Titania and The Hunter

by Master Attlon

Born as a human. Treated as a demon. Gathered as a slave. Viewed as a leader. Traveled as a Mage. Grew as a Legend. The journey and life of The Hunter, Naruto Uzumaki

7. Get Strong or Give Up!

Titania and The Hunter

Chapter 7: Get Strong or Give Up!

Disclaimer: What could I ever own?

Original Concept by Kur0Kishi

I see that a lot of people are hoping I continue with some of the other stories. I like that. Gets my hopes up.

Speaking of hopes: Sshhhhhiiiiitttttttt! A few more weeks! All I had to do was wait a few more weeks and these bomb shells could have been integrated easier into the story! Don't want to waste time so I shall continue my crushed plans and fantasies at the end.

Sorry this came out so late. Honestly; writers block and laziness. I could just walk around with drool dripping from my chin and that would have been an improvement.

By the way, now that I'm getting further into this series I will probably start adding pictures to my profile. I already have some of Erza's parents and the swords. Along with future pictures to add with my other stories.

Also, I should state this now. This fic will be a combination of anime and manga. Anime because it goes deeper into events and manga because they portray characters better.

Now as far as anime, recent Fairy Tail. Awesome Anime Opening and FUCK YEAH ERZA

Nothing else at this point so...

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January 15, X777: Hargeon Port

The sun rose upon the port town as everybody started to do their daily work. Civilians all walked around the market to purchase imported fruit and fish. Children were running around, chasing each other. And a few men were throwing papers to each building they could find.

A middle-aged man with black and white hair walked out of his store. He raised his hand to block out the sunlight that was pounding down on his adjusting eyes. The old man grumbled and yawned as he bent down and picked up the newspaper. He walked back into the store and warehouse he owned. He sat near the counter of the shop and flicked the paper open. He skimmed through the first few articles to find something interesting. And then noticed what was written on the front page.

Heartfilia Konzern Takes Big Bunce Down!

As we all know, for some time the big corporate Heartfilia powerhouse has been hounding the Bunce organization for their business across the countries. Wishing to join businesses and expand the rail tracks and increase their reach. But the Bunce group has held out, wanting to outdo their competitors in this field. But today, the Heartfilia Konzern has bought out the Bunce Corporation and taken control of the entire east half of the rails in Fiore. Insuring that the Konzern will expand and grow to become even more profitable than it already was.

But in the wake of this buy out, the Bunce Corporation has gone bankrupt. One of the oldest and wealthiest families in Fiore is now destitute. What the Bunces' are most renowned for is their artifact collecting through the ages. Their most famous purchase was the auction of 500 Million-

"Pfft, more fat cats having to live with the rest of us in the gutter. That ain't news. I swear, all of these rich guys are going to be joining us in the bowels of society soon enough." He spoke loudly so his assistant in the back could hear him as he lifted crates around. The older man waited for a reply but did not receive one.

He looked back to the paper in hopes of finding something good. "Hmph, maybe there is something in the sports or funnies." He continued to rifle through the paper to try and find something interesting. He reached the middle of the newspaper and found the magical announcement.

He furrowed his eyes at the bad news he was reading. The articles over the last few weeks had all been about the same horrible rumor that was passing all over Fiore. That several dark guilds were starting to team up and work together. They had started to take control of weaker guilds and were building some kind of team amongst themselves. The man knew what that meant. That there was a dark cloud boding over the peaceful state Fiore was in. Causing a wave of fear and angst among most of the wizards and civilians in Fiore.

He then looked down at the following article which was written in a smaller box but was obviously just as important as the preceding note.

Damnation Sighted! Fear Strikes The Hearts Of The Peaceful People!

As most of the citizens of Fiore know, there is a rumor spreading around that the Dark Guilds are joining forces. Whether this is true or just an idea spread around by a joker, we cannot be certain. But we do know that a true threat has reared its ugly head into our eyes.

Damnation.

For those who don't know what Damnation is you must have been living under a rock for too long. Damnation is infamous across the entire nation and beyond as one of the oldest, largest, and most feared independent guilds in history.

They have gathered many followers and have trained to make each of their members stronger than most mages. And they have been watched and hunted by many guilds and mages for several decades. But none have succeeded, or returned.

At the announcement of this rumor, they have sprung into action. Several small groups traveled around the country in search of these guilds. To hope and reinforce their belief. That they will protect this country. By any way possible.

If you see any member carrying this insignia, please contact the closest Rune Knight Faction or Magic Council attention building.

The man looked below the emergency warning article at the emblem of the independent terrorist faction. A picture of a fist clenched within a burning fire. Signifying that they would do anything for their cause, even if they burned in the fires of hell.

"Man, it is scary to think that there are people out there like that. That can just kill and do what they want because they think it is righteous. Hey kid, make sure you stay away from those guys, okay?" The man barely looked over his shoulder to address his young charge that still paid no attention to him. Only picking up large crates that would crush most kids his size. The man growled in anger as he was still ignored. He mashed his teeth as a large tick mark grew on his head.

"You know, I try to be nice and help him. Give him food, clothes and a place to sleep until his time to go. So you would think" he brought his hands down and crushed the newspaper as he turned around and yelled "THAT WHEN I AM TALKING TO THE UNGRATEFUL LITTLE BASTARD THAT HE WOULD ANSWER ME!"

The whiskered boy roughly dropped the crate and matched the man's angry glare with his own. "WELL WHY THE HELL AM I DOING THE JOB OF THE OWNER?"

"Cause I'm on my break, gaki! I need a break to take the stress off of my back!"

"Your back? You're not that old, you lazy bastard! You're just pushing all of the work on me so you can sit on your fat ass all day and read the boring paper!" Naruto stuck out his tongue and blew a raspberry at the elder man. "You're so stupid, Ojii-San!" He continued his mocking until the man appeared in front of him and kept his head firmly stuck between his knuckles.

"What was that you little shit?" He rubbed his knuckles into the blond boy's temples as he tried and protest him to stop. "It sounds like you just called kind a stupid, lazy old man. But you didn't mean it, right?" Naruto sent some of his new magic into his fists as he tried to swat the man who was in front of him. But no matter how hard he tried, the man's superior height had kept him at bay. "Oh oh, gonna have to try harder than that, gaki."

The grey haired man started to laugh as he increased the speed of his nuggie. Naruto started to grow irritated at the futility of his fighting back. So he grabbed the arms of the man who was playing with him and swiftly kicked his leg up into the man's crotch. Parker stopped laughing as he felt the impact overcome him. His eyes almost turned white as he let the boy go and fell to his knees, holding his balls.

"Geez, I don't even know why I help you with this crap?" The boy whined as he picked the crate back up and put it with the others. Parker fell to his side as he looked up at the young boy.

"Be-because, I to-took you in when you came to the port last week. And I'm letting you st- ow, god- stay until the train sets off tonight." Parker took some deep breathes as he started to get the sensation back in his balls. Damn this kid can kick hard! "So make up for the free service and get working you punk. Oh god, my balls!"

"Why couldn't I leave when I arrived?"

The man sighed as he grabbed the bridge of his nose in annoyance. "For the hundredth time, the trains weren't moving last week. The company take overs between the train rail controls were to busy arguing to get any travel done. But they are moving again today so you can leave later." He walked to the counter and opened the paper again, "and get out of my life."

Naruto matched his grumble as he continued to get the crates ready for shipping on the boats in the harbor. He couldn't believe that he actually had to help this crotchety old man with all this work. When he finally arrived at dry land last week, he was starving and dehydrated. After a night of eating and drinking as much as he could, Naruto finally told all of the port men that he wanted to go to a special guild. They told him that the trains would not work until next week, so he had to stay put until then.

Every sailor around him did not wish to take him in for the time being, so Naruto didn't know what to do. But then, the salt and pepper haired Parker came from the crowd and said he needed an extra pair of hands. He had told the former slave that he could stay with him for the week, but that he would have to work off the interest. Naruto was not ecstatic about the idea, but hey, whatever helped him get through the week.

Naruto had to admit, besides the attitude the man showed, it wasn't so bad. He got much better food to eat then the stuff he had rationed from the tower. He was given new clothes to wear since his old ones were ruined, but he got to keep his boots. And sleeping in a bed was so much better than the alternatives he has had. Plus, with all the heavy lifting, he got many chances to test his Armor and chakra limit. And also, it was kind of fun to have an older figure take care of him like he was an actual kid. Not like a slave or weapon. Almost like a guardian or parent.

As Naruto started to finish with all of the lifting, he noticed that the sun had started to set. He had been doing all of the work for several hours and it was time to get his reward. He headed back to the shop/house and walked in to see Parker messing with something. He walked up to the counter and looked over at the man. "What are you doing, Ojii-San?"

The man lifted up the sack he was preparing and placed it on the counter. "I'm setting up for your travel, gaki. It ain't enough that you got stamina, if you don't eat you'll pass out like you did before." He grabbed the edges of the cloth filled with food and wrapped it up. "This should be enough until you arrive at a train station."

The boy started to shake in place with barely contained joy. "So this train is going to take me to Fairy Tail?" He looked up at the temporary guardian as the man brought his fist down on the boy's head and kept it there.

"No dumbass, I already told you I don't know." He turned his fist as the boy started to wave his arms in anger. "The train that is leaving tonight is a freight train. It only carries cargo and supplies so it doesn't have passenger cars and a schedule for us to check. So the train might go to Magnolia or it could go all the way to Seven. The trains won't start their normal travel again for at least two weeks." He looked at the kid with an inquisitive look, "you sure you don't want to wait until then?"

The boy shook his head as he looked up at Parker sternly. "No way! I'm tired of being stuck in one place. If this train doesn't take me to Fairy Tail then I'll just walk from where it stops." He huffed in triumph as the elder man could only sigh and partly chuckle.

"Okay, okay. Can't defy you, huh? So, do you have everything?"

"Yep!"

"Swords?" Naruto picked up two wrapped blades that were lying in the corner.

"Check!"

"Book?" Naruto pulled out a journal that he kept in his pocket.

"Check!"

"Alright. One last thing." Parker left the prepared boy as he walked into the back of his shop. Naruto looked confused as the man came back with a long black cloak. He bent down and fastened it around the stunned boy's neck. "There. That will keep you warm and it will keep you hidden in the dark. Remember, if you get caught, you'll get thrown off."

Naruto looked at his new cloak and played with it as he started to laugh. "Thanks Ojii-San, it looks so cool." The old man laughed at the childish behavior Naruto displayed. He could tell that the boy hadn't received many gifts if he was this happy about some clothes. Which would explain why the usually serious boy acted so young around him. This was probably the first kind of experience he ever had with someone who treated him just as a kid.

Naruto and Parker walked out of the shop and faced toward the smoke from the train. Parker shifted and looked down at the young man. "So, are you ready?"

Naruto grinned like a mad man and cocked his fists. "Hell Yeah!"

Parker laughed as he placed his hand on the boy's head and patted him. "Good. I'm expecting to hear great things about you soon. Becoming a famous Mage would be great for my business."

"Yeah. And when I come again, I'll show you just how much I have grown."

"Ha, that's good. Because when you come back, I expect you to work off the rest of your tab."

"What?! What do you mean?"

"Never mind! Just get going kid." He slapped the boy on the back and sent him off. Naruto laughed as he started jogging to the soon to be departing train. When he reached further down the road, he turned around and cupped his hands over his mouth.

"Thanks Ojii-San! Take care!" He waved to the distant man as all Parker could do was shake his head and wave back.

Naruto ran off as he heard the train start to whistle. He arrived at the station and hid behind some crates and barrels. He looked over the wooden covers to see some foremen conversing and packing the freight cars. As they finished talking, Naruto took this chance to run in the shadows and jump into the empty spaces.

Naruto kept crouched in the narrow opening of the packed crates as he stayed perfectly still. The men continued to load the train as he waited for the train to start. After a while of baited breathing, the engine started to boom and the wheels started moving. Naruto had to hold himself back from jumping in joy at finally getting on the road.

As the train started speeding forward, Naruto pulled open the fright door and looked outside at the passing terrain. The wind pressure blasted on him as he felt a cold wind flow over. But after a moment, he looked outside and marveled at what he saw.

He saw fields and rivers glowing in the luminescence of the moon and stars. The mountains and trees could be seen as far out in the horizon. Naruto could only smile in amazement at the beautiful landscape. He first unrestricted view of this new world.

Naruto just kept watching the terrain speed past as hours could have passed and he wouldn't mind.

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Erza walked towards Fairy Hill as she yawned from the full day of work. She had started to take missions on a regular basis, going on one at least every day. She had started off with just simple tasks, like helping merchants and promoting shops around Magnolia. But now, she was starting to take new mission that went out of the town limits. She had found a strange sense of accomplishment every time she saw someone thank her for her help. She almost felt bad for taking the reward after finishing her work.

As Erza arrived at the specialized dorm for the Fairy girls, she saw someone standing in front of the doors. A little girl with mismatched sized blue hair nervously stood in front of the door. She was wearing a little yellow and orange dress with a brown skirt. Erza walked forward until she was a few feet closer to the girl.

"Levy?"

The little blue haired girl looked behind her at the voice behind her. The older girl behind her was wearing her normal armor. With her hair put into a small ponytail and looking at her with those blue and brown eyes. She had felt very nervous when she joined the guild last week and she could feel a strong air around the scarlet girl.

"E-Erza-San?"

"What are you doing out here?"

The little new Mage started to play with the hem of her skirt as she couldn't voice herself immediately. "I-I was going to join everyone in the dorms. B-but I'm too nervous." Erza looked at Levy with an understanding gaze. She could sympathize with the Solid Script Mage's nervous feeling. She felt the same way when she finally arrived at the dorms a few weeks ago. She softened her face and gave the shorter girl a smile.

"I understand. It feels uncomfortable and nerve wracking to come to a new place like this." Levy nodded her head as she fiddled with the grip of her luggage beside her. "I didn't think that I would ever be able to sleep in a new place like this. But you know," Erza put her hand on Levy's shoulder and got the girl's attention. "You'll never know unless you try. And I'll be here with you to take the first step."

Levy gave a weak smile as a small tear pooled in her left eye. The older girl was trying very hard to help her integrate easier into the guild. She and Cana had already started to play with her and Levy got many good laughs seeing Erza punish Gray every time he streaked in front of them. It helped her get thought the pain of losing her parents and the memories of those horrible men.

As Erza led Levy into the dorm through the doors, she gawked at the beautiful rooms. The furniture and woodwork made the whole lobby as beautiful as a jewel. But before Levy could get more accustomed to the sight, she heard some footsteps coming from the doorway to the kitchen.

A wrinkled old woman wearing a violet dress emerged and looked at the two girls. "Well, where the hell have you been young lady?" She walked out with a ladle in her hand and pointed it at the armored girl. "You were supposed to come back here an hour ago."

Erza sweat dropped as she backed away from the small woman's seemingly angry visage. "O-Obaa-chan, I was coming back from a mission that was taking longer than I thought. It wasn't my fault that-"

"Uh uh, none of the sass. I'm reducing your portions today." Erza's eyes grew wide as she started to shake her arms wildly in protest to the older woman's decision. Levy just continued to watch as the normally unflappable armor girl was being played with by the short woman. "And who are you?"

Levy stopped her giggling and stood at attention. "I-I'm Levy McGraden, ma'am. I-I'll be living here from now on, I-if that's okay."

"Great, another mouth to feed. Like this wasn't bad enough." Hilda sighed as she scratched her head. "Well, I guess I'll have to give you Erza's half of the food." Erza looked at the dorm mother in shock as she continued to lower the amount of food she was going to eat. "But I have no beds, so you are going to have to live outside in the trees with the birds."

Levy looked at the aproned woman with big round eyes as she had no words to express. "Of course, I could use that other room but I like to keep my useless junk in there. Well, I guess I can clear some space for you today." Levy breathed out in relief as she looked up at Erza. The two of them looked at each other and laughed nervously at the strange circumstances they had gotten into.

"Well, if you two are just going to stand there, I guess there will be more food for me." Levy and Erza both jumped and ran towards the kitchen, voicing their reasons that they should eat.

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Viola Train Station

"Uh God, my back is starting to kill me." A man with a bandana around his hair whined to his foreman partner. The other man dropped the other side of the crate they were carrying and took off his cap.

"Well, what do you expect? When you take a job where you have to do nothing but heavy lifting, your back is going to starting taking its toll." He waved the cap in front of his face to cool himself down. He put it back on his head as he prepared the next car for cargo removal. "C'mon, help me with this will you."

The bandana man groaned as he straightened himself out and walked over to the handle of the car. The two men both grabbed the handle and pulled, sliding the wooden door over and out of their way. They prepared to take out the crates but stopped at what they saw.

A little blond boy with whiskers was leaning against a crate, eating a sandwich and reading an old book. He kept chewing on the bread until he noticed that something was looking at him. He looked over and his heterochromic eyes met the black eyes of the two men. He threw the rest of the bread into his mouth as he stood up and dusted himself off. He picked up the cloak he was sitting on and wrapped it around his neck. He then put the book into the back of his pants and picked up two large wrappings and strapped them to his back.

"Thanks guys. I was in here for two days. I didn't even know I arrived yet." He jumped down from the higher ground of the car and casually passed the two stunned men. The whiskered boy continued to walk through the station and into the town like nothing had happened. The capped man looked over to his friend.

"S-should we tell someone about this?"

"N-no. Too much of a hassle. Just pretend that didn't happen."

"But when they found out that some kid just traveled in the cargo hold and we let him walk off, we'll get fired."

"'You mean 'If' they find out."

The man with the cap cupped his chin as he nodded. "If. If is good."

Naruto walked down the streets of the beautiful town. Buildings and stands could be seen as far as he could view. As he walked by, he got out of the way of some young kids playing tag. The new Mage walked through the town and silently chuckled at what he saw. This was so amazing. He had never seen so many people together that were all just living their lives. Even back at Hargeon, he mostly stayed to the shop. Parker sort of kept him busy with all of the work.

Naruto walked up to a fruit stand and looked up at the bearded man that owned the place. "Hello little boy. How are you this fine evening? Are you hungry?"

Naruto poked his stomach as some grumbling noises came out. "A little."

"Well lucky for you, I have the best fruits in all of Fiore right in front of you. I have apples that have been gently picked from the healthiest trees. Bananas and oranges that make all others taste like garbage. Here, have a taste." The man handed Naruto an apple as the little boy inspected the red fruit. He brought it to his mouth and took a large bite from it.

His eyes widened at the wonderful taste in his mouth. "Wow, this is great. Thanks mister." The bearded man laughed a throaty chuckle as the boy devoured the red apple.

"No problem ma boy. The first one is always free, but the next few will cost you. But how about this, I'll give you a whole sack of apple for only 300 jewels. What do ya say?"

"What are jewels?" The boy questioned as he finished his apple. He looked at the core and threw it to the side as he raised his palm for another. The man just stared at the boy with a stone face.

"Get out of here kid. You're bad for business." Naruto tilted his head and walked off, leaving the bearded man to shake his head in disappointment. He continued to walk down the streets, watching strange four wheeled carts speed past and people walk around in stunning outfits. He looked over the houses and saw a mountain range not too far off. He walked up to a woman wearing fur and tugged at her skirt.

"Um, excuse me. Do you know where I can find Fairy Tail?" The woman looked down and saw a boy dressed in black with strange eyes. Naturally, for any high class member of society, she reacted as she was expected to.

Overly.

"Oh, OH. HELP! I'm being mugged by this-this ruffian!" She screamed as other people started to talk and gather around them. Naruto panicked from all of the screaming and crowded space and ran out the clearest path he could find. He continued to run until he couldn't hear that old woman's shrill voice pierce his ears anymore. He breathed out in relief as his heart stopped racing.

Naruto looked around at his surroundings. All he could see were people, stores and roads. As he surveyed, he noticed a woman who was putting down a crate of sugar outside of her store. He gulped as he walked up to her, thinking this was going to go just as well as the other meetings with people. He tugged at her long skirt and got her attention. "Excuse me."

The brown-haired teenager felt a tug on her skirt as she looked down at the shorter boy. He had blond hair and strange scars on his face as well as two different colored eyes. He wore a black cloak and had two wrappings on his back. The girl thought he looked very strange as she bent her knees to look directly at him. "Yes?"

"Do you know where I can find the Fairy Tail guild? I try to ask people but they either interrupt me or scream at me." He grumbled in annoyance at how he was treated by the people he met. The girl tilted her head in confusion at what the strange boy had said.

"Um, honey, Fairy Tail isn't here. It's in Magnolia. This is Viola." The woman saw that the boy just looked at her cluelessly as she shook her head. "Magnolia is a long ways away. A week by cart and a few days by train."

Naruto deflated as he realized what she said. The train didn't stop at Magnolia and had shot way past where he wanted to go. Naruto grabbed his head as he whined in irritation. He kept stomping his feet until he breathed out and let his hands fall to his side. "Um, Nee-chan, can you tell me which way it is? I'll just walk there myself."

The girl gasped as she looked at the boy in shock. "What? You can't go all the way there by yourself, it's too dangerous. There are monsters and crooks that could kill you. And the dark guilds and Damnation reports have sent people into riots. You would never make it."

Naruto shrugged off her warning as he looked around. "It's alright Nee-chan, I can take care of myself. See ya." As Naruto started walking, he felt a pair of arms encircle his chest and pull him into a developing chest. He started to squirm out of her grip and felt his air start to cut off.

"Oh no you don't. You need to listen to this Onee-chan and stay where you are." He started to wave his arms wildly as he tried to escape her grasp. She heard a muffle vibrate in her chest and pulled him out what. "What?" He took a deep breath and looked up at her with a slight pink hue dusting his face.

"I said I don't care! I want to join Fairy Tail." He almost pulled out of her arms before she dropped to the street and brought him along. She increase her vice grip and brought Naruto in deeper.

"No way! I'm not letting the death of some impatient kid stick to my soul. You are staying here." She continued to grapple with the boy as people on the street watched them with a variety of interest.

"Awww, that sister loves her brother so much she doesn't want to let him go. How sweet."

"My goodness, children these days don't even have the decency to be in a private place anymore."

"Why don't you do stuff like that with me." "For the last time, I'm tired when I get home."

"Hmmmmmm, I like this."

"Besides if you want to join a guild so badly, we have one up the pass. Blue Pegasus is one of the most famous guilds in all of Fiore. I'm sure Master Bob would give you a spot so you don't have to kill yourself." She felt the boy fight even harder as her grip started to fade.

"For the last time, I only want to join-" Naruto stopped his fighting as he lay on the girl's chest and looked up at her. "Wait. Did you say Pegasus?"

"Huh? Yeah, why?"

"And Master Bob?"

"Yes, his is the guild master for that place. Why do you care?" Naruto didn't answer her as he just remembered the stories his old grandfather told him so much about. And about his friend Bobby, and the horse ranch he started.

"Ca-can you show me the way?"

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The building was large, larger than any other he had ever seen. It was formed by pink bricks that covered the entire building. It had two large towers and colored glass framing the windows. At the sides of the building were intricate wings that looked like a bird's. And over the door way was a banner with a pink horse covered by two flowery ornaments.

Naruto felt a wave of nervous tension spill over him as he walked up the beautifully crafted steps. He reached the doorway and took a deep breath. "Okay, here goes nothing." He grabbed the handles of the door and pushed forward. A bright light took over his view as he squinted and tried to see past it.

As the light died down, Naruto saw what he could only describe as a huge ball of wealthy people. Several men and woman were dressed in the fanciest and most stunning garments he had ever seen. The room was dimmed slightly to give the entire place a fancy visage. Every adult was holding onto a glass with the most finely imported wines and beverages. They were talking about important events and parties they had recently been to. Naruto felt a sense of amazement strike him at what he was seeing.

He then felt like it was pretty obvious he wasn't a member. From the way he was dressed in hand-me-down pants and shirts while the men were dressed in suits and tuxedos.

He walked through most of the crowd as they all talked and laughed. He noticed a wooden platform with stools in front of it. Behind the bar were hundreds of wonderful wines and glasses. And looking away from him was a round man with a bald head. Naruto couldn't see his features from any angle he could make. So he jumped to the leather stool and sat at the bar, waiting in baited breath.

Naruto took several deep breathes as he prepared his question. "Um sir, can you help me? I'm trying to find a Bobby-San, do you know where I can find him?"

The bald man let out a content sigh at what the new voice said to him. "Ah, Bobby, I haven't heard that name in a long time. Why do you ask?" Naruto chuckled as he scratched the back of his head.

"Well, I remember hearing that name in some old stories and I thought he could help me." He lowered his hand and put it on the counter. "So can you tell me where he is?"

The faceless bartender let out a strangely feminine giggle at what he just said. "Oh, that shouldn't be too hard." He turned around and looked at the boy as the young man gained a slightly surprised look. The bartender had squinted eyes and lipstick on his lips. And his cheeks were vibrant red with some strange paint. A pair of white wings came into view as they popped out of his back. Naruto finally noticed that the man was wearing a strange pink dress that no man like him should wear. He was also wearing a stranger hopped necklace around his neck.

The transvestite lifted his hand to cover his mouth as he let out a tiny giggle. "I am Bobby."

Naruto's eyes turned white as his blood turned to ice and his face went pale.

Bob moved towards the bar counter as he rested his chin in his hands, looking the new boy directly in his empty, fear stricken face. "And may I ask why such a cute young lad would be asking for me? And what it is I can help you with, mr.-"

Naruto shook violently as sweat poured from every part of his body; even the parts he didn't know could get sweaty. "N-N-Na-Na-Naruto Uzu-Uzumaki, s-sir-ma'am!"

"Oh, Naruto-chan~, that is a very nice name for such a nice young boy. And I love these whiskers you have on your face. They are so mesmerizing; I've never seen anyone with something like them." Bob reached forward to touch his face but Naruto lurched back, accidentally falling out of his stool. Bob looked over the counter at the boy who was sprawled on the floor with stars over his head.

"Oh my, are you okay?" Naruto looked up at the concerned elderly man but froze when he saw that half the man's body was coming out of the bar! The man walked out like he had no body and bent down, meeting Naruto on the floor. "You are lucky. Not many boys are as tough as you."

Naruto crawled backwards as he tried to get some distance between him and the man-lady. Beer and wine from some of the most expensive variety. Men and women all looking like they came from the most famous banquet in the country. And now a half man wearing a dress was coming on to him while he walked through walls.

Could this get any weirder?

"*Sniff* *Sniff*"

Naruto stopped in his tracks as he felt another force behind him. Something that was inhaling his hair as he was lying on the ground. Naruto raised himself on his hands as he turned around; trying to see what was keeping him from safety. What he saw was so horrifying and traumatic, that it would affect his life for years to come.

"~Men~"

"AAAHHHHHHHHH!"

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Erza punched Gray over the head as she saw the boy walk through the guild almost naked. She sighed in disbelief at how this boy could just walk through an open area without realizing he was in his skids. "Geez Gray, are you ever going to learn? No one wants to see you strut naked."

Gray grabbed his aching red bump and glared at the armored girl. "Shut up Erza! If you have a problem tell me don't smash my head in! I can't take any more of it! What if my brains turn to mush?"

"You mean more than they already were?" Gray glared to the table where Cana was silently drinking her juice as Levy laughed at what the fortune teller had said.

"Hahaha, th-that's mean, Cana-San. You shouldn't make fun of Gray-San so much." Levy held her sides as some joyful tears appeared in her eyes. Cana just sighed and tapped Levy's back to help the girl.

"Levy, you shouldn't bother with honorifics here. All sense of decency and politeness goes off faster then Gray's undies." The Ice Maker yelled at her choice of an analogy but was smacked by Erza again because he still hadn't put on any clothes. "Just call me Cana, okay?"

Levy smiled and nodded in agreement. The two girls noticed Erza had sat back down and continued to eat her cake. "My goodness, I'll never be able to eat in peace with someone like him around." She took a big bite of her cake and smiled happily at the wonderful taste. She swallowed and looked at her guild mates, "thank god there aren't two of them."

"Yeah, keep eating Erza. One day you'll eat so much of it that armor is going to pop right off of you." Erza grew a tick mark and started to pull the cheeks of Gray after his smartass remark. Everyone who saw only laughed as she continued.

"~~~~aahhh~~~~"

Erza stopped her torture as she dropped Gray and looked off into nothing. The three young mages all looked at the dual eyed girl as they wondered what she was doing. Cana looked between all of them as she touched Erza on the shoulder.

"Hey Erza, are you ok?"

The scarlet girl looked back at her with a startled movement. She took some quick breathes as she regained her bearings. "Yeah-yeah I'm fine. It's just..."

"What?"

"I felt like something horrible just came into this world."

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"Ah yes, this is quite an interesting and unique scent." The short stature man mused as he silently nodded and looked at the new boy. The new boy who was currently clawing his way out of the wall and trying to run, his eyes pale from the experience of seeing his 'handsome' face no doubt. "The scent that makes me see the wonders and experiences that such a young youth has gone through. ~Men~."

The short man with the orange hair, shiny flat nose and high cheek bones walked over to the now slightly calmer boy and reached out his hand. "What is your name, my young friend?"

"N-Naruto. Who-who are you Ossan?" He took the hand given to him and stood back up, noting that he was about the same height as the strange troll thing in front of him.

"Ossan? I am not an old man my boy. I am only 21 years old. But it is understandable." He moved his hands in a wonderful formation, lights and stars seemingly appearing from where his hands moved. "I am looked up to by many as their wise and wonderful Sempai. A man who has seen the wonders and beauties of many lands and people." He struck a pose with his body in a different direction and his hands sparkling at the young boy.

"The man who changes the world in One Night. Ichiya Vandalay Kotobuki. ~Men~ ~Men~ ~Men~"

Naruto was silent as he could only gawk at the absurd man. Soon enough, other members of the guild gathered around and saw what one of its most famous members was making so much fuss about. The people gathered around and looked at the frightened blond boy in a cloak and wrappings.

A male member voiced his thoughts, "My, what a strange boy."

An older man then said his piece, "His clothes are quite horrendous. He must have gotten them out of the garbage."

Then a female member walked up to the boy and pulled his cheek, gaining some grumbles of protest in return. "But these little lines on his face make him look like a kitty. And he is soooo cute too. He is going to be quite the looker when he grows up."

Other female members started to gather around and play with the boy who was trying to squirm out of their grasp. They all squealed and giggled as they started to pull on his cheeks and look at his wonderful eyes. Soon enough, a pair of heels started to click against the floor as another member made herself known.

"What is going on?" Some of the other male member looked away from where the blond boy was being gang banged and looked at the teenager who asked the question. A young woman with light green hair and wearing a red coat asked as she wondered what all the noise was about.

Bob walked over to the teenaged girl. "Ah, Karen-chan, I see you are back from your mission. How was it?"

"About the same as all the other missions I get. I just had to let them take some pictures and we were done." She looked back to where most of the female members were gathering around. "What happened here?"

"Oh, you mean what is with all the excitement?" Bob let out a girly giggle as he looked to where a pair of booted feet was swinging back and forth in the pile. "We just found ourselves a new toy and the girls want to test him out."

"Is that so. Well, I'll have to see what he is like myself." She started to pat herself down and realized that she had lost something. "Can someone help me find my purse?"

"I have it Karen-San." The green haired beauty looked over to see a young man about the same age as the aforementioned blond boy run up to the slightly older woman. The boy in question had messy brown-blond hair, wearing a small black suit. He ran up to her and handed her the purse. "Here you go Karen-San."

"Oh, thank you Hibiki-kun." She bent down a little and took the purse from his hands. She held his face with her hands and looked him in the eyes. "You are so kind to me. That is why I love you so much." She gave him a kiss on the cheek as the boy blushed and swooned a little. "Always be my little man, okay?"

"Yes ma'am!" The boy saluted as the woman playfully laughed. Bob only chuckled a little at the young man's enthusiasm to her teasing. And a few feet away, another young girl was sitting at a table with another boy, watching what was happening with a cute pout.

"It's not fair! Why does she get everything just because she's pretty? She keeps teasing Hibiki-kun like he was her own personal play toy. What do you think?" The blond girl with the wavy ponytail hair asked her booth mate in irritation. She got no answer in return so she looked over to the fair skinned boy. "Ren-kun?"

"Huh? Oh sorry Jenny, I wasn't listening." The black haired boy said as he looked off into the distance. "I was thinking about what Aniue said to me earlier about making myself more appealing. Like I should play a different attitude or get a little tan." He looked over to his female friend with an inquisitive eyebrow, "would I look good with a tan?"

"Watch out for those things Ren-kun, I hear they are bad for your skin."

Ichiya walked over to his master as the commotion about the whiskered boy continued. "Master?"

"Hmm, what is it Ichiya-chan?"

"Well, it is about the ~perfume~ of that wonderful new lad. You see..."

Bob looked at his guild member with an inquisitive look. "What is it?"

"Sir, that young man has some traces of ~perfume~ similar to your friend from a few weeks ago." Bob's eyebrows lifted in surprise as he kept his eyes closed. That was more than surprising.

"ENOUGH!"

Everyones' attention landed on the panting boy whose clothes were all messed up and pulled out. He took in some deep breathes as he looked over to the strange sniffing man and the transvestite. "What the hell kind of place is this? I try to ask a guy something and it turns out he is a woman. Then some guy sniffs my head and I get attacked by all these girls. What is this place?"

Ichiya stuck another pose as he pointed to the worried child. "My dear boy, this is the pinnacle of beauty. Where the most fabulous of men and women come together to save this nation. We are a beauty that matches the wonderful creature of legends and myth. We are Blue Pegasus."

All of the members gathered together and struck their own individual poses. "Our motto: Pants are Optional!"

Naruto only sweat dropped at the craziness this weird guild was showing. He shook his head as all of the members laughed and dispersed, forgetting about him and going back to their conversations. "There is no way Rob-jichan's friend owns this place. It is just too weird." Bob stopped his musings as he heard what the whiskered new boy had said and walked over to him.

"Did you just say Rob? As in Robby-chan?" Naruto looked up at the strange man in surprise.

"Ye-yeah. I met Rob-jichan when we were stuck together and he told me so much about all of his friends. And he said that his friend Bobby made a guild named Blue Pegasus. Are you really that Bobby?" Bob nodded his head with a heartfelt smile. "You are nothing like the stories said."

"Yes well time does crazy things to all of us." He laughed a dainty laugh as he concentrated on the boy once more. "When was the last time you saw him?" Naruto looked down in shame and pain as he was forced to remember that awful memory.

"I-I left him hurt on a boat to get off the island. I thought he was going to be safe but..." He clenched his fists in regretful anger. Bob looked at the boy in worry as he put his hands on the boy's shoulder.

"It's alright. I think I have someone you might want to meet." Naruto looked up at the confused man with wonder as he was led out the back of the building. Naruto saw a long road pass going into the forests and into the mountains. He looked up at the cross-dressing master.

"A friend of mine lives right up this passage. He lives in the mountains around the snowy area. Tomorrow, I'll show the way there and I'll be able to help you then." He was about to lead the boy back inside before the young man sprinted down the path and into the trees.

"Wa-wait! It's almost dark out! It's too dangerous by yourself!"

Naruto turned around and yelled back to the old Fairy Tail member. "It's okay Bob-San, I can take care of myself. I'll see you soon." The boy sped forward into the snowy mountain range.

Bob raised his hand to signal for the boy to come back but he was already too far. "*Sigh* My goodness, that boy is so impulsive. He's just like Makky-chan and Rob-chan in the old days. I hope he will be okay."

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Naruto stomped forward through the snow as his boots crunched into the white frost. His path had been covered by the frost and he couldn't see a clear path through. All he could see was illuminated by the light from the moon and the stars. The night had come faster then he had expected as noises and strange calls were being made through the bushes and trees.

Naruto took in the scent of the pine trees and the snow around him. And even though he wasn't certain, he thought he was being followed. It wasn't a mage because they didn't follow him from behind. It wasn't even a person from the sound of continuous crunching of the snow. Naruto continued to walk forward until he was sick of it and faced the moving bush.

"Whatever is there, show yourself! I'm sick of hearing you follow me like some pussy coward freak! Come out now!" He turned around as the sight of his flapping cloak and wrapped swords was intensified by the moonlight.

He waited a few moments in baited breath as he got no reply in the end. Then a low, loud rumble over took his ears as he heard branches break and snow crunch. Naruto felt his breath hitch as out of the trees and bushes came a white scaled lizard monster with wings. The thing was quite large, bigger then him but smaller then what Kurama shrunk into. At least a medium sized creature with sharp talons and fangs. It looked young for its size and race, whatever it was? The creature stared at the boy, its black eyes made more threatening by the reflection of the moonlight.

Naruto waited a few moments until he let his hands slowly come out of his cloak. He continued to look at the monster as Excalibur and Kusanagi started to form in his hands. They continued to stare at each other as neither the boy nor the creature made a move.

Suddenly, the lizard lunged forward at the boy, its teeth blaring as its mouth was wide open. Naruto's eyes widen in surprise as he rolled to the side, dodging the beast's bite. He landed on the floor and saw that the creature had taken a bite out of the tree he was in front of. The lizard pulled back and looked at the boy that had dodged him.

Naruto put the swords in front of him in an x-formation. He sent some Armor to his feet and sped forward, swinging his sword at the monsters wings. The creature ducked down and dodged his swing, hearing the air being spread above its head. Naruto continued to swing his swords like an experienced amateur as the creature swiftly moved side-by-side.

Naruto made a weak swing as he stopped it mid-arc and brought his Excalibur down on the creature. It took the blunt of the weak attack with its scales as the boy tried to cut through the hard body. Naruto mashed his teeth as he got no further in his cut. He brought Kusanagi up to follow through with attack but the lizard swung its spiked tail and broke the tip of Excalibur. Naruto made a sound of displeasure as he jumped back to avoid the second swing from the tail.

He held on the broken knight sword and gripped the Japanese sword tighter. The nervous whiskered boy felt his heart beat as he continued this fight. He barely had any personal experience in fighting that wasn't changed by Kurama and was an amateur at hand-to-hand and swordplay. The only fighting he had done was with flunky wizards and weak jailers. The lizard brought its tail crashing into the snow as some vapor came flying up. It leveled itself and glared at the slightly panting boy.

It opened its mouth and felt some magic pool together in the back of its throat. Naruto stared in wonder as the white energy started to crackle and form into sparks. His eyes opened in fear as he realized that he was about to be shot at.

The lizard shot a bolt of lightning that headed straight for the stunned boy. Naruto instinctually raised his Excalibur to protect himself but the force from the attack destroyed the rest of the cracked steel. The blade broke into pieces as part of the attacked nicked Naruto in the shoulder, causing him to roll back. He steadied himself and glared at the lizard as its attack faded out.

Naruto ran forward with all of his might and sent more Armor to his arms and legs, increasing his strength. He threw the hilt of Excalibur at the creature to gain its attention as he grabbed Kusanagi with both hands.

The lizard jumped to the side to avoid the useless hilt but was right in the path of the boy's next attack. It leaned back to avoid most of the swing but Naruto raised his blade and shifted into the creature's scales, drawing some blood from the scratch. The creature made a weak growl as it avoided more of the attacks.

Naruto's blade made weak but quick contact with the scales, his strengthened swings caused scratches to appear all over its body. When the creature shifted to the side, Naruto made a fast cut into the first layer of the monster's wing. The creature looked at the small scar appearing on its wing. It growled in anger as it looked at the whiskered boy.

Naruto held the blade in front of him and matched the heated glare it was giving him. The creature flapped its wings and gained the height advantage, blocking the light from Naruto's eyes as it swung its talons at the boy. Naruto used his magic to take the blunt of the attack but fell to his side. He groaned in pain as he looked back up to see the lizard prepare the second attack.

He jumped up and held the blade up, parrying the attacks from the talons as he was forced backwards. He took several steps back as the creature continued its charge forward. Naruto felt his back land to a tree and felt another attack get prepared for his head.

As the reptilian ram its claw forward, Naruto added all the strength he could and thrusted the blade forward. Kusanagi pierced the creature's paw and continued into the base of the leg. As Naruto moved the blade, the lizard roared out in pain.

"Wwwwrrrraaaaaaaaaaaa"

The winged beast flew back and landed on the snow, its blood staining the pure white frost beneath it. It held back another roar in pain as he softly limped on its pierced leg. Naruto got his back off the tree and leveled the blade back at the creature. "Dumb move to attack me, you bastard. Now get out of here before I make you wish you never met me."

The lizard raised its head and half of its face was darkened from the moonlight. It continued to glare at the human until it opened its mouth and gathered more magic into it. Naruto prepared to dodge or receive the next attack by any means.

The lizard opened its mouth and shot the lightning straight into the ground, evaporating the snow and raising a cloud of dust and vapor. Naruto's eyes widen in surprise at the clever strategy the monster had played on him.

He raised the blade and waited for any signs that he could see in the covering. 'Did it run? Was that a cloud covering to keep it safe?' Whatever it was, Naruto had decided to take this chance to get out of here and run.

Just as Naruto had turned around, he was met with the sight if the lizard creature ongoing forward with an open mouth. Naruto panicked and raised his Kusanagi to intercept the beast but the monster's jaw broke through the blade and clamped down on his left shoulder and arm.

"AAAAAHHHHHHHH!"

Naruto let out a scream of bloody murder as the creature painful mashed its long fangs into his arm. He continued to scream as he could feel the creature's teeth pierce his muscles and veins. He felt the intense pain maximize as the creature's teeth reached the bone and broke into the marrow.

"Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah!" Naruto clawed at the creature's face in a futile attempt to fight back as it swung its head side-to-side, partially tearing the skin in the shoulder and giving a partial view of the bone socket. Naruto tried to do anything but he couldn't concentrate, the pain was just too intense for him to focus on making magic.

The creature increased its jaw strength as more pressure focused on the bone, already having pierced the Auxillary artery. Blood spayed out as it covered Naruto's lower left cheek and the creature's flaring teeth. Naruot continued to scream and cry in pain as his body flailed around and tried to do whatever it could. His hand continued to shake on the ground until he finally grabbed something.

Naruto felt the partial blade of Excalibur that he had thrown earlier sit in his hand. He held the broken sword in his hand as he started to pound against the monster's teeth, trying to weaken its hold on him. He pierced the gums and drew more blood as the creature let out a muffled scream of pain. In retaliation, it bit down again, completely breaking the arm as its teeth pierced and separated the bones and joints into a grotesque mess in its mouth. His arm was now bloody and bent in several different directions along the entire limb.

Naruto felt an even worse pain shoot through him as he felt weak and powerless from the blood loss. He continued to hold onto the broken Excalibur in hopelessness. He looked on in semi-consciousness as the creature dug deeper into his arm. Until Naruto finally saw a way to fight back. He lifted the severed blade...

And brought it into the eye socket of the lizard.

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Levy continued to braid the hair of her scarlet friend as they both sat in the armored girl's room in their pajamas. She hummed a silent tune as Erza just smiled at the strangely good feeling of doing such a girly thing. As Levy finished looping the last braid through, she smiled in delight.

"Finished." The scarlet girl opened her different eyes as she picked up the small braid from her still growing hair. She looked at it in a mirror Levy provided her and smiled at how she looked. "So, what do you think?"

"I love it Levy. I think you did a great job." The new Mage laughed at the praise she received from the older girl. Erza continued to admire the way it looked in the mirror. "I think I should keep it like this. Maybe I should grow my hair out, what do you think?"

"I think it would look good on you Erza." The two girls laughed as they continued to talk to each other. "Hey Erza, why did you join the guild?"

Erza opened her eyes and looked thoughtful into the sky, looking up at the full moon. "I... I heard a lot about it from an old friend of mine. He used to tell me so many stories about the wonderful times he had here and I wanted to see if I could have something like that." She looked over to the bluenette who was looking up at her with wide eyes "and so far, I think I can see why it is so wonderful."

Levy nodded in agreement as she smiled back at Erza. She fiddled with some of the things she had brought from her room over to the other girl's. Erza stayed there in momentary silence until she decided to ask. "Why did you join Levy?"

Levy flinched as she remembered the events that had happened at her old village. "My daddy died when I was really young, before I can even remember. And I was always taken care of by my mommy. But she was always really sick, needing to stay in the house all of the time." She clenched the fabric of her pajama pants as she found it hard to say the rest.

"A-and one day, sh-she passed away and I couldn't do anything to help her. I-I was supposed to stay at the village in the orphanage until another family member could take me in. B-b-but..." Erza shifted on the bed and looked behind her, seeing that Levy was holding her sobs and trying not to cry. She turned around and embraced the girl in a hug, Levy taking the chance to let out some sobs into her chest.

"The-these horrible men, wi-with fists of fire just attacked our town, killing so many people. They sa-said that the town was harboring lawless fugitives, an-and that they had to take care of them itself. Only a few people and they almost destroyed the town. M-most of us got out but we had nowhere to g-go. And I heard about this guild and I wanted to be safe and stay away from them." She let out a few more sobs as Erza's eyes softened in understanding.

"I-I-I wanted to have another family."

Erza patted her back to calm the shorter girl down, hoping to help her through this. She had heard in the papers and whispers from older guild members about that horrible guild. It spoke of saving the country and its people, but it was only a terrorist group that thought it was doing the right thing. It was obvious that anyone who attacked a single group of the independent guild would incur the wrath of the entire battle force. And they would hunt down the guild that started the fight and take it out. It was suicide to try and fight those men.

Erza thought back to how her friends would have reacted to something like this. People who killed others just to get their point across and raise their own image were no different then the jailers. She clutched onto the crying girl and thought back to what her old blue haired and whiskered friends would have done against men like that.

"It's okay Levy. We are here for you at any time." Levy looked up from her spot and into the kind brown and blue eyes of the normally armored girl. "We are your family. And we will protect you always. So never forget that okay."

Levy made a weak smile as she nodded and continued to hug her new friend. Erza wondered if they would be safe if those monsters ever came to their door knocking. Fairy Tail was very well known for causing trouble and spreading bad news. She just quietly listened to the sobs of her friend as she opened her eyes with new found determination.

If she ever saw them, she would make them pay.

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"Wwwrrraaaaaaaa!"

The lizard let out an excruciating muffled roar of pain as it kept biting the disfigured limb. Even as blood poured out of the pierced eyeball and down the side of its face. Naruto kept twisting and pushing the blade further into the bloody eye. He kept his teeth mashed as blood started to excrete from his mouth from the pressure and pain.

"How about that you bastard? You like that? Have some more!" He harshly pulled the blade out and thrusted back into it, blood spraying out over his right hand. The reptilian just kept letting out more muffled screams as it held onto the arm, the boy making no attempts to stop stabbing. The creature then started to pull on the limb as the boy planted the hilt back into its ruptured cornea.

"Gawk!" Naruto felt the lizard like monster pull on his dismembered limb, ripping the muscle fibers and stressing the socket joint loudly enough for him to hear. Naruto knew what was going to happen so he pulled the blade up, meeting the skull bone of the eye socket. They both knew that they weren't going to be able to use the damaged area ever again.

So they had a contest to see who could make the other one's more painful.

The creature pulled with its disrupted might as it still felt intense pain from the eye gouging. Naruto just tried to pull the blade out as the bone and fibers were being pulled out of the shoulder. They both put the last of their strength into it as they made the final blow.

"Rraa!"

"Aahh!"

The creature completely pulled out the left arm, leaving only some stray fibers to float from the exposed socket.

Naruto pulled the blade with all of his might, cutting into the skull and making a deep gash along the left side of its face.

The creature spit out the broken and dismembered limb as it stared to flail around, taking in the intense pain of having its skull pierced and pulled. It continued to roar until it started to flap its wings and take off. The creature left unsteady as it flew back into the depths of the mountain range.

Naruto was silent, and near breathless, his eyes wide open as the strange felling took over him. He felt no pain or anxiety, only a slight sting and a sense of cold washing over him. He moved his blood covered face to the side and looked over to the left. Past his blood geyser spraying socket was his dismembered limb, lying on the floor like something the cat had dragged in.

Even though he was numb, he could have sworn he could still feel the former body part move.

The white snow started to be bleached in crimson blood as he looked up into the sky, flakes falling down the trees once again. He felt the cold take over as he let out some sporadic breathes, visualized by the cold air. He lay on the floor as he didn't know what to do.

He couldn't feel his legs so he couldn't stand up.

He couldn't move his arm and crawl his way back to the blue guild.

Hell, he couldn't even say anything because his voice wouldn't come out.

The blood started to bleach the wrappings on his back, the original Kusanagi's rags started to turn red. Naruto only hoped that none of his blood got onto the book or it would have been ruined. As he lay there, he remembered that the book was on his right side and the cloak was keeping it from getting touched by the snow.

Heh, he was lying here bleeding out and he couldn't even think of his own predicament.

Maybe this is what Kazuya-San was feeling as his time came?

No! Not like this! Naruto wasn't about to come all this way just so he could die in the middle of a snow covered road in the deep forest. He still had to find Jellal and get him back. Milli-chan and everyone were probably still out there. He had just gotten his freedom; he wasn't about to lose everything again.

He still had to see Erza.

He still wanted to see Erza.

As the blood started to pool together, Naruto thought through some possible options. Maybe he could wrap his wound and run back. Or maybe the snow and ice could cover it. God, he wished he could heal himself!

Naruto's eyes widened as he realized his best choice. He remembered all the pain and blood he lost as a child weapon, and how those were healed.

Kurama's power.

He closed his eyes and calmed himself down, remembering how he used to do it as a child. He opened his eyes once again to see he was no longer in a snowy field but a watery sewer. Here, he could stand and walk, no longer feeling the pain. He looked to his side to see that his arm was still gone, even in this mental mindscape. But that didn't matter right now; he had more pressing matters right now.

He walked up to the old, rusty bars of the jail cell and peeked inside. Just like he remembered from years ago, the featureless, expressionless hunk of non-moving chakra body was still sitting there. He was still reminded of what his old friend had looked like by this empty husk.

Naruto knew he couldn't access the full power of Kurama's chakra because the former Biju's mind and soul weren't in control. The body was just a husk of energy, memories and emotions. He couldn't even touch the power unless his mental state was pushed into such a state of angry frenzy that he just let himself go.

And he knew that the chakra would not be able to heal him like it once did. But even if it could make some skin and cover the worst of it, there could still be a chance. Naruto walked forward and lifted his hand, trying to touch the unmoving orange body. His hand made contact with the leg of the former indestructible creature and the chakra started to slowly form a round his arm.

He opened his eyes back in the real world and saw that the wound had started to scar over and partially heal. Naruto also felt some strength return to his limbs and body. He thought that it had finally worked.

Until...

Naruto felt an immense spike and burning sensation take place over his left gash. He mashed his teeth again as he let out another pain staking yelp of agony. He looked to his side to see a vile red energy take over the former left shoulder. It started to bubble together and form outward, making a formation.

Inside of his mind, the chakra started to turn black and gather together on his left side. Naruto tried to claw at the amorphous black energy that made a small string towards the unmoving body. It started to form its own version of an arm as the unstable energy made a claw of some sorts.

Naruto felt a horrible burn as the red energy started to form a white mass where his shoulder left off. As some time passed and he tried to fight back, more and more of an arm started to shape itself underneath the red covering. Fibers and veins were created from the powerful energy and wrapped around the bone. Finally muscles started to take shape and finish of the product.

But then it changed. The skin was darker and jaded. It twisted around and the exposed bone started to stretch and point at the end, making his fingers closer into claws. A strange dark fur had sprout out of where the first of the skin laid.

Naruto noticed none of this as the pain and sensations were taking their toll on him. His vision started to tunnel and fade as a strange feeling had started to take him over. Why did he do this alone? Why did nothing ever go right for him? How come he always saved people but they never helped him?

What did he do to deserve this?

Why was his life like this?

He should teach these people a lesson! He should show these people he is not someone to be fucked with! He should kill them!

He should kill all of them! It was what he did best!

Naruto's faded eyes widened at why his thoughts had suddenly swerved to murder and torture. He then realized that all of those pent up emotions from the chakra were affecting him worse then he could even believe.

He tried to keep some semblance of himself as his whiskers had started to grow a bit rough. And his hair was getting spikier as he lay on the ground. And he didn't realize it, but his blue eye was close to changing into crimson.

As Naruto had this panic attack and a strange change happened to his left arm, he didn't realize that another pair of feet was making a crunching noise in the snow as it came closer to him. He tried to lift his head but all he could see were some boots speeding towards him.

"Oh no, this is worse then I thought. I had heard noises from the cabin and thought someone was killed, but this. And not you. Why did this have to happen to you?" The feet had sagged a little as the figure bent down and patted the irritated boy's head, earning more growls from the feral changing boy.

"Don't worry, I'll fix you right up."

Naruto tried to look up but still found no result. But he did notice something that his pain and anger soaked mind didn't notice before. He had heard this voice before. It was soft. It was calming.

"And I am so happy to see you again Naruto-kun."

And it all went black.

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Date: X768, April 9 Age:27

We have just moved from our old town into this new one. It is quite a nice place. It's called Rosemary. It is quite beautiful and very peaceful.

We have some wonderful neighbors with a little girl of their own. She is about the same age as Erza and I just know they are going to be wonderful friends. Her name is Kagura and she is almost as cute as Erza.

Almost. But not quite.

I hear that she has an older brother but he wasn't there today because the father took him out to get checked at the doctor's.

It's Erza's Birthday tomorrow. My baby girl is going to be turning 3 years old. I can't wait.

Erika and I have planned to take her out of town and go across the sea to show her the land. Erza is always happy when she was out and playing in the grass or dirt.

We have to get preparing for her little party. We might even let her take another bit of cake.

Just one though. For a little girl she really loves strawberry cake.

The metal fingers slowly closed the book and held it firmly in his grasp. His other wrinkled hand came up and rubbed the bridged of his nose. It was just too much to read about what her wonderful life was like before she ended up there. And it hurt even more when he kept re-reading the end. And he knew that if the unconscious whiskered boy behind him had found this personal book and those swords, then...

*huff* It was just too much.

He heard a uncomfortable grumble come from behind him. His blond charge had been unconscious for nearly a day, recovering from the horrible wound and the resulting regeneration.

Naruto let out a painful grumble as he tried to move, his body feeling sore from the physical exchange from earlier. He slowly opened his eyes to look into the ceiling of an unfamiliar building. It looked like a building with a roof made of wooden planks. He was on a bed close to a wall in a small cabin.

Naruto tried to prop himself up but felt the ghost pain from his left arm still strike him for an instant. He noticed that the smaller of his wounds had been patched up and healed. But he couldn't see what had happened to his left side. As he was about to look, a voice made itself known to him.

"You know, I could only guess that you were making a reckless move to come out here by yourself. Bobby probably tried to stop you but you probably ran off in a hurry." Naruto looked to his right with blurry eyes as the figure with his back to the boy continued to stir a pot of food. Naruto could see his swords and journal lying by the man's side and thought he had taken them from him. He tried to get back up and leaned on his side but find it was futile.

"But I have to say it is endearing to see you come so far." Naruto looked up at the back of the elderly man as he finished stirring. A metal gauntlet hand landed on the book and patted it. "That little boy who was so anxious to get out has brought himself all the way here. And with a mission of his own no doubt." The man turned around and looked at the boy.

Naruto's eyes widened in shock at the sight in front of him. His top hair was shaven off but he still had the long beard that Naruto would pull to get his attention. The right side of his face and neck still had burn scars over it but they had healed somewhat. He was wearing a thick jacket as he sat in front of the pot on the fire. And his eyes still had that look of pride along with that smile that helped him through when he was in pain.

Naruto felt tears well up in his eyes. "R-*sniff*Rob-jichan?"

"It's so good to see you again Naruto-kun." The man said as some tears formed in the side of his eyes as well.

Naruto tried to lift himself up but flinched as some pain passed through him once more. Rob saw this and took up a chair, bringing it to the side of the bed. "Ah, don't stress yourself Naruto-kun. Your body still needs to grow accustomed to the prosthetic metal."

"Pro-prosthetic what?" Naruto asked his grandpa as he heard a strange clanking to his left. He leaned over and saw something attached to his left shoulder. He lifted the arm and saw what had happened.

What had replaced his left limb was now a strange metal gauntlet. It was a silver arm that had layered points skipping on it. At the tip of his hand were the fingers that were moving with his thought. He flexed his fingers and noticed that the arm followed with his command. He followed the casing and saw that it was attached at where a nasty fresh gash was evident around his socket joint. He stared at the arm in wonder and horror.

"Wh-what is this?"

"That is a Metal Reformation Prosthetic Casing. It was used a lot during the war for injuries and amputations. It's actually quite handy." He lifted his right arm to show the boy his own. Naruto looked up and saw that where the burned and severed arm left off was followed by an exact replica of his left arm. The man lifted it up and started making fists and shapes.

"What does it do?"

"Heh, well it was meant for use during combat when soldiers were either wounded or poisoned. The casing was supposed to act as an extremely powerful sealing tool to cut off any poison or ailments from coursing through the rest of the body. And it was used to help amputees integrate easier into society with a functional prosthetic limb." He moved in closer and helped Naruto lean against a pillow on the head board.

"It feeds off the magical impulses the body sends through the body and function as a normal limb. So even if the body part was no longer useable or" he lifted his right hand once again, "blown to smithereens, you can use it again. I collected a bunch of this metal after the Cabria War ended. I thought it may come in handy if I ever got myself hurt too bad so I kept some in all of my houses. Looks like I was lucky."

Naruto lifted his aching arm again and gazed at its strange feeling. "What happened to mine?"

Rob stopped his little laugh as he stood back up and picked up a bowl. He poured out some hot soup and brought it back to the bed. He pulled out the spoon and blew on it to cool it down. He lifted it to the boy's mouth, signaling him to take a sip. Naruto leaned forward and took the tip of the spoon in his mouth; the broth poured into his mouth and slightly burned his tongue.

He swallowed the soup and realized it was one of the best things he had ever eaten. Rob continued to feed him as he watched the boy greedily eat the food. "When I heard roaring from the forest, I thought that a Wyvern had flown from the mountain and attacked someone. As I ran, I noticed a young Wyvern fly from the forests like it was hurt. And when I came close to where the fight was happening, I found you missing an arm."

Naruto looked up at the man from where he was being fed and remembered what had happened. The horrible burning sensation and the thing that sprouted out of his side. "A strange red bubble started to form around the open wound and I didn't know what was happening. But soon you started screaming and holding onto it as a new arm started to grow from where the old one was. Then it started to change."

"What do you mean change?"

"Like what was being made wasn't human. It was a claw, like a fox's arm but mixed with a human's. It actually looked like it had fur and was tearing up the ground underneath you. And you didn't look like you were faring much better yourself. You looked like if I left you there you were going to change into a monster. So I ran over and knocked you out."

Naruto finished sipping the contents of the bowl as Rob laid it off to the side. "I thought you were going to be taken over by that arm so I thought fast. I covered your arm in the casing, hoping for the best. I knew it wasn't magic taking you over and I didn't even know if it would have worked. Lucky for me the reformatting cut off all energy the energy, not just the magic."

Naruto nodded at his explanation even though it basically went in one ear and out the other. He closed his eyes and quickly jumped into his mindscape, to see what had happened. When he did, the boy noticed that a strange shield was covering everything in front of his left shoulder and cutting off all sight on the other side. Like a massive wall built around a boy's arm. Naruto looked down at the metal. "So, when can I take it off?"

Rob coughed uncomfortably at his question. "Well, you can't. The metal basically forms to almost a second layer of skin and takes the place of the affected limb. It is extremely difficult to remove and take off. Even so, in your case it would be a bad idea. That energy was cut off but it is still stored inside the case of your arm. If you find a way to take it off, it will build up and take you over again. And I won't be there to stop you this time."

"So you mean..."

"Don't ever take that off." Naruto nervously nodded at the simplified explanation. He felt an awkward silence take over the cabin as they both stayed silent, the flickering of the fire being the only sound they heard. Until Naruto shuffled underneath the sheets.

"I..." Rob looked down at his young friend "I'm really glad that you are okay." Rob saw that Naruto's eyes were kind of watery as Rob smiled and wrapped his arms around the young boy. Naruto felt the nostalgic feeling of being kept safe in the man's arms. They both laughed for a little bit.

"What happened after we separated?" Naruto flinched at all of the events that had played out after he had left the burned man on the boat. Naruto started to explain everything that had happened to him afterwards. The meeting and betrayal of Jellal. Losing Erza and falling into the tower catacombs. Waking up and living on the island. And how he had found the graveyard. Rob nodded and listened to everything that he had said. After he was done, they stayed in momentary silence.

"And what about you? Rob lifted his squinty eyes and looked at Naruto as he stared back at him. "I thought that you died when your ship exploded. How are you still alive?"

Rob chuckled as he looked at his young charge. "I got some help."

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Naruto ran off the deck of the ship as multiple other salves were setting the ship up for travel. The older male slave in charge grumbled as he looked to the damaged, singed man. "Oh fuck this! I ain't taken care of some burning corpse!" He walked over and roughly grabbed the burnt arm of the former Fairy Tail Mage, earning a pained gasp of intense pain from the poor man. He dragged the body to the edge and prepared to throw him overboard.

But just as he was about to, a pair of small hands grabbed the man's arm and held his throw in place. The older man looked down and met the heated gaze of a slanted eyed red haired boy with what looked like a small snake on his shoulder. "What are you doing?" The boy questioned n his little voice as he grabbed underneath the burnt man's arm and lifted him up. "You heard that punk, you can't just throw him overboard like that."

"That guy is basically dead already. And he would just stink up the ship if we left him on here." Several other large men followed behind him as they all had fearsome looks on their faces. "We are throwing him off." The man reached down but was intercepted by a small wall.

In front of the boy and the burnt man were several other children, blocking their path. A fat boy with orange hair. A little boy with sharp yellow eyebrows and a shaven head. A black haired boy with bags under his eyes. And finally a little girl with white hair and a feather resting on her ear.

Erik glared at the in anger as he gripped the elder's arm. "We are not letting you kill this man. You would be no better then those fucking jailers if you did something like this. So Fuck Off!"

The man's anger reached its peak as he started to reach for the boy but the child wall had intercepted him. The children all held the bulking slaves back as Erik carried the man over the deck. They reached a small life boat and Erik gently laid the man down on the benches.

"Here Ossan, you should be safe here. I can't guarantee that you'll find land but it is better then being thrown off the side of a boat." He prepared the ship to leave as the older men had captured the other children and had started to put them on a life boat on the other side to throw them off. Rob barely lifted himself up and looked at the crimson haired boy.

"Why are you helping me?" The boy stopped his preparation as he looked to the old man. He smirked at him as the snake shook its tail.

"Cause I can't let that freaky cat bastard be the only one to be the hero." He waved the man off as he started to lower the boat. Rob felt the last few feet fall faster as the boy was taken and thrown onto the row boat with the others.

Rob felt the waves take his ship as he laid there, feeling the flow take it. He then heard another explosion and saw that the ship had blown up.

He realized that he being crippled had just saved his life. But he could only regret at the feeling of forsaking his friends and those young children. As he silently floated on the water.

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"I floated for a few days until I was found near a beach in an old town. The closest guild there was Lamia Scale, so I got some help from a young lad named Jura and I was on my way. Blue Pegasus was just a week's travel so I headed there. I got some help from my old friend Bobby and I walked up here. And have decided to stay here for the time being."

Naruto nodded as his eyes lowered in sadness. He was so worried about Rob and had thought he was dead. What did he know? Old people like him just never gave up. He continued this train of thought until Rob interjected.

"What are you going to do now, Naruto-kun?" Naruto looked up and then back down at his hands, lying in his lap.

"Well, I guess I'll leave and go back to Fairy Tail. That is where I wanted to go in the first place. And when I'm there, I'll go looking for Jellal and everyone again. It should be pretty easy. This was just a setback."

"Hmm." Rob grunted in agreement as he picked up the bowl and walked back over to the stew. "And what if it wasn't?"

"What?"

"I said what if it wasn't?" Rob tuned around and looked at the boy. "What if you lost because you were weak?"

"I-I'm not weak. I've fought hundreds of ninjas. And I beat all of those jailers back at the tower."

"Yes, but you beat those ninja with the help of the power from Kurama. And those jailers would have lost against a strong gust of wind. Those aren't achievements to be proud about."

Naruto grew angry at what his friend was implying. "What do you mean?"

The man stood up and towered over Naruto with his height. "I'm saying you aren't going to be lucky like you were today. That was only a child Wyvern. An adult one can fight up to several experienced mages by itself. And there are some mages out there that would kill a child like you for just the boots on your feet. Maybe even less then that." Naruto continued to glare at him until his eyes weakened and he nervously gripped the sheets of his bed.

Rob softened his eyes as he knelt down and put his hand on the boy's shoulder. "I don't want to see you get hurt anymore. You have so much to give to this world Naruto-kun. And I know that people would be crushed at the thought of losing you." Naruto looked over at him. "I know I would"."

"So what do I do?"

Rob smirked as he stood back up and pounded his flesh hand against his chest. "You are lucky to be in the same house as one of the most experienced mage's in Fairy Tail history. I can fight of multiple mages and monsters by myself. And~..." He looked down at Naruto who was watching only him. "I may just feel like teaching you that strength."

"Really Rob-jichan?!"

"Yep. And you are lucky. That new arm of yours can probably be used as a strength."

"Huh? What do you mean?"

"I mean that when I cut off the flow in your arm, I left off a large amount of power still in there. So if you use it right" he winked at the kid and gave hima thumbs up "that power can become your trump card!"

"Trump card?" Naruto looked into his hands as he still couldn't understand what he meant. "What do you mean by that?" As he did that, he let his arms powerlessly swing out.

And as his left arm made contact with the cabin wall, a chunk of the wall exploded out and vaporized the snow and wood. A loud crash and dust cloud rose up from where the impact had destroyed a part of the cabin wall.

As the dust cloud floated out, it left an image of both Naruto and Rob looking at the hole. Their eyes blackened out by their hair as they both kept stone faces on. Naruto started to shake as he sweated profusely.

"Eh-ehe-ehehehe. He-hey, Rob-ji-jichan, l-look." Naruto turned around and looked at his older parent. Sweat pouring down his face as he tried to completely ignore the damage he had caused. "I blew up a wall with a punch. A-ain't that cool?"

"Yes, it really is Naruto-kun." Rob's face betrayed no emotion as he looked at the boy with a smile. "And it will be even cooler after the training we will start after you fix this wall."

'Da-Damn It!'

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Done

I am so sorry that this took so long. I took a week off, which turned into two weeks, and then I realized that I was slacking off. And I couldn't think of what to write for this so I just couldn't think.

Well anyway, back to what I was saying at the beginning of the AN. FFFFFUUUUUCCCCKKKK! Damn, I did not see that coming. I'm serious, that actually did take me by surprise. When Kagura said that she was Simon's little sister and I had planned ahead, I felt like Kagura had metaphysically formed out of the screen and kicked me straight in the balls.

And as I cried on the floor, holding my cracked manhood and let a week pass by (don't forget this was a Kagura kick so the things were basically shattered at contact) I read the Rosemary chapter and felt like Erza had formed this time. But instead of kicking me, she made a gun out of nothing and remade that scene from Django Unchained when he raids that cabin at the end and that poor bastard gets out of the tub. Shit! I felt like she had whispered 'Kazuya and Erika? Pfftt' before she pulled the trigger.

Anyway, I am really hoping that no more curve balls smack me in the face over these next few chapters of Fairy Tail. Except for that Rogue Shadow idea, that was pretty badass and that can go anyway it wants to.

And as far as Naruto chapters go, can I just call bullshit! Not at the chakra cloaks for everybody, that seems to make sense. But at the conveniently placed Uzumaki Household on the outskirts of the village that apparently no one knew about except for the creepy ass child rapist that is Orochimaru.

Did it never occur to anyone that the one Uzumaki in the entire village had a right to know about the house. And a mask to summon the Shiki Fuujin, seriously?

Ah, oh well.

Now I have to think about how to do these next few chapters and making them good. I'm off.

Also, I should probably be putting this in my Medaka AN, but is anyone else hoping for a new fighter. I mean I am glad that Medaka is still alive and beat Iihiko, but now that Shiranui has turned, I hope that someone else takes up the responsibility of taking care of this situation.

I mean seriously.

Zen: Well looks like Shiranui has changed. I best leave this to Medaka-chan. Medaka-chan can take care of this by herself.

Kum: [Are you sure Zenkichi-chan? I mean the girl has all of her bones broken, no rhythm in her heart and massive blood loss. Plus she had a pierced stomach and spine and can barely stand as it is.]

Zen: Naw, it's okay Kumagawa. Just leave it to Medaka-chan. Just join us as we all circle jerk it over Tsurubami-Sensei's dead body over here.

Kam: I don't have to be first but I will if that is what you want.

Med: *Blargh* Di-dying over here. Anyone?

Han: Fresh~

Seriously?

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