Welcome back guys to the 3rd chapter of this series. Because of the Corona pandemic I've had more free time now and so I decided to use that and continue with this reading story. So far, it's been well liked and I've enjoyed writing it so enjoy this chapter.

There will be new characters joining the readers this chapter. Do check out the original story from Master Attlon. Anyways, on to the story. Enjoy!

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto/Fairy Tail. They are owned by Masashi Kishimoto and Hiro Mashima.

Everyone had woken up and were all sitting excitingly in their comfortable seats waiting for the book to appear so they could continue from where they left off. When they had all woken up and assembled here. They were all hungry but thankfully food had appeared in front of them so they could eat it.

"Come on where is the book, we've been waiting for half an hour already" Natsu complained shouting towards everywhere hoping the voice they heard last night would reply.

Lucy groaned in annoyance "Natsu can you stop already, we just finished eating breakfast and you already can't wait for it to appear."

"Don't bother Lucy" Gray said shaking his head "The idiot is too thickheaded to understand anything" he said mockingly towards Natsu who growled at him.

"I have to agree though because last night when we left the book was still here" Kakashi said while not taking his eyes off the book he was reading. Next to him Macao, Wakaba and Makarov were doing the same seeing as Tsunade, Mira or Erza couldn't punish them because they were currently talking amongst themselves along with Levy.

Meanwhile our favorite blonde ninja was currently bulldozing his way through many ramen bowls. He put his 10th bowl down as he sighed happily and patted his bulging stomach "That was amazing."

Next to him Cana was drinking her heart out "I still don't understand how you can eat that much ramen" she mused looking at the stack of ramen bowls in front of Naruto.

"Hey it's the food of gods" Naruto said before pointing at the many amounts of bottles in front of her "Beside you're even worse than me with alcohol."

"Pssh this is nothing" she said as she gulped down the bottle.

Naruto sweat dropped at that 'And people say I'm bad with ramen' he thought shaking his head. He looked towards the center of the room where the book had previously been left but it was now empty. Standing up he moved towards the place and suddenly a light shone down on it as a book appeared.

"I hope you all had a good night rest because the next few chapters will be quite emotional" the voice rang out again as everyone stopped to listen "But before we do that, I have some special people to join you along this journey."

"Some special people" muttered Naruto with a confused expression scratching his head "Can't we just read further?"

"Oh, so we aren't special enough huh?" a feminine voice made him turn around and his eyes widened to epic proportions. There in front of him stood Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki. His father and mother both smiling at him. Naruto's eyes watered seeing his parents again before shooting forwards catching them both in a fierce hug.

"Mom, dad!"

The others smiled seeing the reunion between the family and let them have their moment. They separated as Naruto laughed and wiped his eyes. He grinned and decided to explain some parts and leaving out other parts such as the situation with Danzo to them and introduce everyone from the Fairy Tail guild.

Kushina's eyes lingered a bit on Erza before looking towards Naruto again and smiled widely "Show us then Naru-chan" she said with an excited voice.

The men in the room except for Minato bit their lips to stop themselves from snickering or laughing at Naruto for the nickname but Naruto did not care about the embarrassment as he was too happy to feel the love from his parents. "So, anyone wants to read?" he asked looking around the room.

Kakashi who had instantly put away his Icha Icha book the moment he saw Kushina and told his three companions to do the same raised his hand "I suppose I will" he said lazily while Minato smiled fondly at his student.

Chapter 3: Things Called Guilds

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"I'm Naruto. Naruto Uzumaki."

"Hi Naruto. I'm Erza."

Kushina's eyes glinted seeing the beginning as she took a sneaking glance towards her fellow redhead who was fighting off Mira and Cana's teasing. She looked towards her husband with a smirk.

"Are you thinking what I'm thinking Minato?" she asked while Minato just chuckled.

"Kushina I don't know if it's a good idea" Minato said unsure if helping her would benefit his son.

"Ah hush you I can just feel that those two would be perfect for each other" she waved off his concern while Minato reluctantly nodded his head.

Kakashi sweat dropped seeing those two scheming to get his student and the younger redhead together. Probably wanted to have a mini-me of themselves he mused before rubbing his chin thinking about getting his own clone like Guy with Lee before waving it off.

Naruto had a confused look on his face as he peeked around to find something he could recognize. He felt uncomfortable in this 'Erza's' lap so he tried to lift himself up, but when he did he cringed and fell on his side from a lack of energy.

"Ah! Are you okay?" Erza asked with a worried tone when she saw him fall. He didn't answer her and tried multiple times to pull himself up to his knees but failed.

"See Erza's already getting worried about her boyfriend" Cana said with a teasing smirk towards the redhead whose face turned complete scarlet along with Naruto.

"W-w-what ar-are you talking about boyfriend?" she managed to stutter out.

"Aww don't deny it Erza" Mira said giggling at her friend.

"I'm so proud of you Erza-chan" Makarov sniffed wiping away a tear while Erza hid her face in her hands.

"Master" she groaned out in embarrassment. The others just laughed at her getting teased.

He finally found some stability on his knees before he grabbed his head in pain. He moaned, "Where am I?"

"I told you already, you're in the Tower." Erza responded while she tried to get him to face her.

Minato finally took notice of the place the two kids and others were in and narrowed his eyes "The tower?" he muttered as Kakashi, Tsunade and Naruto nervously looked between each other fearing their reactions "What is that?" he asked.

Erza decided to explain everything towards them starting with the R-system and finished with the people who were working there as slaves. The shinobi were fidgeting nervously in their seats fearing their reactions. Especially Kushina's as they waited for the bomb to explode and they didn't have to wait long.

"A SLAVE" Kushina shouted as everyone flinched "THEY ENSLAVED YOU AND NARUTO TO REVIVE AN OLD MAN" she seethed in anger "HOW DARE THEY DO SUCH A THING I SWEAR IF I EVER SEE-" she was cut off as both Naruto and Minato decided to save everyone and stop her from destroying everything.

The others in the room where shivering in fear at her outburst. Kakashi was crying inside while praying to every single god out there that he survived this and that she wouldn't discover his Icha Icha books. The guild was absolutely horrified with what they were seeing. Here in front of them was possibly an older and more dangerous and scarier Erza. Such a thing was almost impossible in their minds.

Unfortunately for them they had just met someone who was much worse than her and the scary part was the awestruck expression in Erza's eye that was looking at Kushina as if she was god herself.

After calming down Kushina had an embarrassed blush on her cheeks as she rubbed the back of her head "I'm sorry for that but hearing that Erza-chan and Naru-chan were slaves in there I just lost control and couldn't help but get mad dattebane" she said accidently using her verbal tick. She blanched once she realized that.

Naruto laughed loudly hearing his mother's verbal as Minato chuckled along with him. The guild sweat dropped seeing her 180 behavior.

"Well what is that?" He said sharply, "I don't know what you mean about a 'tower'?"

"It's the place said to deliver this world to sanctuary. The Tower of Heaven." The children looked to the elderly man sitting to the side. He was a tall man with white hair, sitting in a crossed position as he looked at the boy with a questioning gaze.

Naruto looked back at the old man in doubt as he didn't recognize who he was. So far he had only met one elderly person in his whole life and Danzō did not make a good impression for the bunch.

"Danzo" growled Minato "What haven't you told us Naruto" he asked with a tone that said he should not lie and tell them everything or else Kushina would fuck him up.

Naruto sighed before retelling his counterparts' story with Danzo as everyone once again feared and expected Kushina to go ballistic again but they were surprised when Minato suddenly oozed killer intent making almost everyone from the guild tremble in fear. Minato's eyes turned into ice cold blue eyes.

"That damn monkey just handed you over to Danzo after I specifically told him to treat you like a hero" he snarled out with a furious tone completely surprising the shinobi because Minato was almost always a calm and collected person and to see him like this was new to them "He even said that he would take full responsibility and take care of you and then he goes and does that."

Kushina and Naruto decided to calm down Minato seeing some of the guildmembers on the verge of passing out. As they managed to calm him down almost everyone gasped out as they could finally breath again.

"Wh-what w-was that" Lucy stuttered out in fear. She was horrified because she had just seen herself get killed and had almost passed out from not being able to breath under the pressure.

'This guy's strength is insane' Gajeel thought looking at Minato as he was shivering after that experience.

Makarov sighed "I can understand your fury but I ask you not to do that again" he asked politely but with an edge to his tone as Minato had a sheepish expression on his face. He apologized for his behavior as he asked for his student to continue reading.

The guild was a bit fearful of Minato now after that experience. They were scared by Kushina and now after experiencing that they understood how monstrously powerful these two in front of them were and just like that it hit them. Their son, Naruto was stronger that those two judging by everything they heard of him so far. They all shivered thinking about his strength. Although some were still excited to face him in battle ie Gray, Natsu and Gajeel.

"And who are you supposed to be, gramps?" Naruto said with a hint of distaste aimed at the slave. Rob looked into the eyes of the boy, seeing anger and fear someone his age should never have to feel. And their stares lasted for several moments... until Naruto got pushed over.

Naruto fell to his side, looking towards the girl who pushed him. She had an upset look on her face and aimed a glare at the blond, "Don't be mean to Rob-jisan! He's really nice!" She pointed at the boy, "Apologize!"

"You deserved that brat" Tsunade said with a smirk towards the pouting blonde.

Naruto ignored her as he turned towards Erza and said in a mock hurt tone "How could you do that Erza?"

Erza smirked at him hearing the playful tone "I agree with Tsunade-san you deserved that" she said in a haughty tone while the blonde pouted making her grin.

"Everyone is against me and my counterpart" Naruto grumbled with a depressed cloud over his head. Erza sweat dropped seeing his depressed mood as she awkwardly patted his back to console him.

"N-no!" Naruto said as he finally got to his feet while glaring at the girl, "He was looking at me funny and didn't say anything! I was-"

"Apologize!" Erza said as she started to beat her hands against the slightly taller boy. The boy started to back away from the surprisingly heavy hits of the small girl. He then ran away in circles as the girl chased him, yelling at him to apologize. Rob looked in amazement at the scene, and then had a small laugh at their antics.

"Aw man even back then she was acting like a demon" Natsu complained before Gray hit him on the head and hissed out.

"Shut up you idiot, she will kill you if she heard you say that!"

Natsu paled at that as he was glad Erza hadn't heard him.

"Don't worry Gray-sama, Juvia will protect you" Juvia whispered into Gray's ear as he eeped in surprise at her sudden closeness. Cana shook her head at them while Mira looked on in amusement at them.

The boy finally succumbed to the girl's wishes, sitting in front of the elder. He looked straight at the man, and then changed his gaze to the side. "I-," the boy struggled with the right words, "I'm sorry Jii-San." He said, and then turned to look at the red-haired girl for approval. She had her arms crossed, nodding her head with a smile.

Whip

A whipping noise was heard in the room as everyone snickered at Naruto who glared at them for calling him whipped even if he wasn't in a relationship.

"That Erza girl has him already trained like Kushina had Minato-sensei" Kakashi whispered to Tsunade who chuckled in return.

"Let's hope it doesn't take as those two" she said glancing towards Minato and Kushina who were chuckling at Naruto while the blonde himself was glaring at people. It did not help that Erza was actually smirking at him "for them to get together" she finished still remembering how her distant cousin and Minato liked each other for years before they finally got together.

Rob looked at the young lad, and then gained a soft look on his face. "I'm sorry if I offended you young man. I was just interested in who you are?" He said as he tried to touch the young man's shoulder, but saw the boy flinch. "What's wrong?"

The boy gained a slightly frightened look, not trusting the man in front of him. "I'm sorry. It's just that I don't usually have people apologize to me. And when they touch me, they usually just hit me." He said to the old man, who had just gained an extremely dark face.

"Childhood trauma" Mira said sadly as the others frowned at that.

'And now it's going to get worse because of that damn tower' Erza thought angrily before forcing herself to calm down. She couldn't do anything so getting mad won't solve anything.

"They did what? Why did they hit you?" Rob said as he could feel anger quickly grow inside him. Even though Rob did not know this young man, he could not comprehend the idea that a child should be beaten at such a young age.

"I like him already" Kushina said smiling at the image of Rob.

"He was always a good person and even a better friend" Makarov said smiling at his deceased friend. Erza also smiled sadly at her former guardian blinking away tears from seeing him after so many years.

"I don't know." Naruto said as he looked up at the old man. "Since as long as I could remember, people just hated me. I don't know why, but they looked at me like I was something else. Something bad." The blond shook as he recalled everything that happened to him.

Rob looked at the boy in shock. He wished he could find these men and give them a piece of his mind. Whatever he did, no child deserved to be hurt by people. 'Is that what lead him here?' He wondered as he tried to think this through. Should he ask?

"Why are you here?" Erza broke the tension between the two with a questioning look. She felt very uncomfortable from the sidelines. Naruto looked to the little girl sitting beside him and the old men.

He tried to think, closing his eyes, "I can't remember." He strained himself trying to remember the last thing in his mind. He remembered the men with masks all gathering around him. He could hear Kakashi screaming in the background, asking that the boy could be spared. Then Danzō walked in front of him, and he blacked out.

Minato looked over at his student with a proud gaze "Thank you for trying to protect Naruto any way you could Kakashi" he said smiling in gratitude at his student. Kushina beside did the same.

"It's nothing sensei, I should have tried harder" he answered waving his arms in front of him.

"Don't undersell yourself Kakashi-san" Makarov said coming in to support Minato and Kushina's statement. Kakashi eye smiled at them in return.

Naruto couldn't remember anything after that. Just then he decided to talk to Kurama, maybe he had the answer to what was happening. He opened his eyes and found himself in the same sewer he had come to know. He walked up to the cell, prepared to talk with the ancient fox, but found something off. In place of the titanic demon was a massive ball of red chakra.

Naruto walked toward the ball and reached his hand out. Immediately the ball changed shape, becoming the form of the fox he knew, but without a face. The faceless body stomped forward, almost crushing the boy, and lurched forward. The boy hesitated, but reached his hand forward and touched the body of the chakra.

Naruto flinched seeing Kurama's condition. He felt sad for his counterpart for losing Kurama but at least his body was still there along with his chakra so it could be a reminder of his friend.

Meanwhile, guilt creeped up on Kushina's face as she remembered how harsh she had treated Kurama and his seal conditions. She never thought how about how he would feel being locked up for so long and never even tried to become friends with him. Naruto sensing his mother's emotions put his hand on hers to reassure her. She grinned at him for that.

"Holy crap that looks like a lot of chakra" Natsu said gawking at the humongous amount of visible chakra that Naruto had at his disposal.

Levy looked intrigued. Turning towards the shinobi she asked "This might sound like a dumb question but is that really a lot of chakra?" she asked with a sheepish expression.

Minato chuckled "Yes that is more chakra than I" he said point a thumb towards himself "Kushina" a finger towards his wife "Tsunade" another towards the blonde Senju "and Kakashi have combined" and to his student. Kurama inside Naruto smirked haughtily completely forgetting about the other blonde ninja in the room who had more chakra than him.

"Wow" Lucy breathed out in awe hearing that.

"Wait what about Naruto" Erza asked getting them to look at her while Naruto grinned.

Tsunade looked at her favorite blonde before looking at the redhead "The brat has more chakra than all of us here with Kurama included" she said as everyone gawked and looked Naruto in shock and awe.

"That's only because of the old man" Kurama complained from inside seal huffing indignantly.

'Is that jealousy I hear Kurama?'

Kurama growled at him in return but didn't say anything back.

Instantly, memories flooded into his head, taking over for several moments. Images of bodies piling up, massive monsters attacking each other, and a spiraled man reaching for him. And then he saw Kurama, standing with his body fading away. He could see that he was talking, but he could not hear what he was saying. And then, after some time, he just vanished.

Naruto frowned once again still not over losing Kurama. The others felt bad for the blonde but couldn't really relate to him except for two people.

Natsu and Gajeel looked at the blonde in an understanding gaze. They knew how he felt because they experienced it themselves. Their dragon had left them. They had left them with Dragon Slaying abilities just like Kurama left Naruto with his chakra.

Naruto then finally understood why Kurama looked like this. Why he didn't talk or react how he usually did. This was just a memory.

An echo of himself. The body he left behind.

Kurama was gone.

"At least you still have something to remember him by"

Naruto perked up after hearing Erza say that as he gave her a small smile "yeah…"

She smiled back at him as everyone voiced their support. With each statement Naruto's smile turned larger and larger.

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Naruto opened his eyes. He just let it wash over him. The strongest thing he had ever met in his whole life was gone. He could feel an overwhelming sadness take him over. But no matter how hard he tried, the tears just wouldn't come.

Rob and Erza looked at the new boy. They wanted to ask him what was wrong, but they could tell that it was something bad. Erza reached out to help him, but felt a rough hand place itself on her shoulder. She turned her head to see Rob with a sorrowful look on his face, shaking his head in the negative.

Rob moved forward and sat in front of the depressed boy. He placed his hands on the boy's shoulders to gain his attention. The boy looked up at the man that had brought him back. He had a regretful smile, one that showed understanding and pity for the little boy.

"I know you probably don't want to tell us, but you should know we will help. This place is hell. But we will be here with you, so just rest for now."

"At least there are people who are looking out for you there" Kushina said reluctantly. Minato nodded his head agreeing with his wife.

The boy nodded his head in understanding. He laid down on the floor and curled himself into a ball, already used to these circumstances. The man looked at the boy in worry, but decided to leave him be. He turned back around and walked toward the little girl. He smiled at her and patted her head.

"Come on Erza-chan, it's time for bed. You will need the energy for the work tomorrow."

She looked down cast for a moment, but looked back up at the elder and smiled. She laid on the floor and closed her eyes. She was terrified of the idea of the work tomorrow. But she silently hoped that the boy would feel better the next day.

The shinobi smiled at the concern that the little girl showed for Naruto. Tsunade finally understood why the girl was reacting so strongly the chapters before.

'It probably reminded her of the time she spent being imprisoned like Naruto was by Danzo' she thought sympathetically for the redheaded girl.

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Images of war passed in his consciousness. Blood pooling in the craters and trenches created from devastating attacks. Ninja of all sizes and age attacking, decimating each other.

And at the center of it all were eight figures. They started out as small, black multi-tailed monsters charging at one another. And then, some of them grew to gigantic size, becoming monsters that destroyed whole sections of the battlefield.

And at the very center, the giant blast that knocked them out. And then, from the bleary vision he still had, he could see figures still attacking and defending.

Then from the air came Kurama, standing above him as hands popped out of his chest. Once again, he slowly faded from his vision, disappearing forever.

Naruto jerked awake at the sound of a loud scream. He felt a cold sweat drop from his neck at the continued images played in his head all night. He turned his head in the direction of the scream.

Naruto slightly narrowed his eyes at the scene "Don't tell me they torture people there to make them work harder?" he asked with a dangerous tone in his voice. Everyone flinched hearing his tone. Erza looked down sadly for a second before looking at him.

"It didn't happen that much but if you did not listen then they would make an "example" out of you" she said in an angry tone as she remembered when they tortured her and took out her eye during the process.

Naruto gritted his teeth in anger hearing the answer as everyone frowned while some were showing the same attitude as Naruto such as Natsu, Kushina and Tsunade.

"This won't go well for chibi me, dammit!" he said growling at the end while everyone agreed with him but sweat dropped upon hearing him call his counterpart chibi me.

Mira smiled gleefully hearing Naruto use her nickname for the child Naruto.

From different cells, people were being led by men dressed in strange clothes, holding staffs. Sometimes, lightning would shoot out from the staff, shocking the prisoners. This led to the people moving faster, in hopes that they wouldn't be hurt next.

He stood up when his cell was opened. A robed man with a face mask walked forward and stood in front of him. The man looked around and saw the new boy stand in front of him with the other two at the side. The little girl was hiding behind the tall old man. He brought his attention back at the little boy. He smirked at the new chance to enforce himself.

Kushina took deep breaths to calm herself. She was not liking this part one bit. Seeing her son being tortured and shocked and at such a young age was making her blood boil in fury. Minato glanced at his wife knowing how she felt as he felt the same as her but couldn't do anything.

"Hello young man. Welcome to our humble home. You slept for a while so you probably don't know the rules. So let me educate you." He brought his had up and punched the boy into the ground, grunting at the force. The little girl had let out a quiet scream at his action.

"Bastard thinks he can do anything just because Naruto doesn't have any magic" Natsu snarled in anger "Naruto" he said turning towards the blonde "Why doesn't your counterpart just use Kurama's power to fight against them and protect yourself and everyone" he asked as everyone blinked at the intelligent question coming from the dense mage.

"I don't know" Naruto said frowning "Kurama's power always leaked out when I got mad so I don't know why my counterpart's not using it."

"Let's read further so we can find out" Levy said as Kakashi nodded his head in agreement with the blue-haired mage.

"Get up you little shit! Time to work!" He grabbed his staff and unleashed a wave of thunder on the small child. The boy shook in pain at the sudden attack. The attack ended and the boy tried to lift himself up but was kicked forward to join the crowd. He moved along with the tall slaves and came into an open cave.

He saw people gathering crates and rocks together. Placing them on floating platforms and bringing them to designated areas. He saw the masked men whipping people who moved slowly with a strange, glowing whip.

He was bewildered at the horrors in front of him. People being tortured and attacked in front of each other. Others not making any effort to help one another. Just working in fear, hoping that they would be ignored.

Naruto grit his teeth in anger seeing the people get tortured while others couldn't do anything in fear of them getting the same treatment. Erza was in the same boat as him.

As Naruto stood there he was thinking of making the first run for it he could. But then he was pushed by one of the jailers toward a working path. He was pushing back until another electric shock coursed through his body, making him scream.

He looked up at the rocks and rubble breaking in front of him. He followed the examples that the other men and children were making. He reached out and grabbed the first stone he found and threw it in a growing pile.

He continued to grab the dense rocks and throw them. Listening to the screams and pains that played around him. He felt his hands rip and cut at the feeling of the rough stone.

"Do they not understand that by hurting them their work rate might slow down" Naruto said as everyone blinked at his sudden comment.

Makarov hummed for a second "They are probably doing it because it makes them feel superior and strong" Naruto scowled at that.

After hours of work, a loud bell pierced the cave. When Naruto looked around, he saw that the rest of the slaves were leaving. He decided to follow the crowd in the halls and into the cells. After a few minutes he finally arrived at the cell he arrived in.

He slowly entered the cell and saw that the old man and little kid were back. The old man had scruff marks and dirt all over him. It showed that he had done work similar to him and had been shocked as well.

In front of him was that girl Erza. She was sniffling and had her hands out in front of her. They were covered in cuts and bruises just like his. The old man Rob was holding her hands and his were shining a strange light.

Naruto glanced at the mentioned girl in the story "Is he healing your wounds?" he asked her while she nodded her head.

"Yes, he would help heal all the kids wounds after we were done working" she answered while Naruto narrowed his eyes hearing the more kids' part.

"There were more children there?" Kushina asked frowning hearing that more children were used as nothing than slaves.

Erza looked down sadly "Yes I'm sure the book will show it" she said in a sad tone while Mira tried to comfort her friend.

He saw that Erza's hands were healing and gaining color back. After a few moments, they were fixed and she wasn't crying anymore. She beamed at the elder and hugged him around his neck. The old man returning the gesture to the young child. He released the girl and she went into the corner to play.

"Aww look how cute you look" Mira said gushing at the young child.

"I know right" Kushina said joining her in gushing at the redhaired girl in the story.

Erza cheeks burned red again hearing them cooing and gushing at her being cute. Their teasing was getting to much and she hoped that there wouldn't be any more embarrassing parts for her counterpart.

After a few seconds, Rob turned his head and saw that the new child was standing close to the bars, looking at them. He looked down and the boy's hands resting at his side, covered in cuts and blood. He turned and addressed the young boy, "I see that you worked hard today." He said with a sad look in his eyes, "Come here, I'll fix them for you."

Makarov shook his head "Unfortunately I don't think he will be able to heal Naruto."

"What?" Naruto asked confused. "why not?"

"Because your counterpart does not have any magic in him. He is unable to gather any etharno and doesn't have an origin so Rob won't be able to heal him."

They frowned hearing that while Kushina and Minato were getting more and more anxious about Naruto's counterparts' situation.

The boy looked at the man in questioning, until he felt his hands twitch. He decided to follow the example that he saw and sat in front of the man. He placed his hands out and the old man took them in his, the strange light covering his hands.

"Now I ain't the best at healing, but I'm good enough to fix a few scratches" he said with a slight smile at the little boy. The boy only looked at the man but didn't react to his little joke. Rob's eyes softened and continued to work on the cuts. "I'm sorry you had to go through that on your first day."

"What the hell is this place?" Naruto looked up at the man with a worried look, "How can they do something like this?"

"They are corrupt and evil men. Using people to get what they want."

Natsu snorted "That's an understatement old man"

"I can't wait till we get out of there" Naruto said grinning excitement thinking about his adventure. Everyone agreed with that as they were excited to know more about his story in Fiore.

"Heh, I think everyone is like that," the boy let out a quick, dry chuckle.

The man saw that the light was not doing anything to help the boy. He released the kid's hands and saw that barely any of the scratches were gone. He looked at the little boy with a bewildered look, "It doesn't seem to be helping you."

"It looks like you were right Master" Mira said frowning at Naruto's injured hands.

"Wait but didn't Naruto have a healing factor" Elfman pointed out while everyone else blinked remembering Naruto's healing factor from Kurama.

"Yes, I forgot about that" Makarov said nodding his head. He scratched his chin in wonder "Why hasn't it healed him yet though?" he asked in confusion as everyone else was also confused.

"I don't understand this." The boy raised his hands to see that the scratches were barely fading even now. The rate at how they disappeared before he arrived was not even a feasible dream. "My wounds always healed fast. But now, the chakra can't do anything close to what it did before."

Rob looked at the young man with a surprised look etched on his face. His eyes opened in shock at what the boy just said. Memories of past adventures rising back into his mind. "What did you just say?"

"You were right Mira" Erza said looking at her friend who smiled gleefully "Rob-jisan really did meet Hashirama-san and his daughter."

Kakashi looked intrigued for a second "Do you think Naruto will meet them there?" he asked as everyone thought for a second before Tsunade snorted.

"Of course, he will. The brat draws trouble to him like crazy" she said smirking at Naruto who scowled at her.

"I don't" he denied "Trouble just comes knocking at my door too much" he said crossing his arms and grinned as every shinobi looked at him with a flat look making his grin die down and scowl at them.

The boy looked up at the wrinkled man and tilted his head. "I said Kurama's chakra isn't helping. It always used to help when I came back from those missions, but it isn't working." He clenched his hands into beaten fists, "I can't fix myself like this. Not without him."

The elder looked at the little boy who had disappointment in his eyes. "Who is Kurama?" He questioned the child.

"He used to live here," he motioned to his belly, "but he is gone now." The boy had a far-off look in his eyes. Rob decided to rip his shirt and wrapped the boy's hands in it.

"I'm sorry but I can't help your hands. But it will heal in time. I promise."

"Well at least your power isn't so broken over there" Kakashi said smirking a bit at his student.

"My powers aren't broken" Naruto argued.

Kakashi, Minato, Kushina and Tsunade looked at him flatly before Kakashi completely broke down his argument "You destroyed at least 5 meteors with only 1 attack" he pointed out as everyone from the guild gawked at him.

"Five meteors?" Wakaba asked with wide eyes in complete shock. The others were in shock looking at the blonde in disbelief while Naruto smiled sheepishly and rubbed his head.

Makarov chuckled at his embarrassment. This kid was way too good in his eyes. He was probably the strongest person he had met and yet he didn't flaunt his powers in any way. 'If only more people like him existed, then there would be way less conflict' he thought sadly before shaking his head.

Kakashi chuckled at their reaction knowing his student's ridiculous powers he has at his disposal. He shook his head knowing he's much stronger now with his father's technique now.

"Why not Jii-San? You healed me didn't you?" Erza said as she approached the two boys. She had wondered what the two were talking about while she was sitting away.

"Because I've seen this before. I can't help him because he is not from here." Both of their eyes widened in shock at what he had just said. Rob could see that both of them had not understood what he had said, so he had decided to elaborate.

"Looks like Naruto will finally find out that he's from another dimension" Makarov said in a serious tone.

"Don't forget Erza's also going to find out" Mira pointed out smirking at the redhead who didn't know why her friend was looking at her like that or why everyone was looking at her and Naruto with an amused gaze.

"I've met people like you, who used something called chakra. They were very strong and could fight many people, but when they would fight, we couldn't heal them." He moved back and traced his finger along the dirt and drew something. When he lifted his hand there was an image of a spiral with a point on its edge. "Do you know what this symbol is?"

Naruto looked at the image and it instantly clicked. "Yeah, the men with masks always had this symbol on their heads. They said it was a leaf. Why?"

"Yeah, you're from the same place." Rob said with a regretful smile. "You use something called chakra, which is similar to magic but uses different elements to make it. And because of that, I can't use my magic to heal you."

"What? Why?"

"Neh, Jii-San, I don't understand. You told me that everyone has magic right? So why doesn't he?" Erza asked Rob with a curious tone.

"Yes Erza-chan, everyone here is capable of magic if they tried. But Naruto-kun here doesn't have the ability to summon it. Since he comes from a place where people use something other than magic. He is incapable of gathering eternano which we need to use magic. And without an origin, he can't use magic to gather in his body and heal him." He looked up to see that both children had a big, questioning look on their faces. He then remembered that he was talking kids and should try to simplify the explanation.

Everyone except the Erza and Naruto chuckled at their expression as the latter two were a bit embarrassed by their counterparts. 'They are just kids it's not their fault dammit' they thought not knowing they were thinking the same thing.

"I can't do anything to heal him with my magic. He has to heal without our help."

Naruto stood to his feet to address the elder man, "But what about Kurama's chakra? Why can't it heal me?"

Naruto nodded his head silently thanking his friend for giving him an amazing healing factor.

"I think that without Kurama's help, that chakra doesn't know what to do. It is just a mass of power that can't do anything without something leading it. And without help, it can't heal you the same way as before."

Tsunade hummed for a second thinking about that "I always thought that only his chakra was needed to heal Naruto but it looks like Kurama himself is needed to direct his chakra to heal Naruto."

Naruto pouted hearing his healing factor was basically stopped now but perked up upon hearing his father's comment.

"Yes" Minato said nodding his head "Unless Naruto is able to direct that chakra himself to heal his wounds" Minato said cupping his chin "But that might make him lose control and he would need to find a way to control it and make it like the controlled version."

Naruto look down in despair, feeling that his best advantage had disappeared. He then felt two palms on his back and turned his head and saw Erza beam at him. "It's alright. Everything will work out."

Naruto only looked at her with empty eyes and settled into the floor, ignoring her encouragement. She pouted and prepared to nudge him but was stopped by Rob. He shook his head and motioned for her to go to bed. She was angry at first, but then she reluctantly followed his directions.

Erza pouted too seeing the scene as everyone snickered. Naruto sheepishly smiled at his actions.

Rob looked toward the sleeping boy and wished to talk to him. But knew that he should leave him alone. He placed himself against the rock wall and dozed off. Ignoring the sounds around him, he went off to his memories and dreams.

"Ooh a flashback" Lucy said in excitement.

"Seems like we will get what Hashirama-san did in Fiore" Levy voiced out in excitement eager to learn more about the dimension hoppers.

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The massive man stood in the clearing along with his friends, preparing to see off the travelers. All of them were chatting with those they have come to know. Rob looked to his side to see Goldmine talk to some of the Anbu. Talking about how they should start taking it easier and be wild.

Bob was flirting with the females and giving them the look. He sure did enjoy talking to the ladies, although he would also flirt with the men and give them a more, well, lustful gaze.

Naruto shivered hearing that as he felt like this person wouldn't leave him alone if he met him "Even men?" he asked while Makarov chuckled as he answered.

"Yes" he said while Natsu and Gray blanched remembering the crossdressing Master trying to glomp them during the Lullaby job.

To the side he saw Yajima and Porlyusica talking with the scientists and Yukiha-San. He was asking what kind of techniques and skills that was custom over on their side. Yukiha-San was giving him a long explanation of what was possible over there. And after some time they began to talk about the ideas of food and cooking. She told him that if they found a way to go back, she would feed her two kids the recipes he gave her.

Finally, he looked to his side and saw Makarov beside him looking around the clearing with pride. He was so happy that their group had come to connect with the traveling ninja. He still wanted to try and hit on Yukiha-San, but after the first time he decided not to get on her angry side.

Makarov sweated a bit at the looks he received from Erza, Kushina, Tsunade and Mira. Gulping he weakly argued "It was my counterpart."

Mira shook her head "You would have done the same Master" she countered his argument as Makarov slumped and pouted. The others from the guild snickered at him as he glared at them.

Even Makarov had learned to stay away when he was punched through several trees and bounced off the water into a big splash.

Makarov paled considerably after that as everyone sent him a pitying look.

Naruto patted his back in sympathy having that experience from Sakura and Tsunade.

Man that was a fun time fishing him out of the big lake.

But now they had to head back home. Master Purehito was sending messages that they had to come back home. And the Konoha travelers had to get moving again. Or else the guards were going to come back and attack again.

"Guards attacking them?" Tsunade questioned in confusion as everyone shrugged their shoulders.

Makarov narrowed his eyes in suspicion trying to think why they would be followed.

"So, are you sure that you have everything you need. We can still give you some rations and water. I mean you can even follow us to Fairy Tail if you like?" Makarov said to the tall figure standing beside the two of them.

"That would be cool to have them in the guild" Gray said as everyone nodded their heads in agreement.

Levy eyes glinted thinking about all the new stuff she could learn from the dimension travellers and hearing about their adventures.

"No, I will not impose on your help and hospitality." He said with a smile at the two of them. "If we followed you to your home, they may come there and close you down. Besides, until we find a suitable place to go back I wish to look around this wonderful land, see this world for what is possible."

Rob and Makarov looked to each other and smiled. Then they tied their arms around his neck and gave him a smile. "Well Hashirama-San, it has been fun running from the Royal Guard with you. But if that captain finds us, we will be screwed. We wish you luck on your journey and on your way home."

Makarov groaned in annoyance "Of course those fools from the council would want to show their might and talk to them" he said sighing in the end.

The guild and the shinobi instantly understood as they all rolled their eyes thinking about councils wanting to know their motives.

"But still how did they discover that they were from the Elemental Nations" Naruto questioned not understanding how they were discovered.

Kakashi shook his head at his student's denseness "Naruto" he said as the blonde looked at him "They probably have records of everyone and they couldn't find anything about them so it wouldn't be very weird to make the connections and that's why they are searching for them for questioning" he explained towards the blonde who hummed for a second before nodding in understanding.

"Thank you Makarov-San, Rob-San. We will never forget the kindness you have shown us these past few days. We will never forget Fairy Tail."

"Okay, well, if you need our help just visit." Makarov said as he detached himself from Hashirama and joined the rest of the Fairy Tail on one side. They waved the vanguard group away and hoped that they had fortune in their travels.

Over time they had heard stories in the papers of mysterious people helping civilians in trouble. A strange group of justice that arrived for people in dire need of help. But their group knew instantly that the group was their ninja friends. Listening about how that section of the Royal Guard was traveling across Fiore in search of the group with the strange energy.

They knew that their friends would never be captured and questioned. And that they could just keep running.

"I don't understand why they are running away though" Gajeel said confused "I those council guys but don't they just want to ask them some questions?" he shrugged his shoulders.

Minato narrowed his eyes "I think there is more to it than that" he said thinking about the possible reasons for the chase "I have a bad feeling about this."

That made them worry for the travelling group as. Tsunade clenched her fist at the thought of her grandfather in danger and her not being able to do anything.

Until one year after they saw the group off, they heard the horrible news. It became known as one of the worst military catastrophes in history. The rouge guard had been chasing the group for several months and had decided that capture was no longer an option.

Now, it was a kill on sight.

"What" Tsunade shouted in anger hearing that.

Everyone else was surprised at the sudden news that they were bombarded with.

"The hell" Naruto said in shock. He furrowed his brows in confusion "Why would they suddenly try and kill them" he asked but no one could answer his question. They could only think about any reasons as to why before giving up and urging Kakashi to read further?

From the news, it was said that the captain had blasted a massive magic attack to kill the insurgents. Most likely it was Abyss Break or the Jupiter. It seemed to work, until the attack continued forward. The attack landed and devastated the small village of Tonewa. The death toll reached over four hundred and the village was wiped off the map.

"Abyss Break" Mira said in shock and horror as everyone's eyes were wide in horror for the poor village that was destroyed by the attack.

"What the hell is wrong that captain" Eflman shouted in anger "He killed so many innocent people and why is he even trying to kill Hashirama-san."

"Yeah his group is doing good work so what the hell?" Natsu said joining his friend in supporting the dimension travelers.

The small group of guards and the captain were regarded as criminals, with the leader marked as an S-Class criminal. They were wanted and feared by most people in Fiore. But that is what you would expect from the former Squadron Chief of the Holy Knights.

Makarov nodded his head "As it should" he said gritting his teeth in anger. To think that someone from the holy knights would do something like that. He scoffed inwardly. 'I shouldn't be too surprised with this' he thought bitterly.

The whole group was dumbstruck at this news. They never heard of the ninja group again after that. It was believed that they had been wiped out. After that, they decided to help the country the best they could in memory of their friends.

"I don't understand" Tsunade said frowning "Grandfather should have been able to protect the town and he wouldn't go down that easily" she said. What kind of man did her grandfather face against to "supposedly" lose against? He fought against Madara of all people so who would even come close to beating him?

"I don't think old man first is dead" Naruto said with a determined voice as some looked at him in surprise.

Minato nodded his head in agreement with his son "Shodaima-sama wouldn't lose so easily" he said with a confident voice.

Sometime after Makky got promoted to the Guild Master, the group separated and traveled to help the world.

Goldmine and Bob decided to make guilds of their own to help the country. Yajima joined the magic council, to make sure that the tragedy that happened at Tonewa never occurred again. Which he had successfully done for many years. Makarov and Porlyusica stayed in Magnolia, she decided that the idiot could use some help with keeping the guild standing.

And Rob decided that he could travel and see Fiore. Having houses close to major cities and places of interest. And during his travels, he never forgot what happened to his friends.

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Rob awoke to the jailer's yelling. He saw that they were screaming at Naruto, who was standing in front of a tearful Erza. He could tell that the jailer had decided to once again assert his power in front of the slaves and the little red-haired girl had caught his eye.

Naruto's eyes darkened as he clenched his fist in anger seeing the scene.

The guild was glaring at the jailer that was trying to torture their family member.

"I hate these weak bastards" Natsu snarled at the guard along with Gray.

Erza smiled at them seeing their protective nature. She was glad to have such amazing friends who cared so much about her. She was also happy seeing the shinobi doing the same thing. Especially Naruto. She was a bit confused at that because everyone she saw Naruto standing up for her or comforting her during this story, she felt all warm and fuzzy in her stomach and her heart would speed up a bit.

Naruto put himself between the sick bastard and Erza, smacking him in the balls when he was about the hit her. He grabbed the staff and held it at the man. The jailer had a furious look plastered on his face. "You think you can do anything you fucker! You think you can kill me?"

"You think I can't kill you? I've already killed enough to make you cringe you fuck." Naruto said with a wicked growl in his voice and anger in his eyes.

Naruto winced at the reminder that of what his counterpart went through and had done as everyone frowned hearing that.

Rob's eyes widened in shock. 'He has killed. My god, what has he been through.'

"More than you can think of" Mira said sadly remembering what they did to Naruto in the story.

Naruto felt bad for his counterpart knowing how he would feel bad for killing people. He thought he had killed that Yura guy but he wasn't able to think about it during that time because of Gaara's situation. He felt a little sick later on but Kakashi told him that he was dead already because of Akatsuki technique. That made him feel a little better he still felt a little sick.

Naruto raised the weapon and was about to hit the cult member. But just as he was about to strike, visions of blood poured into his head. He stopped and froze, a cold feeling spreading down his body. The texture of blood stained on his hand. Pushing his hands and feet through the bodies of his enemies. Standing over the piles of bodies that came in his way.

Minato, Kakashi, Kushina and Tsunade cringed remembering the same thing happening to them after their first kill and how they dealt with it after that and got used to it.

"That's going to haunt him for a while" Makarov said sadly frowning at the look on Naruto's face.

The jailer looked up at the frozen boy and smirked. In that moment he struck the boy and took his staff back. He aimed it back at him and shot lightning at the little boy's chest. The child jerked at the feeling of a million needles piercing his frame. After a minute, he stopped the discharge and lowered the weapon. He silently turned around and closed the bars. He then smirked darkly and chuckled at the boy's feeble attempt to fight back.

Minato and Kushina both growled at scene barely holding themselves from lashing at the screen. Everyone else glared at the jailer that had attacked Naruto.

"I hope Naruto uses Kurama's chakra to defeat him" Natsu growled out with a harsh glare at the jailer.

"Me too" Naruto said joining doing the same thing as Natsu.

Erza moved forward and nudged Naruto, hoping that he would respond. After several tries, he finally started moving and propped himself on his elbows. He took a deep breath and tried to think about what had happened. "W-why? Why couldn't I go through? Why?"

'I hope Rob is able to help him otherwise Naruto will be completely lost' Makarov thought in anxiousness. The Naruto in that dimension was someone who right now could easily be influenced and he wouldn't want to go against someone with as much potential as him.

The shinobi were worried for Naruto hoping he wouldn't lose hope and go on like their Naruto had always done.

"Because you can't stand doing it anymore." Erza and Naruto looked toward Rob who was sitting close to them after the moment passed. "I don't think you are capable of killing anymore because you regret it. People who have done bad things try their best to make up for them. And you didn't follow through because you can't stand taking any more lives." He said to the horrified boy.

Naruto gained a growing feeling if dread. He looked toward the ground and started pounding his fist against the floor. "WHY DAMNIT!" Rob and Erza flinched at his exclamation. "He said that that was all I had. All I was good for was killing. I wanted to leave because I thought that I had something more. Kakashi told me that I could be more, but is this it?" He looked up at Rob with pleading eyes, "Is this what the outside world is like? My freedom is gone. My friend is gone. My purpose is gone."

Kushina felt her heart break at seeing Naruto so broken and helpless. She sniffed as tears prickled at her eyes before they fell down her cheeks. Minato hugged his wife in order to comfort and calm her down. Tsunade and Kakashi could do nothing but frown seeing Naruto like that. For Tsunade it reminded her of her former self before she met Naruto and Kakashi was thinking about his days where he was mourning the deaths of his loved ones.

Erza's heart ached once again seeing the scene. She hoped her counterpart would do something to cheer him up. Everyone else felt bad for the poor boy as Mira was almost moved to tears.

He clenched as hard as he could until his hands started to bleed. "What do I do?" He asked no one in particular. He just wallowed there in his pain, not knowing what he could do.

Rob looked at the child in pity. When someone was put into such situations at this age, there was not much that could be done to help them. Words of wisdom only seemed to infuriate them, and ideas about what they could do only made it worse. There was nothing he could do, but then a little red angel came and opened the way.

"You could join a guild." Erza said with a cheerful smile, trying to lighten the mood. Naruto lifted his head at her, not understanding what she just said.

Erza smiled widely knowing what her counterpart was up to. Kushina and Minato perked up hearing what the redhead said.

Makarov smirked 'I thought it would be Rob but looks like Erza's the one who will influence him' he thought while looking at her with pride.

"W-what?"

"A guild. A family. That is what Jii-San keeps telling me about. How people with nowhere to go can come together and have fun and adventures. That anyone alone can join and be a part of something bigger." She said with a beautiful smile gracing her face, looking down at the boy that now had a look of bewilderment stuck on his face. "But I can't explain because I haven't seen one, but Jii-San has." She grabbed his hand and pulled him toward Rob. "Jii-San, Jii-San, tell him about all those guilds and things you told me. Please." She looked up at him, with Naruto beside her with a look of wonder, his previous pain was gone.

Kushina smiled tearfully looking at Erza with gratitude who smiled at her.

Mira was in tears "That was beautiful Erza" she sniffed wiping away her tears.

Makarov nodded his head "Indeed it was very well said" he said with utter pride in his voice for his pseudo-child. Erza felt a small blush creeping up on her face hearing all the praise.

Naruto grinned at her "You did it again" he chuckled "You helped my counterpart get over his sadness. Thank you!"

Erza's face was now completely red as she ducked her head to hide her face and mumbled a "you're welcome" to Naruto who looked a bit confused at her behavior while everyone else snickered. Kushina smiled seeing Erza getting flustered while Minato shook his head at his son's denseness. Mira and Cana were giggling at the poor girl who was too embarrassed to argue against them.

Rob looked between the two of them, surprised that all that had happened was forgotten and now he was the center of attention. He grew a smile and got settled, "Alright, so get ready you two. I'm about to tell you the wonderful stories of guilds around the world."

Rob continued to tell his stories and adventures in Fairy Tail, putting extra detail into making his character awesome. Stories of treasure hunting, saving people and stopping bandits. Erza was elated, continuing to hear the stories for another time. But where Naruto started off with a skeptical look, he then started to listen intently. His eyes growing bigger and bigger with every story. He and Erza started laughing when Dryer was caught in a mini-tornado. Erza happily squealed and Naruto gagged when Bobby and Yagi got familiar with the thankful girls. And they cheered when their team won against the evil guilds.

Everyone smiled seeing the two kids laughing in joy and happiness and no longer seeing the other Naruto so broken.

"I'm glad they're both happy and hopefully they will get out of there as soon as possible" Kushina said grinning at Naruto and Erza. Naruto smiled back at her while Erza who had gotten rid of the blush on her face also smiled.

After hours passed, both Naruto and Erza were both happy after the story time. Naruto no longer depressed with the events that played out, now only interested in the guilds. He looked toward Erza and smiled. "Thank you."

She stopped laughing and looked at him funny, "What for?"

"I was really sad before, but that changed when you got me here." Naruto smiled at her.

Erza was shocked but then formed a smile," Your welcome."

"You're a cool guy, you know that Erza."

"…"

They all looked towards the blonde who had a sheepish smile on his face as he scratched the back of his head nervously.

"What did your counterpart say Naruto?" asked Erza with a very sweet voice as a crimson aura started surrounding her. Kakashi and Minato were suddenly wide eyed and looked at him in pity for what's about to happen along with the rest of the guild.

Kushina and Tsunade were smirking evilly at Naruto while Erza started stepping forward towards Naruto.

Naruto looked absolutely horrified and panicked. Standing up he quickly waved his arms in front of him "WAIT" he shouted racking his brain trying to find a solution for this problem. Anything he thought panicking greatly. "My counterpart didn't mean that you're a very beautiful girl Erza I swear" he said in a panic.

Natsu, Gray, Elfman, Macao, Wakaba and Happy gawked at him. 'Is he insane' they all thought thinking that trying to hit on her would make it worse but to their astonishment Erza's entire face turned red at the sudden compliment while the girls were smirking and giggled at seeing Erza getting flustered.

Naruto continued with his apologies as Kakashi decided to move on and let his student try and save himself. Hopefully, there won't be any bad stuff happening in the book to make his student's situation worse.

Both Rob and Erza stopped moving and looked at the new boy. Erza twitched at the assumption. "H-hey, I'm a girl."

"What?"

"A girl you idiot, don't you know what a girl is?"

Naruto shook his head. Rob touched Naruto shoulder and whispered in his ear, "Naruto-kun, girls are different then us. They are nice and sweet, and they don't have that important thing." Rob said with a slight nervous tone at explaining the difference between boys and girls to a six-year-old. Naruto looked at Rob in questioning at the last thing he said. Causing the former Mage to let out a deep sigh. "That thing between our legs."

Naruto tilted his head and walked toward Erza. He stood in front of her and then lifted the hem of her clothes. Rob blanked at the boy's forward behavior and Erza screamed before she planted her fist in his cheek.

Kakashi looked at his student with an amused face while Minato sighed and rubbed his temples feeling a headache coming.

Erza who had calmed down and wanted to return to her seat turned around and saw the scene and once again her entire face turned red. Naruto sighed seeing her leave him and before he froze feeling two cold gazes looking at him. He saw his mother and Tsunade stand up with his mother's hair flying up to nine parts and Tsunade cracking her knuckles. He was confused for a second before he saw what his counterpart had done. His relieved expression turned into a completely horrified one.

"I suggest you run as fast as possible Naruto" Kurama said slowly to him as Naruto finally understood and bolted away as fast as he could.

"NARUTO COME BACK HERE"

"I KNEW JIRAIYA CORRUPTED YOU"

Kushina and Tsunade said chasing after him. While everyone else was laughing at the scene in front of them.

"I SWEAR IT WAS NOT INTENTIONAL" Naruto shouted desperately as he looked behind him seeing the 2 angry women still chasing him around the room. Unfortunately for him he wasn't looking in front of him and bumped into a certain redhaired knight.

Erza's face if possible, turned even redder upon seeing Naruto on top of her as she almost passed out while Naruto's eyes widened. The others' jaws dropped seeing his luck and could only shake their heads not anticipating for what's about to come.

"I'M SORRY" Naruto shouted jumping up and started muttering his apologies towards the 3 women. But it was for naught as Tsunade and Kushina taught him a lesson before he was dropped on his seat next to the still blushing Erza who couldn't look at him.

Naruto slid back with a red cheek, while Erza had a growing blush painted on her face. She marched up to Rob and pointed at Naruto with a heated glare, "I don't want him here anymore. He is a pervert."

Naruto who had healed up thanks to Kurama curled up into a ball as comical tears ran down his face while muttering about him not being a pervert.

Everyone sweat dropped seeing the blonde's depressing mood as Erza decided to try and console him and accepted his apologies.

"Maybe we went a bit too far" Kushina whispered to Tsunade who hummed but shook her head.

"You never know what Jiraiya has done to him" she whispered back.

"E-ehehe, now now Erza-chan, I don't think he meant that." Rob motioned his hands for the girl to calm down.

"No, no, make him apologize." She started to shake her arms in circles at the elder man, hoping that he would make the boy say sorry.

"I bet you Naruto won't be able to figure out what he did wrong and Erza will give him a beating" Natsu whispered to Gray who smirked.

"At least someone else finally knows how we feel" he whispered back to who nodded with a gleeful expression.

"What did I do?"

"Poor chibi Naruto doesn't even know what he did" Mira said giggling at his cluelessness. The others sweat dropped once again hearing the nickname for the kid Naruto.

"I feel bad for my counterpart" Naruto said pouting as Erza smirked.

"Now now I'm sure my counterpart will understand your reasoning" she said giggling with a mischievous smirk that unnerved Naruto.

"You looked up my skirt pervert!""

"What's a pervert?"

"You're a pervert, Pervert!"

"They've already gotten the old married couple arguing factor"

"Cana" Erza shouted with a red face as Naruto blushed along with her while everyone else laughed at the teasing.

"Stop calling me that. Old man, stop her." He turned to the old man to see that he was faking sleeping. Now only leaving him and the angry girl in the cell. He turned back around to see the girl had turned head with puffed cheeks. He grumbled and scratched his head, thinking that all of this was becoming too much for one day. "Sorry okay."

Erza glared at him, "You suck. How could you do that? You're such a meanie."

He pointed at her, "What did I do exactly? You just got angry at me for no reason."

"You looked at my-my, gah you pervert." She started to once again beat her hands against him, Naruto trying to protect himself from her heavy hits. She was crazy strong for a little girl.

Everyone chuckled at the beatdown the little kid was getting by the redhaired girl.

"And you said that your counterpart would listen to me" Naruto said pouting at Erza.

She just smiled sheepishly at him not being able to say anything.

"Didn't your parents teach you any manners?"

Erza's eyes widened upon hearing that statement from her counterpart. Knowing Naruto being an orphan she looked at him with a shameful expression "Naruto I'm-"

Naruto raised his hands to stop her from talking as he smiled at her "Don't worry about it your counterpart didn't know anything so there is no reason to apologize" he said while Kushina and Minato nodded their heads in agreement with their son's statement.

"That's right Naru-chan is right" Kushina said as everyone snickered at Naruto for the nickname while the blonde glared at them "So don't worry about it Erza-chan" she said smiling warmly at her making the redhaired knight smile back and nod her head in understanding.

Naruto looked at her through her fists. "I don't have parents. What about you, who taught you that you should hit people for no reason?"

She stopped her furious fists and looked at him. "I don't know what happened to my parents." She lowered her hands and looked at her palms, forgetting her anger toward the whiskered boy. "I remember that before I came here, people used to look after me. A man and woman who loved me very much, but I can't remember their faces."

Erza perked up at that bit. She was a bit surprised because it was the same for her. She also couldn't remember their faces or even their names, just that they loved her a lot but she also felt a bit scared and bitter thinking about the possibility of them abandoning her in the tower. She was broken out of her thoughts as Naruto said something to her.

"I'm sorry for bringing up bad memories Erza" Naruto replied looking apologetically at the mage. Erza smiled at him.

"It's just as you said your counterpart didn't know any better so don't worry about it" she said waving away his apology.

Naruto only frowned at her response as he had felt the negative emotions coming from her when they mentioned her parents. Sighing inwardly, he decided to leave it be and discuss it later with her.

Naruto looked at the girl and grew worried. She had become sad very quickly and had her eyes covered by her scarlet hair. "One of the reasons I want to join a guild is so that I can find out what happened to my parents." She said as she lifted her head to show tearful eyes. "But I don't know if I can leave this place."

Naruto scoffed at that "Of course you can. I already know that we both are going to escape from that place. I won't let that hold me back" he grinned clenching his fist while Erza nodded her head in agreement silently praying for her counterpart and their friends to get out of there safely.

Elfman cried manly tears hearing his speech while Mira sighed and tried to calm down her brother.

"Yes you can." Erza lifted her head to see Naruto with a grin on his face and a clenched fist. "You can leave this place and find your family easily. Your strong, your fists hurt like hell. Where will you go when you leave this place?"

"Looks like you and your on the same page" Lucy mused looking at who puffed his chest in pride for his chibi version.

"His stubbornness is one of his best attributes" Kakashi remarked with a fond voice while Minato chuckled knowing exactly where he got that from. Kushina rolled her eyes seeing her husband looking at her with an amused expression but she was happy that she shared so many traits with her son.

Erza lowered her head shyly, "I-I was thinking of joining Fairy Tail. Rob Jii-San made it seem like so much fun."

"Then that is where you will go, I'm sure of it." He said as he stood up proudly and pointed to the fake horizon. "You will join Fairy Tail, find your family, and be the best." He turned back around and gave her a cheerful smile, which made her happy and nervous at the same time.

"Well well aren't you quite the pep talker whiskers" Cana said smirking at him.

Kakashi sighed dramatically "He loves monologuing."

Naruto scowled at their teasing as he huffed indignantly.

"Y-you know, you can come with me." She said as she avoided his curious stare at her statement. "I mean you owe me so, you can come to Fairy Tail and we can have an adventure just like Rob Jii-San."

"I bet that isn't the only reason she wants him to come with her to Fairy Tail" Cana whispered to her co-conspirator Mira, who giggled.

"She's keeping tabs on him so no one else can claim him" she said as both looked towards their guildmate who suddenly felt a shiver run down her spine.

Lucy shook her head at the two trying to get Erza together with Naruto 'I feel bad for those two but I do think by their interactions so far they would look good together' she mused thinking about the blonde ninja and the redheaded mage.

"I thought you didn't like me."

"Well you can make up for it alright." She said as she moved her open hand in front of her. "Deal?"

He looked down at her hand, back up at her, and smiled. He grasped her hand and shook, "Yeah!"

"There see" Erza said pointing at their counterparts. She smiled at Naruto "I told you it wouldn't be so bad."

Naruto nodded "But you still hit him though" Naruto pointed out while Erza shook her head.

"Well I had to teach you a lesson so you wouldn't do something like that again."

He huffed in return as he wasn't able to argue against that. She rolled her eyes playfully at him with a smile. The others snickered at their interactions while Mira and Cana were giggling like crazy.

'Thank god for this story' they both thought loving the teasing material they were getting.

"But the problem is you can't use magic, so I'd think that I'll have to be the brain and brains of our team."

Erza nodded her agreeing with her counterpart she smirked at Naruto beside her "I agree with my counterpart."

Naruto narrow his eyes at her as he prepared to argue against that while Kakashi just continued to read.

"What? Please, I can fight off like a million-gazillion bad guys while you cry in a corner."

"Yep that's right with my shadow clones I will easily make thousand of clones to fight them" he said laughing triumphantly while some were gawking at hearing the amounts of clones he said he would make while the shinobi rolled their eyes playfully.

Minato chuckled "Naruto you do know your counterpart doesn't know anything about shadow clones right?" he said as Naruto deflated while Erza giggled at his expression.

"Oh yeah, well I'll frighten of every monster in the world and fly in the sky and destroy whole countries with my attacks."

"Pretty sure she achieved that here" Natsu whispered to Gray about the frightening part.

Gray shivered as he nodded along with his rival.

"As if" Naruto said scoffing "My counterpart will scare everyone with just his presence."

"Yeah, well I'll blow up the whole the world with a fart."

"…"

Everyone looked at the blonde who blushed in embarrassment at what his counterpart said as everyone shook their heads and laughed.

"I wouldn't even be surprised if he managed to do something like that with how unpredictable he is" Kakashi mused while chuckling a bit.

"Ew, shut up."

"No I'll be stronger than you, I promise." Naruto and Erza continued to argue all night. About who could do what and how they'll beat one another. And at the side Rob smiled, happy to see that the little boy and girl were finally happy. Even if it was by arguing with each other.

The laughed at the scene as the mood changed into one of happiness and joy.

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Another ship arrived at the dock of the Tower. The cult jailers leading the new arrival of slaves into the base of the structure. Inside one of the cells were Naruto, Erza, and Rob sitting around each other as Naruto carved into the dirt.

"See, this is what I know how to write." The other two looked down to see kanji crudely written in the gravel. Rob had decided to teach Naruto about how to write the language since he apparently didn't know how to. The character was familiar to Rob, knowing that this writing was used in Fiore, but far less than the letters they usually used. And on a side note, he had very bad handwriting.

"Hey!"

Everyone snickered at Naruto who was glaring at the book as if trying to burn it with only his gaze. His handwriting had gotten better now because of fuinjutsu dammit!

"Well at least no one there is going to call him out on it" Gray said still snickering at Naruto.

'I wouldn't be so sure of that' Makarov thought knowing Erza was there.

"You have very bad handwriting."

Everyone else just burst into laughter as Naruto glared at them all.

"You were saying?" he said glaring at Gray who shrugged his shoulders with a smirk.

"This book is painting me in a bad light dammit" he said crossing his arms with scowling.

That Erza, always ready to deal the truth.

"Sh-shut up okay." He argued with the little girl with a pink hue on his face, "I wasn't taught very well."

"It's alright Naruto-kun, I'll help you through this." Rob then started to give Naruto a crash course in the local writing until the sound of the jailers leading in the new meat arrived. All the slaves cowered in the corner of their respective cells, with the three of them feeling nervous as more people passed by.

"Well at least Rob-jisan is trying to help me" Naruto said with a small smile.

Kushina and Minato both smiled at Rob's image. They were thankful to see him caring for Naruto like that.

A jailer walked up to their cell and unlocked the bars, pushing them open and throwing a new child. The moment he landed he sprung back up and pounded his fists against the bars, screaming. Several minutes passed with the boy still throwing out profanity left and right.

Everyone in the guild was looking with wide eyes seeing the newcomer as Erza looked on sadly seeing her old friend when he wasn't bent on building the tower. She hoped he didn't do the same thing in that place.

"It's him" Natsu said glaring at the newcomer.

"huh? You guys already know him?" Naruto asked tilting his head in confusion.

"Yeah that bastard made Erza go back to that tower and tried to use her as a sacrifice for Zeref" Gray growled as he was also glaring at the newcomer along with Natsu.

Naruto blinked before looking towards Erza who looked down not showing her sad expression but Naruto could feel her sad emotions. He put a hand on her shoulder as she looked up and he smiled "You still see him as a friend, don't you?" he whispered while she was surprised for a bit as she nodded her head.

Naruto grinned "Good" he said surprising her "Don't ever give up on trying to beat some sense to him if he isn't following the right path" he said giving her a thumbs up. Erza's eyes widened considerably as she stared in shock at the blonde while everyone else was listening to Makarov's explanation about the newcomer.

Erza was looking at the blonde in shock before she smiled beautifully at him while Naruto blushed a bit seeing that "Thank you Naruto" she said and reached to take Naruto's hands and squeezed it in gratitude "And I won't give up" she would search for him and beat some sense into him. Naruto smiled at her as they looked at each other for a couple of second before looking towards their hands to see it intertwined and both blushed heavily before taking their hands away from each other and looking away with their red faces.

Everyone else was back and looked at them in confusion seeing the scene. They shrugged before telling Kakashi to read further.

Naruto walked up to the boy and stopped him. The boy immediately reacted and smacked his hand away and continued to pound against the bars. "Don't touch me. Who are you?"

"We are slaves here too alright, so calm down?" The boy had paid no attention to Naruto. After several more moments, Naruto got ticked off and grabbed the boy and threw him away from the bars. "Stop it that is stupid."

"Why should I? I want out of here." The boy yelled at Naruto.

"We all want out but breaking your hands isn't going to help us get out." The boy looked down at his bruised hands, injured from hitting the bars. "Have you calmed down now?" The boy reluctantly nodded his head. "All right kid, well I'm Naruto Uzumaki. Who the hell are you supposed to be?"

The boy's lifted his head, showing his eyes through his blue hair. His eyes were brown and were glaring at Naruto with contempt. Around his right eye was a strange tattoo.

"I'm Jellal Fernandes. Who are you punk?"

Naruto groaned "Come on why does he have to be so rude" he said huffing.

Erza just laughed knowing these two would act like rivals and cause her counterpart to make sure she disciplines them.

Naruto gained a tick mark. He knew instantly.

This guy was going to be a pain.

"And that's this chapter done" Kakashi said closing the book. Everyone yawned a bit in tiredness.

"Well come on let's read the next chapter already" Kushina urged as Minato shook his head at his wife's impatience.

"So, who wants to read next?" Kakashi asked lazily looking around the room.

Cana raised her hand "Let me get a go at this" she in excitement. She was eager to get more teasing materials for Naruto and Erza.

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I know they aren't Erza's real parents but dammit I really like that in the original fanfic so I'm keeping it. Don't flame me too much pls.

Minato and Kushina have joined them for the ride and this'll make it so much more fun during the later parts of the story. Especially the steamy parts hehe. Anyways there was one thing I wanted to point out that some of you might think that was a bit out of character for Minato. His outburst during the Danzo part.

I've read some fics where Naruto meets his parents and explains his past where Kushina goes ballistics while Minato just stays calm like literally nothing happened. And that bothers me. I mean he sacrificed his life to protect his village and made his own son a jinchuriki. His last wish was for him to be treated as a hero and what do they do. They spat on his wish and made Naruto's life hell for 12 years. Hiruzen said he will take care of Naruto and take full responsibility and in this fic he just literally heard that Danzo basically tortured and used Naruto as a weapon so I think that Minato should also show a more vocal reaction than merely staying calm and saying sorry to Naruto. In my opinion that's just bullshit. Anyways, that's enough ranting from me.

Be sure to leave a review and point out my mistakes.

See you nex time.