A/N: Well, shit, you all went out and followed the damn thing explosively. Here's another update, you mad fucking lads! Keep being awesome.
Did you guys know that Naruto has only completed 16 missions in his career? 0-S, 6-A, 2-B, 1-C, 7-D. Yeah, fuck that. I am changing that. Naruto v.s. Gaara is an S-rank; you can't tell me fighting a Jinchūriki is anything but an S-rank in the middle of a war. Then there is the fight during the Tusnade recovery mission. Ochiocmaru, Itachi Uchiha, and Kisame Hoshigaki; yeah, that's S-rank. That's two S-Ranks, right there.
Now here is Naruto's minimum mission record(There is way more he has done base on Tsunade telling the young ninjas that they will have to take harder missions due to the invasion) at the end of the Naruto series(includes two games, 3 movies, Filler, and two Ova's): 5-S, 16-A, 8-B, 5-C, & 8-D for a total of 42 missions(FYI: this is a minimum amount; we don't have a D, C, or B rank amount due to the story and fillers being unspecific and not matching each other. That and if I had to sit through that and just found out that none of those episodes mattered… bruh, I can't tell you how pissed I was when I found that out).
Act 1: Welcome to Fairy Tail
Chapter Two: Meeting The Demon
"So a shinobi is like a mage." The guild master spoke to himself. "Hmm, have you completed missions before; you seem rather young."
Naruto grinned, "Yeah, I have taken a lot of missions."
"Truly?" The old man asked to which the blond nodded his head. "What is your mission record?"
Naruto raised an eyebrow at Makarov, "Missions completed, mission difficulty, or mission success rate?"
The old man shrugged his shoulders, "Whatever you feel comfortable telling me with."
Naruto's eyes narrowed in thought as he rubbed his chin, "Uhh, I have completed forty-two missions; the mission success rate is seventy-eight percent; I have completed eight D-ranks, five C-ranks, eight C-ranks, sixteen A-ranks, and five S-ranks."
It took a minute for Makarov to process this information, but when he did…
"WHAT? A BRAT LIKE YOU COMPLETED FIVE S-RANK MISSIONS?!" The old guild master blurted out, "Ludicrous, you can't lie to me, boy! There ain't no way."
Naruto did not like the disbelieving tone the old man had taken with him. "OI, I did, though; even though those missions got upgraded, they still count, crappie old man!"
"Disrespectful little shit-"
"Who the fuck are you calling little?!" This old man has no room to be calling anyone little. "Kunai in a greenhouse if I ever heard one!"
The old man pinched the bridge of his nose and shook his head. "Well, whatever, we'll find out the truth soon enough. Suppose the missions are anything like what mages have gone through, then shinobis are just like mages."
"What is a maga?" Naruto asked as he followed behind the guild master of Fairy Tail. The blond finished adjusting his new white shorts from the guild master. He is still barefoot through. He needed to know because that was like the sixth or seventh time Makarov had said it since he had explained a lot of stuff to him. A lot of stuff he barely understood. These people didn't have chakra! How was that even possible?!
That's not what Sakura told him! And she's like really smart!
"It is pronounced mage, Naruto." Makarov corrected, and Naruto gave him an annoyed face. "And a mage uses magic to fight off monsters, protect people from bandits, problem-solving, and much, much more."
"That sounds a lot like shinobi without having a village part. You said Fairy Tail is one of these guilds for mages." Naruto repeat\ed. Makarov nodded slowly, and Naruto continued. "What makes your guild different from the rest?" Naruto inquired. He eyes the small older man carefully.
For all Naruto knew, Makarov might be a bad guy that caught him! A really funny-dressed old evil guy…, Nah, that doesn't make much sense now that he thinks about it. What evil guy was just going to give him clothes to stab him in the back later?
"What makes Fairy Tail different from the rest of the guilds is our pinnacles, the closeness of the guild. We follow the path that we believe in! Magic can not reach new heights under watchful eyes, after all! Then there is also the fact that we are all one big," the old man threw the large doors back to the balcony entrance leading to the main hall, "happy family." Not a second after he finishes, the old man is smacked in the head with a glass bottle that knocks the little old man out cold. Blood drips from where he was hit on his forehead.
Naruto did the smartest thing he could think of and hit the deck as a literal table crashed through the upper wall of the building. 'What the fucking is even happening!'
How could Makarov say they are a happy family and then proceed to be taken out by the said family? Heck, even Sakura wasn't this violent! Naruto paused and thought about that. Nah, that was one hundred percent debatable. After the missions he had taken with her, he soon realized just how prone to anger she was around him.
It's almost like she didn't like him!
And that's impossible!
Naruto peered through the small slots of the still-intact wooden railing. Any doubts about the guild taking him away from his home are wiped away. These are definitely not shinobi, and they would have been noticed in an instant. They are wearing clothes that he has never seen before. They would have been noticed in a heartbeat.
One person wearing weird clothes, that's fine; a whole guild? Nah. That and could they be any louder?
The loud slam told him everything he needed to know. Yes, they could be much louder.
His eyes glanced over brawling guild members. They look more like civilians who were taught basic ninjutsu. That didn't seem like a good idea now that he could see it in action.
For you see, there was this massive brawl taking place below him, and some were no doubt fighting better than others. Yet, most of this fighting was what ninjas would call street fighting. Yep, and he knows what that looked like since he lived in the toughest and poorest district in Konoha. Naruto didn't get much time to watch the fight as someone was flung through the railing and smacked into the wall on the other side of the stairs. The wall shook and cracked from the force of the person that was slammed into it.
The person that had crashed into the wall was an older pretty girl with red hair and brown eyes. She looked about sixteen or so. She had on a white long-sleeve shirt and armor on her chest and shoulders; around her neck was a tied red piece of cloth, a brown belt that held her sword, a long cream-colored skirt with dark blue leggings, and brown boots.
"Oh, ho! Is that the best you got, you fatty bastard?!" Naruto turned his head away from the girl. His bemused gaze falls upon another older pretty girl who called out to the one she had thrown up here. She has white hair and blue eyes.
She had on a dark, sleeveless shirt adorned with some light curved things on the chest, a pair of leather shorts held up by a studded belt with a demonic-looking buckle, and thigh-high boots with stiletto heels, each bearing a skull adorned by a flower on their upper front parts. She also sported a bracelet shaped like a demonic arm around her right wrist, a ring on the same hand's middle finger, and dark nail polish. She had let a large strand cover her forehead freely and had most of her hair tied in a high ponytail on the back of her head by a massive dark ribbon.
Even with the heavy impact of the so-called fatty bastard had made, she shot right back to her feet, growling out a name, "Mirajane."
She jumped right back down into the fray back toward the white-haired girl. He watched as the white-haired girl got punched right in the face and flew into the ceiling, cracking it. The girl grinned and flew down with a kick.
There was a massive impact, and he was sure some of the wooden floor was gone. "This is crazy."
"It's pretty normal, actually." Naruto's heart lurched in his chest. He turned and saw Makarov next to him in prone, just like him.
"Gramps, you scared the shit out of me." Naruto blurted out.
"Fu fu fu, did I?" Makarov laughed and said.
"This is normal? " Naruto questioned with widened eyes on the situation at hand.
Makarov gave the blond a thumbs up, "Regularly."
"That's crazy," Naruto stated as he watched someone strip their clothes off, and he meant all of it. "What the fuck?" He asked no one and looked away from the teen. He did not need to see that.
"Hmm, oh, that's just Gray Fullbuster. His teacher was quite eccentric."
"His teacher must have been a prev," Naruto commented on the state or, rather, the lack of dress of this Gray character. Naruto knew a thing about crazy sensei, bushy brows sensei. Gai was no doubt at the top of that list. Then again, Jiraiya was up there too. He was still mad about being pushed off a fucking cliff.
"Oh, she was."
And just like that, a switch was flipped!
"She?!" Naruto exclaimed disbelievingly. His sensei would love to meet a woman like that, and he was very sure of that. "Never mind that. Shouldn't you stop this before they break everything?"
"Yes, you make a wonderful point." The short Makarove admited. The old man stood up and soon began to expand into a towering giant!
"Woah! He's like Chōji!" It was pretty odd seeing someone being able to grow into something so massive from something so small. It felt just like that time on the Sasuke retrieval mission.
"THAT'S ENOUGH!"
"I'M ALL FIRED UP!" Someone screamed and jumped at the old man, only to be smacked away. The person just smacked away shot straight through the wall- HE CAN SEE OUTSIDE! Naruto's mouth fell agape. Just where in Kami's name did he end up?!
"Oi!? Is he like okay?!" Naruto yelled, getting all attention turned to him. "I thought you said you were trying to prevent more damage to the building?"
"He's fine; just watch."
Naruto looked toward the area the teen went. Sure enough, a second later, a teen steps out from the hole in the wall. The kid was older than him by two years, give or take. He had spiky pink hair, black eyes, a white scarf around his neck, a long-sleeved red shirt, and yellow shorts.
"You won this time, old man!" He finished by wiping some spit from the corner of his mouth.
Naruto's eyes widened, "He's just like Konohamaru." He muttered under his breath.
"Who the Hell is that!" The white-haired girl points at him. Based on what that red-haired girl said, that's Mirajane. He was not so sure why she cared. She looked ready to continue fighting with the redhead that was only a few feet away from her. In fact, she still had a chair in her hand that she was slowly putting down.
Before Makarov could say anything, Naruto pointed at himself with his thumb, "My name is Uzumaki Naruto," the blond declared, "Ninja and future Hokage!"
Makarov coughed into his hand to get the attention, "Thank you, Naruto. He will be staying here with us for a period of time as a guest until further notice."
"Oh, he plans to join the guild then!" Said a man with slicked-back blue hair.
"I want to fight him!"
"Welcome to Fairy Tail, brat!" A man with brown hair in a pompadour yelled from under a table.
"..., doesn't look that strong," Gray said aloud.
Naruto's eye twitched at being called weak. He ain't gonna let a discount stripper say shit about him. "Put some damn clothes on!"
The boy looked down at himself, face taking on a stunned look, "Shit, what happened to my clothes?"
"Da fuck!?" Naruto questions, absolutely shocked by Gray. How did he forget that he was the one to take his own clothes off? How that teen managed that, he will never know. The blond looks to the guild's master, "Hey, old man, what are they talking about?"
"They think you are joining the guild." The older man whispered. "I think that might be your best option at this point."
Naruto raised an eyebrow at the man, "What do you mean?"
"Joining the guild will help you because let's be honest, we don't know how long you will be here. Could be a few hours, might be years. At least if you are with the guild, I can help since I have experience in helping people in your situation." Makarov explains, "You will be able to make money, get stronger, and have people here you can rely on."
That sounded pretty good. It's also true that he might be here longer than he thought he would.
"I won't twist your arm on it, though," Makarov told him. "Everyone should have the right to make their own decisions."
Naruto grinned at that line of logic. It was a pretty laid-back approach. "What do I have to do?"
"To join?" Makarov asked. The blond nodded, and the short man continued with a fond smile, "Well, you just have to say you want to join; we will give you the guild tattoo and get your papers in order. I will also have you tested to see just how powerful you are."
Naruto narrowed his eyes in thought. There was something about the old dude's tone that set the warning bells off in his head. "Is that normal?"
"No, it's not," Makarov confirmed Naruto's thoughts. "You say that there is no magic where you are from, but this force called chakra. I wish to see what it can do and if it can hold up to magic."
"Hmm…" The blond sounds, "I see." So basically, the old guy wanted to see how strong he was. It made sense, but that whole boring magic was somehow better than chakra thing the old guy was implying; the blond could care less about that. "Sure, I'll join, dattebayo."
"Excellent choice!" Makarov nodded before yelling down, "Mirajane, get the stamp."
"Why fucking me?" She hollered at the guild master.
"Because I said so, foul mouth brat!"
Mirajane sighed, looking greatly displeased, "Ugh, fine." She rolled her eyes and started walking to a bar. Wait, why was there a bar here?
The girl disappeared behind the bar and came back with a golden stamp, and stopped at the bottom of the stairs. She did not move from that spot, and Naruto looked confused. "Well? Hurry it up, fucker. I ain't coming up there."
Naruto frowned at the older girl. What was she mad at him for? He shot a glare at the guild master, "Why did you have her do it? She's mean." He whispered.
"Oh, that's just how she is, but she's a great cook!" Makarov unhelpfully added, "It's good for her; it might help her mellow out."
Great, so he was the testing dummy. He was not even in the guild yet, and he already felt like he was being used. Wait, that mean girl just down the steps was a cook? Does she handle knives? Now Naruto was a shinobi, and he had seen some pretty out-there things in his days. This girl with knives was a big red flag. The way that she was glaring up at him and the way her look kept getting worse the longer he stayed up here. That look does not bode well for him.
Well, she couldn't be that bad, right? Wait, didn't Makarov say her nickname is 'The Demon?' What the fuck situation was the guild master putting him in!?
You know what? It's whatever; he was not scared in the slightest. He fought against Zabuza, Orochimaru, and Garaa. Helped a princess get her nation back, helped other princesses, fought against people that could turn into monsters, saved an island resort, and completed a bunch of missions. One girl with a foul mouth and a bad attitude was nothing he couldn't handle.
So, he walked down the stairs, Not bothered by her glare or her foot tapping. He could see that dark purple aura around her forming. He blinks; when did that happen? Could other people see that, or was that just him? He reached the bottom of the stairs and stood before the girl, who was both older and taller than him.
"Where do you want it, and what color?" Her tone told him that she was aggravated. He should not make this take long, or he will anger her even more.
That might be funny. What would Kakashi-sensei do here? He knew how to get under people's skin like a splinter. Then again, why was he imitating Kakashi so much? Was this what those old people called a phase? Nah, Kakashi was just cool like that.
"Hmm," He narrowed his eyes. "Oh, how about-" he stopped in mid-sentence, "No, that's not right." The taller girl's displeased look becomes even more strained and on the verge of wrath. "Hmmm, big decision…." He muttered. Her left eye was twitching, and her face was resting in a face that promised an ass-kicking. "Ooh, I got it."
"Finally." She said that through gritted teeth.
'One last push,' Naruto fought down the shit-eating grin that was trying to form on his face, "Nope, that's no good either." He looked away from Mirajane.
Mirajane's arm rushed forward and grabbed him by the collar, lifting him into the air. He could hear people in not-so-hushed voices talking about how big his balls were or how stupid he was. Eh, it's a gift.
"Are you fucking with me?" The girl asked him in a heated voice.
"Mah-mah-mah, this a life-changing choice; it has to be perfect." Naruto reasoned in what would be his best Kakashi-sensei situation defuse voice. In reality, he already knew where he wanted his tattoo. "Tattoos can't be changed after all. Where you have a tattoo, after all, it can tell you a lot about a person, dattebayo."
She gave him an odd look, "Da fuck is dattebayo?"
He could feel the blush erupt on his face; why the fuck did she call him out on that?! The old man hadn't said anything! "I don't know what you are talking about."
"Oh?" She asked with humor in her voice as she got closer to his face. He does not like that smile. "Are you sure about that?"
Er… he didn't really know if what he was saying was true or not. He was not in the tattoo department back in Konoha. "Back to the tattoo location thing, I can prove it." He changed the subject.
"Really? Do tell." Thankfully the older girl didn't care enough to keep talking about the verbal tic. However, he had a feeling it would come up again.
"Well, where is your guild tattoo?"
Her smirk is downright dangerous, "On my thigh." Yeah, that was a dare if he ever heard one. She wanted him to say something negative. She wanted a fight. Well, Naruto was daring, like he was unpredictable.
He looked down to the right, but it was not there, looked left, and there it was a white tattoo. She really had her tattoo that high up there? Well, this was not his fault. Nope, this was Kakashi's.
"Oh, how promiscuous, dattebayo."
There was a snort of laughter from that armored girl. Other members actually laughed at his comeback. Marjane's eye twitched, and the upside-down chair that was flung over by the stairs during the fight was kicked at the redhead. The chair nailed the teen and sent her to the ground, and the guild went quiet.
Cool, he used that word right. He had heard a few old farts use that word before about how young people dressed. Good to know. However, that word is a mouthful and made him feel old for saying it.
The redhead got up from the floor and looked ready to start round two when the guild master spoke up, "Erza." The girl froze in her spot, both of her hands clenched in fists, knuckles white.
'So that is Erza, huh?' He eyed the redhead as she quietly seethed in rage.
Mirajane drops him, and he lands perfectly on his feet. Oh, so it worked? Huh, he was expecting her to hit him. Maybe there is more to this path to life thing.
"Okay, where do you want it?"
"We are still talking about the tattoo and not a punch, right?" He had to make sure. He had just seen what she could do to a chair.
Her eyes were closed, and she tilted her head to the side and gave him a grin that made him want to run away. "I am not planning on hitting you."
Everyone in the guild besides her said, or rather yelled, "Bullshit!"
"Oh, well, if that's the case," Naruto started but was interrupted by the rest of the guild.
"He actually believes that?!"
Of course, he didn't believe her! That face she was making was the same look Sakura or granny gave before he got his ass beat. He knew damn well that she was plotting to get back at him somehow. He just doesn't know how or when!
"SHUT THE FUCK UP!" Marjane screamed and turned to glare at the rest of the guild members. If the looks she was getting from everybody in the guild were anything to go by, Marjane was strong. Some of them look fearful even, and some of them are twice her age! Maybe that title means more than what he gave it a thought for.
Well, Kakashi-sensei said he has a big mouth. Well, it was Kakashi-sensei humor that got him here. So that always late guy was still at fault.
Naruto pulled up his right shirt sleeve, "My shoulder, orange, please." Just like the ANBU back home. Without another word between the two, she pressed the stamp down on him. After a few moments, she pulled the stamp away, and there was a tattoo of some wing thing with a long tail. Was that a fairy tail?
"Cool, thanks, I guess."
That smile twisted into something the Kyuubi would send him. "Don't thank me yet, fucker," She whispered as she stepped beside him now. Naruto did not like that look! "Hey, old shit, you said you want to test him, right?"
Naruto's eyes widened, 'SHIT!' She had heard what Makarov had told him. He was mad unlucky.
Makarov sighed, looking done with this whole thing. He pinched the bridge of his nose, "Aye."
"I want to beat the shit out of the fucker." She said impatiently, placing both hands on her hips with a fierce glare that dared the guild master to say otherwise.
The old guild master rolled his eyes, "Naruto, is that fine?"
Naruto frowned in thought. He feels that he might regret this if he went through it. However, she thinks she could beat his ass easily. Yeah, now he's got a chip on his shoulder. No one underestimates Uzumaki fucking Naruto!
Marjane looked rather smug, assured he was just some weakling. "Yeah, let's do this." He said with a pointed glare at the older teen.
"Oops, did I touch a nerve, shorty?"
His glare deepened at the short joke. Yeah, he was going to make her see him in a new light. "You're going down, dattebayo."
Nervous laughter broke out around him. His new guild members already had written this fight off as his loss. Fine, good even; he loved proving people wrong! Bastards, all of them.
The girl's grin became merciless, "I'm an S-class mage. I'm gonna stomp you into the ground like a bug, bitch." She punched her fist into her hand.
Naruto didn't outwardly show it, but now he understood why she acts as she does. She was apparently one of the strongest types of mages there was. Did he just fuck himself? Oh, great.
She noticed something about him that caused her to point and laugh at him, "Too late to take it back, shit heel! I promise I won't kill ya, shorty!"
Okay, she was acting very cocky, and she seemed to like knocking his height now. It couldn't possibly be because of his face being flushed with anger or his eye twitching.
Yep, it was personal now. He was going to beat her ass and make her eat those words! S-Rank mage his ass!
"Oi, old man, Where are we doing this!?" Naruto yelled up to his guild master.
"What did I say about calling me by my name?! Shit, even calling me guild master would be fine, ya shitty brat!" Makarov berates him. "You would think you wouldn't be rush'n to an ass beating!"
Naruto's eyes burned with rage and embarrassment, "Where?" The blond growled out.
"Alright, impatient brat, follow me, children." The guild master slid down the stair railing before landing on his feet. The whole guild followed after Makarov.
They had reached a large clearing outside of Magnolia Town next to a rather large lake. Marjane, as cocky as ever, had her arms crossed with a rather smug smirk on her lips. She flipped one of her bangs out of her face.
Naruto was across from her, standing with his hands behind his head. He was still rather angry about all of this. No respect; no one ever gave him a lick of it anywhere he went. The walk through the woods had done very little to clear his mind. It didn't help that the entire time Marjane kept close to him and whispered threats, very rude insults, and poked fun at his height and verbal tic. He knew she wasn't going to let that go.
From this point forward, win or lose, she was going to be hounding him. Every single time. She just had that look of a child who had found their new favorite toy.
She was a bully, just like that Ami girl back at the ninja academy. Or that prick Hibachi and his friend Unagi who almost got him and Iruka-sensei killed by those three Taki kunoichis.
She just pissed him off so much. He didn't even get a chance to take in all the new sights of Magnolia Town with her constantly throwing jibes at him. Luckily they had got him some sandals. Oh, but then leave it to Marjane to comment about his lack of style. What, he wasn't going to wear boots. What kind of self-respecting shinobi wears closed-toe shoes?
That was something those foreigners wore that were hunting for the Stone of Gelel. He never saw anyone else wearing anything else.
Makarov soon stepped in between the two. "Alright, you troublesome brats, here are the rules. This is a fight, not a spar. I expect both of you to fight to your limits. I will step in when I believe I have seen enough or save you from a rather bad hit-"
"Just say you will save him from me because he can't handle it," Marjane said, rather bored.
Naruto glared at her, "You don't even know what I can do," he stated rather heatedly.
"As if you could hurt me, you will be hard pressed on even touching me." The girl scoffed.
He's going in all fire jutsu blazing, then! She was going down hard. S-rank or not. Naruto got into his stance, and he noticed the way that Makarov eyed him more carefully now. The blond couldn't even guess what was going through the old guy's head, but if he had to guess, he might just be reevaluating him. 'Yeah, I'm gonna surprise yah, gramps!'
"Marjane," The guild master called the girl by her name. The girl stood a bit straighter, "you will listen to what I have to say, or I will have Erza take your place."
The girl scowled at the redhead's name, "Fine, but hurry up then!"
The old man leveled a glare at her, and she looked away from him. "As I was saying, I will step in if things get too violent or if I think the fight has been won. Knock out and surrendering will end the match as well." Makarov focused on him, "Naruto, this is an evaluation of your skills. Depending on how you do, you will be given a rank. A rank is the highest I can give you."
Naruto gave the man a look, "I thought S-class is the highest?"
"It is, but there are certain requirements you need in order to reach that rank. Missions, fame, skill, power, and passing the S-Class Mage Promotion Trials." Makarov explained further.
Marjane snorts, getting the blond's attention, "As if you need him to entertain that thought, old man."
Makarov grumbled something under his breath, "Alright, you damn kids, have it." The old man said, jumping back more nimbly than Naruto would have given him credit for. The old guy was like the third Hokage then. He had to shake his head as thinking about that right now was not for the best.
He stopped his hand from shooting down to his non-existence Kunai holster. No equipment. That's right. Well, that makes things harder. Well, time to bum-rush her.
He launched himself at her pushing his chakra into his legs as he closed the distance. His eyes caught a small widening of the girl's eyes. That expression didn't last long as Marjane lifted her hand up, and a dark orb formed in her hands. There was a smirk on the girl's lips as the ball turned into a purple beam.
The straight glowing line impacted him dead center in the chest.
*Poof*
A small white cloud popped into reality. As the cloud dissipated, a burnt log took his place.
From the tree above her, he descended down with a kick aimed at the back of her head. The girl whipped around with a cross guard. When his foot hit her arms, the power sent her off her feet. Her face was one of surprise as she flew in the air before she hit the ground and rolled along the field.
She stopped herself in midroll in a crouch. She stood up; she shook her head, removing the dirt from her hair. She cracked her knuckles and rolled her shoulders back. "Okay, I'm gonna fuck you up, blond bastard."
Naruto rushed her again, and Marjane ran to greet him. In retrospect, that may not have been the wisest idea the girl has had.
Naruto ducked under her kick and grabbed her leg, and pulled it under his arm. His right first came forward and impacted her left cheek. Her whole body lifted up only to come back down as Naruto pulled her back to him. His right hand cocked back for another hit, and her left foot lifted up to kick him under his jaw.
Naruto released her right leg and allowed gravity to take him out of harm's way. His arms shot back to catch himself. He flowed his chakra to his arms, and like powerful springs, he launched his legs at her back. His legs hit her, sending her higher in the air.
She landed on her knees. An ominous purple glow around her. "Shit, let's see you keep up with this!" In a burst of speed, she became faster than him. When she was only seven feet from him, his hands formed the cross-hand seal. The trap had been set and was triggered as ten clones popped around her. The clone in front of him took the hit and disappeared into a white cloud of smoke.
"Huh?"
In a matter of seconds, a rain of fists and kicks fell upon the girl. Fourteen clones had surrounded her. While she had gotten faster, she still could not keep up with the combined effort of fifteen Narutos in close combat. His skill in taijutsu was on a much higher level than hers. Years of experience, hard work, and pain would win the day.
She managed to form another one of the black balls and took to the air again; however, she didn't come back down. He looked up to see that she had black wings that kept her in the sky. Naruto had to blink at that. Well, shit. How the fuck was he going to be able to reach her?! Fucking bullshit magic.
"Oi, why you up there? Can't kick my ass if you're flying away like a bitch." Okay, this girl's mouth was infectious. She had me so pissed off that I had to call her that. He hasn't cursed this much since that guy at the store sold him spoiled milk.
"What did you call me, you cat-face bastard?!"
"Try me bitch!"
"With fucking pleasure!" Naruto watched as a huge black and purple ball formed in her hands. There was a crazy look to her; those eyes spelled danger. Her smile was maddening, "Okay, you little fuck, take this!"
Two of his clones grabbed his arms and threw him to the forest's edge. He went straight through the bushes, and his feet connected to the trunk of a tree. His chakra kept him stuck there. He had to cover his eyes as an explosion rocked the field. The light from it was crazy bright, and the dust kicked up from the attack and pelted into his face. He narrowed his eyes as he could feel the pain of his clones and just how strong that attack was. He had never noticed that before. Could he recall his clones' memories or something? Thoughts for later. Okay, time for an Uzumaki plan for tactical fuckery and just plain bullshit.
Naruto spawned hundreds of clones and had them hidden within the forest. There were three clones in front of him. Two turned themselves into kunai and allowed the third to wield them.
He motioned for them to go. The main clone raced into the open field. While the real Naruto motioned for a clone, and one jumped out of a tree and landed next to him. They both eyed each other and smirked.
The clone that went on to face Marjane crossed the distance dodging her barrage of attacks that tore up the ground. The damage from the large explosion she caused left a gaping crater in the ground that was still smoking. The clone got in perfect throwing distance. It threw the kunai at the airborne target. The first kunai was slow and easily able to be caught. She caught it before it stabbed into her chest. He threw the second one, but its aim was much poorer. It soared just above her head, and she smirked, "Shitty, aim there, shorty."
The clone on the ground only grinned back, "Nah, it was perfect."
The kunai in her hand became an arm, and her eyes widened as she was looking at another naruto. Its legs latched onto her arm and started wailing punches into her gut. She didn't have a chance to fight it off as a kick slammed into the top of her head, sending her spiraling to the ground.
She managed to dispel the clone on her arm as she bit into its leg. She didn't seem to realize about the second clone that was falling towards her with its leg extended. She rightened herself in the air and looked like she was about to say something. However, it was too late; the second one that was still in the air kicked her right in the face, sending her to the ground.
She had tears in her eyes. His clone's kick got her right in the nose, and some blood dripped. Her tearful eyes widened as the land below opened to a small blue orb tearing the ground asunder. The orb howled like the wind, "Rasengan!" The blond called out as his attack connected to her back.
Her scream was drowned out by the attack as it shot her far away from him. She crashed into the ground and rolled and rolled some more. She finally stopped when a large rock braced her. She was faced down next to the rock. Her back was bloodied. He cringed. That Rasengan was low yield, it should not have done that much damage. Were mages just this weak compared to shinobi?
The field was quiet. Naruto started to sweat as the girl did not move. Could he have…, No way… he couldn't have. He glanced at the onlookers, who seemed just as shocked, if not far more worried. Oh shit, he fucked up badly! Did he kill her?!
"You little piece of shit."
Naruto let out a sigh of relief, "Thank kami." He uttered to himself. He would have felt fucking awful if he really had done her in. She slowly got up, using the rock to stand on shaky legs. Her hand clenched, and the rock broke to pieces. Well, he knew she was strong, but damn!
"I will-" She stopped speaking when she noticed an army of Naruto clones all stepping out into the clearing, holding two kunai each. She seemed amazed, as did the rest of the guild. Yeah, he could summon armies, deal with it.
"To think you would actually have me use this against a LITTLE FUCKING NEWBIE!" She roared as rage took its course. A black aura formed around her then it exploded. The wind blast sent Naruto flying, but he was caught by three of his clones before he could crash into a tree head-first.
When he was finally able to see her, he knew he was dealing with something else. He could feel the shift in the air. The power that this girl had excelled to new heights. He went from thinking he had this in the bag to, oh fuck real quick.
Her eyes had become darker, and her eyelashes had grown larger, with a dark, thin marking in a light zig-zag style crossing her right eye vertically; more of those markings were present above her right breast and on both of her bare thighs. Her hair became wilder, jutting upwards and getting curlier, and her ears enlarged, extending backward, and gaining pointed edges. He could also see that her canine teeth had become sharper, and her lips had become covered in dark lipstick. Her forearms and hands became covered in scales and each sprouting a fin-like protrusion on its outer side. Then there was also a large, stocky tail seemingly made of metal plates or scales, getting smaller and smaller near its end.
Her clothing also changed; it was a dark, skimpy one-piece suit, which revealed her arms and legs and was open on the front and the back, exposing most of her belly and cleavage. The clothing had golden-colored edges taking on spiky shapes, and her similarly spiky collar was tied around the neck by a cravat tie. Her shoulders were tied in thin belts protruding from their one-piece suit, and her feet were covered with high-heeled thigh-high boots, which were decorated by lighter motifs on their upper parts, taking on the shapes of jagged blades pointing downwards on the front of their legs, and on the lower parts, in correspondence to their ankles and feet. Finally, there was a pair of gauntlets on her hands.
Well, Naruto didn't know just how much more powerful she had gotten, but a test wouldn't hurt, and it looked like one of his clones had the same idea as him."I see you dress like you speak, dirty."
Well, it would seem he was still doing the Kakashi bit. Can't really understand why the clone thought that was a good idea, but, oh well-
What Naruto wasn't expecting was for Marjane to form a ball faster than she did before ending the clone's existence in a second. Every Naruto in the field blinked once, twice, and finally a third time before it registered that this was a fight with something along the lines of Gaara. For you see, Naruto had come to realize something rather important. If he had used toads against Sasuke like a smart shinobi, he would have brought him back to Konoha. Quite odd how he just realized this now.
A little bit too late, and that had nothing to do with the fight currently happening.
Then she blurred, and the tide of the fight had been flipped on its head in less than four seconds. Those magic orbs were far stronger and would explode on impact, taking five or ten clones at once. She shot a beam of black light that whipped thirty clones out once. She engaged multiple clones in close combat, and her hits were so much stronger than before. They could crack the very ground.
'What the fuck happened?!' This was not the same girl he was fighting a moment ago! She crashed into the ground in front of him and the last clones. They remained huddled together in front of her.
She grinned with excitement, "Could this be the end?"
"Nah, the story is just beginning." He fired back.
"We'll see, Cat-faced fucker."
"I told you once, I'll tell you again, try me bitch."
Her fist buried itself into his stomach, and he was sent flying. He felt all of the air leave his body. His clones jumped into action. She dispelled a few, and their kunai fell. Those kunai turned back into clones, and she managed to block two attacks before a strong chakra-infused kick smacked into the back of her knee. Her legs buckled in like a house of cards. A punch connected to her face, another hit to her gut, and a powerful kick to her stomach launched her away from the clones. However, not before she had formed an orb that dropped to the ground blowing up all of the clones.
She stopped herself in mid-flight. She heard a familiar sound, one that actually made her shudder. She was quick to form a larger ball of black power as the real Naruto was flung at her from the treeline. Their attacks connected, and a large explosion shot Naruto from the cloud of dirt that had been kicked up; he smacked into the ground and bounced like a child's ball. He rolled and rolled until he finally came to a stop; a clone held him in place.
Good, he had one left. He couldn't see her anywhere in that cloud of smoke. "Can you see her anywhere?"
"Yeah," Naruto froze in place, a chill went down his back, "Behind you."
Naruto didn't have time to react; she kicked him high into the air. He screamed from both pain and shock. That kick was what began the one-sided beatdown that she had promised. She continued to punch and kick him all throughout the air. He looked like a toy doll being beaten by a playful cat before she finally held him over the lake. He was breathing heavily, bleeding, while she only had a few marks that a couple of clones had gotten lucky with.
"Aww, that's a good look for you." She sassed him. He did not respond in words but flipped her the bird before his arm fell limp, "You want to give up, like a bitch?"
He felt so dominated. It was almost like that time when he fought in the bell test with Kakashi-sensei.
But let it be known that Uzumaki Naruto did not give up until knockout, "F-F-Fuck off, bitch. I-I'll still win."
"So no!" She seemed all too happy to continue her massacre, "Good." Yep, she deserves her name, demon. She kicked straight down to the lake below. He slammed into the water. Its cold embrace was the only comfort he felt at this moment. Then a voice he had hoped wouldn't start talking just had to comment something.
"Weakling, you give chakra a bad name."
Naruto's fist tightened even more as his glare hardened at Marjane's form hovering above the water. Great, that furry jerk wants to talk shit too! "What do you want!?"
"You can outclass this pathetic mage and their magic. Chakra is far superior in every way, and yet here you are losing."
Oh No, he was not going to let the Kyuubi talk down Marjane. She was strong. An S-Rank mage, now was she as strong as an S-rank shinobi? Probably not. However, she was, in fact, stronger. "No, she's just that strong!"
"No, you are just that weak." The Kyuubi stated. Its deep voice echoed throughout his mind. This only pissed the blond off more because he knew that fox wanted something. It wasn't hard to guess that. He swam up to the top of the lake. It was rough because those hits hurt. Breathing was hard, well before he was underwater, and he could feel the bruises without having to look at them. He also knew he had coughed up blood too. Fuck, she is strong. However…
He saw her from another attack, "There you are, you tiny prick." She fired her magic fuck you ball down at him. He knew he had no time to dodge.
"I don't need your power!" He yelled mentally at the fox as he got blasted out of the lake by one of those black orbs. He crashed onto the shoreline and rolled a bit until he was face up. He spat the water and mud from his mouth. This bitch here. He was almost there. One more time, she called him short one more fucking time; he was dropping cunt. He didn't care anymore!
"You do." The fox insisted.
Naruto was not one to be easily convinced. "No, I will beat her with my own strength! My own power!"
"You absolute fool!" The great nine tails fox roars in his head. "That old human is watching this fight. He has the power to deem rank. The more power you show, the better your rank will be! You are leagues above this fledgling power."
Naruto was pretty sure he had a 'what the fuck' face right now. "Why do you care, dattebayo!"
"Because I will not have chakra look inferior! I, a being created from chakra, versus this poor substitute, will not allow chakra to be deemed nothing less than superior! Chakra should be feared; chakra is versatile; chakra is pure power! Now take this chakra and show these mages ultimate power!" The anger in the Kyuubi's voice almost made it seem like these mages had crossed him somehow. He was pretty sure that no one even knew he existed here. So what problem did it have with these people?
Naruto wiped some dirt and water from his face. He really didn't want to use this power, but Marjane was clearly not ready to stop this fight. She said she wanted to beat his ass, but so far, the fight had been pretty much matched until she went out and did what she did. He could already tell that he had impressed most of the guild. All he was doing now was seeing just how long he could go against an S-Rank mage.
She was leaving him in the dust, trying to show him his place. He could feel his anger growing as the red chakra flooded through the gate. He would not be left behind, he was a shinobi, and he was stronger than he had ever been before. He might not be an S-Rank Shinobi, but he was at least a B, if not A. Yeah, that's right! These mages were not on the same level as shinobi.
He would not go down like this!
Not to her! She might have been just toying with him up until now. Her grin reminded him of Sasuke. He could see his face reflecting off of her face as she looked down at him with that sneer. Looking amongst the crowd, he could see that most of them thought the fight was over. Fine, he would give them a show. He would make her take him seriously! HE'LL MAKE THEM ALL SEE! HE WON'T LOSE AGAIN!
"Fine, then pay me your rent, dattebayo!"
"Destroy this mage! Show this new world my rage!"
As if he cared about the fox's rage. Naruto could feel the dark chakra entering his body as he stood up. "You got serious, don't be upset that I will do the same, dattebayo."
Marjane halted her assault when the wind exploded outward from the blond. The strong gales forced her to righten herself as the shock wave whipped passed her pulling her hair behind her. "The fuck is that?!" The smoke started to clear from the ground below, and she could see something glowing red.
"You ain't the only one with a demon."
Red chakra swirled around him. An even more oppressive aura blankets the once-green field ruined by the battle. The blond's whiskers become more defined, and his red eyes somehow get even redder as his pupils become animalistic slits. Around his body was the glowing red chakra that took the form of a fox with two big ears. No longer standing on two legs but on all fours. He bared his teeth, and onlookers could see his teeth had sharpened.
No more playing around. This girl had a mean streak, and Makarov said she needed to mellow out. The best way to do that is to humble her. That, and for some damn reason, the fox wanted him to show off. That couldn't be anything good, but if he wanted to pay rent? He was not gonna stop him.
One long red tail forms behind him.
Marjane could feel just how much power was coming from the boy now. His power had increased by an extreme margin. She can't help but grin in glee. How exciting was the new member?! Clearly, her master was right to test him. He was a special one, that was for sure. He didn't take much shit, either. Overall, he wasn't bad. He would probably be the most interesting out of his age group.
If she was being honest, this fight has long passed the point of being needed. The blond fucker, the idiot little shit, has proven to be a big threat on the field. He was able to adapt, plan, and match her power when she increased it. However, this power he is using feels too much like her brother's power. Unstable and wild. Still, he was A-rank easily. It's a shame he doesn't know more.
She sent a glance at her master. He was just too invested in this match. Just too bad that old fucker wouldn't really let her cut loose. She really wanted to see just how far this annoying blond could really go. Was she nearing the end of his strength? Did he have more tricks up his sleeve? It made her just that much more curious.
Well, whatever this power was, it sure was dominating, thick, and oppressing. It just screams fear and death. It was dark and angry and so full of hate. It was totally badass! It was like the Satan Soul: Halphas. It demanded the attention of everyone. It was clear the rest of the guild was shaking in their boots. Even that fatty bastard was unnerved by this power! This power is just like Halphas. Too bad she couldn't let it out because it got banned by her master! Well, it sort of felt like that kind of power. Just angrier.
She couldn't help but be excited about this fight now. She wanted to kick this little shit's ass for making a mockery of her, but here he was, matching her. So he could talk the talk and walk the walk. Not bad, not bad at all! She was starting to like this little shit! However, it was time to end this. She couldn't let the others doubt her S-class rank after all. She would really have to make her guildmates feel real misery if that happened.
She launched herself at him and fired her evil shower spell. There was no way he could escape her constant barrage! Yet, with the speed that he hadn't shown prior, he moved three times as fast. He dodged and weaved through each bullet. She had him running towards the lake, then that's when he did the unthinkable. He started running on the water on all fours. He turned at an angle that should be impossible at that speed and opened his mouth, and an air bullet smacked into her, sending her backward.
She caught herself and couldn't help but feel as if her skin had been burned a bit. What the fuck was that?! Can he use wind magic now? So he has been holding out on her?! That fucking prick! She would show him!
She threw an evil explosion out at him at the center of the lake. What she wasn't expecting was for him to jump over the attack and use it as something to help reach her. Well, if he wanted to take the fight to her, so fucking be it! He flew right at her, and he must not have realized he couldn't escape since he couldn't fly. Well, then, fine! She would use a soul extinctor and end this!
She formed the spell, but as she was doing so, she noticed that a purple ball was roaring in his hand. A Rasengan was what he called it. It looked much like the blue one he had used against. Each time he used it, the power behind the attack skyrocketed. There was an orange tail wrapped around it. She could feel his energy double, and her eyes widened in shock as the attack increased in size. His power just overshot her own. That attack could really kill her if she were not careful. She put even more energy into her own attack, attempting to match his own. His red glowing eyes shine with wrath.
She threw her hands forward before he could ever reach her. She grinned, realizing she would win this. She was a bit worried when he pulled this second form out from nowhere, as cool as it was. That was until he screamed.
"Vermilion Rasengan!"
She gritted her teeth as she could feel his attack penetrating right through her beam. "Fucking bullshit!" She threw even more of her magic into her attack. She was not letting that thing hit her! The last one nearly broke her arm, just blocking it with her own power. The first one was the worst thing she had ever felt. Yet, this new form of his prior attack still kept grinding against her soul extinctor like a hot knife through butter. What the fuck is powering him?!
However, it happened. The techniques of a mage and a shinobi failed at the same time, which caused an explosion so large that the people who had been watching were almost flung from their spots. Only due to the guild master did the group manage to stand against the winds.
The two combatants fall to the ground and crash into the scorched earth. One formed a trench, and the other formed a crater. Across the lake, a blond-haired fox boy stumbled from the trench like a three-legend dog, and a white-haired demon floated from a crater with the grace of a wounded duck.
They just stared at each other, both working worse for wear. The blond looked the worst of the two. The blond dropped to a knee as the red chakra dissipated. It then started bubbling forth again. Slowly he took a step into the lake. His limp showed just how injured he was from the fight. Yet, he could still keep fighting. This was nothing he couldn't handle.
However, it didn't matter because the fight had already been decided. He knew very well in his heart that he would not win. She was more than just good with magic; she could take a hit and dish it out right back to him. He didn't have any real weapons or equipment as he would have. Sure, there were some backup skills he had in his back pocket, but if she could take the Vermilion Rasengan, his strongest attack, and still be able to stand.
From where he stood, he could see that his attack had done a good amount of damage. She wiped some blood from the corner of her mouth. He watched her just float there and breathe before she smirked at him. He returned it.
This had been a great fight! Sure, would lose in the end, but now these people know that he was strong and never fully out of the fight. He, another purple Rasengan, howled to life in the palm of his hand. If he had do go down, he ain't going down like a-
"Alright, enough!" Makarov ordered them. Both fighters stop their stare down to look at the guild master. "Bring it in!"
The blond blinked and had great difficulty canceling the attack. There was a boulder near him. He slammed the attack into the large rock. There was a loud boom that rocked the field. When the attack finally died, the blond stood over a massive crater, huffing and puffing as the red energy finally receded. "Crap, I forgot how much using the fox's chakra sucks."
His arm feels way too burned. Looking at his arm, he can see that his sleeve had been completely ripped off, and he and the skin had been burned red. Yep, that was gonna hurt in about an hour. The rest of his clothes were also destroyed beyond repair. Damn, and these weren't even his clothes!
This fight had taught him something important. He really needed to be able to do more. The only attacks he could really do were the clone jutsu and Rasengan. That just wasn't good enough. He had to be better. He still had no idea if summoning worked yet. He didn't want to test out in the middle of a fight.
With a shake of his head, Naruto slowly made his way back to the group as he crossed the lake. He met them at the other side as they had moved to meet at the edge of the lake. A lot of people tried to get his attention, but he ignored them. He moved to find Marjane. It didn't take a long time to find her. She had two other white-haired teens around her. They looked somewhat like each other.
The three noticed him approaching, and he could see her glaring and opening her mouth to say something. The other two stepped behind her. He put the Spar Sign up, and she stopped and stared at him. He moved to stand in front of her.
"The fuck are you doing?"
"The Spar Sign. Where I come from, we do this as a sign of our intent to fight. However, at the end of the fight, we do the same as a sign of respect for a well-fought flight, dattebayo."
She crossed her arms, and her glare lightened up a bit, "Let me guess, you want me to do the same?"
As much as this girl pissed him off, he could figure her out. That last attack spoke loudly enough for him. "Yes," he smiled at her.
The girl put her hands on her hip and looked like she was about to tell him off until the young petite girl with short, white hair and blue eyes pushed on her leg. He was quick to notice that she looked very similar to Marjane. She had a simple pink dress paired with dark red shoes. "What is Lisanna?" She asked in a tone that was not very Marjane-like. Huh, what do you know? She had a soft side. The little girl motioned to him, and he could see Marjane's eye twitch.
She sighed and gave in. Showed him the same hand sign, "There are we done-" Naruto took that moment to cross her fingers with his. Her face flushed in a wondrous red color. The little girl, Lisanna, had sparkles in her eyes for some reason. The white-haired teen boy seemed to be stunned. "THE FUCK YOU THINK YOU DOING!?"
"The Unison Sign; after every fight, we make this sign as a sign of friendship," Naruto said as he let her fingers go.
Lisanna came up to her sister, "Big sister, you finally held hands with a boy!" Naruto eyed the girl suspiciously; this little girl was trying to do something fishy. He didn't know what, but he had a feeling that the girl was gonna be big trouble later on.
"Lisanna!"
"Naruto boy," Naruto turns away from the three to see the guild master walking up to him with the rest of the guild he had bypassed to meet Marjane.
He waves to the people he had ignored, "Sorry about, had to take care of something important.
He got a lot of smirks at that for some reason. He narrowed his eyes as people basically told him they understood what he was doing. Some of them praised him, others asked him a tone of the question, and finally, some gave him these weird, knowing looks. In Naruto's humble opinion, that was too far from the truth. These people were acting like something was going on, but he had no clue as to what. Whatever, what these old people thought was funny probably wasn't something he should care about right now.
"Alright! Quiet down!" Makarov yelled over the horde of people trying to talk to him. "Now, Naruto, I can see why said what you told me. You do have a lot of power; as I said, the highest rank I can give you is an A-Rank." Naruto grinned, "But," Now the blond is frowning, "I will be having you be paired up for a few missions as a trial period. Once I believe you are ready, I will give you the rank."
"So knock out a few missions, and I got the rank; I got it."
"Good; we will get you two checked out at the infirmary and call it a day." Makarov finished.
Naruto raised an eyebrow at him, "What about the field?"
Makarov looks at the boy, "What about it."
"How are we gonna fix it?"
"Eh, when we get time to after all this, our field!"
"Uh, master." The guy with the pompadour-like style of hair starts, and the guild master looks up at him, "Our field on the side."
It took a few seconds but-
"SHIT!"
A/N: I hope you all enjoyed the chapter. If you have a question or questions, please PM or Review. Also, Naruto in this story had gone through all of the filler shit from the anime before he left Konoha with Jiraiya, so he is pretty experienced at this point. That also means the movies too. This Naruto is far stronger. Gonna try to be more active again. Also, I use the fairy Tail wiki in some places, reworded, of course, but hey, if they did a good describing an outfit, that's one less thing I have to do. After all, I had to write all those outfits out for my Danmachi fanfics because, like damn, it's the little things that matter to me in life. Yes, this story is still alive! Wow, like damn. Can't believe it.