Disclaimer: I don't Naruto or Fairy Tail. They are owned by Masashi Kishimoto and Hiro Mashima.

As Shikamaru lazily walked in front of the giant television as he picked up the story book and made himself comfortable, everyone else was talking, albeit in whispers, as the talk of the town seemed to be the hero of the 4th Great Shinobi War and the mysterious redhead visitor almost all of the clanheads of Konoha swore looked like the second coming of the legendary Akai Chishio no Habanero and for that, the clan heads all had the sudden urge to pity the blonde Uzumaki for being paired up with a mini-version of Kushina of all people.

"Neh, Yondaime-sama, what do you mean when you said that Naruto fulfilled his mother's wishes?" Sakura suddenly asked as she overheard Minato telling Hiruzen and Jiraiya about that fateful night when their teammate's mother gave their infant son an advice before they were killed.

The Namikaze smiled as he replied, "Before she eventually passed away, Kushina-chan told Naruto that if he's going to find a woman, he should find someone like her."

"If Kushina-sama meant that in a physical way, then Naruto had already fulfilled his late mother's wishes," Kakashi eyesmiled as they looked at the pair, who seemed to be awkward with each other as their reddening faces and shy glances says it all. "While we don't know yet is she's anything like Kushina-sama or Tsunade-sama in terms of other traits, I can say that I'm proud of him…" He said it in an obnoxious way as he giggled, causing both Sakura and Sasuke to be disgusted with their sensei.

"As long as the dobe finds happiness with that woman, then we're happy for him," the last Uchiha said stoically.

As everyone had their own conversations, Naruto was struggling to try and speak properly with Erza, who was likewise flustered to meet the boy, who basically complimented him without any hint of dirty thoughts. As both of them were sitting together while not saying anything at all, the redhead's thoughts went back to the time she was still in Fairy Hills...


It was already night time in Fairy Hills and for the last three months since the defeat and death of Acnologia and ending the war with the Alvarez Empire They came out victorious and everyone was happily celebrating because of the recent events. Erza's team was especially in a high morale as they didn't lose any of their nakama and as a result, they have been celebrating more than usual.

At this point, everyone in the guild was either heavily intoxicated in beer or were busy brawling out with each other, as in the case of Gray and Natsu. However, instead of sitting in the table while devouring a plate of strawberry cake, she was instead in her own room as she was lying on the floor while she hasn't even changed her clothes.

It's the blonde boyto—I mean, beautiful boy again…

The Titania was thinking about the dreams that she was lately having—again if one needed to know. It all started since coming back safely from the Tower of Heaven and it always have the same pattern—the mentioned blonde boy will always appear to her while they're in a large and wide field of fallen sakura petals and lush grasses and each time, the boy will always extend his hand towards her and before she can go grab it, she would suddenly awaken.

He's been in my dreams for the 15th time now. She had to admit, though, that even if she had a romantic interest with a certain bluenette, the blonde didn't look so bad either.

She did not know what to make of her dreams. Was this someone trying to warn me of something or was it just a normal dream...or rather, an abnormal one. Her thoughts came to a halt when a bright light suddenly appeared in front of her at her bedroom.

When the light died down, she was surprised to see that behind the light was someone she didn't expect to appear.

"Sho-Shodaime-sama?!" Erza said, stunned to see their guild's founder Mavis Vermillion standing in front of her.

"I hope I didn't shock you so much, Erza-chan," Mavis said cutely. "By the way, I wanted to know…how was your dreams with that blonde boy toy of yours…"

"It was just fi—whaaaa…I-I mean…" the redhead stammered, stunned to hear the question of the fairy tactician. "How did you even know that I…"

"Don't be surprised because there is something behind those dreams of yours…" Mavis smiled like an all-knowing prankster. "You see…the boy in your dreams was your alternate self's future lover and eventual husband…"

Upon hearing those words, Erza nearly choked upon the word "husband" as she violently tried to deny it, much to Mavis' amusement. The latter then filled in on what happened for the past few days and the important things she needed to know, such as the life of the blonde that she's eventually going to meet and what happened to him and his alternate self.

After that, Erza nearly had a mental breakdown as she realized that the blonde in her dreams was taken as prisoner in the same place that she was held captive.

"Shodaime-sama…so what will happen now? Will the dreams stop?"

"This, Erza-chan…"

After Mavis snapped her fingers, a sudden ball of blue light suddenly appeared in front of her and before she knew, she was engulfed by it.


"Erza-chan…hey, Erza-chan…"

"Whaaa—" Erza Scarlet was taken out of her thoughts by Uzumaki Naruto, who smiled at her (even if he's shy himself) while saying, "Erza-chan, Shikamaru is starting to read chapter 3 of the book. Let's listen to him now…" He ended his statement by flashing his foxy grin while giving her a thumbs-up.

Her heart nearly pounded wildly as his very affectionate smile as she turned away to try and bring her flustered face back to normal while saying a small thank you. Dammit, Erza, you're supposed to be the Titania, not a sleazy fangirl!

Chapter 3: Things Called Guilds

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"I'm Naruto. Naruto Uzumaki."

"Hi Naruto. I'm Erza."

Both Naruto and Erza smiled at each other shyly while the rest of the Konoha body watched the two with amused looks.

"It seems like you and Kushina will have mini-mes of yourselves…" Hiruzen stated as Minato was scratching his head at that statement.

"After what happened with that brat, he needs it," Tsunade added.

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-nee-chan is already getting worried about boss!" Konohamaru said with a teasing smirk towards the redhead whose face turned complete scarlet along with Naruto, who was glaring while trying to make his fanboy shut up.

"W-w-what ar-are you talking about boyfriend?" she managed to stutter out, "And what do you mean, nee-chan?!"

"I'm Naruto-senpai's young brother in all but blood so that make you my older sister!" The younger Sarutobi reasoned out.

"We just needed to wait for the day Naruto will bed his future wife—" Jiraiya stopped rambling as he was launched upwards with a uppercut from Tsunade.

"I'm so proud of you, Naruto…" Kakashi sniffed, wiping away a tear while both Naruto and Erza hid their faces in their hands while the latter was wondering why she was the only Fairy Tail member to be here—in a place full the brim of Konoha shinobis.

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 the initiative to answer something that has been bothering him and narrowed his eyes. "Erza-san…can you explain to us what The tower means?" he asked loudly.

Steeling her resolves as she herself was still suffering from the effects of the mental breakdown she had before she was transported here, she clenches her fists as she explained, "Alternate Naruto-kun here was transported to the Tower of Heaven, a magical item built by followers of dark cult to revive a dead person. They used slaves to build the tower."

It took nearly ten second for the whole group to absorb what Erza said before Tsunade exploded.

"SO IN OTHER WORDS, HE WAS TAKEN AS A SLAVE THERE!" the female Senju shouted angrily as everyone flinched from the outburst.

"So one bad luck after another…" Sasuke shakes his head. "I thought alternate dobe there is going to find his peace. Turns out it would take a while…"

"Naruto-kun…" Hinata sadly said.

"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.

Erza looked at her seatmate, who seemed to be trying to avoid her gaze, and quickly said in a steely tone, "Interesting, Naruto-kun. Would you mind explaining me that by detail?" She wasn't informed about the part about Danzo, only that his alternate self- suffered greatly. She asked in a tone that told Naruto that he shouldn't lie or else, she would gladly punish him for it. As if making her silent threat real, she quickly took out her sword, its grazing sound making the rest of the Konoha 11 wince as Kiba instinctively hug Shino in fear of the redhead.

"Shit! She's starting to act like Mito-chan/Kushina-chan!" Hashirama and Minato felt like they were being bombarded by PTSD.

"I'm beginning to like her!" Anko Mitarashi admitted as she quickly began to adore the way the redhead put some fear into the heart of the blonde.

Naruto sighed before retelling his counterparts' story with Danzo as everyone once again feared and expected Erza to suddenly begin to ooze killer intent. They didn't have to wait as a dark spirit was oozing off the redhead as she held her sword and quickly asked where is the mummy so that she can get rid of him once and for all.

"D-Don't worry, Erza-chan, he's dead…both his real self and alternate self…" Naruto felt like crying as he didn't know if he could survive this one.

Fortunately for everyone, Erza seemed to be satisfied with the blonde's answer as she calmed down and sat down with gracefulness.

"Wh-what w-was that…" Tenten stuttered out in fear. She was horrified because she swore she felt herself getting killed by the armored woman and had almost passed out from not being able to breath under the pressure.

"I think I need to pray for Naruto's safety…" Sakura was horrified that their teammate would possibly marry someone as scary as her.

"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!"

"What the hell, Erza…" Naruto looked at his seatmate, who was smugly looking at him. "Why are you doing that to my alternate self…"

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

"Tsunade-san is right, Naruto-kun," Erza huffed. "You deserved to be hit."

"I feel sorry for the kid…" Shikaku sighed.

Naruto felt a cloud of depression rain over his head, making the redhead sweatdrop while awkwardly trying to console him by patting his back.

"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.

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.

"Don't you think that Erza-san is like a combination of Kushina-sama and Tsunade-sama…" Shizune pointed out.

"Now that I think of it…" Jiraiya trailed as he imagined the redhead with them with the characteristics of Kushina and his teammate and it wasn't long before he had a horrified expression. "Why did the world even let that exist…"

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…" Inoichi sighed sadly as the others frowned at that.

And now it's going to get worse because of that damned tower. Erza thought angrily before forcing herself to calm down. She couldn't do anything right now so all she could do is to be with the boy besides her.

"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…" Tsunade said, smiling at the image of Rob.

"I can imagine being friends with him…" Hiruzen thought he can share the glory of rice wine and Icha Icha with Rob.

"He was a good grandpa to me…and my very first hero…" Erza smiled sadly at her former guardian, wiping 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.

"I'm glad you were there for him, Kakashi-san," Erza smiled at Naruto's sensei.

"It was nothing. I should have tried harder, though," Kakashi eyesmiled at his student's possible fiancée.

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 nearly cried, 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 kitsune partner.

"That looks like a lot of chakra for alternate Naruto to use," Shino pointed out at the humongous amount of visible chakra that Naruto had at his disposal.

Erza looked intrigued. Turning towards the Naruto, she asked, "Can you explain to me what this chakra is like? Is it something of a life force?"

"Yeah, something like that," Naruto nodded. "It's what we use to mold even the most basic of our ninja techniques. In fact, there are some types of chakra like the chakra of Kurama and Senjutu Chakra."

Erza nodded as she said, "We also have something like that called Ethernano. It's our source for our Magic."

Every shinobi present looked interested in hearing what Erza said. I might ask her later about the specifics of their magic and if we can learn it. Tobirama was particularly looking forward to have a chat with the redhead.

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 then finally understood why Kurama looked like this. Why he didnt talk or react how he usually did. This was just a memory.

An echo of himself. The body he left behind.

Kurama was gone.

Erza then touched Naruto's hand by reflexes while saying, "At least, your counterpart have something to remember by for years to come."

Naruto felt a bit better after hearing the redhead say that as he gave her a small smile "Y-Yeah…"

She smiled back at him as everyone voiced their support. "They looked so cute…" Ino commented while Chouji was busy ripping off a new bag of chips.

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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, Naruto…" Sasuke sighed at his best friend. Sakura nodded her head, agreeing with the Last Uchiha.

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 Konoha shinobi smiled at the concern that the little girl showed for alternate Naruto. Hiruzen finally understood why the girl was reacting so strongly when she came here.

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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 who knew the blonde can understand how he felt right now. Erza looked down sadly for a second before looking at him while explaining how the cult used inhumane methods of discipline to keep them in line.

Naruto gritted his teeth in anger hearing the answer as everyone frowned while some were showing the same attitude as Naruto such as Rock Lee, Neji and Shikamaru.

"This won't go well for Naruto for a while…" Kakashi said seriously while everyone agreed with him.

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.

Erza took deep breaths to calm herself. She was not liking this part one bit. Seeing herself and Naruto being tortured and shocked at such a young age was bringing up the bad memories of the real Tower of Heaven.

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.

"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.

"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.

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.

"Disgusting…" Tsume frowned at the way they treat Naruto and the other slaves.

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.

"It looks like Medical Ninjutsu," Tsunade was genuinely interested in Rob's magic.

"It's Healing Magic, Tsunade-san," Erza replied. "As the name implies, it focuses mainly on healing and replenishing."

Interesting. The busty had a feeling that had Erza been a shinobi, she would be a perfect student of the Godaime.

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…you look cute there, Erza-chan…" Naruto teased his seatmate.

Erza's cheeks burned red again hearing her seatmate cooing and gushing at her being cute. She can only glare at the blonde, who just grinned even more in return.

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."

Shino shook his head, "Unfortunately, I think there's this possibility that he won't be able to heal Naruto."

"Huh?" Kiba looked at him with disbelief. "Why not? The old man just did it with Erza."

"One, as Erza-san said a while back, they use an energy source completely different from chakra," Shino patiently explained. "Two, it might have a detrimental effect on Naruto, who is a living storage for a large amount of chakra."

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."

"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."

"I hate it when you're right," Kiba groaned at Shino, who simply nodded back.

"Wait…didn't Naruto have his healing factor since he was a Jinchuuriki?" Sakura asked.

"It's probably because the fox had already "passed" away and without the mind, the lumps of chakra won't do anything without something directing it," Sasuke explained.

"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, sensei," Hiruzen looked at Tobirama. "Hashirama-sensei must have really met Rob-san there."

Hashirama looked intrigued for a second and asked, "Do you think Mito's descendant will meet my alternate self there?"

"There's the possibility that Naruto will eventually encounter you in the future chapters…" Minato replied. "Who knows…maybe he can help Naruto eventually use the excess chakra that he has…"

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."

"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.

"So I was right all along," Tobirama said, a bit proud of himself. "I needed to know this piece of information."

"You needed to loosen up, Tobirama," Hashirama chuckled. "You're too serious at this point."

"And it looks like that you alternate self will finally learn that he's in a different dimension or place," Erza said to Naruto, who just hummed and nodded.

"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.

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

"Sucks to be you, dobe," Sasuke shook his head at the scene.

"That's my alternate self but I do get your point, Teme…" Naruto grimaced. It seemed that wherever he went, bad luck will follow him.

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

"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."

"And you were right, Uchiha," Neji said, quite impressed at how the last living Sharingan bearer was able to deduce how the tailed beast chakra can't be utilized by alternate Naruto.

Sasuke had a smug smile at Neji's comment.

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 beamed at his seatmate, who just looked away while muttering something about taking a break from Lucy's smut novels.

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.

The redhead frowned cutely at that's scene.

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.

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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 had a sudden shudder hearing that as he felt like this person wouldn't leave him alone if he met him. "Seriously? Even men?" he asked while Erza chuckled nervously as she answered.

"Y-Yes…" she said, remembering the Blue Pegasus guild master from their Lullaby mission.

"He's even worse than Gai…" Kakashi muttered, fearing for his virginity if ever he encountered Bob.

"I pity you, older brother," Tobirama said nonchalantly.

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.

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

"I feel you…" Naruto muttered to himself, having his own experience of beat downs in the hands of 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.

The three Senjus present narrowed their eyes at that.

"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.

"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."

"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.

"What is your relation with this Makarov-jii-san, Erza-chan?" Naruto asked.

Erza's eyebrow twitched as he bopped his head, "Don't call him that and his our guildmaster—and my acting father. I never met my father and my mother…" She trailed off, not wanting to talk about her late mother yet.

Naruto noticed this and decided not to press further—for now.

"If ever we meet this Makarov guy, he can be a good companion for drinks, sensei," Hiruzen said lightheartedly.

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.

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 and Hiruzen yelled in anger, hearing that.

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

"So unyouthful!" Gai and Lee both said as they angrily pointed at the screen.

Erza sighed, "It had always been like that whenever the council is involved, one way or another."

"So you also have those, Erza-san," Shizune grimaced, not being a fan of both Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu.

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.

"What is Abyss Break and Jupiter, Erza-chan?" Naruto asked.

"Abyss Break is a forbidden spell that can wipe off a whole village in one shot," Erza explained, not liking the news at all. "Jupiter is a magic item consisting of a large cannon. Its power is devastating enough to destroy a large fleet of ships."

"That terrifying?" Tsunade asked. "Uchiha Madara was probably the only one who can be scarier than that."

"And good thing that Danzo is already dead. He would salivate at the prospect of having such super weapon in his hands," Shikaku said, making everyone blanch at that prospect.

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.

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.

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.

Every shinobi present smiled at that.

"Erza-san, please send my thanks to Makarov-san after all of there is finished," Hashirama said.

"Of course, Hashirama-san."

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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 was tempted to go Six Paths over the scene.

The rest of the shinobi was glaring at the jailer that was trying to torture their hero.

"I hate these monsters! They're hurting boss!" Konohamaru snarled at the guard along with his friends.

Hinata glared at the scene. While she may still be a bit sad that someone else had managed to claim her Naruto, she would still want to see her crush be happy, even if with someone else.

"If Kushina sees this, all hell break loose," Minato sighed while nearly grabbing his tri-pronged kunai.

Erza smiled at them seeing their protective nature, especially Naruto. She was a bit confused at that because every time she saw Naruto standing up for her or comforting her during this story, she felt all warm and fuzzy in her stomach and her heartbeat would speed up a bit. What the hell is this feeling?! Would Jellal be angry with me when he sees me with another man?

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 sighed at the reminder 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…" Sakura said sadly, remembering what Danzo and his ROOT Anbu did to Naruto in the story.

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, Jiraiya, Sasuke, Hiruzen, the Senjus, and the other older shinobi cringed, remembering the same thing happening to them after their first kill and how they coped with it after that and got used to it.

"That's going to haunt him for a while," Inoichi said, giving sympathetic looks at Naruto and his alternate self.

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

"I'm tempted to use my Six Paths on him…" Naruto growled out with a harsh glare at the jailer.

Erza somehow managed to calm him down by holding his right hand softly.

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?"

"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."

Erza felt her heart break at seeing Naruto so broken and helpless. She inhaled as tears rained at her eyes before they fell down her cheeks. Naruto hugged the redhead knight while Erza simply didn't go of him as she hoped her counterpart can help him cheer up.

"I'll say it again…it was foolish of me to even take Danzo as a student," Tobirama frowned at the scene.

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 alternate self was up to. Jiraiya and Minato perked up hearing what the redhead said.

"So he does end up joining in your guild, Erza-san," Sakura smiled, feeling their hopes for the blonde restored.

"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.

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

Minato was in tears, "That was beautiful, Erza-san…"

"So cuute!" Ino squealed.

"Way to go, Erza-nee-chan!" Konohamaru approved.

Naruto grinned at her "You did it again," he chuckled. "Thank you for helping me find my way back, Erza-chan…"

Erza's face was now completely pinkish-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. Tsunade and the rest of the kunoichis smiled seeing Erza getting flustered while Minato shook his head at his son's denseness. Ino and her co-conspirator in Konohamaru were giggling at the poor redhead who was too embarrassed to even look at the blonde.

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.

"They look so happy together," Tenten said, gaining nods from the eccentric Lee and the somewhat-broody Neji. Even Hinata had to agree with that.

"I'm glad they're both happy and hopefully they will get out of there as soon as possible. I ahte to see them there," Tsunade 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.

"Seriously, Naruto?" Sasuke looked at his blonde friend in disappointment, "I know you were a loser but I didn't know you were this big of a moron."

"What the hell, Naruto! That was the worst thing to say to Erza-chan!" Ino scolded the Uzumaki.

"Naruto, there's a difference between the male and the female human being," Shino said to him blankly.

"Wow, Naruto-nii-chan! You'll make Erza-nee-chan angry like that!" Dammit, even Konohamaru was chiding him.

"That's my counterpart, dammit!" Naruto yelled before he suddenly felt a cold and ominous feeling besides him. Turning his head in fear, he noticed his future wife suddenly looking like a reincarnation of the Shinigami.

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

All the kunoichis were smirking evilly at Naruto while Erza started stepping forward towards Naruto with a sword in her hand.

Rest in peace, Naruto… All the male ninjas can only pray for the soul of their hero while they all flinched at the sight of the sharp and gleaming sword.

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. "My counterpart didn't mean that. He meant to say that you're a very beautiful girl Erza, I swear!" he said in a panic.

To their astonishment, Erza's entire face turned red at the sudden compliment as she suddenly steamed off.

Naruto continued with his apologies as Shikamaru decided to move on and let his friend try and save himself. Hopefully, there won't be any bad stuff happening in the book to make his friend'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 Sasuke sighed and rubbed his temples feeling a headache coming.

"That's going to hurt," Kiba winced.

"Very Kushina-like. My wife's going to instantly fall in love with her," Minato chuckled nervously at Naruto, whose relieved expression turned to horror at seeing the scene.

Though there were other who actually approved of what the alternate Naruto did.

"So daring, Naruto!" One Konoha shinobi said.

"Teach us master!"

And most of all…

"Yatta, Naruto!" Jiraiya had tears of joy falling down in his face.

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 curled up into a ball of depression as comical tears ran down his face while muttering about him not being a pervert like a certain Ero Sennin.

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

"What did I do?"

"Poor chibi Naruto doesn't even know what he did…" Ino said, giggling at his cluelessness. The others sweat dropped at hearing the Yamanaka's nickname for the kid Naruto.

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

"Now now, Naruto-chan, I'm sure my counterpart will understand your reasoning…" she said giggling with a mischievous smirk that intimidated 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," Choza snickered at the scene.

"Troublesome…" Shikaku muttered.

Everyone else laughed at Choza's comment while Naruto and Erza blushed at that.

"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 beat down little Naruto 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.

"Such strength for a small girl…" Shizune noted.

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

Erza's eyes widened upon hearing that insensitive statement from her counterpart. Knowing Naruto being an orphan, she looked at him with a shameful expression, "Naruto I—she didn't mean it. I—"

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 for you to apologize…" he said with a grin, causing the redhead to almost hug him for his cuteness before he eventually took control of herself.

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—at least before she realized who her mother was. Since this is an alternate dimension, would this mean that things would be much different—like my parents? 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 just 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 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."

"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?"

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.

"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."

"So smart and sly…" Ino smirked, causing everyone to look at her. "I bet that isn't the only reason she wants him to come with her to this Fairy Tail guild."

"Of course, she's keeping tabs on boss so that no one else can stake their claim on him," Konohamaru quickly got Ino's subtle meaning. "She'll kill any other female who comes close to Naruto-nii-chan!"

"Ohhhh…" The rest quickly understood it and looked at Erza, who was flustered at what Ino said.

"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."

"So Kushina-like," Minato, Kakashi, Jiraiya, Tsunade, Hiruzen, Hiashi, Tsume, Shikaku, Inoichi, Choza, and Shibi muttered as Hashirama sighed, remembering that Mito used to be like this during their time. And the generation after us got Kushina to terrorize them all. The First Hokage thought. And now, the present generation got Erza-san to terrorize them in the future. Granted, she's not an Uzumaki by blood but she'll be married to one anyway and she acts like a disciplinarian. What's with redheads and their temper…

"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.

"Considering it's the dobe, I agree," Sasuke nodded.

"Hey!"

"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 the shinobi rolled their eyes playfully.

Tsunade decided to pop out his ego, "Naruto, you do realize your counterpart doesn't know anything about shadow clones, right?" she said as Naruto deflated while Erza giggled at his expression.

Kawaii!

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

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

"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.

Erza and Naruto smiled at the scene as they subconsciously leaned towards one another.

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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.

"So bad and gross," Sasuke said.

"Were you expecting any better?" Neji asked.

"Honestly, no."

Naruto glared at the two doujutsu wielders. This is so embarrassing for me and chibi-me!

"You have very bad handwriting."

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

"That's right, Erza-san," Tsunade said. "Be ready to always tell the truth to the brat." Erza beamed at that.

"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.

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.

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.

Naruto noticed her expression and asked, "You know him?"

Erza merely nodded, making Naruto quiet as he didn't want to make it harder for her.

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?"

"So rude," Minato sweatdropped.

Naruto groaned, "Come on, why does he have to be like that."

Erza just smiled softly, 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…" Shikamaru said, closing the book while yawning. Everyone yawned a bit in tiredness.

"So you've finished once again…"

"Great, it's her again," Everyone groaned as they saw the fairy suddenly appear before them.

"Shodaime-sama…" Erza mumbled btu was heard anyway.

"Shodaime?" Hashirama blinked. He was the only one in the whole group of ninjas who had that title.

"Ara, ara, Erza-chan, don't spoil the fun. I will introduce myself after you all finish the two chapters. Now that the third chapter is done, there will be two more chapters before you all go to sleep." Everyone looked at herm, prodding the fairy to explain. "We are in a special dimension where time and space doesn't affect reality. A year in this dimension can only be 1 minute or so in the West and East."

"West and East?"

"Fufufufu. You didn't know that the Elemental Nations and the Ishgar continent are only in one planet, afterall." She explained, quickly gaining astonished looks from everyone present. "Granted, the shinobi of the Elemental World rarely or never goes out of their Eastern continent and the same thing goes for the sorcerers of the West."

That makes sense. Everyone thought, not thinking of a possible expedition to the West and vice versa.

"But before you all read Chapter 4, there will be another guest who will be arriving today," she looked at Erza, who was taken aback by her smile.

Before anyone else can continue, a bright crimson light suddenly appeared before them and as they watched the fairy disappear, she was replaced by another person.

Standing in front of them was a tall, voluptuous woman with thickly braided, bow-adorned, scarlet hair. Her two front braids have two golden ornaments near the upper sections; she also wears two U-shaped earrings (one on each ear), and wears red lipstick.

Hot! Every male present had massive nosebleed as they nearly fainted.

Her clothing was a isqué version of the typical witch's garb. Her black top has a diamond-shaped opening, exposing a portion of her breasts, and a heart-shaped pattern around the borders. It extends down to the naval of her stomach where it meets a large angular scar, is draped over by a dark-colored cape with a light-colored inside and two medallion gold-like ornaments, and is held together by a golden chain. She also had an elongated black loincloth with the symbol with a weird symbol, black boots, and a black witch's hat is much larger than her head and more elaborate than Tobirama's fur collar.

As the woman seemed to have been surprised and annoyed to be transported here, her brown orbs managed to land to the pair of scarlet and yellow, causing her to gape in shock.

"E-Erza…" The woman can only manage to say.

The female knight can only look away in both slight fear and nervousness as she used Naruto as her shield while saying, "Mo-Mother…"

The newcomer then raised her eyes up and quickly noticed the large number of shinobis, who are watching her with calculating eyes. "Uh…hi…" She said in a loud voice. "I think I needed to introduce myself. I'm Irene Belserion and as you see, Erza here is my daughter."

Silence followed her reply before massive cries started erupting.

"WHAAT?!"

"Seriously! That hot chick is Erza-san's mother?!"

"So that means, she's Naruto-nii-chan's mother-in-law?!"

"I'm envying Naruto right now!"

Hearing the cries, Irene then returned her gaze to the blonde, who only stared back. "I see…" she calmly said. "Nice to meet you, my future son-in-law."

Naruto can only blink. Something with her raises red flags in his mind. "N-Nice to m-m-meet you too, mother-in-law…"