"Ehhh.. I don't get it!"
"It's so simple, ugh... Just go in that direction, okay? Go straight and then turn to the left."
"Y-Your left or mine...?"
"JUST GO, STOP BOTHERING ME!"
"Hai, hai, calm down old man..." With a sweatdrop and a goofy, slightly irritated expression, Naruto walked away.
A strange conversation it was. Naruto, a fairly tall; somewhat muscular and a good-looking teenager with weird whisker marks around his cheeks had just asked for directions from a random stranger - directions he couldn't quite comprehend or more like he was just messing around. Keeping them in mind, he walked where directed and reached his destination: A huge guild building. The blond cocked his head up and down, thoroughly inspecting the building and took a proper view of it, 'Looks quite good!' he thought to himself. The building seemed to have three floors, with each floor becoming smaller, meaning it was meant for less people. "I guess the second floor is where the s-class mages are..." he stared for a bit more... "Um... what am I doing here? I should just walk in instead of staring at it like an idiot... Yosh!" with that said, the blond walked to the door excitedly and pushed it open.
Inside the building was... quite... chaotic. Literally everyone was being weird and wacky, there was this pink haired guy beating up a naked guy in just boxers, another slightly taller guy was screaming about being a man, a girl in just bikini was fondling another blonde girl who was trying to interact with this blue-haired girl with glasses on, holding a book. Another red-haired girl seemed... quite angry, she was walking to the duo that was fighting. It was indeed quite chaotic, so much so the door opening sound wasn't heard by anyone despite it being kind of loud.
'Eto... is this really the place? Everyone seems retarded here...' Sweatdropping at the sight before him, Naruto sighed and walked inside. Once in, he noticed this girl serving drinks to two middle-aged men and an old guy, she seemed nice and sane. Apparently she also noticed his existence unlike the rest since she started waving at him with a gentle smile even, so the blond made his way to her, avoiding getting in the way of everyone else.
"Welcome to Fairy Tail, how may I help you?~" The silver-haired girl namely Mirajane spoke to him as he approached the bar, her expression being a kind smile, and her delivery of words was cheerful. Naruto smiled back, 'SHE IS MY SAVIOR IN THIS SHITTY TOWN!' the teenager shed comical tears with his heart reaching max happiness.
"Um, I have money issues and therefore, would like to work here as a mage temporarily. If that's possible..." Naruto responded to her. Keeping her smile, she replied "I see, hehe. I'd like to help you with that but you should honestly consult the master about that. Sorry..."
Naruto raised an eyebrow, "And where is your master? Master Makarov I mean." Makarov was quite famous, being one of the ten wizard saints, he was bound to be. The girl pointed her finger at one of the three men she was serving drinks to, the oldest of them and the... weakest looking one. Makarov chugged his drink down, seeing as it looked to be an important matter. Naruto tilted his head down to meet Makarov's gaze as well, staring at him for a few seconds… "THIS SHORTY IS THE MASTER?!" He shouted in utter shock, his expectations all subverted. The blond just couldn't accept that this tiny little guy could be the guild master 'I KNOW LOOKS CAN BE DECEIVING BUT WHAT THE HELL IS THIS THING?!' The tickmark on Makarov's head made it clear that he felt a teensy bit offended to Naruto's remark about him while Mirajane just giggled to what Naruto said. Clearly she found this fun.
"YES.. I'm the master..." The old man replied quite angrily.
"You sure don't look like it…" Naruto almost laughed but tried to contain his laughter, pissing the old man off even more.
"I won't let an insulting brat like yourself who has no idea of how to respect his elders join the guild!" While Mira was surely amused by the conversation, Naruto was not - his job was at risk and Makarov wasn't enjoying being made fun of too much, so the blond needed to hold back.
"Alright alright, I'm sorry. Jeez..." Naruto apologized, hoping he'd be let off for his little joke and not lose his potential job. The old man just sighed to this as he folded his arms and looked away, somewhat denying to forgive and let the guy join.
"Aw come on master, stop being a tsuntsun, he even apologized~ He seems like a good person. Forgive him, for me?" Mira interrupted before the blond had to say anything further in his defense. She really was a sweet girl, or so the boy thought.
"Well..." The old man sighed and continued "If you are asking me to, I will reconsider."
"Yaaaay!" She hugged the master, "I knew you were just putting up an act~" The silverette turned to Naruto and continued, "Master may seem like a stoic, serious, shitty old geezer but he is really kind, um..." Mirajane realized she didn't even know the name of this teenager she had been supporting.
'I'M NOT A SHITTY OLD MAN DAMN IT!' The wizard saint wanted to respond to how smartly Mira had called him a shitty old guy but her hug was quite relaxing and even he was weak to it, plus he was drunk so he just remained in her arms, embraced.
"... What's your name again?" She asked with curious eyes as she made an o shaped mouth.
"Naruto!"
"Ah, Naruto, gotcha. Welcome to Fairy Tail, Naruto-kun~" Mira winked at him and gave him a thumbs up.
A faint blush took over his cheeks, "A-Arigatou, so how do I sign up!?" The blond was excited and hungry and broke. He needed a job as soon as possible and he was about to get it, his excitement and rush was understandable.
"Wait..."
They both looked at Makarov who had just spoken, "Being a mage is risky in and of itself but being part of a guild is even more. Fairy Tail has friends, but it also has rivals and even enemies, can you really hold your own?" Mirajane looked in awe and clapped her hands "The master can sound really serious when he wants to!"
Naruto slowly nodded, "Yes sir. I can definitely do that... I won't drag you people down or make trouble for you!"
"Why would I believe a total stranger like you?" Makarov raised an eyebrow and stared right in the boy's determined eyes. The blond waited a few seconds before he finally made a response, "I'm not so stupid as to go ahead and challenge you. You are a wizard saint, but I can fight any member of your choosing and win against them and prove my worth!"
"Oho, any member?" The old man smirked.
'Preferably no s-class mages! Those are troublesome...' so he thought to himself but stood his ground anyways, "Yes. Anyone will do." The blond firmly replied while Mirajane just continued to observe, slightly excited for a new member to join her guild family. "Alright! I hope you don't regret this... NATSU!" His voice echoed for a bit and the pink-haired guy stopped fighting with the now-naked mage and walked over to the old man.
"What is it you geezer? I was almost done beating that naked monkey, Gray!" The teenager called Natsu furiously responded. "Remember that mess you made last week? I was called by the council and had to deal with quite a lot... I STILL HAVEN'T FORGIVEN YOU FOR IT!"
"O-Oh.. I-I destroyed a b-building... BUT it was unintentional I tell you!" Sweating plenty as he looked away and avoided eye contact with Makarov due to his guilt. Natsu knew the master was kind but he could also be very strict. The blonde girl who was finally done being fondled by the girl who was now drunk and on the floor also walked to Natsu. The armored girl and the naked guy now known as Gray walked over as well, some interested in the stranger and some just to see what was going on, after all they didn't want to be left out of any fun.
"Unintentional you say? WELL... I'll forgive you on one condition..." Makarov said, his voice becoming vicious as his body grew in size and became muscular.
"Oh boy, master is going giant mode!" Thought the naked guy as he smiled, punishment for Natsu? He was all for it. The blonde girl just looked terrified "No! No! No!" and cried comically, she thought she was going to get a beating too since she was with Natsu on that quest. A blue cat flew over from the chaos and sat on the pinkette's shoulder, panicking as well "Let's make a run for it, Natsu!" he suggested.
"True men never run away!" screamed the manly guy from the background, doing his own thing. The redhead walked beside Naruto and just observed him and the amused Mira, she wanted to know what all of this was about.
"What condition?" Natsu inflamed his fists and was ready to fight the master if need be for his survival. Makarov suddenly went back to his original, smaller form and sighed "Fight this guy." He pointed at Naruto.
"A fight eh? You can count on me!" The pinkette grinned and walked close to the blond with his cat of course, "Let's do it you cat guy... because whiskers. Let's fight!"
"Says the guy with a cat on his shoulder..." interrupted Gray with a smirk on his face and a thumb pointing at himself. He was quite proud of his joke.
"Shut up you naked monkey!" While these two insulted each other, Naruto looked over at Makarov, "So he is the one, huh?" the old man nodded to which Naruto grinned. He punched his fists together "Yosh! I'll make sure I win!" Natsu heard this, "Ugh! Let's continue this later, Gray. I gotta take care of the cat guy first, after all I don't want to be punished..." His eyes almost teared up as he thought of the possibilities of what the master could bestow upon him.
Natsu looked at Naruto "Hehe, we'll see about that cat guy because I'm not planning on losing either!"
"Don't call me that you girl, I'm not a cat, baka!" Both readied themselves to fight as the rest just quietly observed.
'I can't afford to lose this... I need to keep my promise and go back... I must!'
AN: Eh, yeah. That was it. I was just sitting around lazily, doing nothing and felt like killing time and came up with this thing. I do have an idea of where I want to take it and have an ending planned but let's see how it goes. Anyway, I hope you enjoyed the read, and thank you for reading! Have a good day.