Naruto looked up at the roof of the guild from his seat at one of the tables, he had just gotten back from training with Erza. He had trained with Erza every morning for a week now, and it seemed he had managed to impress her since she had told him today that he had improved enough to hold his own in a fight. In other words that meant that Naruto was ready to start going on missions, but only easy ones of course. Saving princesses and killing giants would have to wait.

Finally he would go on a mission, but first he had to rest, he didn't want to look weak by having shaky legs when he looked at the missions board.

When his breathing was back to normal and his legs didn't act all jelly like he stood up and headed towards the missions board.

As he walked there he saw that at the bar master was and Mirajane were talking to Erza and the other members of her team, Natsu, Gray and Lucy. As he walked past them to the missions board he heard them talking about some kind of alliance to take out a dark guild. It seemed important so he decided not to bother them.

When he got to the board he silently looked at the many requests. Cleaning a boat? No the pay for that sucked. Finding a lost cat? No the pay was bad for that too... and who names a cat Tora? Seriusly!

As he continued looking through the missions he noticed one that he had already seen before. It was the request to take care of a vulcan that was terrorizing farms, the reward that had once been 25 thousand had gone up drastically to 80 thousand jewel. Oh he was SO doing this one, if the people raised the reward so much then they probably needed help. And it was only a vulcan so it was going to be easy. During his time at fairy tail Naruto had studied up a bit on the monsters that could be found in the world and as it turned out a vulcan was some kind of really big monkey.

He pulled the request paper of the board and slipped it into his pocket, looking over at the bar he saw that the master and Erzas team were still talking about serious stuff. So once again he decided not to bother them, so he headed out of the guild. As he was about to exit a middle aged man called out to him ``oi Naruto! Where you going?´´ Naruto looked back at the man and said happily ``i'm going on a mission Macao!´´ the man smiled and raised a mug of beer at him ``ohoo? Well good luck then Naruto!´´ Naruto waved to Macao as he left with a big smile on his face.

As he came out of the guild Naruto decided to head back to his hotel room first so he could get some things that he would need to travel.

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Naruto made a list of things he needed, first was a map, since he had no idea how to get to the town called 'Kusa'. Secondly he needed a bigger backpack, since the one he had now barely held the few items he came with. Thirdly he would need new clothes, one of his tracks suits had been ripped up during training and the one he wore now had started to smell weird, he didn't know why but it probably had something to do with how he washed it in the sink in the bathroom. Lastly he needed to get a new pair of shoes, he had worn sandals for a while but were starting to get a bit tight.

Naruto read the list out loud to himself ``map, backpack, clothes and shoes. Yeah that should be all I need! Time to go shopping!´´ Naruto hopped up and ran out of the room, and then back in to get the envelope with money that he had gotten from gramps back in Konoha.

Walking around in the town Naruto started to look for a clothing shop, he had already gotten a map and backpack from a shop called Adventure gear that sold all kinds of things related to adventuring.

It did not take long to find a clothing shop when he walked along the main street, as he entered one and looked around he realized that the shop was perfect. There before him was a rack with several tracksuits in different colors, most notably there were orange ones similar to the ones he usually wore. He quickly tried one on and felt like he was in heaven, it was so much softer than the ones he had. He needed to get at least two of these he decided quickly.

As he walked to the register he noticed that there were some nice looking t-shirts in different colors so decided to take a few of those as well. With his hands full of clothes he walked up to the counter and put it all down. ``would that be all?´´ asked the shopkeeper lady. Naruto looked at the pile of clothes and responded ``nah I'm gonna need some more.´´

he wandered around the shop once more and picked up several pairs of boxers, and a pair of shorts that had caught his attention. The shorts were plain brown but they had several pockets that seemed useful.

Once again he went to the counter and put the things down in a pile. ``will that be all?´´ the lady asked one more. Naruto thought for a moment, this was all he needed right, not forgetting anything now? He was sure this was all he needed so he nodded to the lady who started counting how much the many items would cost.

``and that will come to a total of.. 16 thousand jewel.´´ Naruto sighed as he payed, those 150 thousand he had gotten from gramps were starting to disappear. Since he had to buy breakfast, lunch and dinner every day, and he would eventually have to pay the hotel bill eventually.

He stuffed the clothes he had bought into his new backpack and put it on, it was much heavier than he was used to but he could handle it. Training with Erza really payed off for him.

As he walked out of the shop he pulled his map up and looked it over, he quickly found magnolia, so he started to check the map for the small village called 'Kusa'. It took a few minutes but eventually he found it, turned out that to get to Kusa he had to take the train to one of the larger cities and then walk the rest of the way. The trip there probably wouldn't take much more than a day so he decided to go to the train station and get going right away.

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As Naruto walked along the road to Kusa he looked around into the forest. It had already gotten dark and he should not have been able to see anything, but for some reason he could. Everything was visible to Naruto, he could see every rock on the dirt road, every tree and even the animals that hid in the darkness. It was pitch black now and he knew it, and yet he could easily spot the bigger rocks on the road and avoid them.

He noticed that some of his magic was channeled to his eyes, it seemed to do so on it's own. This is awesome! He thought, since his magic worked best in the dark it would be a disadvantage if he couldn't see in the dark, then he would be just as blind as his opponents.

Naruto stopped walking for a second and looked down at his hand, after a second of concentration his magic was created and covered his hand and formed into claws. It had come so easily, much faster than the times he used his magic during the day. He looked at the claw before focusing once more, and suddenly his entire arm was covered in the dark matter. Freaking COOL!

He continued walking while playing with the dark matter, forming it into different shapes and weapons like swords and axes. He even coated both of his hands in the dark matter and made claws on both hands, that could be useful he thought.

Then he noticed that the trees had started to thin out, and he eventually came out of the forest to see vast fields with crops growing everywhere. Straight in front of him he saw lights and houses, that was the town called Kusa. He walked a bit faster, it was the middle of the night and he wanted to find a place to sleep and some food.

The closer he came to the town the brighter the lights became, soon the light became almost unbearable. And then the his magic stopped being channeled to his eyes and it was dark again. The blinding lights had actually been a few torches scattered around the streets to light it up just a bit during the night.

As he entered the town he was blinded by the light of a torch and a voice called out ``hey your not supposed to wander around at night... wait I don't think I have seen you around here before.´´ the voice paused and Naruto got a good look at the man who spoke. He had gray hair that stood to the side of his head, his left eye was covered by a patch and the rest of his face was covered by a cloth. His one visible eye was narrowed at Naruto and he spoke again ``who are you?´´

``I'm uh Naruto, I'm from fairy tail.. I'm here for the mission ya know?´´ Naruto spoke hesitantly, this guy was kind of scary. The mans eyes softened and he took a step back.

``oh so someone finally took the job huh. Well it's a good thing you're here that vulcan has been really troublesome lately.´´ he started walking down the street, and stopped when he noticed Naruto wasn't following. ``are you coming or what? Ill take you to the town hall so you can speak with the mayor.´´

Naruto quickly caught up to the man and as they walked he asked ``hey hey whats your name?´´

``my name is Kakashi.´´´the man did not say anymore so Naruto stayed silent as well.

I did not take long to reach the town hall, and as they entered was reminded of the guild hall. The room was spacious with a single long table running down the middle. Kakashi moved past the long table and reached a door which he knocked on lightly. The door opened reveling a tall man with dark hair that reached his waist, his face was deathly pale and his breath was somewhat labored.

``mayor, a mage from fairy tail has arrived to take care of the vulcan.´´ kakashi explained.

The pale man looked over at Naruto for a second and then spoke ``it is good to meet you young mage. I am Orochimaru, Mayor of this town.´´

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Naruto was woken the next day by several dog's who jumped onto the couch he was sleeping on. He had spent the night at Kakashi's house after having spoken to the mayor.

He helped himself to some of the bread he found in Kakashi's kitchen and went outside, it was time to get that vulcan.

The mayor had said that the vulcan had attacked farmers when they got too close to the forest in the north. So that was the first place Naruto would look, as he got past the houses and looked out over the large field he saw a large storage building by the edge of the forest. Heading in that direction would be best.

Reaching the forest did not take long, but walking over the field had been a pain though, he had mud all over his sandals now. ``oh yeah I forgot to buy new shoes´´ he said to himself. Whatever time to focus, the sooner he dealt with the monster the sooner he could go and buy new shoes. And an apartment.

As he was about to enter the woods the sound of a snapping branch brought Naruto out of his thoughts. There just about ten meters from him stood a giant monkey, maybe three or four times bigger than him. That was the vulcan, monkey looking, green fur and a vaguely humanoid face.

Naruto smiled widely as he summoned dark matter from the shadows of the trees and formed a katana out of it. He praised himself in his mind for getting the shape right and then took confident steps towards the creature. It growled as he got closer and raised it's arms, preparing to fight him.

Naruto raised his sword and rushed at the vulcan with a roar, the creature swung a massive fist at him in response. He ducked under the blow and slashed at the beasts midsection but was forced to jump back when the vulcan suddenly twisted and tried to hit him again.

He made another attempt, rushing towards the beast he hopped to the side to avoid a punch and this time slashed the outstretched arm. He managed to cut it decently but the vulcan retaliated quickly. Dodging the swing it sent at him he was unprepared for the second fist that hit him right in the chest. He was flung back into the field and his back was covered in mud as he landed.

He quickly got up and looked at the vulcan that had not moved yet, it stood staring at him for a moment and then roared loudly.

The vulcan charged at Naruto who quickly thought of a plan. When the beast tired to punch him he stepped to the side and then jumped past the beast. When he was behind it he swung the sword in an arc across the beasts back. It roared In pain and turned and swung at Naruto again though this time it was slow and Naruto parried the blow with ease.

The beast was wounded enough that finishing it off would be easy now. He stepped back to avoid a swipe and then jumped forward and pressed his blade trough the large beasts chest. He pulled the blade out and stepped back to avoid getting crushed by the falling body.

Naruto looked at the large beast as it let out a last breath and then lay lifelessly, when he was sure he had won Naruto took a deep breath. He did his best to hide it during the fight but he was scared of the monstrous monkey, he would have probably been killed if he had taken to many of the beasts punches.

Well it was time to tell the mayor that the beast was dead now. But as he started walking a massive hand suddenly grabbed his body and flung him all the way over to the wall of the storage building. Naruto yelped in pain when he landed on the hard dirt, but quickly stood up and looked at his attacker.

It was another vulcan, but this one was bigger than the first and it looked really angry. The massive beast charged at Naruto with unexpected speed and hit Naruto so fast that he could only raise his arms to guard before getting hit. The blow was so strong that Naruto was carried through the wall and flew all the way to the other side of the storage area. He landed on a large pile of hay and looked up at the roof of the barn in disbelief, his entire body was in pain. His head throbbed in pain and he started coughing, drops of blood came with the coughs and stained his clothes.

Suddenly his field of vision was taken up by the massive vulcan, 'oh yeah hes still here' thought Naruto. The vulcan grabbed him with a single hand and held him up, Naruto screamed as the monster squeezed him.

``you kill mate human!´´ it growled ``now I kill YOU!´´

``ha ha ha...´´ the monster paused, why the hell would the human laugh now? ``hey monkey, it's pretty dark in here ain't it?´´ the monkey had no idea what the boy was talking about so it started to squeeze Naruto harder. But the it's arms were impaled by several black blades that had materialized out of thin air.

The monster screamed in pain and let Naruto go, when he landed on the ground he staggered but stayed standing. He looked up at the monster with a smile as it tried to pull the blades from it's arms. ``what's wrong monkey? I thought you were gonna kill me!´´ the beast did not seem to hear him, it still raved about screaming and doing it's best to get the swords from its arms.

Naruto stared at it and then formed more dark matter in his hand, which to the shape of a claymore that Erza had once showed to him. ``well if you ain't coming for me then i'm coming for you!´´ he rushed forward and plunged the blade through the monsters stomach. It roared in pain again, then even louder when Naruto pulled the blade back out. It collapsed to its knees and looked down at the boy, who stood ready to deliver the final blow. Naruto never got to deal that final blow however as the giant monkey lurched forward and fell on top of him.

Naruto had tried to step back but was now pinned underneath the monsters massive body. Naruto felt himself loosing consciousness and before all went black he thought 'at least I won'.