was tired of Naruto stealing the spotlight!

Laxus gained an amused grin. "Oh?"

Erza nodded and turned to the pink haired teen. If that was Naruto's plan, then she would go with it. "Natsu, let's leave this to Naruto. We're going to take care of the Thunder Palace."

Natsu hesitated for a second, but eventually he grumbled in acknowledgment and the two and ran out of the church.

Erza and Naruto shared a look before she followed Natsu.

'Will you be okay?'

'Of course.'

The thunder mage laughed out loud. "Interesting! Show me what you've got, Naruto Uzumaki!"

The ninja folded his arms over his red cloak and stared the man in eye. "You still think all of this is just a game, don't you? What is so important to make you put the lives of innocent people at risk!?"

Laxus frowned. "You just don't see it, do you? This guild is in such a sorry state, but I'm going to change it! My Fairy Tail will be the strongest!"

The two powerhouses charged towards each other, their fists collided and a shock wave kicked up a gust of wind around them.

Naruto clenched his teeth as he felt electricity flow into him through his arm. Jumping back, he created a dozen clones and together they circled their target.

"Too easy!" Laxus scoffed and released a burst of electricity through the air, destroying all of the clones in the process. He then looked up to see his opponent standing on the ceiling.

Naruto threw a shuriken and put his hands in a hand seal. "Shuriken Kage Bushin!"

What was once a single throwing star was now a thousand deadly pointy objects hurdling down at the mage.

"Not bad, but not enough!" Laxus' body turned into lighting and he charged right at the metal hell storm. Every single metal object was deflected off his body harmlessly.

'Shoot!' Not expecting his opponent to go right through his attack, Naruto jumped out of the way of the lightning user. Butt he was caught off guard when Laxus changed directions almost instantly and plowed right into him, sending the ninja hurdling into the ground.

"Guh!" The shinobi grunted in pain as he made an indent on the church floor.

"You're holding back... Do you take me for a fool Uzumaki!?" Laxus roared angrily as Naruto pulled himself out of the ground. "Show me that power you used against Natsu the other day! Or that vile red energy I've been hearing about! Show me your true power!"

Naruto frowned. "You want to see me at full power? Fine." He closed his eyes and drew in the surrounding energies. 'I didn't want to use Sage Mode since I still can't control it completely, but it looks like I have no choice...'

Laxus watched with curiosity as he felt the surrounding magic swarm around his adversary. 'He's absorbing the Ethernano around him into his body...'

His eyes now outlined by a bright orange, Naruto opened them, now in his new form of Sage Mode.

The lightning scarred man raised an eyebrow. "Those are some interesting looking eyes."

"You haven't seen anything yet." Naruto said and blurred out of existence.

Laxus didn't have time to even react when the sage appeared right in front of him and punched him into the air. 'He's faster!' He thought as he caught himself mid-air.

Surrounding himself in his lightning cloak, Laxus zoomed around the teen with blinding speed. "You may have gotten faster, but can you keep up with this!?"

Naruto just stood there motionless as the lightning man blurred around him. He raised a single hand and caught a lightning charged fist, surprising its owner.

Laxus pulled his fist back and threw a barrage of punches and kicks, but Naruto blocked them all without even looking. "How are you doing that!?"

Naruto looked at his fellow blonde with his cross-shaped eyes. "I can sense everything you do." He explained as he blocked another series of attacks. "I can also do this." Naruto grabbed onto on of Laxus' arms, not even flinching when the mage channeled lightning into his limb. He then proceeded to punch the man in the gut repeatedly and then throwing him to the ground.

'Is this even the same person!? Laxus thought after coughing up blood. Those punches were on a whole other level! It was like he was fighting a completely different person!

Naruto crossed his arms again. "Let's stop this, Laxus. Erza and Natsu are going to stop your little crystals. There's no point in fighting against comrades like this."

A beeping noise caught their attention and they turned to see a magic screen display that the Palace of Thunder had malfunctioned.

Naruto chuckled as the names of everyone in the guild popped up. "Heh, you see what I mean? Everyone here helps each other out, they all care for each other. Why would you want to change that?"

Laxus stood up, electricity sparking around his body. "...Shut up..."

Naruto smiled. "Why can't you just be a part of the group? This place is great, everyone is treated like family her-."

"I said shut up!"

Naruto had to shield his eyes as magical power exploded from Laxus. The man's shirt was incinerated by the power that erupted from his form.

"I should have just used my power to take over the guild by force, not any of these silly games..."

The shinobi widened his eyes in shock as the man's appearance began to change. 'This feeling, it's just like Natsu and Gajeel! Is he…!?'

Laxus' eyes glowed white and his teeth sharpened at the edges, the upper parts of his arms were now scaly. "I will destroy anyone who gets in my way!" Taking a deep breath, Laxus roared.

"Lightning Dragon's Roar!"

Naruto sprang into action as the concentrated lightning left the man's mouth. He barreled out of the way and created two clones. He put his hands back towards them and quickly went to work. With two fully charged Rasengans in his palms, the ninja dashed forward. "Rasengan Barag-"

The blue sphere in his left hand suddenly changed to a brilliant yellow before imploding on itself. "Agh!" Naruto cried out in pain as he held his now bleeding hand. 'What the hell was that!?'

Laxus roared again, and this time the lightning hit true. Naruto shouted in pain as the lighting coursed throughout his entire body. Even with his improved durability, lightning still hurt like hell.

With a grunt of effort Naruto tanked the full force of the attack until the lightning subsided. He fell to his knees, still holding his injured limb.

The lightning dragon slayer appeared in front of the whiskered teen and raised a fist. "Resounding through the air, the roar of thunder, plunge from the heavens and reap destruction!"

Upon bringing his fist down, he shouted. "Raging Bolt!"

"Grahhh!" Impact aside, all Naruto felt was pain as the powerful spell shocked him.

Watching his enemy fall with glee, Laxus laughed maniacally. "I guess that was it for you! Now I shall eliminate everyone in this entire town!"

The shinobi struggled to get up with his good arm, he couldn't even feel his left hand anymore. What had gone wrong with his technique? "How do you plan... to do that?"

The lightning mage sent his fellow blonde an uncaring glance before grinning madly. "Like this." He raised his hands up and a blinding light came into existence. "This is one of the three great spells of Fairy Tail! Fairy Law! With this power, I'm going to exterminate all of you weaklings!"

Naruto tried to stand but found he was no longer in Sage Mode and couldn't get up, the exhaustion from using the technique hitting him like a train. 'Shoot! I can't move!'

"Laxus! Stop!" A high-pitched voice screamed, getting the attention of both blondes. Levy stood at what was left of the entrance of the church, most of the building had been blown away from the lighting attacks. "The master... Your grandfather is at death's door! Stop all this and just go see him!"

Naruto widened his eyes. 'The old man is...'

This news seemed to cause Laxus to stop for a moment, before he grinned wickedly. "Well how convenient for me, looks like my chances of becoming the next master just went up!"

Levy brought a hand to her mouth, tears falling freely from her eyes. "How cruel..."

Naruto growled viciously. "Bastard!"

"Activate! Fairy Law!" The light in his hands expanded, reaching past the building. Engulfing the entire town in its glory.

When the spell died down, Laxus hunched over to catch his breath. "I've... done it..."

His musing was cut short when he heard a couple of coughs throughout the dust. "What!? How are you all not dead!?"

"Levy, are you alright?" Naruto choked out.

"Y-yeah." She replied.

Laxus began to tremble. "No... My Fairy Law was flawless, it was perfect! How...?"

"It's your heart, Laxus."

He looked over to see Freed leaning against one of the church's walls. "Freed!"

"You've inherited the master's caring heart for his comrades, that's why your Fairy Law failed. Deep down, you truly see us as your comrades." The green haired man explained with a smile on his face.

"No! I'm not his grandson! I'm my own person, I'm Laxus! LAXUS!" Laxus screamed out in defiance.

"Are you kidding me... that's what this was all about?" Naruto said and stood, back in Sage Mode. "You mean to tell me that you did all of this... Just because you were sick of people looking at you as the old man's grandson!?"

"You don't understand! How could you!?" Laxus spat.

"If you want to be acknowledged for who you are, then start by caring for your comrades! We don't care if you're the old man's grandson!" Naruto yelled.

"Shut up!" Laxus was fed up with this annoying brat lecturing him. He charged a lightning strike and threw it with all his might.

Naruto walked towards him and punched through the lightning, scattering it on impact.

The lightning mage didn't stop and continued to throw bolt after bolt. "Just. Die!"

The shinobi just continued to plow through the lightning strikes until he was face to face with the man. "Why would you need other people's approval when you have a caring family to back you up! Get it through that thick skull of yours!" Naruto yelled and headbutt Laxus square in the forehead.

The lightning dragon slayer fell back, eyes rolling to the back of his head.

Naruto sighed and sat down, it was finally over.

"Naruto, are you okay!?" Levy ran over to the victorious teen.

Naruto mustered a laugh. "Yeah… but I can't feel both my hands."


The Next Day...

"Thanks to Porlyusica-San, the master's life is no longer in danger." Erza announced to the guild members, causing them all to cheer.

Naruto sighed in relief. "Thank goodness, I knew the old man would be fine!"

"Hey, do you need help with that?" Lucy asked. Naruto had a steaming hot bowl of ramen sitting in front of him, but with the casts on both of his hands, she didn't think he'd be able to eat it by himself.

The ramen-addict wept anime tears. "Curse these bandages! I can't eat my ramen like this!"

"Well... I guess I can feed it to you, since it can't be helped." Lucy mumbled with a tint of red in her cheeks. It would be embarrassing, but how else was he going to eat?

"Juvia will feed Naruto-Sama!"

"Oh, thanks Juvia! You're a life saver!"

The celestial spirit mage completely deflated as she watched Juvia fed Naruto his ramen, and fumed when the water mage stuck her tongue out victoriously.

Everyone's attention was suddenly grabbed when the front doors when they swung open and Laxus walked in. "I'm here to see the old man." He said.

"Laxus!"

"You got some nerve..."

They were stopped by Erza. "Enough." She said and stared at Laxus for a long second, looking for any hint of aggression. When she found none, Erza pointed towards the stairs. "He's in the medical room through there."

Laxus walked off silently, ignoring what the others were saying.

"Laxus." Naruto called out, and the stopped. "I'm down for a rematch anytime, if you think you're up for it?"

"..." The lightning mage said nothing and continued his way.

"How rude!" Lucy huffed. "He'd could have at least said something..." Her words trailed off when she saw her partner smirking. "What?"

Naruto shook his head and laughed. There was a secret meaning behind that silence, and only the two that shared it would understand. "Juvia, more please!"

"Hai! Naruto-Sama, say Ah." Juvia chirped happily, clearly enjoying the situation.

Lucy blushed furiously as she watched the scene before her, but found herself unable to do anything about it. She turned an even darker shade of red when she saw Happy looking at her, giggling to himself. "Not a word cat!"

This caused the rest of the guild to laugh. It seems everything was back to normal at Fairy Tail, again.


"Are you sure you want to take part in the parade Naruto? Lucy asked with worried tone while looking at the ninja's still bruised fists. "They still don't look fully healed yet..."

Naruto waved her off. "You worry too much, you know I heal fast. Besides, I'm just gonna spam a bunch of Shadow Clones, nothing too flashy." After all, Naruto was now known throughout Fiore for his cloning abilities thanks to a certain magazine.

"If you say so..." Lucy still couldn't help but worry though, she knew how reckless he was.

"The parade's about to start everyone! Get into your places!" Someone called out.

"Oh, I better get with the other girls, don't push yourself too hard!" Lucy said and ran off to her spot with the others.

After a couple more minutes the parade started, and the mages of Fairy Tail marched down the street with pride in their steps. The townsfolk watched in awe as they watched the different shows of magic and performances.

Naruto had decided to create of bunch of clones and have them run and jump around, with some of them giving the crown high-fives as they passed. Some would even transform into the crowd members themselves, making them laugh.

The real Naruto smiled happily as he watched all the joyful faces, he really was starting to love this town.


After the parade ended, everyone was now celebrating back at the guild.

Makarov walked over to where Naruto was cheering with some other mages. "Naruto my boy! How are your hands? You didn't push yourself too much just for us, did you?"

Naruto shook his head. "I'm fine, no need to stress over me gramps."

The wizard saint nodded his head. "With everyone is gathered up like this, I believe now is a good time to get your answer."

Naruto sighed. "I guess I can't put it off any longer, huh?" Getting up from his seat, Naruto walked over to the stage in the back of the bar and hopped up. "Hey! I got something to say guys!"

Once everyone was silent and listening, he cleared his throat for what he was about to reveal. "First of all, I'd like to say great work with the festival! We really knocked em dead!"

Everyone cheered at that.

Raising a bandaged arm, he continued. "I've only been a member of this guild for a couple months, but I felt like a part of this family since day one. For that, I'd also like to thank you all."

"What are you getting at. Naruto?" Natsu snorted. "All this formal talk doesn't really suit you."

Naruto chuckled awkwardly when everyone laughed at him. "Sorry, but there's just some things I gotta to tell you all about me. Some things that I've been hiding from you all that needs to told."

Erza listened intently to his words. Was he finally going to share his "complications" with them?

"Well, first and foremost, you know how I said that I wasn't from around here? That I was from somewhere really far?" He braced himself for came next, still unsure if they were going to believe him or not. "I'm actually from a place called the Elemental Nations, a different dimension."

The whole guild gasped at the revelation.

Lucy smiled. Now he would see that no one cared if he came from another dimension, because that was how the people here in Fairy Tail were.

Before anyone could speak, Naruto continued again. "Wait, before you say anything, there's one more thing I haven't told anyone yet."

'There was something else?' The Celestial spirit mage frowned, this was news to her. What had he not told her?

Naruto steeled himself before finally speaking. "The day I was born, a great demon known as the nine-tailed fox attacked my home, Konohagakure. The shinobi of the village were no match for its power, so the leader of the village sealed the demon away inside me." He pulled up his shirt to show the seal adorning his belly.

Lucy looked at the markings. 'That's what those were.' She had given them off as a tattoo or something, but they were actually there to keep a demon sealed up. Then that would also mean the vile red energy Naruto was using during their battle with Phantom must have been the demon's power.

Naruto looked down and closed his eyes, waiting for everyone's reaction to his story. What he didn't expect was for everyone to start laughing. "H-huh?" He stuttered.

"It all makes sense now!" Someone said.

"All that talk about chakra instead of magic, and those weird hand signs?"

The shinobi hopped down, confused about why they were reacting like this. "But why? How can you all be laughing when I told you I'm from a completely different dimension? Or that I have an unstoppable demon locked up inside me?"

Erza walked over to him and grabbed his head, before slamming it against her armored chest. "You really are an airhead." She smiled. "You said it yourself, we accepted you into our family since day one."

Naruto rubbed his aching head against his cast. "But... the demon fox."

"Who cares if you have some dumb demon inside you? Your still Naruto, and that's all that matters!" Natsu exclaimed, wrapping an arm around the stunned jinchuuriki.

He looked at everyone with wide eyes. "Really? It doesn't bother you all in the slightest?"

Seeing them all smile and nod, Naruto felt moisture in the corner of his eyes. His whole life, he was treated as a monster. He was always alone with no one to call family. For these people to just accept him, just like that. No, he should have known this would have been their reaction, it was just the kind of people they were.

"I didn't think you were such a softy, Naruto." Gray joked.

"Sh-shut up! I'm not crying!" Naruto denied, whipping the tears on his sleeve.

Lucy hugged him. "You should have known better; Fairy Tail is a family. Baka..."

Naruto laughed and hugged her back. "Yeah."

Their little moment was ruined when Juvia jumped onto his back and separated the two, her chest pressing against the back of Naruto's head. "Juvia thinks so too!"

"Eh!? Juvia!?"

Erza pulled his head against her armored chest again. "We all think that."

Cana gained a mischievous glint in her eyes. "Group hug!" She yelled and grabbed hold of one of his arms, squeezing it between her cleavage.

"Oh my, I guess that means me too." Mirajane said as she grabbed hold of his other arm.

Everyone laughed as Naruto blushed furiously and held back a nose bleed as the girls held onto him.

"You guys!" Lucy pouted as she fought to hold onto her partner.

Reedus took the opportunity to sketch the scene out. This would be a memory for everyone to laugh at in the future.

Makarov chuckled to himself amusingly. 'Good for you, boy.' He was brought out of his thoughts when Gajeel walked up next to him.

"Here, master." Gajeel said, handing the old man a slip of paper. "I have your son Ivan's location."

Taking the paper, Makarov nodded thankfully. "Sorry to have you do such a dangerous thing."

"There's something I have to warn you about though." The iron dragon slayer said abruptly. "From what I told him about the events that have happened, Ivan's gained some interest in Naruto."

"Hm..." This didn't settle well with the wizard saint. Did his son know that Naruto wasn't from this dimension, or the demon? "Well in any case, we won't let him do as he pleases."

"Ah! Gajeel!" Naruto yelled. Now free from the girl's hold on him, the blonde pointed an accusing finger/cast. "Where the hell have you been this whole time!?"

"Who would want jump in the middle of a fight between two monster!? I ain't stupid, I know when to pick my battles. Unlike a certain loud mouthed fire-sucker." He fired back, causing Natsu to raise and angry fist.

"You picking a fight with me? I didn't get to fight anyone so bring it on!" That said, the pink haired teen tackled Gajeel, knocking over a bunch of people in the process.

One thing led to another and eventually everybody was dragged into the usual bar fight.

Makarov sighed. "You kids are gonna be the end of me..."


Naruto opened his eyes. Everything was blurry, was he dreaming? He could barely make out his surroundings and saw nothing but trees, a forest?

His attention was caught by a giggle. Turning to find the owner of the laugh, he caught a glimpse of long blonde hair disappear behind one of the trees. 'Hey, wait up!'

Following the laughing girl, Naruto looked up to see the biggest tree he had ever seen in his entire life.

The ninja now suddenly found himself standing in front of what he thought was a grave. He read the name on the stone. 'Mavis Vermilion. Who's that?'

Hearing another giggle, Naruto turned around to find a girl standing behind him.

His vision was still too blurry to make out her face, but he could see that she was wearing a long dress and had no shoes on.

She spoke, her voice echoing enchantingly. "Find me, when the time comes."

Naruto woke up and sat up. 'It was just a dream! But it felt so real...'

That girl... who was she? Mavis Vermilion, he'd have to ask the old man the next time he saw him.

Reaching onto the table in front of his couch, he grabbed onto a notebook and pencil. After writing down the name of the mysterious girl, the tired blonde closed his eyes again and went back to sleep.


Konoha...

A tall lanky man walked alone down a hallway towards the Hokage's office. He had long gray hair that spiked slightly to the side of his head. This man was Kakashi Hatake, elite jonin of the village hidden in the leaves, sensei of Naruto Uzumaki.

He walked up to the Hokage's door and knocked.

"Enter!"

Opening the door, Kakashi walked in and greeted his superior with a bow. "Hokage-Sama."

"How was the mission? Did you find any news regarding the Akatsuki?" Tsunade asked.

"No, they've been suspiciously quiet as of late."

With Naruto being in the other dimension, the terrorist organization hadn't made any big moves. The only tailed beasts they needed were the Hachibi and the Kyuubi. The village hidden in the clouds, Kumo, was currently hiding their jinchuuriki. But who knew how long that would last?

Tsunade sighed. "I still can't decide whether having Naruto in that other dimension is blessing, or a curse."

Kakashi was about to say something when the air behind him began to swirl. The copy ninja jumped back and pulled up his headband, unleashing his Sharingan. 'How was the barrier breached without us knowing!?'

The swirling stopped to reveal a man wearing a black cloak with red clouds plastered on it, a swirling orange mask covering his face. "Greetings."

"Madara!" Tsunade yelled as her chakra spiked.

The Akatsuki member chuckled. "That won't be necessary, I already know the Kyuubi is no longer in our realm."

Kakashi's eyes narrowed. "Then why are you here?" The man in front of him obviously knew about the other dimension, so there was no point trying to hide it.

"I came to tell you that we've found a way to get into this other dimension."

The leaf ninjas widened their eyes in shock. "What!?"

The space around the masked man's face began to swerve, his body slowly diapering. "One more thing, the Kyuubi is all that's left until Infinite Tsukuyomi takes place." He said darkly before fading away.

As if to confirm what them man just said, Shizune burst through the door. "Tsunade-Sama! We just got word from Kumo that their jinchuuriki was captured!"

Tsunade shouted in rage and threw her desk through the window, causing the other two to flinch. How did the Akatsuki find a way to the other dimension? No, before that, they needed to warn Naruto. "Shizune! Send a message to the toads to warn Naruto that the Akatsuki have found a way to get to him!"

Shizune gasped, but nodded and left.

"Kakashi! I need you to put together a five-man squad, we're finding a way into that dimension!"


A/N: So the Akatsuki found a way to get to Naruto, and it looks like Konoha is going to send our blonde hero some reinforcements in the future. I wonder who it'll be?

How did you guys like the Naruto vs Laxus fight?

What was with that dream Naruto had?

With this chapter, the story has now hit fifty-thousand words! Another milestone for hopefully many more to come! :p

Okay, I'm done. I hope to see you all in the next chapter of The Fox Scroll!