Chapter 5: Lies Within the Truth
Begin.
Naruto had spent most of the day locked in his room, not wanting to talk to anyone in the guild right now. He just wanted to celebrate Kushina's birthday alone in his room, with no interruption.
It was late at night and he decided to go outside and stare at the beautiful night sky. Once he was out of the his room, he noticed Ultear standing in the hallway, reading a book. He walked passed her, hopefully wouldn't get her attention, but it wasn't like that. Ultear grabbed his arm, stopping in his tracks. He turned around and faced Ultear, face not hiding his annoyance.
"What do you want?" Naruto asked slightly irritated toward Ultear. She gave a fake pout as some of her fingers drew circles on his forearm.
"Aww, Naru-kun. We don't see each other for months and that's how you greet me?" Ultear said as she tried to look innocently. Naruto didn't look convinced and kept his annoyed glare. She clicked her teeth and put her hands on her curves, playfully glaring at Naruto.
"Geez Naru-kun, you're as cold as can be." Ultear said with her mild glare. She then gave a seductive smirk as her fingers began circling around his chest. "But you also really handsome."
He grabbed her wrist tightly and glared at Ultear. "I don't want to play your games Ultear, now what do you want." Ultear ripped her hand away and held her hand.
"You're rough, I like that." Ultear said with a sly smirk, but Naruto wasn't amused. She gave another pout before asking what she wanted to say. "So were you following that redhead again?"
"I don't know what you're talking about." Naruto said, but didn't fool Ultear.
"Sure you don't," Ultear said sarcastically, with a slight frown. "Every mission you take now a days, somehow involve that redhead."
"What are you trying to say?" Naruto said, with narrowed eyes.
"That for someone that you completely detest, you're quite fond of her. The thing I don't get is why?" Ultear asked as she stared at his cerulean eyes. "I've been blatant with my affection for you for years Naru-kun, yet that redhead takes your heart without effort. What does she have, that I did not, Naru-kun?"
"..."
"Don't ignore me!" Ultear yelled, as she glared desperately at Naruto. Naruto stared at her desperate eyes and decided to explain himself.
"... I don't really understand why, but I can tell you when." Naruto said with a small smile. He sat down and leaned his back on the wall. Ultear did the same and sat next to Naruto, waiting for the answer. "It began during the first time I felt like I truly didn't matter."
Flashback
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A nine year old Naruto was sitting down under a tree, crying because of what happened earlier. Earlier in the day, he was walking down a street, trying to ignore those hateful glares the villagers were throwing at him. He stopped when a store was showcasing a cool fox mask. He walked in to buy the mask, but he was immediately thrown out by the owner. The owner told him that a curse like him would drive a way customers away. Naruto yelled that he just wanted to buy the mask. The owner grabbed the mask and threw at his face. He then began ranting that a curse like him should just die. Naruto stood up and grabbed the mask and turned around, and came face to face with the disgusted faces of a small crowd that formed. Naruto hated those looks and turned around, running away from those looks. He ran out of the village and into the forest, until his feet could not run anymore. He stopped and sat under a tree, crying and asking no one in particular why he was treated like a plague by these people.
'Stupid owner, stupid people, stupid konoha..' Naruto thought as tears continue to fall down his cheeks. He was so focused in his inner thoughts, he didn't notice a redheaded girl walked up next to him and stared at him.
"Hey, why are you crying?" the redhead asked as she crouched in front of him, with her hands on her lap. Naruto looked up and quickly wiped away the tears, when he saw it was girl.
"I wasn't crying!?" Naruto said trying to look like he wasn't crying. He turned to the girl, who didn't look to convinced. He looked away when he met the redhead's piercing brown eyes.
"What are you doing out here anyway? Don't you know it's dangerous to be here all alone." Naruto said trying to change the conversation. The redhead looked at him with her piercing brown eyes again, causing Naruto to avert his eyes again.
"Then why are you out here?" she said with an impassive expression. Naruto gave her a little glare and stood up, dusting off his pants.
"Look little girl, I'm just trying to look out for you, so don't need to be all defensive." Naruto said down to the girl, but it quieted down when she stood up and appeared to be the same height.
"First I'm eight, and almost the same height as you. Second, are you trying to say I can't take of myself?" Erza said as she glared at Naruto, who was about two inches taller. She put her hands on her waist and tried to give her most intimidating glare.
"I'm nine, so I'm older," Naruto said as he tried to match her glare. "And I just don't want you to get hurt, that's all."
"Why are you here anyway?" Naruto asked curiously at the girl. He never saw the girl around the village or in the mages academy.
"I began to play in the forest and ended a little deep. My parents and I are just visiting here for a couple months before we go back to Rosemary Village," she pointed toward Konoha's direction. "My aunt's house is in the village called Konoha. My grandfather was a strong mage before retiring and wanted to live in a quiet place, So he chose Konoha. Are you from Konoha?"
"...yea I am." Naruto said as he looked away, and rubbed the back of his neck. He knew that once this girl found about him, she would ignore him and treat him like the rest of the village. Naruto turned to the girl and became surprised when he saw a friendly smile.
"That's great! Do you want to be friends?!" she asked in a cheery expression, opposite to the way before. Naruto frowned when he heard her question then began to explain to her.
"Look, I don't think you will want to be friends with me." Naruto said sadly as he looked down.
"And why not?" she asked innocently, with her hands behind her back and a slight tilt in her head.
"Because I'm not really liked around here." Naruto said as he tried to force the tears that began to form, away.
"Why not? Is it because you're a pervert or something?" She asked bluntly, causing Naruto to blush and try to deny the allegations.
"No! I'm not a pervert, I'm just not liked in Konoha. That's all."
"Well I like you." she said, causing to look at her in shock. That quickly changed again because that was not the first time a person told him that, then completely turn their back on him when they hear of him.
"You won't when you hear about me in the village." Naruto said. She huffed when she saw that sad expression again. She ran up to Naruto and tackled him on the floor. She was on top of him, pinning his hands with her's.
"What are you doing? Get off me!?" Naruto said trying to get her off of him, but surprisingly was overpowered by the redhead. She stared at him down and shook her head in reject.
"Not until I see you smile!" She said from on top of Naruto. He stopped trying to resist and stared at her in confusion.
"Huh?"
"I want to see you be happy and not be sad again." She said in her stern tone. Naruto looked at her weirdly before giving a forced smile. She felt it was a start and got off him.
"Good, I don't want to see you sad again or else." she said as she crossed her arms. "Now tell me why we shouldn't be friends?"
"I told you, people in the village don't like me and some of the other kids will tell you to stay away from me." Naruto said.
"That's not a good excuse because I don't want to be friend with mean people like them, I want to be your friend." she said with her friendly smile. Naruto looked at her at her shock, before it changed into a small smile. She noticed that and teased him about it.
"Wow you look cute when you smile." She said in a blunt manner that caused Naruto to blush heavily, before turning away. They were interrupted by a female voice, that appeared before them. She had long red hair tied in a ponytail.
"Mommy!" the six year old redhead looked up at her mother, who ran up to her and embraced her, to her slight embarrassment. The older redhead separated from the hug and stared down at her daughter.
"What did I say of playing so deep in the forest?" She scolded Erza, who looked down and muttered an apology. She then pointed at Naruto.
"I'm sorry. But look ma, I made my first friend here!" She said with a smile. The older women looked over her shoulders and met eyes with a blond.
"Hi little boy, what's your name?" The older woman asked the blond. Naruto looked uncomfortable by her gaze and said his name in a whisper.
"Naruto."
"Excuse me?"
"It's Naruto." He said a little louder for her to hear. Her eyes widened when she heard his name, but her expression quickly returned back to normal.
"Mother can she join us for dinner?" Erza asked from beside her. She looked at the blond for a few seconds before turning to her smiling daughter.
"If it's ok with young Naruto over there." She said to her daughter. Erza ran up to Naruto and dragged him toward her home, without receiving confirmation from Naruto. Erza's mother giggled at her attitude to be blunt and straightforward with her decisions.
Flashback End
"After spending those month together, we did everything together and became good friends." Naruto chuckled as he recalled her bossy attitude. "She was more positive and happy, than she is now."
"So she became your first friend?" Ultear asked from next to him, which Naruto nodded.
"Yea, her family were really nice, even though I suspected they knew of me. They treated me like an actual part of their family." Naruto recalled. "They even offered me if I wanted to go to Rosemary Village with them."
"Why didn't you go?" Ultear asked.
"... I really don't know." Naruto said. "Some days after they left, I asked Hiruzen if he got any letters from Rosemary Village, for me."
"He looked at me sadly and told me that most of Rosemary Village was destroyed by a cult who killed all the adults and kidnapped the children." Naruto said as he turned to Ultear. "Each day I prayed that Erza was alright. My mage days, after a mission I tried to find any leads that would have lead me to Erza."
"But the odd thing is she didn't remember me when we reunited." Naruto said curiously. He looked forward and put her hand on his chin. "When she told me of her past, she never once mentioned me or Konoha. It was odd in my opinion."
"So that's why you love her." Ultear said more of a statement. "Even though she was responsible for your daughter's death, you will never stop loving her?" Naruto looked at Ultear for a second, before shaking her head.
"You know I can give you as many children as you want?" Ultear said as she went closer to Naruto and whispered in his ear. Naruto looked unaffected by the obvious sign.
"I don't understand why you changed your obsession from Zeref, to me." Naruto said as he stood up. Ultear stood up after him.
"Maybe because you both are the same. Both of you are near impossible to possess and are extremely powerful." Ultear then began to eye him like eye candy. "And you're extremely sexy!"
"Hn." Naruto said as he turned to walk toward the outside of the airship and to watch the night sky. He looked over his shoulder, toward Ultear. "Are we down now?"
"Yea, but remember this," Ultear licked her lips, as she stared at his cerulean eyes. "I won't stop trying to get you for myself."
"You wouldn't be Ultear if you didn't." Naruto said walking away, waving his hand at her. Ultear giggled before grabbing her book from the floor and heading back to the council.
(Fairy Tail)
Once the group returned, they immediately asked master if they can tend Erza, who was being carried by one of Lucy's celestial spirits. Makarov took her to the infirmary and asked a random fairy tail mage to go get Porlyusica. Makarov, who arrived early from the guild meeting due to a weird feeling he had, quickly asked who did this and became furious when he hear who it was. The guild was left in shock that someone that brought such joy and happiness inside their guild, would do something so evil. Most were seething with anger or were in a depressed state. None were as affected than Natsu, Mira, and Levy. Levy was crying on Mira's chest, who was crying herself and Natsu was sitting down on a table, with tears streaming down his angry face. He drank a potion he received from Naruto years ago, that helped heal muscles and tendons. He gave it to him because he was tired of healing him after every fight.
"Why, why." Natsu whispered before smashing the table in front of him. "WHY!"
"Natsu calm down!" Makarov yelled at the angry Natsu.
"Why would he do such a thing to Erza!" Natsu yelled at his master. His eyes then spread wide, expressing about everyone. "Look at what he did to our guild!"
"...Natsu." Mira said as she stared at the pink haired mage.
"He believes that we would turn our backs on him, like his village did, but doesn't realize he turned his back on us!" Natsu yelled before wiping the tears.
"I'm going to grow stronger! Stronger than him; and when that happens, I'm going to kick his ass and drag him back to the guild!" Natsu declared, getting the attention of every single guild member, even the stoic Laxus upstairs. Laxus smirked at the fire mage and put back his headset, smile never leaving his face.
Every other member looked at Natsu and shook their heads in agreement. They would also grow stronger to bring Naruto back, bad guy or not, he was their family.
Makarov smiled at Natsu before walking toward the infirmary. He walked in and found Porlyusica checking Erza.
"How is she?" Makarov asked in a worried tone.
"She is mentally and emotionally exhausted. I expect her to wake up in a few days." She said with a sad expression. She then showed Makarov a letter she received from the blond girl that was part of the group.
"He wrote me this." Makarov gave a scowl, but took the letter to read the contents.
Erza would be in a comatose state for a few days, but she will be fine if you give her the pink liquid I left in your house. Baa-chan, I know it's inappropriate to ask this, but can you watch her carefully and make sure her hatred is not directed the wrong way.
"What do you think he means by that?" Makarov asked Porlyusica.
"He wants her to focus on him and to let affect her life here." She explained.
"... What is he trying to accomplish with that?" Makarov whispered as he stared at the letter again. Porlyusica was also in the same mindset, wondering the plan of her surrogate grandson.
(Elsewhere)
"Well what a surprise seeing you here, Hades." The man who said that, has neat silver hair that reaches his shoulders, dark eyes and dark skin. He has unique markings on his face that take the shape of straight black lines.
"Yes, it's good to see you too, Brain." Hades said as his eyes studied the man before him. His eyes they turned to the cradle behind him.
"If he knew of our plan, he would kill us both you know?" Hades said as he walked toward the cradle. Brain walked behind as both stood in front of the cradle. They stared at the little girl sleeping peacefully with a smile.
"Hn, I know." Brain said as he smiled at the little girl in the cradle. Hades stared at the baby before picking her up. He held her arms reach, as she began to stir awake. Her cerulean eyes looked around before meeting Hades cold gaze. She turned frightened and began to cry. Hades brought her closer and began to try to calm her.
"Shh, shh, don't worry you'll meet your father soon, Kushina."
End.
Alright done with this chapter. I think I mentioned Erza would wake up but decided against it. I introduced Ultear, The people who 'killed' Kushina and Naruto's reason why he fell in love with Erza. I hope it didn't bother the look back into his past and that people enjoyed this chapter.
Review for your praises, your problems with the chapter, and your suggestions with the future path of the story.
Oh and I just had an idea for a new story. Don't know if I should begin it or not, but in my head it sounds pretty badass. Tell me of you agree with another of my stories.
